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The Bullwinkle/Rocky and Bullwinkle/Rocky and His Friends show(s)

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johnbasalla

Watching the show in the 1970s, I distinctly remember at the end of one of the Rocky and Bullwinkle serialized episodes hearing William Conrad say only on title for the next episode instead of two. On the local independent station it was on, it looked like they edited out one of the two titles. Always wondered why, and what it was. The show was made for TV, so how bad could it have been?

Join me on my next post for "More Writing About TV" or "The Pen Is Mightier Then The Tube".
 
johnbasalla said:
Watching the show in the 1970s, I distinctly remember at the end of one of the Rocky and Bullwinkle serialized episodes hearing William Conrad say only on title for the next episode instead of two. On the local independent station it was on, it looked like they edited out one of the two titles. Always wondered why, and what it was. The show was made for TV, so how bad could it have been?

Join me on my next post for "More Writing About TV" or "The Pen Is Mightier Then The Tube".
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John: I'm guessing they save 5 seconds from each of those. Twice in a show, that's 10. Find 10 more seconds to cut out of the show, and there's an extra 30 for commercials.
 
johnbasalla said:
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john, you just made my sides split! :D Jay Ward's writers knew how to blow the viewer away!

ixnay
 
Michael, I don't think it had anything to do with adding more commercial time. It was done exactly one time. Even the second "Rocky and Bullwinkle" episode in that half hour had both titles and the two titles appeared every other time.

Join me next time I post about "Rocky and Bullwinkle" for "Animated Posting" or "More Talk About R&B".
 
johnbasalla said:
Michael, I don't think it had anything to do with adding more commercial time. It was done exactly one time. Even the second "Rocky and Bullwinkle" episode in that half hour had both titles and the two titles appeared every other time.

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I didn't understand. Now I'd say it was more likely a film break in the 16mm master the dubs were made from that just happened to fall there and was damaging enough the best option was to splice from the first title to the next event.

Anything that got past NBC Standards and Practices between 1959 and 1963 probably wouldn't have an issue a decade later.
 
michael hagerty said:
johnbasalla said:
Michael, I don't think it had anything to do with adding more commercial time. It was done exactly one time. Even the second "Rocky and Bullwinkle" episode in that half hour had both titles and the two titles appeared every other time.

Join me next time I post about "Rocky and Bullwinkle" for "Animated Posting" or "More Talk About R&B".
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I didn't understand. Now I'd say it was more likely a film break in the 16mm master the dubs were made from that just happened to fall there and was damaging enough the best option was to splice from the first title to the next event.

Anything that got past NBC Standards and Practices between 1959 and 1963 probably wouldn't have an issue a decade later.
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In 1970, Bonanza still had enough juice to get the word "bastard" through--the scene dealt with a kid who overhears that his parents weren't married when he was born. Still, the head of S & P at the time for NBC, Herminio Traviesas, said the heaviest pressure he got was from ethnic groups: "We can't kid ethnic groups the way we did even a year ago." This was about the time the Frito Bandito disappeared from advertising, but was the year before All in the Family arrived, which showed that CBS was willing to push the envelope.
 
johnbasalla said:
Watching the show in the 1970s, I distinctly remember at the end of one of the Rocky and Bullwinkle serialized episodes hearing William Conrad say only on title for the next episode instead of two. On the local independent station it was on, it looked like they edited out one of the two titles. Always wondered why, and what it was. The show was made for TV, so how bad could it have been?
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Be with us next time for "The Case of the Missing Joke-Title," or "The Editor Pilfers the Pun!" ;D
 
I sense a new message board game based on the titles of episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Be sure to join us next time for "A Different Take on Rocky and Bullwinkle" or "The Double Titles Game Continues".
 
Mr. Hagerty, your thought makes sense. The main reason I share this non-earth shattering news is so I can say this:

Tune into my next "Rocky and Bullwinkle" post: "Rocky and Roll" or "More Bull About Bullwinkle".
 
Ah something close to my heart.....

Have a ball....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_episodes

Be with us next time, for "Hanging by a Thread" OR "Disgusting Discussion."

Note on the link: #2 in "Jet Fuel Formula" only had one title on screen despite two names; #5 was indeed one title. The second title in #6 of "Rue Brittania" has to be my favorite, but you'd have to have viewed it.

cd
 
cd637299 said:
Ah something close to my heart.....

Have a ball....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_episodes

Be with us next time, for "Hanging by a Thread" OR "Disgusting Discussion."

Note on the link: #2 in "Jet Fuel Formula" only had one title on screen despite two names; #5 was indeed one title. The second title in #6 of "Rue Brittania" has to be my favorite, but you'd have to have viewed it.

cd
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It was clear, especially in the early episodes, that the animation and on-screen titles were being done by the least-expensive offshore talent available.
 
Actually, my favorite part of the show(s) was "Peabody's Improbable History". I also enjoyed "Fractured Fairy Tales", and to a somewhat lesser degree, its "sibling" "Aesop and Son".
Recently I was invited to a film party where they showed the classic Disney animated feature "Snow White and The Seven Dwarves". In a classic bit of understatement, the gentleman who owns the actual films (not videos) presented, said "Next you're going to see the same story again, but a little different". Then up popped "Snow White, Inc.", a "Fractured Fairy Tale"! I never liked "Dudley Dooright" even though I like many silent comedies, which the Dudley cartoons played off of.

Don't miss the next exciting post entitled: "Rocket To Rocky" or "More Moose Head Mania".
 
johnbasalla said:
I never liked "Dudley Dooright" even though I like many silent comedies, which the Dudley cartoons played off of.
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"Dudley"'s theme song (demonstrating trumpet virtuosity that would've put Al Hirt to shame) was used as the music bed for drive time traffic reports on WSTW-93.7 Wilmington, DE +/- 20 years ago. The theme was repeated as long as needed until the traffic reporter signed off.

ixnay
 
On the 100th anniversary of the Jack The Ripper murders in England, I did a radio show about the murders. One of the things we did was our own Peabody and Sherman sketch in which they use The Wayback Machine to go back to the White Chapel District of London England in 1888, the year of the notorious murders. Peabody and Sherman run into a strange guy with a short temper and problems with people. Mr. Peabody works to make sure the first victim will be in the right place at the right time for history to take its course. Sherman, being a little boy, is unwittingly annoying the guy to no end. The guy goes nuts and just before he leaves Sherman says "Here, take this knife, you might need it". Mr. Peabody says ... "And there he goes to commit the first of his horrendous murders. Have you noticed that lots of murderers have 3 names?" Sherman asks in a surprised voice..."3 names?" Mr. Peabody responds... "Why yes. John Wayne Gacy, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack THE Ripper.".

I often wondered what the cartoons would be like if they visited some horrible things and people from history.
 
The earliest shows were a pain to watch (the animation), and I think it was the first 7 episodes (the Rocky & Bullwinkle segment, I mean) which had the unnecessary laugh track. IMO it wasn't all that funny at the start, but, unlike most comedies, got funnier and funnier as time went on---especially as the narrator got into the act more often.

I liked Peabody too, even if the only decent part was the end pun!

Be with us for the next post,

"All the Moose that's Fit to Print," OR, "Squirrel's Night Out"!

cd
 
Yes the one Peabody was "King Arthur," with the laugh track, although the DVD (which I don't have) may have removed it.

The "Mata Hari" Peabody episode has two puns for the price of one.

Too tired to think of titles.

cd
 
ixnay said:
johnbasalla said:
I never liked "Dudley Dooright" even though I like many silent comedies, which the Dudley cartoons played off of.
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"Dudley"'s theme song (demonstrating trumpet virtuosity that would've put Al Hirt to shame) was used as the music bed for drive time traffic reports on WSTW-93.7 Wilmington, DE +/- 20 years ago. The theme was repeated as long as needed until the traffic reporter signed off.

ixnay
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Sticking with the Chemical Capital, Wilmington's minor league baseball team (the Blue Rocks) has a sky-blue moose mascot named Rocky Bluewinkle. Dunno if the club sought or received the blessings of Jay Ward's estate.

Is Richmond, VA's MiLB team still called the Flying Squirrels?

ixnay
 
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