The Bullwinkle Show (1959)
A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their adventures are the Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right, Peabody's Improbable History, and Fractured Fairy Tales, among others.
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The Bullwinkle Show
1959 / TV-GSeasons & Episode
We find that the shoemaker has to do many unlikely things to learn his trade.
Dudley disguises himself as Nell to capture Snidely Whiplash.
John Sullivan has a large mustache that is preventing him from competing in the boxing match.
Mr. Peabody teaches King Richard how to become the truly lion-hearted and win his special noble quest. But, none of Peabody's strategies work, so he tricks him into using a sword which he convinces Richard into thinking is magic.
Little Red Riding Hood is SO contrite after her booby-trapped basket explodes in the Wolf's face- especially as she's just discovered that he's a member of Riding Hoods Anonymous, a program designed to help him kick "the Riding Hood habit." And this is just the beginning of the story! A wicked, wicked satire that takes on 12-step programs, the DAR and the NRA in only four minutes!
Lord Nelson is unable to go into battle against the Spanish fleet as his crew has left port minus one important commodity. Now it's up to Peabody to help him get into battle.
The court jester tries to fool the King by providing him with fake princesses.
Bullwinkle reads a poem about Barbara Frietchie, who ends up being a sewing lady for the Union Army in the Civil War and tries to sew a flag for the Union. Boris plays a Confederate soldier trying to stop Barbara...
Dudley joins the Mounties and his first assignment is to blow up Snidely's log jam factory.
Alfred Nobel has trouble testing his explosives because he does not have a good place to test them. Now, Peabody and Sherman must help him find a safe place to test the TNT.
Androcles finds it is often helpful to befriend a lion, especially when you are thrown into a lion pit yourself.
The Queen of Hearts (Rocky) bakes heart-shaped cookies. The Knave of Hearts is Boris.
Snidely impersonates the Colonel and tells all of the Mounties that they must replace their horses with rocking horses.
A Wicked Fairy casts a beautiful Princess into a never-ending sleep. The Prince who comes to awaken her changes his mind when he sees a chance for commercial exploitation-and turns her castle into a theme park and charges admission for the public to view her. (It is surely mere coincidence that the Prince is a dead ringer for Walt Disney!) When the Wicked Fairy shows up and wants her cut of the action, the Prince must dispose of her if he is to retain control of "Sleepingbeautyland." But is the Princess REALLY asleep? Who's exploiting whom?
Calamity Jane tries everything to have a calamity to live up to her name, but she keeps failing with her good luck. Can Mr. Peabody think of something to help her become the desperado she was written to be?
The dwarfs are hiding Snow White from the evil Queen.
Bullwinkle barricades himself against some very bratty kids bent on committing mayhem.
Kitty Hawk, a troublesome bird, nests in the Wright brothers' plane and prevents them from making their historic flight. So Peabody disguises a rock as an egg to distract the bird without hurting it.
In 1914 England, Mata Hari has stolen the plans to Britain's greatest secret. Peabody and Sherman must capture her before she turns those plans over to the Germans.
This is the story of the Pied Piper who plays a flatt, not a flute, and who drives out all the mice in the town. The strange little man has the ability to create pies from his pipe! The King loves his tobacco pie! The only problem is that when the Queen takes a bite of the pie, she disappears!
Alden Farquhar has good looks and a sense of humor, but no money. While strolling along one day, he runs into a witch who turns him into a big, beastly ogre. People are now scared of him and shower him with money. Now rich, he must find a maiden to turn him back.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel to 1810 where they meet Napoleon who is missing his royal suspenders. So, Peabody and Sherman must get them back from some pirates. But when they get them back, they're shocked to see everyone is glad with Napoleon occupied.
Rumpelstiltskin uses the magic of publicity to convince everyone that his client can spin gold out of straw.
Dudley Do-Right captures what he believes to be a Centaur and makes it his new mount.
Lucretia Borgia, the worlds best poison artist has just gotten a 12th husband who is snacking on furniture. Peabody and Sherman try to get the husband to leave Lucretia but he loves her too much to bail out on her. So, Peabody creates a special potion for him that will make the man impervious to poison so he will live and not leave his wife.
Sweet Little Beet is a poor orphan girl forced into a life of drudgery and ill-treated by her wicked (and UGLY!) stepsisters. A mysterious (and invisible) Prince promises to wed the pure-in-heart maiden who can see him. Sweet Little Beet's wicked (and UGLY!) stepsisters make fools of themselves trying-but Little Beet succeeds! Will she marry the Prince? Well, not exactly... there's a problem.
Bullwinkle stops Boris from cutting down his beloved trees.
Louis Pasteur's cow thinks she is a chicken after a case of amnesia, so Mr. Peabody decides to find a remedy.
Forest Primeval attempts to cheat Annie Oakley at a shooting match until a certain genius dog and his boy intervene.
In a pond in the Middle West, an ugly duckling wants to be a star, so he has a face lift that makes him good-looking, and missing the opportunity to play an ugly role.
Bullwinkle tells us the story of Jack B. Nimble, played by Boris, whose business card is "High Jumps Inc., Candlewicks a Specialty." He gets $40 a week.
Don Juan has lost his mojo when he finds out that his love for onions has given him bad breath and he is losing all the ladies. Only Peabody and Sherman can help him recover his reputation. They try to make him give up onions, but that doesn't work. Can Mr. Peabody find a remedy?
An old man who has three sons plans to give one of them a golden goose, but he first must find out which one deserves it. A rather dimwitted guy trades his stale sandwich to a goblin for a golden goose. Several people try to take the goose, but when they touch it, they are forever stuck to it!
Snidely Whiplash opens his own mounted police force.
King Midas, the most miserly man alive, embarks on an advertising campaign to make people 'like' him, but places a mean tax on the people of his kingdom.
Ponce de Leon's men have overdosed on water from the fountain of youth and changed into babies – just before an enemy attack.
Bullwinkle changes this story to "Maury Had a Little Lamb" because Rocky is a boy.
The American Army is ordered not to fire on their British enemies until they “can see the whites of their eyes.” Unfortunately, the British are wearing sunglasses.
Red owns a fur shop and finds she needs a wolf pelt. Meanwhile, the wolf is going to bring goodies to Grandma's house, and so Red does the riding hood bit in reverse. But there's quite a twist at the end as the wolf goes into the fur business for himself...
Nell gives both Snidely and Dudley a locket with her picture inside.
The Wolf, seeking a life of ease, attempts to marry one of the three pigs.
Willaim Tell is set to use his son to shoot an apple with an arrow, but he has lost his glasses and can't see a thing.
Marconi's radio is wired underwater in the Venice Canal and Mr. Peabody must drain the canals to help him.
Beauty is tricked by the wicked witch and is not put to sleep but is forced to put other people to sleep... even the prince.
Dudley Do-Right pays a visit to Snidely's Vic Whiplash gym where he loses all of his strength.
Peabody and Sherman aid Lord Douglas and his mountain climbers in reaching the peak of the Alps.
The Prince must make like a bird and daringly rescue Rapunzel.
Inspector Fenwick uses Nell's coming out party to steal Snidely's hat, making him a laughing stock.
A young Prince takes refuge in a palace where the King's six daughters have been turned into chickens.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman help Christopher Columbus discover that the earth is round. TRIVIA: It is a popular misconception that Columbus discovered America or that the Earth was round. The Earth’s shape had been common knowledge for centuries and Columbus was actually a terrible person who nearly drove the Caribbean natives to extinction. Also, Columbus was the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America - not North America as this episode suggests.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman help Lawrence of Arabia with his mission of stopping Turkey's plans to overthrow Arabia. However, Lawrence needs all the help he can get.
Julius the Frog wants to become a person and needs the help of his fairy frog mother.
Snidely replaces Dudley with a robot in an effort to infiltrate the Mounties.
Both the Duke and the fair maiden have the reddest hair in the nation. Lucky for them, red hair is the magic word.
Bullwinkle climbs a cherry tree.
Gutenberg needs to find paper to meet his five o clock deadline, and he must rewrite the stories when he accidentally prints the paper with invisible ink.
Sir Issac Newton can't prove his law of gravity, so Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel to 1686, to make sure that Isaac Newton will have the iconic encounter with an apple that leads him to develop the Theory of Gravity.
Grizelda wins the Witch of the Year Award for being so nasty, but then falls in love with a handsome prince - so she decides to enchant herself and make herself a princess. It works, but her broom keeps following her, so she gets it a dustpan (called a "gride"), and they have a double wedding - Bride and Groom, and Gride and Broom...
Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell on her wedding day and holds her hostage in the sawmill.
A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their adventures are the Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right, Peabody's Improbable History, and Fractured Fairy Tales, among others.
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