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The
first show ever to feature Rocky and Bullwinkle
was Jay Ward Productions' Rocky and His Friends.
It ran from September 29, 1959 to September
3, 1961 on ABC and was seen on Saturday evenings
from 6:30 to 7:00.
The
main plot line featured Rocky, the flying squirrel,
Bullwinkle, his devoted companion, Mr. Big,
the evil midget, and his Pottsylvanian accomplices,
the infamous Boris and Natasha.
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Voice
talents include June Foray as Rocky, Natasha
and Nell Fenwick; Bill Scott as Bullwinkle,
Mr. Peabody and Dudley Do-Right; Paul Frees
as Boris; Hans Conreid as Snidely Whiplash;
Walter Tetley as Sherman; Charles Ruggles as
Aesop; William Conrad as the narrator; and Edward
Everett Horton as the narrator of Fractured
Fairy Tales. The show was created by Jay Ward
and Alex Anderson and produced by Bill Scott.
In 1961 the show moved to NBC and retitled The
Bullwinkle Show. There it stayed until fall
of 1964 when it returned to ABC for nine more
years. From then on, the show has been shown
in reruns. There is also a video series available
from Buena Vista.
The History:
It all started with the animation genius for
Jay Ward. Born in 1920, he was destine to become
one of the most comical and satirical writers
for animation to date. In 1950, he had the honor
of producing the first animated program made
for television, Crusader Rabbit. It appeared
that the transfer of animation from the silver
screen to the small screen was a hit. Crusader
Rabbit lasted two years on early network television.
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