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The following is a list of individual episodes of the American animated television feature Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959-1964). In the original broadcasts, two Rocky and Bullwinkle segments were aired as part of each half-hour program, along with several supporting features and bumpers.
There is a difference of opinion regarding the titles famously used as teasers at the end of most Rocky and Bullwinkle segments to promote the next episode (e.g. "Don't miss tomorrow's exciting episode: Bullwinkle's Ride or Goodbye, Dollink"). Some sources, such as IMDB, use them as actual titles for the individual episodes. Others, however, regard them simply as each segment's final gag (most involve cultural references—sometimes rather obscure—and frequently dreadful puns) rather than as actual titles. While these titles are mentioned at the end of most episodes they never appear in or on the episodes to which they supposedly refer. The Rocky and Bullwinkle DVDs do not use these titles, referring to the individual segments simply by number. However, Keith Scott's The Moose that Roared, prepared in cooperation with Jay Ward's family and production company, does use them.[1]
The first two seasons appeared on ABC as Rocky And His Friends. The last three seasons aired on NBC as The Bullwinkle Show. Today they are known collectively as The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show or simply Rocky and Bullwinkle. For legal reasons, current DVD editions title the reassembled programs The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.
Rocky and Bullwinkle story arcs generally end with the title characters riding off into the sunset. Rather than promoting a specific upcoming episode or story line the narrator simply exhorts viewers to "tune in next time" for the heroes' further adventures. Thus, the initial segment of each story arc is not named in the preceeding episode; these episodes take their names from the story arc that they begin.
[edit] Season 1 (1959-1960)
The first season contained twenty-six half-hour shows, each of which included two Rocky and Bullwinkle segments. Production of the first season was intentionally halted after twenty-six shows, as twenty-six weekly programs would fill exactly half a year and simplify any rerun schedule.[1]
Bullwinkle, Rocky, Gidney & Cloyd, in a scene from Jet Fuel Formula
[edit] Season 2 (1960-1961)
The second season contained 104 Rocky and Bullwinkle segments, exactly twice the number of the first season. During this period the program was broadcast semiweekly.[1]
Bars of upsidaisium in storage
- Greenpernt Oogle
- The Mail Animal or Bullwinkle Stamps His Foot
- Burgled Bullwinkle or The Moose Nappers
- A Crown for Bullwinkle or Monarch Moose
- Squirrel in the Scope or Ring Around the Rocky
- Block Party or The Happy Headsman
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- Explosive Situation or Don't Make it Worse—It's Badenov
- You've Got Me in Stitches or Suture Self
- Fifty Cents Lost or Get That Half Back
- The Scheme Misfires or You Can Planet Better Than That
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- Bucks for Boris of The Green Paper Caper
- When Moose Meets Moose or Two’s a Crowd
- The Midnight Chew-Chew or Stick to Your Gums
- Boris Badenov and His Friends?
- Bars of Steal or The Hard Cell
- Subway Finish or An Underground Round
- The Last Edition or Five-Scar Final
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- Blank Night or The Age of Nothing
- Defective Story or A Muffled Report
- Leaky Lyrics or Bullwinkle Plugs a Song
- Follow the Swallow or The Inside Story
- Playtime for Rollo or Rest in Pieces
- A Whale of a Tale or Thar She Blows Up
- Fast and Moose or Charley’s Antler
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[edit] Season 3 (1961-1962)
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- Severed Relations or How to Get a Head
- That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles or Me and My Chateau
- A Raw Deal or Two Aces and a Pair of Kings
- Rocky Draws the Line or Who’s Got My Ruler?
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- Missouri Mish Mash
- Landslide on the Rails or Bullwinkle Covers His Tracks
- Rocky and the Rock or Taken for Granite
- Trouble Upstairs or Bats in the Boris
- Boris on a Broomstick or The Flying Sorcerer
- Boris Lends a Hand or Count Your Fingers
- Mud-Munching Moose or Bullwinkle Bites the Dust
- Devil Dan Thinks It Over or Feud for Thought
- Calling Fearless Leader or Whistle for the Missile
- Rocky Takes the High Road or Missile in the Thistle
- Dollars and Scents or Putting on the Dog
- One of Our Meese Is Missing or Heads You Lose
- Bullwinkle Makes His Bid or Going! Going! Gun!
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- The Vanishing American or No Moose Is Good Moose
- Hello, Ma Booby or Pleased to Beat Ya
- Under Bullwinkle’s Bowler or The Wide, Open Spaces
- Million Dollar Carton or Jack in the Box
- Two at One Blow or The Devil Beheader
- Flower in the Hat or the Rose Bowler
- A Snitch in Time or The Finking Man’s Thilter
- Boomerang Bowler or Boris Makes a Comeback
- All in Fever Say Aye or The Emotion Is Carried
- Too Much Too Moon or What Makes Lunar Tick?
- Flying Bullets or A Cartridge in a Pear Tree
- The Crepe Hangers or Brighten the Coroner Where You Are
- Double Trouble or Two’s a Crowd
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- Topsy Turvy World
- Funny Business in the Books or The Library Card
- Topsy Turvy Time or Emit Yvrut Yspot
- Bullwinkle Takes the Wheel or The Bum Steer
- The Ocean Waves or Hi, Divers
- (Untitled Episode)
- Six O’Clock Low or Bullwinkle Gets the Point
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[edit] Season 4 (1962-1963)
- Painting Theft
- Transatlantic Chicken or Hens Across the Sea
- Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush
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- Boris Bashes a Box or The Flat Chest
- One, Two, Three, Gone or I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing
- All That Glitters or Baby, It’s Gold Outside
- Boris Wheels and Deals or A Profit Without Honor
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- McKeesport on the Prod or The Pennsylvania Poker
- Hare-Brained Boris or The Dumb Bunny
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- 5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter
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- The Moose and The Monster or Nothing but the Pest
- Testing 1, 2, 3, or Tape a Number
- The Villain’s Victory Dance or The Jig Is Up
- The Missing Moustache or Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Boom at the Top or Bullwinkle Loses His Head
- Boris Talks to Himself or Mockingbird Heel
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[edit] Season 5 (1963-1964)
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- Looney Lightning or Nuts and Volts
- The Fire Chaser or Bullwinkle Goes to Blazes
- Flaming Arrows or Bullwinkle Meets His Match
- It’s In the Bag or Rocky Gets the Sack
- A Short Weight for All Seats or One of Our Trunks Is Missing
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- Moosylvania
- Blast Off Spedia with Encyclopedia or Off to Heaven with Volume Seven
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- Resign Your Fate to a 52nd State or Moosylvania Mania!
- Bad Day at Flat Rocky or A Record in Bullwinkle’s Blot
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- Bullwinkle’s Testimonial Dinner
- Hello, Orient or That’s Some Dandy-Looking China You Have There
- Let’s Blow Up New York or We Bombed ‘Em at the Palace
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- Exploding Population or Pull Yourself Together
- Up The River or Yangtze with the Laughing Face
- The Bomb in the Cellar or Bullwinkle Lowers the Bloom
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- Bartender, Turn Those Lights Off or A Shot in the Dark
- Duel Controls or Put It in Second
- They Didn’t Pick Up Our Option or Show Down
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- Louse on 92nd Street
- Bullwinkle Sneaks a Peek or There’s Room in the River
- The Half Shot Moose or Testify My Eye
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- Wossamotta U
- A College for Two or Rock Enrolls
- The Hidden Ball Play or Goal Is Where You Find It
- Wager at Dawn or Early to Bet
- Standing Room Only or Bullwinkle Sells Out
- Bullwinkle Scores Again or Fool’s Goal
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- Moosylvania Saved
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- Moosylvania Mish Mash or A State of Confusion
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There is conflict between several online sources regarding the division of the story arcs into seasons. The breakdown presented here is based on the following references:
- The Complete Season 1 DVD set begins with Jet Fuel Formula and concludes with Box Top Robbery. Thus,[2]
- Season 2 begins with Upsidaisium. The Complete Season 2 DVD set contains 52 episodes (or 104 segments), which would run through Wailing Whale. Thus,[3]
- Season 3 begins with The Three Moosketeers. This is confirmed in Keith Scott's The Moose that Roared.[1] As the Complete Season 3 DVD set contains four story arcs,[4]
- Season 4 begins with Painting Theft.
- According to Keith Scott, Season 5 (as well as a new numbering system for the episodes) began with Bumbling Brothers Circus.[1]
The DVD sets and Keith Scott's book have been assembled with the participation of Jay Ward's family and of the current incarnation of Jay Ward Productions and are believed to be authoritative.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Scott, Keith (2000). The moose that roared: the story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a flying squirrel, and a talking moose. New York: St. Martins'.
- ^ Jay Ward & Bill Scot], producers (2003). Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends Complete Season 1 DVD (4 disks). Classic Media/Sony Wonder. ASIN: B00009PJT0.
- ^ Jay Ward & Bill Scott, producers (2004). Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends - The Complete Second Season. Classic Media. ASIN: B0002ABU5C
- ^ Jay Ward & Bill Scott, producers (2005). Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends - The Complete Third Season. Classic Media. ASIN: B000A2X0KU
[edit] External links
Rocky and Bullwinkle Episode Guide at Toontracker
The Bullwinkle Show at TV.com
Rocky and His Friends at IMDB