Bullwinkle J. Moose
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Bullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character in the 1959 – 1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show (often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle), produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. When the show moved networks (from ABC to NBC), its name was changed to The Bullwinkle Show, reflecting the popularity of Bullwinkle.
Ward and his then assistant Alex Anderson created Bullwinkle for The Frostbite Falls Review, a storyboard idea which was never developed into a series. They gave him the name 39;39;Bullwinkle39;39; after Clarence Bullwinkel, a car dealer, because they thought it was a funny name. Both Bullwinkle and Rocky were given the middle initial 39;39;J39;39; in reference to Ward.
Bullwinkle shared a house with his best friend Rocky in the fictional small town of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, a parody of the real life American town of International Falls, Minnesota. Bullwinkle39;s college alma mater was 39;39;Wossamotta U.39;39;
Bullwinkle was noted for being well meaning, but also quite dim witted, which made for a source of jokes during the show39;s run. Despite this, the so called 39;39;moronic moose39;39; often aided the brains of the 39;39;moose and squirrel39;39; duo, Rocky, during their various adventures. Although on opposite ends of the I.Q. scale, he and the 39;39;plucky squirrel39;39; had a shared sense of optimism, persistence and traditional ethics and moral standards.
Bullwinkle also hosted other segments of the program, including: 39;39;Mr. Know It All,39;39; where he tried to demonstrate his supposed expertise at a subject, such as disarming bombs or curing hiccups; 39;39;Bullwinkle39;s Corner,39;39; where the moose would attempt to read poetry; and various interstitial drop ins. In one classic running gag, Bullwinkle would attempt to pull a rabbit out of a top hat (to Rocky39;s dismissal: 39;39;but that trick never works!39;39;, and Bullwinkle39;s canonical rejoinder, 39;39;This time, for sure!39;39;), only to pull out something unexpected instead (such as a bear), and occasionally even Rocky himself. After each failed attempt, Rocky would segue way to the next sketch by saying, 39;39;And now, here39;s something we hope you39;ll really like!39;39;
Bill Scott, Ward39;s partner and head writer of the series, was the original voice of Bullwinkle. In the 2000 Universal Studios film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Bullwinkle was voiced by Ward fan Keith Scott (no relation to Bill). In addition to the television series and movies, Bullwinkle has appeared in television commercials, a newspaper comic strip and a coloring book.