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Action Jacktion
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Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right were actually creatred by a man named Alexander Anderson, who also worked with Ward on the pre-Bullwinkle cartoon Crusader Rabbit. Before getting involved in cartoons, Ward was a real estate agent, and Anderson went to him because he needed financing. I'm sure Ward contributed a lot to the characters, but it was Anderson who came up with the original ideas.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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I remember watching Rocky and Bullwinkle on Nickelodeon back when i was a really little kid. My favorites were the steriotypically russian communsist bad-guys. They ownz you.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama: people may not be interested in this topic, but I on the other hand am. But it's not only this topic. You have done the same thing with at least 7 threads in the first page. And let's not forget the dozens of times that you tried to resurrect your "Connecting Game" and the countless "Best insert actor or director here movies" threads. I think everybody likes their threads. Who doesn't? If you open a thread, it's because you like what the thread is about. That doesn't mean that it has to be at the first page every time. Now I'll stop posting in this thread. I just had to post this because it's something that's been bothering me and others for some time.
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Capīn Skusting
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by Nasty Pasty: I remember watching Rocky and Bullwinkle on Nickelodeon back when i was a really little kid. I was a wee bit young to remember the first airings of R&B ('59 - '61) but from '61 on, I was a die hard viewer and fan getting to watch new episodes as they aired. The stuff became even funnier watching the show as an adult. We always cited Jay Ward as an influence in the last band I played in (Formaldehyde Blues Train). The live action movie was semi-alright. definately worth a looksee. DeNiro as Fearless Leader is a treat, and there are lots of great cameos.
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TheLampIncident
Urban Legend
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Originally posted by evan: I hate to break this to you, FFSoR, but bumping your own thread, when no one is really interested in the topic, is L.A.M.E. Last time I checked, it seemed like half of the threads on the first page of TV were of your making, and you were the only major poster in them. Excuse me for breaking the news, but people just aren't interested in these topics.
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fryfanSpyOrama
Urban Legend
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« Reply #18 on: 09-09-2004 00:40 »
« Last Edit on: 09-09-2004 00:40 »
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At the risk of being called bumpy, I have something relvant to say. You don't have to post if you don't want to. Here's a quote from Matt Groening about Rocky and Bullwinkle. ...I think the biggest influence as far as my work in animation was Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Rocky and Bullwinkle was a cartoon that was very cheap looking, but it worked anyway. And I figured that what made this cartoon work was great writing, great voices and great music, and that the animation didn't matter as much. You may not care, but that isn't the reason why I posted this. Matt Groening is right; many cartoons I like now, have cheap looking animation, but they have good writing, and other good qualities. Whole article available: http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening94.html This interview was made, I think, back in 1994. Also, thank you boingo for the info. I forgot to mention: One of my friends who is a bigger Rocky and Bullwinkle fan than me, told me that Matt had thought of remaking Rocky and Bullwinkle for the 90's for FOX, since the old Rocky and Bullwinkle show became popular on Nick. However, he couldn't get the rights so he decided to develop Futurama. Though, I don't believe this rumor myself, but if anybody can offer proof of this, I be turned around on the matter.
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John Pannozzi
Starship Captain
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« Reply #19 on: 09-09-2004 17:02 »
« Last Edit on: 09-09-2004 17:02 »
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Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama:
One of my friends who is a bigger Rocky and Bullwinkle fan than me, told me that Matt had thought of remaking Rocky and Bullwinkle for the 90's for FOX, since the old Rocky and Bullwinkle show became popular on Nick.
However, he couldn't get the rights so he decided to develop Futurama. Though, I don't believe this rumor myself, but if anybody can offer proof of this, I be turned around on the matter.
Too bad. Matt would've done a helluva better job reviving R&B than the well-intended but misguided Universal/Tribeca film did. Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama: What does everybody think about the 2000 live action movie of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
It had some good moments (the traditional animated parts by Wild Brain rocked out loud), but it wasn't as witty as the original and the whole idea was that Rocky and Bullwinkle were in the real world, a place forigein (sic) to them, but the "real world" they visited was if anything more cartoony than the world their old adventures took place in. Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama: Believe it or not Jay Ward bought his own island in 1962. Why? He was hoping to make it into a State. Yes, I know. It was called "Moosesylania" and inspired 2 Rocky and Bullwinkle adventures (the 2nd of which, "Moosesylania Saved" was Rocky and Bullwinkle's last TV adventure)
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LWR
Crustacean
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I'm a big Jay Ward fan. If it wasn't for him, "Life In Hell" may not have been as funny. Matt Groening most certainly was influenced by Jay Ward as George Lucas was influenced by Joseph Campbell.
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