Why Was This ONE Cartoon BANNED for 44 Years?

The character of Dudley Do-Right was a well-intentioned but incompetent Mountie, but there was one character that only appeared in one cartoon, and that cartoon was BANNED for 44 years!
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[@sunnyscott4876]

I am 75 years old now and my husband is 80. We STILL quote things from Rocky and Bullwinkle. That's how much of an impact the cartoon made on us.

[@carlodave9]

My wife and I will surely be doing that with the Simpsons.

[@donnariley2831]

"Yahaha!" (While twirling end of mustache😉)

[@fab3laundry]

Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat 🤠

[@dorianfulton7168]

"Nothing up my sleeve"...

[@sunnyscott4876]

@@fab3laundry yes exactly right! Hey Rocky!

[@malirabbit6228]

What was not to love about this show? We laughed at it as kids and we laughed again as adults! The writing was just that great!

[@jmp42956]

You will not have laughter and you will like it! The left wants to take all of our joy!

[@dashmagic]

Yup you got it, we laughed as kids and then again as adults... "Look a message in a bottle" "Fan mail from a flounder?"

[@malirabbit6228]

@@dashmagic Now a days it's a text from some flounder!

[@GhostbustersPhone8489]

I've never seen that episode of Season 1 Episode 11. The Americans seem to think our Police Force are all Mounties. We have City Cops & Provincial Cops just like them. State Troopers seems to be us noticed a lot when we cross the border to Michigan. The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show loves to poke fun at our Canadian Mounties.

[@georgeemmons5128]

And Ennie meenie chili beans the spirits are about to speak!

[@williamwenck5712]

“Guy Whiplash and His Disloyal Canadians” was a play on world famous bandleader Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, a mainstay on New Year’s Eve radio and television shows from the ‘30s into the ‘70s.

[@typetersen8809]

It was also prophetic regarding another "band" Leader and his disloyal Canadians in our day. Dudley would have sorted Trudeau out.

[@moondancer6488]

​@@typetersen8809 🙄

[@eastvandb]

@@typetersen8809 That's a really desperate comparison. Hey, I dislike Trudeau, but this knee-jerk free-association with any statement that comes up is just… well, it's sad and ridiculous.

[@typetersen8809]

@@eastvandb Well, he has been disloyal, hasn't he. Or do you think that he has changed for the better?

[@AmyPieterse]

I didn’t know that! Thanks for this intel)))

[@williamgardiner4956]

As a little guy around 5 years of age I couldn't wait for Rocky and Bullwinkle to come on our tiny little TV screen. Many hours of sheer joy spent watching that program.

[@ernsttrekiew198]

No comic beats "Red Meat" by Max Cannon!

[@bekindtoanimals2189]

Firstly, Bears are good people. Even under hypnosis, they'd NEVER start a fire. I know this because a friend of a friend of mine used to hypnotize Bears, and they'd NEVER do anything wrong. Lastly, Quebec is pronounced Kay-beck. That is all. And now back to the videos.

[@Ivorymoana]

Am I the only girl who was secretly masturbating in my bedroom after watching Snidely Whiplash tying the girl to the railroad ties and the Ranger comes along and rescues her? When I read the cartoon had been banned, of course, I thought that was why! Was I the only child affected this way? Come on! I can’t be the only weirdo! My first experience with BDSM

[@favoritemustard3542]

@erns Bug-Eyed Earl, Milkman Dan, & Johnny Lemonhead all agree w/you! 🍖👄🍖

[@nostalgia6578]

​@@bekindtoanimals2189 It's time for a Pepsi, a Jos. Louis, and a 🚬! (Okay, will the a-hole from Ontario 🇨🇦 please shut up?) 🤣

[@jamesdrynan]

Let's not forget about Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, guys! I grew up with this show, as did many others. Although deemed a children's show, the parodies and subtext were hilarious for adults as well. I fondly remember discovering the narrator, Edward Everett Horton, was a character actor.

[@dashcroft1892]

Weren’t they more ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ than ‘Dudley Do Right’? … loved both though. ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ was good too.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Boris and Natasha weren’t real spies?

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

You guys Really Know these shows. Thank You for the added info!

[@fasterpussycatkillkill9650]

“Must kill moose”

[@peter455sd]

I always mixed Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale with characters of a popular Bardahl tv commercial from the time.

[@bjs301]

I don't know about kids today, but growing up in the early 1960s I'm pretty sure most of us knew the difference between humor and "dangerous content".

[@rhonda7070]

Yes. Stokey Bear sets fires to be funny, but Smoky Bear prevents them. Stokey is not real, but Smoky......well, he's the good bear. Duh.

[@timheersma4708]

There were the odd imitators of The Three Stooges, but that's topic for another day.😉

[@brianloveless2717]

@@timheersma4708 we still have those… Biden, Harris, Pelosi.

[@mrsqueakthecat.8061]

@@brianloveless2717 😁

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

@@brianloveless2717 😂😂😂

[@AbqRealDeals]

I loved the "Fractured Fairy Tales", "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", et al. Sophisticated humor with a twist.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Ah, yes, I definitely have to agree with the video narrator that we definitely have to ban this Dudley Do-Right episode. Since it's an insult to your local fire department. Not just an insult to the mascot named Smokey the bear. In spite of the fact when he said: "Only you can prevent forest fires." 🚒 🏬 🏢 😤 😒 🔥 🚒

[@Sherwoody]

I’ll save you Nell.

[@CATNAPREAL1188]

Yup Peabody and Mr. Sherman too.

[@wdd3141]

Edward Everett Horton, the narrator of many of the "Fractured Fairy Tales," also portrayed the witch doctor Roaring Chicken, son of Sitting Duck, on "F Troop."

[@rtflone]

@@CATNAPREAL1188 The Mr title goes with Peabody Sherman is just plain Sherman

[@robertacolarette1594]

I loved The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Their humor was so adult. It was like how the original Bugs Bunny was for adults too. Aesop’s Fables and Fractured Fairytales was such fun and you learned something too. The same could be said for Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Fantastic idea for a kids show.

[@theoak64]

Peabody here, and my trusted sidekick Sherman.

[@wdd3141]

Like Jerry Lewis movies, the cartoons communicated at different levels to different people. As kids we'd see the zany comedy, but through adult eyes we'd get a surprisingly different take on them.

[@kdsaslep]

I remember the 'wayback machine'!

[@kvernon1]

I loved how every single episode of Peabody & Sherman ended with a pun. This made me watch the entire episode to the end because I never wanted to miss it!

[@keithdean9149]

I remember a story that they did a "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment that parodied Sleeping Beauty. But the prince was a parody of Walt Disney and the entire show parodied Disneyland. When Disney (the company) threatened to sue, the producers of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" said, "go ahead, we need the publicity."

[@samanthab1923]

FFTs were the best. Edward Everett Horton narrated ⭐️

[@andrewcarlton6196]

Good thing parodies are protected under copy right.

[@johnreddick7650]

"Wait a minute... Awake, she's just another princess; asleep, she's a GOLD MINE!"

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

“They don’t make swords like they used to! (Gets lawn mower) Now these they make like they used to!”

[@louisliu5638]

"That a "B" coupon, a "B" coupon. I got it even as a kid that loved going to Anaheim.

[@agordianknot]

Bullwinkle and Rocky was the best cartoon hour a kid growing up in the sixties would ever know.

[@johnking6252]

It was a show in a show , you waited for each segment. It was great. ✌️

[@goyablackolivesmatter179]

I liked Beany & Cecil almost as much

[@johnking6252]

@@goyablackolivesmatter179 memory lane ! 👍

[@agordianknot]

@John King Absolutely it was! I didn't want to miss any of it. I still watch KZbin videos of Bullwinkle and Rocky from time to time. It's funnier now than it was when I was a kid. I had never heard about Stokie the bear. Interesting story.

[@bigal1863]

I own the whole Rocky and Bullwinkle collection. Still as funny as I remembered

[@truck9moon100]

The staying power of this program after all these years proves we were fortunate growing up and having experience these cartoons first hand. Many thanks to all the talent it took to make the program.

[@jjdev]

As the events are described in the narration, this episode of "Dudley Doright" was never banned. The copyright owners decided to voluntarily stop broadcasting the cartoon. No court forced them to do that, and they could have resumed the broadcasts, or made more episodes with the bear if they chose. The Forest Service had not taken Jay Ward Productions to court. My guess is that they didn't because they expected that they would lose. Parodies are protected in the law. They may not like that a cartoon bear is starting fires, but that is probably not enough to win a lawsuit. The cartoon doesn't look like trademark infringement to me.

[@mist2866]

He's right. "Ban" has to come from some kind of legislative body else it's not technically a "ban". A voluntary or self imposed recusion does not qualify.

[@nedludd7622]

@@mist2866 Not necessarily. The threat of a ban or retaliation can lead to an effective ban. The Hay's Code for movies is an example. The HUAC "anti-communist" campaign after WWII is another.

[@boataxe4605]

Exactly! Someone as educated as you must have gone to What’s a matter U!

[@philfoggs5357]

That's a great point. They knew they'd have been laughed right out court.

[@gregrowell8688]

They should have gone on and baned Mad Magazine, while they were at it.

[@michaellee258]

This is truly a wonderfully written show with unique characters and "smart" humor. One of the first to truly get that kids can like some satire as well.

[@FRN2013]

Yes, and the feature-film remakes of Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right are some of the best silly comedies ever! I hope there will be more Jay Ward-inspired films!

[@rahkinrah1963]

The humor from then is even more meaningful now. I'm 70.

[@kathyarnold3935]

75 year old here. Grew up watching these cartoons. I am certain they were part of the reason that I developed a love of satire which I have enjoyed my whole life. Still a fan ❤😂

[@rachelnyn5543]

Same here

[@stevendavis8636]

Absolutley, the funniest show on tv then. I'm 75 now and just the right age to pick uo the satire.of the writing.

[@johnn.2017]

​@@stevendavis8636I'm 53 and also grew up watching these. I just now realized that "Whiplash" isn't about the injury like you get in a car crash. It's the lash of a whip, like kinky stuff and now it makes sense that he was always tying up the girl! I'd bet money these guys were watching those old Irving Klaw movies!

[@billgrandone3552]

Yeah Kathy, those were the days of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mad and Cracked magazines , and a healthy disdain for the status quo of our parents that unfortunatley erupted into something more violent later on.

[@robertboyes2505]

I'm 64 years old, and I grew up watching these cartoons too. I still love them.

[@johnwood551]

Most of Rocky and Bullwinkle jokes and all the others in the show you didn’t realize until you grew up and saw them as young adults. They helped give us all a great sense of humor ! I’m so old I remember when all these shows started . They were GREAT !

[@francestomic2772]

Me too

[@slavojalois1639]

Me Three!

[@gmunden1]

Exactly. My older siblings watched and understood the jokes that we younger kids didn't. We were enjoying the jokes that we did understand. When I was a teenager, I was able to appreciate the humor that I did not figure out as a child. We were two sets of siblings bonding over a program while laughing for different reasons!😅😮😂❤

[@espressogirl68able]

2005 - Stokey the fire starting bear re-emerges and is watched by children for the first time in over 40 years. 16 years later, those same children are all young adults and set the United States on fire during the DNC's "Summer of Love". Am I the only one connecting the dots here?????

[@gmunden1]

I believed it also helped us children put the cartoons in perspective because we were avid readers of the classic stories such as Aesop's fables, old fairytales, cultural references, and stories of the Mounties. Having this knowledge first allowed us to appreciate the humour of these cartoons because we understood the history. We knew that the hypnotized bear was not "Smokey the Bear." 😄

[@Brosafex-VoiceOvers]

As a young boy I absolutely loved the show! As a VoiceOverArtist now I love listening to the diverse range and quality of the quirky character voices on the show.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Was Underdog being aired on a different network? It has the same animation style.

[@franknice2308]

I am 78 years old and never missed a show. I was at the ideal age of 14 and able to appreciate both the kid humor and the adult humor, the perfect storm for this program. Fourteen year olds really had it together in 1959. How could anyone confuse, Stokey "The" Bear, with Smokey Bear, who legally did not have a middle name, even though the joke of the day was to ask someone what Smokey the Bear's middle name was, and then answer, "The."

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

HOWEVER, in the Smokey song, there _IS_ the word "The" between "Smokey" & "Bear". *"Smokey The Bear,* *"Smokey The Bear,* *"Prowlin' & a-growlin',* *"And a-sniffin' the air.* *"He can find a fire,* *"Before it starts to* *flame,* *"That's why they call* *him Smokey,* *"That is how he got* *his name!"* Hence, the origin of the joke about Smokey's "middle name"! I, too, am in my 70s, and still _ADORE_ *Fractured Fairy Tales* with the legendary *Edward Everett Horton, Rocky & Bullwinkle,* as well as *Dudly Doright _et al_.* Such wonderful humour!

[@rodrudinger9902]

Remember Mooseberry "Rocket Fuel", Upsidasium, and Metal-munching Moon Mice? "We don't want the rubber ducky, We want The Brains behind the rubber ducky!" "Sharrop you mou!!" "Every dog, should have a boy."

[@derricklogan2058]

Watching this video 📸 and 🤔 thinking if Stokey was a Pyromaniac, were they attempting to imply that Smokey may have been a "Pot Head?" Stokey and Smokey: "Puff, Puff, Pass!" "Okay, but let's go outside and sit by the Bonfire 🔥 I just created?" 😂😮

[@richsackett3423]

There was no confusion. It was clearly in very bad taste.

[@RadicalCaveman]

Smokey Bear used to be Smokey the Bear. I remember reading in the news, many years after this cartoon, that they had shortened it because it was hard to fit the name on signs when the word "the" was included.

[@johnrichardson7354]

Paul Frees as Inspector Fenwick, Nell's Father, June Foray as Nell Fenwick, Bill Scott (Bullwinkle) as Dudley, and Hans Conreid as Snydley. An all-star cast for a great cartoon.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Talented Voice characters that I admired Greatly ❤

[@laapache1]

FRACTURE FAiry tales

[@peteklein630]

Hans Conreid had a B&W television show by the production company around 1963 entitled, 'Fractured Flickers' which took old, silent era movies and dubbed in fictitious comedic dialogue. It was short lived but hilarious. There are some episodes and snippets here on YT.

[@alfabsc]

@@peteklein630 Conreid had guest stars, too. Like Rod Serling!

[@woodystemms3799]

@@peteklein630 That show was the subject of a lawsuit. The relatives of silent movie star Lon Chaney were upset. One of his greatest roles, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" had been turned into a comedy. The episode was entitled "Dinky Dunkworth - Boy Cheerleader". The "hero" had dialogue dubbed in, and he led the cheers from the tower of the cathedral of Notre Dame. The game was "played under the old Big 10 rules that allowed unlimited substitutions, and everything else". The visual was an overhead shot of mobs with pitchforks and torches.

[@laineysilva3146]

I absolutely love the Rocky & Bullwinkle show, these cartoons have always been great satire and as always were above children's heads. I never saw the "Stokey the Bear" cartoon, knowing that Snidely Whiplash was behind it, is just part of the fun.

[@fab3laundry]

I loved this cartoon as a kid. Not once did I consider tying anyone to a train track due to watching it.

[@eskieman3948]

I dunno... there was this lil' SOB down the street that I thought about - never mind.

[@fab3laundry]

@@eskieman3948 haha 😂

[@fab3laundry]

@T Raybern thank you. I am glad I'm not too old to give it a shot.

[@mickm6309]

Just like watching Bugs Bunny, I never got the urge to buy something from ACME.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

​@@mickm6309 And we all knew you can't really walk off a cliff, or get blown up by dynamite and live. Ironically there's way more violence by young people these days than when the "dangerous" cartoons we liked were on the air.

[@grandparedpill2695]

I loved the show as a child, and I still love this show as a 65-year-old man.

[@intrepid5144]

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was a Brilliantly written "kids cartoon" show that also appealed to adults! Much of the humor was "over the head" of youngsters, but instantly caught by adults, which is why it is still funny today!

[@larryjankowski2923]

Mr. Know-it-all? Rockie introduced one segment with: Here’s a moose with an open mind…and a hole in the head to prove it! Classic.

[@chrisk5651]

My dad loved the singing of Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy. I was not a fan growing up but have grown to appreciate them.

[@gabithemagyar]

I have all their movies on DVD :-)

[@sigmanfloyd7179]

~ I'm 62 and this is the first time I've ever heard of Stokey the bear. I always watched the Bullwinkle show as a kid and loved it! As a child, I personally wouldn't have taken this as a reason to start a forest fire, nor did I ever try and tie my sister to the nearby railroad tracks. 😅 😎👍🏻🇨🇦

[@craigsandry6737]

Stokey was banned

[@elisaastorino2881]

Of course not. The government and the busybodies who started the Saturday morning purge didn't realize that children are more intelligent than that. They still don't. I never suffered psychological damage because my Barbie dolls weren't realistic, but apparently these types think that girls are so fragile today that Barbie has to represent every possible characteristic of humanity so they can have one exactly like them. Yet, if my niece is any indication, kids still prefer the "fantasy" type dolls - hers is a mermaid.

[@zmalevo2126]

Unfortunately people do copy what they see on TV.

[@spikespa5208]

It isn't Smokey *The* Bear. Just Smokey Bear.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

@@craigsandry6737 illegally banned

[@glenbard657]

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show had some of the most iconic voice actors in the business. I was always a big fan of Fractured Fairy Tales narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Other voices actors included June Foray (Rocky and Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and Mr. Peabody), William Conrad (narrator), Paul Frees (Boris), and one of my favorites, Hans Conried (Snidley Whiplash).

[@walterorlowski4808]

Hans Conried also did the voice of Waldo Wigglesworth in the Hoppity Hooper series. That voice was the definition of "bombastic."

[@jongeers1954]

Don't forget William Conrad (the narrator).

[@glenbard657]

@@jongeers1954 Thanks for pointing that out. I edited my original comment to include Conrad who I'm sure you also know was radio's Marshall Dillon.

[@kevins1852]

​@@glenbard657 He was also the star of Cannon, and the narrator of Wild Wild World of Animals

[@richsackett3423]

@@walterorlowski4808 Don’t forget the epic “500 Fingers of Doctor T”.

[@willhorting5317]

I used to love these cartoons, as a kid in the '60s and '70s. I never knew that any were banned.

[@ConcernedForCanadaAndUSA]

I was born in 86 and saw this aired on CBC. This is either click bait or he's wrong.

[@WobblesandBean]

I was born in 83 and I had no clue, either.

[@WobblesandBean]

​​​​@@ConcernedForCanadaAndUSA It was just one particular episode, because they were poking fun at Smokey the bear and the Chicago fire. I too watched Dudley Do Right, but I definitely didn't see this episode, and I doubt you did, either.

[@buildingwithtrees2258]

I was born in 82 and my dad woke me up at 5 to watch this show. Shows weren't canceled back then. This had to have been aired by local TV stations.

[@ConcernedForCanadaAndUSA]

@@WobblesandBean my husband is 43 said the same thing. Aired on CBC when he was a kid.

[@DeedeeEntertainment]

I especially loved Fractured Fairy Tales. Haven't thought about these in years, it occurs to me they were my favorites;. the fun satire was not lost on me as a young kid.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Their Sleeping Beauty spoof took on Walt Disney himself!

[@battalion151R]

General McBragg.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

@@battalion151R Was he on the Underdog show?

[@michaelearl6991]

Captain wrong way Peter Peach Fuzz

[@battalion151R]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq You're right! Wrong hat!

[@charlesclager6808]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was produced by geniuses. It was ahead of its' time. We watched it without fail. My brother was especially devoted to the show. Even today we talk about it on occasion. We are in our 70's but the humor is not lost on us. If it were brought back today we would watch it faithfully.

[@XMcBainXUSA]

If it were brought back today, Rocky would be multi colored and Bullwinkle would be wearing a dress...

[@paxhumana2015]

​@@XMcBainXUSA , if people complained about it, then those people would not be complaining about it anymore, or saying anything else for that matter.

[@bobm3919]

@@XMcBainXUSA Grow up.

[@franblaye9639]

When I was 4-7 years old, I wondered why my Mom and older sisters would always seem to wander into the room while Rocky & Bullwinkle & etc were on. Then I started getting the jokes like the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kayim. George of the Jungle premiered when I was in high school. I watched it avidly but after the first show, I was prepared not to talk about it at school. But I did talk about it because at least half the student body was talking about it. Jay Ward wrote for ALL ages.

[@ChronoSquare]

@@bobm3919 Have you seen the insane bs being pushed by corporations these days? You're lucky to find something that isn't tainted by agenda.

[@jz55859]

I loved the R&B show as a kid, then again as an adult and still as a Senior. Fractured Fairy Tales was off the hook!

[@wishicouldsing129]

My favorite show as a kid. I loved the intelligence and humor mixed together.

[@FRN2013]

Me, too! And the feature-film remakes of Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right are some of the best silly comedies ever! I hope there will be more Jay Ward-inspired films!

[@mikezylstra7514]

Even my dad sat down & watched. He found it very humorous.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

Yup, it was the best.

[@danmeyer5263]

I still enjoy these cartoons- With. all the garbage out there, thank goodness we can still see these in re-runs.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

@@danmeyer5263 I find most new media (movies, TV) to be such garbage. It's nice to have some nostalgic dumb comedy to distract from how much things seem to suck lately.

[@borisdarlink1]

Rocky and Bullwinkle [along with their friends] is the most underrated cartoon of my childhood.

[@samanthab1923]

I used to watch it with Underdog

[@janicesmith2475]

@@samanthab1923 Yeah! Him and Sweet Polly Purebread. 😍 And Mighty Mouse was classic . . .

[@samanthab1923]

@@janicesmith2475 Love all those ❤️

[@franblaye9639]

@@janicesmith2475 Here I come to save the day...

[@sct913]

Just to clarify regarding the show's multiple titles: When Rocky and Bullwinkle was first broadcast in 1959, it was titled The Rocky Show. The name was changed to The Bullwinkle Show, and opening and closing titles revised to reflect this, when the program switched from ABC to NBC in 1961. It remained The Bullwinkle Show through the rest of its original broadcast run, and then into syndication. Although the principal segments of the show were always titled 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", the current 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" branding for the full series first appeared with the VHS release in 1991 - this branding was then carried over to the DVD releases.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

Apparently the people who couldn't make up their minds on the title must either have been under the influence of something or they enjoyed debating lololol

[@felixmarvin1199]

​@@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980 it wasn't that they couldn't make up their minds, it was a branding decision to change the name. There were other popular characters named Rocky including the title character of Rocky Jones Space Ranger. Bullwinkle is more distinct and gave the show its own household name recognition. Also, Bullwinkle was the more popular character. They went with their strengths, it was a smart decision.

[@marksimmons3093]

My childhood. Wonderful memories!!❤ Dudley Do Right along with Bulwinkle and Friends. So happy I grew up in this era. 😊

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Odd parallel... In Minnesota there was a pyromaniac, volunteer fire fighter (John D. Berkin April 7 2009) who set a-blaze a wildlife area so he could respond to the "emergency". His girlfriend was an ambulance driver who also got a thrill from "emergency" situations. I hope they are still in jail.

[@harryricochet8134]

Nothing remotely odd about that unfortuntely it is a disturbingly common occurrence in volunteer fire services for arsonists to become members.

[@Canneveroverblue]

@@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time Borrowed the laser from MTG😂🤣😂

[@josephpadula2283]

The Arson inspector in a town near LA was the arsonist!!!!

[@SCSilk]

John Leonard Orr was the Southern California arsonist.

[@ThatGreenGuy85]

"Hero Homocide" is very common, but how is that related to Rocky and Bulleinkle?

[@marksellers4875]

Oh the memories!!!! This show was the absolute best! Nothing today holds a candle to it. Bring the originals back! PLEASE!!!!

[@nommadd5758]

Much simpler times. I really miss those days! I didn't know the shows are available on dvd. I will be looking for them. Thank you!!

[@wendigo53]

Open border? Incompetent authorities? Sounds like last week.

[@kirstencampbell2593]

You can watch them on KZbin.

[@nommadd5758]

@@kirstencampbell2593 : I'm aware of that. Thanks anyway.

[@ancesthntr]

I remember very distinctly that early in the Reagan administration the Soviet Union filed a formal complaint against Rocky and Bullwinkle for being “anti-Soviet propaganda.“ Apparently Boris Badenov, and Natasha Fatally were easily recognized as Soviet spies, which the Soviets didn’t like very much.

[@michaelfox1432]

Every once in a while I get nostalgic and I watch a beloved show from my youth. My usual reaction is, "Well, that wasn't very good was it? However Rocky and Bullwinkle are a happy exceptions that can make me laugh just as hard now as when they first aired.

[@derelict8715]

I agree, other than to include Bugs Bunny, especially circa 1950 or so, in that select group.

[@Navalator]

How about the Road Runner series? Continuous laughs.

[@derelict8715]

@@Navalator Years ago they put together an about 20 minute compilation of some of the best Road Runner bits, which leaves me laughing so hard by the end I can barely breathe.

[@Gwenny0612]

The entire series was satirical, and often educational! I enjoyed Fractured Fairy Tales the most. My older brother would explain the jokes I didn't get, saying they were making fun of a politician or the president. We were an Army household so watching the news was a requirement...

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The anti Russian Propaganda that Boris and Natasha embodied was one feature of US Propaganda that seemed to be overlooked as well as the Horse? Creating an image of stupid and vicious Spy Guys, was basically the same as justifying the Rosenburg Roasting that the US appears to have promoted. Bob Dylan may have promoted the other side of the Coin with a song about, "With God on Our Side." Respect for Russians was not something that Cartoons appeared to be capable of?

[@EKA201-j7f]

Who was the narrator for fractured fairy tales?

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@EKA201-j7f Edward Everett Horton......

[@kenmarshall9907]

The marching band at my high school played the Dudley Dooright theme song at football games as a way of making fun of the serious, noble, all-American sport....especially when the team was losing badly or attempting to over emphasize the " importance" of the game.

[@dianadurr-ramsey567]

Did you go to Sir Francis Drake High School? Their football team won few games.

[@kenmarshall9907]

@@dianadurr-ramsey567 ...no, I went to an unimportant school in rural NJ. I suspect we weren't the only ones making fun of convention !

[@robertduran1353]

I LOVE that! My HS should have done that! We were in the west suburbs of Chicago called RB (next to the Brookfield Zoo) short for Riverside/Brookfield, our football team really SUCKED! Hinsdale HS would usually beat us by over 50 points, every year. Rocky & Bullwinkle were the BEST! Never saw the Smoky the Bear episode or just do not remember it, since I never missed any? I'm 77.

[@deborahminter6231]

That's funny! 😂

[@RerunZone]

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[@jupitorsaturn8533]

It’s amazing how those character voices from so long ago are so recognizable as they are satisfying to my 64-year old ears. Thanks!

[@stevenbaer5999]

As a kid in the early 70s watching reruns, I knew that it was actually a cartoon and knowing the difference between what is actually humor and danger

[@mojoman3201]

By the time you were watching these reruns that episode had already been removed and wouldn't be aired again until 2005

[@barbaraholman6129]

Flintstones, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home. Adult dialogue. We new that day one. Especially The Flintstones. Then you realize all villains had accents, 1950s sci-fi were apologies for dropping the bomb and the fallout, on Hiroshima. Wearing glasses made you smarter, and Perry Mason's investigator did a cagillion voices like Mel Blanc. Think his name was William.

[@bjones8470]

After seeing this I immediately went and watched the first episode. Talk about a hard nostalgia hit. I was born in 1964 when these started so I was watching them from about 2 years old. That’s all the way back. One thing I realized off the bat was the narrator for the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon is television actor William Conrad who among many other things was Cannon. Also the R and B cartoon was done serial style with a cliffhanger at the end of each cartoon. Another thing that struck me funny was when Mr. Peabody was giving his bona fides he said he was once called “The Wolf of Wall Street”. Thanks for taking me back there.

[@paxhumana2015]

Wow, so Mr. Peabody totally influenced not only two fictional movies, but also the real life criminal case that they were built on, as well as the real life criminal... interesting. Some people would call that predictive programming, and especially foreshadowing, especially considering that one of those movies was actually, in fact, called The Wolf of Wall Street.

[@karencahill4798]

I grew up and loved all those cartoons. Those were the days...I love the narrator.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

For me Bullwinkle, Dudley, Peabody and Sherman etc were the best cartoons ever created.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

I watched these cartoons too as a kid growing up in the 60s, loved them then and still love them, but Bugs Bunny (from the 1940s) will always be #1 with me.

[@5argetech56]

You forgot Bullwinkle as Mr. Know it all.

[@stuartaaron613]

My favorite episode when when he was trying to open a jar of jelly. At then end he confessed that he couldn't open it because it was jam.

[@Two4Brew]

One of my dad's 1st cousins was June Foray, voice of Rocky, Natasha, Nell and the other female characters on the Bullwinkle Show. 2 of the cousins of my generation flew me from Maryland the LA for Easter week 2017. The family gathering was at June's house. I had a private visit with her the following Friday. She told me that my dad's father was her favorite uncle when she a a girl in Springfield, MA. June passed away about 3 months later, a little shy of her 100th birthday.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Wonderful memory. June Foray was so great a voice actor.

[@Two4Brew]

@@carlcushmanhybels8159 June had a wicked sense of humor. She told me during our private visit that while Talky Tina and Twilight Zone was more to her liking, Chatty Cathy paid better.

[@franblaye9639]

Wonderful! 😊👍

[@renemanuel7128]

Thank you for sharing.

[@willong1000]

@@Two4Brew Great anecdote--thanks for sharing!

[@michaelbrooks1458]

Parents are supposed to be in bed on Saturday morning. Leave us kids alone! We know the difference between cartoons and reality.

[@noracalvert9786]

Omg I remember this cartoon well and how I loved it. My friends and I would gather in front of our tv because we were the first on the block with colour. We laughed and laughed at it but we were also proud because part of it was of a Canadian Mountie. That was unheard of in those days as everything was only USA based content. Rocky and Bullwinkle was probably the greatest cartoon series, ever! Never boring, always funny, and full of adventure. At 70 yrs of age, I could watch it all over again.❤🇨🇦

[@kfoster3616]

One of the best shows ever. I never missed an episode and loved Stokey The Bear as well as all the other characters. I'd like to have a full set of all the shows on DVD's. I loved when Bullwinkle did Poet's Corner and recited "Under the spreading Chestnut tree"....It was so funny The show was well written and so clever. Loved MAD Magazine too.

[@gretchenpritchard4778]

... the village smithy stands. ... the muscles of his brawny arms are strong as rubber bands! Rocky ... "iron bands!" Bullwinkle: "rubber bands ... " *pulls his flabby biceps till it jiggles*

[@kfoster3616]

@@gretchenpritchard4778 exactly - Thank you for your response. As a kid, my family stopped at a restaurant where a copy of the Granger picture of The Village Blacksmith was on display. While I was standing there looking at the picture, my dad started to recite Wadsworth's The Village Blacksmith. Just a few days later it was on the R & B Show. Thanks again!

[@davidbryden7904]

I remember my parents putting on Rocky and Bullwinkle for me when I was a preschooler. It was one of the few cartoons that THEY laughed at too!😊

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Loved Dudley doo right!

[@feliciaflores4680]

I tried having my kids watching these oldies but goodies, but lost them to SpongeBob SquarePants..😊

[@kimball4151]

At 2:18 a paraphrase of Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. If you know anything about the big bands

[@rightlyso8507]

@@feliciaflores4680 I still watch SpongeBob when I get the chance.

[@steven-nb6rt]

The one liners were very funny. Bugs Bunny one liners were also great!!

[@lacypierce6487]

My dad grew up with that show and still loves it to this day. He especially loves Rocky and Dudley.

[@PursuingHeaven]

Absolutely LOVED this show growing up. Laughter erupted from the whole house when it was on.

[@davestelling]

My Dad would watch this with my brother and I in the early 1960s. I think my Dad enjoyed it more than we did. Such good memories...

[@elisaastorino2881]

My dad was a college professor and he just loved the old cartoons.

[@elc1960]

I used to watch Rocky & Bullwinkle as a small child and I loved it, but I loved it even more as a teenager when I was old enough to understand all the jokes. I'm proud to say that when I finally got my first DVD player, one of the first sets I purchased was the Rocky & Bullwinkle set. That DVD set was the first I'd heard about the "Stokey the Bear" episode.

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Nell was supposed to be Dudley's love interest. In one episode, Snidely said to Dudley, "I've got Nell, and you will never have her back - or any other part of her."

[@timothyhall861]

I'm 66 and got a great memory for cartoons but I don't remember this episode....However I think it was harmless because the Kids back then were a whole lot smarter than what suppose to be adults these days

[@doug3819]

I'm 65 you got that right. I loved watching the cartoons in the 60s.

[@ss67camaronut]

Rocky and Bullwinkle were my fave cartoon when i was young.

[@TheBelegur]

June Foray was the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney's Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears series, and Magica De Spell, among many others.

[@thomasfoss9963]

Ya Wow-- What a career!!! Wasn't she also the voice of Ursula-- George of the Jungles girlfriend??

[@TheBelegur]

@@thomasfoss9963 She sure did. She was considered to be the female Mel Blank of cartoon voice work.

[@222aint]

June passed away in 2017 at the age of 99. What a wonderful lady

[@SonofTiamat]

I love Rocky & Bullwinkle. I grew up with this in the 90s

[@badad0166]

I grew up with it in the 60's!

[@Sgt_Glory]

Same, I used to watch it all the time as a kid on YTV in the 90's!

[@barneycoffman6663]

From the time I was young till my early years of adulthood I Loved Rocky & Bullwinkle. Even as a kid, I understood sarcastic humor, which was the entire format of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[@mdsfo]

Even now, at age 73, I love these cartoons! I saw them in black and white back then, and though the colors seem odd to me now, the witty jokes Boris and Natasha, Fearless Leader, Dudley Doright, Candlestick Parker, Fractured Flickers, and all the rest are still hilarious!

[@DeAlpineBro]

I am a proud member of The Dudley Do-Right Emporium! My favorite item was: You could send a coconut to someone you love. They would write the address with a marker on the husk, slap some stamps on it and the USPS would deliver it.

[@conniebabcock4045]

Loved this show. I remember my mom fixing me my favorite bowl of cereal, Kix, and letting me watch the show in the living room. A real treat. Thanks mom for the memories. ❤

[@jonness8927]

Kix are for kids.

[@jonness8927]

Were you fortunate enough to have a "color" tv?

[@moonshinerman]

Back in the day, Smokey the bear was big time with his slogan of "Only you can prevent forest fires". In reality Smokey, who was originally an orphaned bear due to a forest fire, was a public service reminder to prevent forest fires but became so commercialized it lost most of it's impact. Years later there was Woodsy the Owl who was another character and the second attempt by the national forest service to prevent fires and also I believe had the slogan of "Give a hoot, don't pollute". This time Woodsy was prevented from becoming too commercialized but over time fizzled out. I believe I had a children's book about Smokey way back but it is now lost through time.

[@willhorting5317]

These cartoons were exceedingly tame, compared to what passed for "cartoons" today.

[@richane22]

This was my favorite show as a kid. We use to act out Dudley Dooright episodes. I remember watching the Stokey the Bear episode, even as a kid I knew it was a parody.

[@pathfinder9759]

I grew up watching Rocky Bullwinkle. One of my favorites. The USFS does have a very strict policy regarding the character of Smokey Bear. There's a number of do's and don'ts when it came to wearing the Smokey suit while being part of a fire prevention presentation at grade schools. I was known as the short fat bear. I went to a number of schools throughout my region of work. I may have the record for being in the suit for 6 hours without a break. I gave a lot of hugs and posed for pictures with the kids that day.

[@thommysides4616]

You have my full respect for going to all those school. God bless you!

[@Warped1369]

Most people get it wrong by calling him Smokey "the" Bear, when it is just plain "Smokey Bear" I grew up in New Mexico, near the Capitan mountains, where Smokey Bear was found injured after a forest fire swept through, and saw him in person when I was a kid

[@jmp42956]

Bring back these awesome cartoons! My siblings and I watched these faithfully on Saturday morning. My parents often joined us and there was laughing, lots of laughter!

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

DEFINITELY

[@amandahugankiss4110]

One bit you left out. It took forty episodes for a single plot. With all the cuts and summeries you got about a minute of new rocky and bullwinkle plot per show. You got more from the other bits than the main characters plot. I love it still! Madness

[@CrepitusRex]

Wow. Those voices really brought me back to the 60's. I grew up with these guys.

[@bobdobalina838]

It was absolutely wonderful. the casting of the voice actors, the writing, and the animation all top shelf.

[@jananderson672]

So is your name,Mr Dobalina,Mr Bob Dobalina.😄

[@DGLaderoute]

I remember seeing this episode as a kid. Since I didn't become an arsonist later in life, and just thought it was goofy fun like the rest of Dudley Do-right (and the other cartoons on the Bullwinkle show--especially Mr. Peabody and Sherman, I LOVED that one).

[@philgiglio7922]

1:10 can remember my Dad laughing at jokes that had gone over my head. Now, as an adult, I understand how risque some of the jokes were

[@magistrumartium]

2:25 The title of the first episode is a reference that only adults would understand, to the popular orchestra, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.

[@nevarmaor]

I loved Dudley Do-Right growing up.

[@LaHermitess]

In my opinion, having watched the show as both a kid and an adult, Rocky & Bullwinkle were very much the South Park of their day, with a just a bit more of a kid friendly layer. The cartoons and voices were funny to children, but the adult humour and social/political commentary was incredibly astute and amusing (particularly for its time). Definitely a classic gem amongst old TV shows. In light of the recent Meghan/Harry South Park episode, it is gratifying to see how far the protections of comedy and parody have come in the intervening years. What a relief that humour can no longer be silenced by threat of law suits in this day and age.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

I grew up with Rocky and Bullwinkle. Remember Saturday mornings fondly.

[@daver6828]

It’s awful that a show that was meant to be funny offends someone for the dumbest reason. I don’t know what going on in this world anymore

[@suemichaels8867]

Loved this show as a kid and still love it as an old lady!

[@GeorgiaJim1]

I only JUST found your channel, and I couldn't be smiling any bigger! All these memories! I love your narrative style, and the background information you give. From the cartoons of my childhood, to the creepy sci-fi of the day, I'm loving it! I don't suppose you've done an episode of a show called "It's About Time" ? It was a Gilligan-esque show about astronauts that end up back in time to the cave-man days. For some reason, that show sticks in my head and no one else seems to remember it. Again, love the episodes ... I have to go through and watch as many as I can now. Thank you.

[@muncgrl53]

I remember that show " It's about time", didn't last very long. You can see it here on You Tube.

[@chumgrinder25]

I remember it, and the theme song. With Joe E. Ross (Tooty from Car 54) and Imogene Coca, one of Sid Caesar's funny ladies. Unfortunately it was too derivative of shows like I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched, which it was up against, so it failed in its first season.

[@jacklow9611]

I loved "It's About Time" because I loved Imogene Coca (I met her once near the end of her life) as a comedienne, who played Shad. For some reason, I don't remember who played Mac and Hec, or who played M'lor, Breer, or Boss, but I remember Joe E. Ross played Gronk, and he was funny in anything he was in ("Car 54, Where are you" was another show he was in with Fred Gwynne, who went on to play Herman Munster).

[@momcat1761]

"It's about time, it's about space, about two men in the strangest place..." I remember it even though it was only on for one season. The astronauts were Frank Aletter -- one of my favorite actors from back then -- and Jack Mullaney (no apparent relation to comedian and writer John Mulaney although they look a bit alike). Imogene Coca and Joe E. Ross, were very funny, as always, and the show had a host of guest starts like Kathleen Freeman, Karen Valentine, Herb Edelman, and Jack Albertson, just to name a few. I was in grade school when it was on, so I can't really vouch for how good a show it was, but I loved it enough to still recall the theme song all these years later.

[@gordonwallin2368]

I loved all the "grown up" humour in Rock and Bullwinkle, when I was a kid in the '60's. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@georgeshelton6281]

This has definitely grabbed my attention the most. It's regarding the existence of Dudley Do-Right.That's depicting a male cartoon grizzly doing Snydly Whiplash's bidding. Thus, seizing control of a Canadian neighborhood. I now know that this Dudley Do-Right cartoon episode is a banned cartoon episode. The Forestry Dept. was offended by this cartoon episode.

[@nedludd7622]

As a youngster in the sixties, I watched so many of these that I don't remember if I saw this one. I do know that R&B opened my mind to humor. Another show I loved was The Soupy Sales Show. He also did parodies of known subjects.

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

I`m 65, I remember this cartoon, loved Rocky and Bullwinkle. Just found the entire series on dvd. Now my 6 1/2 yr old grandson loves it too.

[@MartinNovak-f6v]

I how is the quality of the DVD

[@gulliblesbabbles]

By todays standard, this would be UNACCEPTABLE and give people something to argue about the rest of the year. As a child of the 60s, I already understood spoofs, and humor, and that setting fires was “strongly frowned upon.” It was just another time and I feel fortunate I grew up in it. These days, it’s hard to tell what is going to set someone off or how willing they’d be willing to take things. On a broader scale, this entire collection of characters and stories were all little gems, so much talent and creativity and humor. I loved my childhood. ❤❤❤

[@thomengel9720]

We watched this for years. We still sometimes speak of it. I have a friend who at one time lived in Belarus and referred to it as The Land Of Moose and Squirrel!

[@bobm3919]

June Foray and Hans Conried are national treasures!

[@tricorvus2673]

JAY WARD was a genius. Prove me wrong.

[@darkel1269]

'Prove you wrong? Who's arguing with you?

[@dh6140]

Did you vote for sleepy Joe Biden

[@douggraham5812]

Jay Ward cartoons were the greatest. Rocky and Bullwinkle were terrific, but they reached the pinnacle of their art with George of the Jungle, Super Chicken, and (in third place, but seen in the same half hour show) Tom Slick.

[@barrywassel3899]

Hi - curious to know if the mountie cartoon was written by Canadians, or Americans ? In either case, I used to watch it too, and that's where I picked up the idea that it was funny to be "corny", much to the chagrin of my later friends at school. If it was American, I actually love their portrayal of their northern neighbour ! Poking fun at each other was proof our countries were good friends. Memories !

[@veganconservative1109]

One of my favorite Canadian shows was The Red Green Show. Oddly enough, my family never actually thought Canadians were stupid by that show anymore than we thought people living in the Appalachian Mountains were all 'weird' because we enjoyed The Beverly Hillbillies. This generation of people need to get a grip. And a funny bone. I miss last century's entertainment.

[@mikesuch9021]

You knew the job was dangerous when you took it Fred! Born in 1960 growing up with these cartoons was the best. Dudley Do-Right was awesome I was a gearhead from early on. So Tom Slick was at the top of the chart. Would love see you do a video on Gorge of the Jungle Tom Slick, Super Chicken.

[@FreyaTait]

In the 1990s, Rocky and Bullwinkle's show was called "Moose-a-Rama"; it was a favorite for me and a child for whom I was caring at the time.

[@walfredswanson]

Humorlessness has always been with us.

[@EricMcDowellegm]

The puns and word play in Rocky and Bullwinkle were hilarious 😂😂😂

[@firstchoice7761]

My Brothers and I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle. We saw the Stokey the Bear episode and thought it was hilarious. We wondered for a bit why he never returned but then figured it was just a character, and we forgot about it. It would help if you remembered as children, we were not exposed to social media and didn't have 24/7 news, so we were pretty naive.

[@lilwil-ns3uo]

Ah yes, the cartoons of my youth. Those were the good old days for sure.

[@fairmanbockhorst1181]

Entertaining video - I had never heard of Stokey. I have to toss in a reference to the Kerwood Derby, another obscure R&B story line.

[@mikekeenan8706]

How about Upsidaisium, Wrong Way Peachfuzz and the giant metal munching mice from the moon? There was much gold to be mined out of that show.

[@silva7493]

I really enjoyed Rocky and Bullwinkle. The older I got, the more I enjoyed it. You did have to grow into the humor. At 67, I could still watch them if they were on now. Maybe they are, and I haven't been paying attention! I don't think I remember the Stokie the Bear episode. It sounds good!

[@Friedbrain11]

I remember watching these shows when I was young. Loved them especially Rocky and Bullwinkle. Wish I could watch all of them again. It was wonderful tv and educational at the same time. The government overreacted.