I saw this the other day and remembered watching Saturday morning cartons as a kid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGieuPPqaWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGieuPPqaWg
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Fractured Fairy tales were adult targeted satire in an era that really had no other offerings. Edward Everett Horton, who was the narrator for the series was a veteran American actor on screen, radio and, later, TV.
"Fractured Fairy Tales" sprang from the incredibly fertile, funny, freewheeling mind of Jay Ward, the creator of "Rocky & His Friends" aka The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. In my humble estimation Mr. Ward was a true comedic genius, and grossly overlooked and underrated in the genre.
It saddens me to see the utter pap which today's youth know as "cartoons." View any of Mr. Ward's work today and I believe that you will find that it is STILL funny - more than 50 years after the fact; will the current crop meet that same test? I sincerely doubt it.
It saddens me to see the utter pap which today's youth know as "cartoons." View any of Mr. Ward's work today and I believe that you will find that it is STILL funny - more than 50 years after the fact; will the current crop meet that same test? I sincerely doubt it.
Bullwinkle was my favorite cartoon when I was a kid. It turns out, it was also the fave of my mother-in-law, so my wife watched them too. A few years ago I picked up a DVD set of all of the Bullwinkle cartoons, and spent a wonderful evening watching them with my mother in law.
"Those were the best kids cartoons ever" my wife said. "Oh, no, they weren't for kids" answered her mother, "They were for the poor parents who had to watch all of those other stupid cartoon with their kids. That's why they were so brilliant. Kids loved them, but the parents got the real humor".
Here's some great insights from June Foray, the actress who voiced Rocky, Natasha and others...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKEquWcnJE
"Those were the best kids cartoons ever" my wife said. "Oh, no, they weren't for kids" answered her mother, "They were for the poor parents who had to watch all of those other stupid cartoon with their kids. That's why they were so brilliant. Kids loved them, but the parents got the real humor".
Here's some great insights from June Foray, the actress who voiced Rocky, Natasha and others...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKEquWcnJE
June Foray was also the voice of Granny (Tweety Bird's owner) in the Warner Brothers' cartoons featuring Sylvester and Tweety.
As a lad, I would tune in every Sunday morning to watch Bullwinkle and Underdog. Kids today have no idea how good us old people had it then!
Not to mention the voice of Nell Fenwick, Inspector Fenwick's daughter, and Dudley Do-Right's love interest (although at times she seemed more interested in his horse).
Bestiality?! Who said anything about bestiality? I simply mentioned Miss Fenwick's kinda' sorta' resemblance to a historical figure.
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