BULLWINKLE SHOW, THE: BANANA FORMULA (TV)
Summary
One in this animated series about two friends -- a
gormless moose named Bullwinkle and an intelligent
flying squirrel named Rocky -- and their frequent
encounters with their arch enemies, Soviet spies Boris
Badenov and Natasha. In this episode, Bullwinkle proves
that everyone can do something, when he demonstrates
his ability to remember everything he has ever eaten.
Meanwhile Boris and Natasha receive orders to steal a
formula. Boris decides he will steal the formula for
"hush a bomb," but runs into trouble when he hides his
notes for the formula in a banana, which Bullwinkle
promptly eats. Other highlights of this program include
the following segments: Bullwinkle and Rocky decide to
start their own newspaper so that they can write
articles about their fan club; in "Fractured Fairy
Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker," a shoemaker is
ordered by his king to destroy all his shoes, but
finds the task difficult when elves arrive during the
night and replace the ones that he has buried; in
"Bullwinkle's Corner," the famous moose recites a poem
entitled "Wee Willie Winkie"; and in "Mr. Peabody's
Improbable History," the intelligent canine and Sherman
travel back to the year 1867 and help to create the
rules for boxing. Includes commercials.
(Network varies; this series was also telecast on ABC
from 1964 to 1973. Series title varies; this series was
also telecast under the title "Rocky and His Friends" on
ABC from 1959 to 1961.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 24, 1961 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:51
- COLOR/B&W: B&W copy of a color telecast
- CATALOG ID: T86:2097
- GENRE: Animation; Children's; Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Animation; Children's programs; Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1961-1964
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - General Mills Cheerios cereal
- TV - Commercials - General Mills Cocoa Puffs cereal
- TV - Commercials - General Mills Trix cereal
- TV - Commercials - Kix corn cereal
- TV - Commercials - Old London Corn Doodles corn chips
- TV - Commercials - Tootsie Rolls candy
CREDITS
- Ponsonby Britt … Executive Producer
- Jay Ward … Producer
- Bill Scott … Producer
- Bill Hurtz … Director
- Pete Burness … Director
- Ted Parmelee … Director
- Lew Keller … Director
- Gerard Baldwin … Director
- Sal Faillace … Director
- George Singer … Director
- Gamma Productions … Animation
- Chris Hayward … Writer
- Lloyd Turner … Writer
- Chris Jenkyns … Writer
- George Atkins … Writer
- Al Burns … Writer
- Fred Steiner … Theme Music by
- June Foray … Cast, Voice
- Paul Frees … Cast, Voice
- Edward Everett Horton … Cast, Voice
- Hans Conried … Cast, Voice
- Bill Conrad … Cast, Voice
- Walter Tetley … Cast, Voice