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.
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.
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...
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.
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?🤪)
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.
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.
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. 😆
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👍
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
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.
In September 1973, The Bullwinkle Show went into repeats on various syndicated local network stations, after it left its ABC run. It may have aired on independent, NBC, ABC, CBS and future Fox, WB, UPN, MyNetwork and The CW stations.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
😀 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.
@@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.
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.
