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The
first show ever to feature Rocky and Bullwinkle was Jay
Ward Productions' Rocky and His Friends. It ran from September
29, 1959 to September 3, 1961 on ABC and was seen on Saturday
evenings from 6:30 to 7:00. The main plot line featured
Rocky, the flying squirrel, Bullwinkle, his devoted companion,
Mr. Big, the evil midget, and his Pottsylvanian accomplices,
the infamous Boris and Natasha.
Voice talents include June Foray as Rocky, Natasha and
Nell Fenwick; Bill Scott as Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody and
Dudley Do-Right; Paul Frees as Boris; Hans Conreid as
Snidely Whiplash; Walter Tetley as Sherman; Charles Ruggles
as Aesop; William Conrad as the narrator; and Edward Everett
Horton as the narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales. The show
was created by Jay Ward and Alex Anderson and produced
by Bill Scott. In 1961 the show moved to NBC and retitled
The Bullwinkle Show. There it stayed until fall of 1964
when it returned to ABC for nine more years. From then
on, the show has been shown in reruns. There is also a
video series available from Buena Vista.
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