June Foray, the best voice actor ever, said each Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon was recorded in real time, with no cuts. With speedy dialogue being the series' mainstay, it was taxing. She did Rocky and Natasha, so if those characters happened to have adjacent lines, she would have to shift from the super soprano Rocky voice to the deep baritone Natasha instantly, then maybe right back, with no time to adjust. June was astonishingly talented. She lived to be 99.

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

From working on my cartoon channel I can definitely say it is hard trying to go from one voice to the next. Of course, I'm not a professional like those guys were that worked on Rocky and Bullwinkle. It is amazing to hear Natasha and Rocky's voice come out of the same person.

@paulbookwood6410

3 ай бұрын

I love to hear her say, "Is moose and squirrel, Dah link."

The greatest cartoon ever made. They not only made fun of everyone and everything else, but they also made fun of themselves. I grew up watching Rocky & Bullwinkle.😁 that and Mad Magazine. (Maybe that's what's wrong with me?🤪)

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I think the world could use more of a sense of humor today. Have to wonder what super serious people grew up watching. I grew up with cartoons and comics. I used to read Mad too.

@peterhatzioannides7120

3 ай бұрын

It's what's right with you.

Bill Scott was also the voice of George of the Jungle, Superchicken and Tom Slick on that show. People refer to Mel Blanc as "The Man of 1,000 Voices", but Paul Frees worked as often, narrating movie trailers, doing TV commercial voiceovers, and working on almost all the other cartoon shows on the air. I believe he worked right up until the very end. Busy fella...

@gregofthelake

3 ай бұрын

I agree. As I've watched and read more about animation and voice over, Paul Frees was the best. Mel was great, but Paul was better. In my opinion.

I remember one adventure where Boris had something to do with a lawyer character, his line was along the lines of “I look like Clarence Darinov?”, didn’t understand that till I was an adult. 😆

I hope you all enjoy this look back at Rocky and Bullwinkle.

@wb3381

3 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation

@jons.6216

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful! You hardly hear about this show anymore!

@DonMachado

3 ай бұрын

I've loved Rocky and Bullwinkle since I was a kid. You could grow up with it. Jokes that went over your head as a kid suddenly make sense when you get older. My senior dog's name is Boris, my puppy is Rocky. I almost named him Rocket as that was Rocky's given name, (Rocket J Squirrel ). We had Mr. Peabody but he's passed.

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

@@wb3381 Thanks

@HerbieHerbHerb

3 ай бұрын

This show was chocked-full of puns. Loved it.

This show was ahead of its time, you notice so much more watching it as an adult

My all time favorite cartoon. I find something new every time I watch. So many memorable quotes and fourth wall breaks that make me laugh. One I always remember is Bullwinkle "I hate episodes that start like this, even though I get the money later. Which I probably won't." And Boris talking directly to the narrator. 😆 Walter Tetley (Sherman) was fantastic on the radio programs The Great Gildersleve and Phil Harris and Alice Faye. He had that high pitched boyish voice, but the timing of an adult that really made him funny.

My brother and I watched it everyday after school in the early 60's, we enjoyed it more than other cartoons because of the more sophisticated humor, most cartoons pandered to kids in an infantile manner, R&B didn't, thanks👍

Rocky and Bullwinkle..my absolute favorite cartoon

There was a well known commentator at the time named Durwood Kirby. In one of the ongoing episodes Rocky and Bullwinkle were tasked with finding a stolen hat known as the Kurwood Derby. Kirby sued the show but the lawsuit was thrown out of court. On another occasion the plot of the show was centered on Rocky and Bullwinkle finding an expensive jewel covered toy boat which belonged to an important maharaja. The boat was known as the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam which was a spoof on the ancient classic book, _The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam_ .......... (Rubaiyat = a book of verse).

I was normally familiar with the Rocky & Bullwinkle Film. Plus, I also knew that Dudley Do-Right and Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Segments on the OG Cartoon Show) has their own Spin-Off Films

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I liked the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie and the Peabody one. It's been a while since I seen it, but I don't think I liked the The Dudley Do-Right movie all that well.

@thefantasticretroreviewer3941

3 ай бұрын

@@tvcrazyman Sometimes you cannot win them all

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 That's true.😀

@thefantasticretroreviewer3941

3 ай бұрын

@@tvcrazyman Its something we all gotta deal with

I always take the knob off my TV 🙂

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

You have to remember to glue it back on the next week though. 😀

@gregofthelake

3 ай бұрын

That ranks up their with Soupy Sales telling kids to send him those green pieces of paper in their parent's wallets.

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

@@gregofthelake I think Soupy got into trouble for something else too that got the show taken off the air, but I can't remember what it was exactly.

They also often had complete settings and action changes when the episodes continued in the next segment! I especially noticed this in the episode where Rocky and Bullwinkle are captives in an orchestra and try to saw their chains off during a song (which completely changed when they came back from the break!) Haha!

Cartoon director, Chuck Jones, once said "Mel Blank is the male June Foray".

@gregofthelake

3 ай бұрын

Nice. Reminds me that someone (don't remember who) said "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels."

Rocky & bullwinkle what a legend of a cartoon 😀

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

Definitely 😀

I’ll always remember Daws Butler doing a Phil Silver voice as Prince Charming in the ‘Sleeping Beauty Land’ Fractured Fairytale.

They never played old episodes of R&B in the 80s where I lived.. But they played super chicken, George of the jungle and Tom slick.. I loved them

Rocky and His Friends aired on ABC from 1959 to '61, was both a better show than its earlier counterpart, and a better-known one. Today, it's best known as The Bullwinkle Show, which was its title when it was picked up for NBC's 1961-64 prime time schedule.

Oh yay I remember this classic cartoon great stuff always love hearing the facts and goofs lol

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@cadeevans4623

3 ай бұрын

Anytime bud

Conrad was really talented. He acted, did the voices, and directed TV shows. He may have even written a few, but I'm not sure about that. Yet, when he finally got his own series, the network didn't really put that much effort into it; I think they were surprised when Canon became a hit.

@jamescooley5744

3 ай бұрын

Bill Conrad was also the voice of Quake..the miner mascot on the Quaker Oats cereal Quake.

Boris and Natasha were also primary characters in the book series that became a 1500 page book, War and Peace.

This was great, thanks!

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

5:09 actually in light of recent discoveries he's now believed to be just Ivan "the not too bad."

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I guess Ivan the not too bad is better than the terrible. 😀

Rocky and Bullwinkle, and related shows, seem to have been written in different levels. One, various jokes that any little kid can understand, and then, jokes with double meanings for adults. It wasn't until I was in college that I caught some of these. For instance the episode where they were searching for the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kyam, which turned out to be a small bejeweled boat. When studying for a test I discovered the Rubyat, a poem. Also, when reading about Russia, I discovered Boris Gudenov. I guess Boris Badenov was his alter-ego. There were many others.

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I definitely think they were aiming for a series that everyone could enjoy of all ages.

Bullwinkle telling kids to remove the channel knob - and 1,000s did it! 🤣

Awesome 😂🥰😇

S1E1 Boris had red eyes.

It's a friggin' cartoon!

How about Aesop and Son, they couldn’t decide he and his son were to be blond or brunette.

Oh, come on, Crazyman! You can't mock Rocky & Bullwinkle for goofs! The budget for making the cartoons was probably a buck and a quarter, and nobody spoke English! /snark

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

😀 Jay Ward would have wanted it that way. He would do anything for publicity. He almost got in trouble at the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis I think it was.

@kali3665

3 ай бұрын

@@tvcrazyman Yeah, I remember reading that. Ward had no idea what the problem was since he figured JFK had a sense of humor and would have enjoyed the trick. The day afterwards, JFK made the crisis public.

😂😂❤❤

Have you ever done a video like this for the old Flintstones cartoons?

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I've done a facts video on newer Pebbles and Bamm Bamm and one about a Jetsons theory. I need to do one on goofs and facts for the original show. That's a good idea.

They don't make cartoons like that anymore. 😂

How about Clutch Cargo

Tvcrazyman do you remember the original Popeye1936 Olive oyl was taller than Popeye but the 1970s The all new Popeye hour Olive oyl is Popeyes height

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

I never noticed that before. I'll look for it the next time. I wish I could get all the Popeye cartoons on DVD.

@wb3381

3 ай бұрын

@tvcrazyman Thank you, sir

What's new

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

This week its Rocky and Bullwinkle.😀Look for Battlestar Galactica next week.

Your failure to get the joke is not an animator’s goof…

@tvcrazyman

3 ай бұрын

Which joke were you referring to? I take it that you thought I was looking negatively on the show which is definitely not my intention.