Gee, I'm even older than Rocky and Bullwinkle. I wasn't allowed to watch much TV as a kid, but did get to see this sometimes since it came on on Sundays where we lived.

And the actor who narrated those wonderful "Fractured Fairy Tales" was Edward Everett Horton, who attended Baltimore City College.

I still say "fanmail from some flounder?" when the mail comes in to our office. Gotta love it.

Happy Birthday Moose and Squirrel! We have grown up together you and I.

50 isn't so bad. To quote Victor Hugo: "Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age."

To qoute the infamous Bullwinkle J. Moose,"Eeeney Beeney Chili Beeney, the Spirits are about to Speak."

Who can forget Bullwinkle J. Moose's alma mater, What's amatta U in Frostbite Falls, Minn. or Dudley Dooright of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

As kids, we were watching some of the finest political satire ever aired with the "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". outstanding voices, writers and characters..wasn't "upsidaisium" The Bomb...Boris and Natasha always out to beat our crusaders in the latest spy exploit of the Cold War...and who was watching with interest? Why it was Gidney and Floyd, the moonmen. And if that was not enough, here came Peabody and his boy Sherman messin' with the Wayback Machine.... or the Fractured Fairy Tales. Get the two sidekicks back on the air, I miss those fellas..

Don't forget my mentor Captain Wrongway Peachfuzz and his quest to find the dinkelberry bush.

Hokey smoke! I had forgotten some of these details -- fanmail from some flounders, What's Amatta U and upsidaisium. It's great to see clips on YouTube and hear the tunes that accompanied each segment. (I bet joe nawrozki can hum them all)
One of my favorite bits: Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. ...

Karen Fitze

Do you get the same strange looks from people, as I do, when you use that phrase?

Even people my age seem to fail to
recognize that classic question.

I met Jay Ward (the creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle) and his wife; they both "worked" at their store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood where they sold R & J trinkets. The nicest, most unassuming couple I've ever met. I didn't even know I was talking to Jay when I was talking to him (until his wife let me know, later).
You all *do* know that Bullwinkle "J" Moose and Rocket "J" Squirrel, as well as Homer "Jay" Simpson get the middle name or initial from Jay Ward, right? A tribute to a wonderful man.

Kerry, here's more on the middle intials from a website with lots of R&B info (http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/secrets.htm): The full names of the characters are Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel. The two J's come from Jay Troplong Ward (voice talent and creator) and/or Bill J. Scott (co-producer and head writer). As far as we know the actually letters don't stand for anything. It has been stated that Rocky's middle initial is Jet, Rocket Jet Squirrel, but there hasn't been anything documented. The Simpsons creator, Matt Groening later did a homage to Jay by naming his characters with the famous 'J': Bartholomew J. Simpson (Bart), Homer J. Simpson, and Abraham J. Simpson (Grandpa).

Happy, Happy Birthday to Rocky and Bullwinkle! How I loved them!! That show was the greatest (that movie was not). I was 10 when it first aired, just old enough to start to pick up on the satire. Thanks for the memories......

More fun observations about Rocky & Bullwinkle.
- Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz: Whatever he predicts, go with the opposite.
- The Mud City Manglers: Whatsamotta U.'s opponent in The Big Game. Most likely inspired Al Davis' Oakland Raiders...even though some of the Manglers looked like Ray Nitschke and Fuzzy Thurston.
- The Pottsylvania Creeper: Don't they grow this on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field or the hitting background at Camden Yards? Extremely photogenic, though.
- "Keel Moose & Squirrel.": In his last game as Ohio State football coach, the squat Earle Bruce wore an all-black ensemble (suit & homburg hat) that made him look exactly like Boris Badenov.
- "Sharrup your mouth!": A catchphrase so good that I occasionally use it today.

Still hilarious after fifty years...and beyond.

My favorite line is Rocky's "That trick never works" with that disgusted high-pitched tone he used. There are so many situations in the office where tricks don't work and I assume people get my reference, i.e the response to Bullwinkle's "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. ..."

LEC, yes I do get some looks when I talk about mail from some fish and I love every minute of it. There's also: Whoo, don't know my own strength!"