Friday, November 27, 2009

Is Moose and Squirrel...

...who are having a birthday today.

(CNN) -- Fifty years ago, Jay Ward's animated moose and squirrel duo, "Rocky & Bullwinkle," debuted on ABC, forever changing the way the world looked at animated television.

His daughter, Tiffany Ward, continues her father's legacy as executive producer of the feature films "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Dudley Do-Right" and "George of the Jungle," and Cartoon Network's (sister channel to CNN) new "George of the Jungle" animated TV series.

Man... I remember watching "Rocky & Bullwinkle" as a kid. "Fractured Fairy Tales", "The World of Commander McBrag", "Go-Go Gophers"; hell, half of those cartoons couldn't be produced today without week-long protests (kinda like Blazing Saddles...) Happy Birthday to Rocky, Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and all the rest of the crazy gang in Mooselvania...

It's a sad world when we can no longer hear Mr. Peabody say "Quiet, you" to his pet boy Sherman...


That is all.

3 comments:

JD said...

Ya, a shame, we are so politically correct now and where has it gotten us. . . .

A weaker country, a bunch of whiners for citizens, people looking for govenment hand outs and flipping out if anything makes them feel bad. . .

Ya, that politically correct thing was a great idea. . ..

Borepatch said...

"Hey Rocky - watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

Almost as many uses as that Hitler video ...

;-)

Old NFO said...

Memories... sigh... :-)