On November 19, 1959. Rocky and Bullwinkle first went on the air. “Tongue in cheek dialogue” contrasted with the simple plots in which Rocky (Rocket J. Squirrel) and Bullwinkle Moose tangled in Cold War fashion with Soviet bad guy Boris Badinov and his wife, “The Beautiful” Natasha (who worked for Mr. Big).
Other popular features on the show included “Fractured Fairy Tales” (with Everett Edward Horton), “Bullwinkle’s Corner” and the Adventures of Sherman and Mr. Peabody (an intelligent talking dog). In 1961, the program was re-named the Bullwinkle Show, though characters and format remained the same.
Joining us to talk about it and more is regular “Journey into Hidden America” contributor Bob Thompson, the Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture.
You can hear the podcast @ http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=315
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