Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 06/14/2005 Run time: 1160 minutes Rating: NrSet your WABAC machine for 1960, and the further misadventures of Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, the most illustrious citizens of Frostbite Falls, MN (population: 48; and that’s during the summer rush). This four-disc set contains seven full-length serials, several of which loom large in the Rocky & Bullwinkle canon, including “Upsidasium,” “Metal Munching Mice,” and “Greenpernt Oogle,” with the rare, reclusive oogle bird (sorry, you’ll have to wait until the release of season 3 for the Kirwood Derby).
Perhaps emboldened by what they were able to get away with in season 1, producer Jay Ward, writer and the voice of Bullwinkle Bill Scott, Queen of Cartoons June Foray, “and a host of others,” gleefully further broke with television convention. Rocky & Bullwinkle was at once very silly (for the kids) and slyly satirical (for mom and dad). Characters broke the fourth wall (“Don’t look at me,” a villain insists at one point, “I’m not giving up the plot”). Corporate America (television executives in particular) was mocked. In “Metal Munching Mice,” news that robotic rodents are devouring television antennae causes panic when it is realized that the public are unable to watch commercials. And then there are the subversively funny “Fractured Fairy Tales,” in which Puss ‘n Boots gets skinned, Red Riding Hood is devoured, and no one lives happily ever after, and the time-travel adventures of cultured canine Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman, in which historical figures are revealed to be boobs. Just for laughs, there is the faux melodrama of forthright Mounty Dudley Do-Right, and the Bullwinkle segments, “Bullwinkle’s Corner” and “Mr. Know It All.” Still crazy after all these years, Rocky & Bullwinklerises like the anti-gravity Upsidasium above mere nostalgia. Like The Simpsons, this series rewards viewers who pay attention, and invites repeat viewings to catch all the jokes you missed. –Donald Liebenson
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March 30, 2010
#1
The covorart says 6 but the description says 4. I think it will be 4 though because what wood they need 6 discs for? I like the covorart alot better for this season. i cant wait until its out.
March 30, 2010
#2
Instead of just copying the tv shows with all their unnecessary duplicative filler eg. intros & credits the continuing story episodes could be edited into one continuous uninterrupted presentation.
March 30, 2010
#3
I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH SEASON 2 OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE,NOT WITH THE CONTENT,THAT WAS GREAT;HOWEVER, WITH THE WAY IT WAS DELIVERED. SONY – WONDER WENT ON THE CHEAP, THEY DOUBLE RECORDED ON EACH DVD. THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO FLIP EVERY DVD TO SEE THE SHOWS IN ORDER. THAT TO ME IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT MENTION WHEN YOU ORDER OR ON THE BOX. SONY-WONDER SHOULD BE ASHAME OF IT SELF. SEASON 1 WAS ONLY RECORDED ON ONLY ONE SIDE, LIKE IT’S SUPPOSE TO.
March 30, 2010
#4
If the description above is correct (52 episodes) we’ll be getting the storylines UPSIDAISIUM (36 segments) and METAL-MUNCHING MICE (16 segments).
At this rate, it will take 6 Boxed Sets to finish the series.
I’m hoping that at some point, they re-instate the closing credits theme with the names in lights and the explosions at the end. That’s the best version of the Bullwinkle theme and it’s absent from the Season 1 box.
Also, the artwork says 6 discs while the description says 4 double sided discs. Which is correct and which is a filthy liar?
March 30, 2010
#5
First, anybody who has seen Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends when the series was initially presented or more recently on VHS, knows that the animation is packed with layered references to literature, politics, and society’s mores. Because of this clever layering, children and adults can enjoy these fabulous and entertaining episodes all about the battle between good and evil.
On another note, I wonder “if” the turtle who was never satisfied with his lot in life, i.e. the end moral being “Be what you is and not what you is not,” will be among the “friends” (was not released on the VHS tapes several years ago)?