ROCKY & BULLWINKLE FIRST APPEARED ON T.V.ON THE ROCKY & FRIENDS SHOW ON NOVEMBER 19, 1959 ON ABC. VOICES BULLWINKLE-BILL SCOTT PICTURES CLICK FOR OTHER JAY WARD TOONS THUMBNAIL PAGE
CREATED BY JAY WARD & BILL SCOTT (WHO ALSO PROVIDED THE VOICE OF BULLWINKLE)
IT'S STARS, ROCKY & BULLWINKLE WERE INFLUENCED BY JAY WARD'S ORIGINAL CARTOON CHARACTERS, CRUSADER RABBIT & RAGLAND T. TIGER. ROCKY WAS THE SMART SHORT ONE & BULLWINKLE WAS THE BIG DUMB ONE.
AS ALWAYS, THE BADGUYS ARE MY FAVORITE PART. BORIS BADENOV & NATASHA FATALE TRIED EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO MAKE LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR OUR HEROES.
ALTHOUGH IT NEVER WAS A BIG HIT, IT HAD IT'S DEDICATED FOLLOWERS. WHATEVER CRUSADER RABBIT WAS, THE ROCKY SHOW WAS 100 FOLD. IT'S PLOTS & PUNS WERE WAY OVER THE LINE.
ONCE, THEY HAD A EPISODE DEALING WITH AN ARTIFACT CALLED THE
"KERWARD DERBY".
WELL, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED "DERWARD KIRBY" WHO HOSTED CANDID CAMERA WITH ALLEN FUNT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, DERWARD WAS NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THIS. HE THREATENED TO SUE.
JAY WARD'S ANSWER, "PLEASE DO! WE COULD USE THE PUBLICITY!"
ANOTHER FACT ABOUT DERWARD WAS THAT HE WAS COMEDIAN GARRY MOORE'S ANNOUNCER & CO-HOST ON HIS SHOW WHICH RAN FROM SEPT. 1958 TO JAN. 1967. (THANKS TO DUSTY BAKER FOR THE INFO.)
THE ANIMATION ON THE SHOW WAS TERRIBLE BUT, THE SHOW WAS BASED ON IT'S GREAT WRITING. IN MY OPINION, IT HAS THE BEST WRITING DONE FOR AN ANIMATED SHOW EVER.
THE SHOW CAN BE SEEN ON CARTOON NETWORK WHERE IT'S FOLLOWERS STILL CAN ENJOY THE ANTICS OF THE GREATEST CARTOON DUO EVER!
BORIS BADENOV-PAUL FREES
ROCKY & NATASHA-JUNE FORAY
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