The Bullwinkle Show (TV Series) The Missing Mountain or Peek-A-Boo Peak/Go Down Moses or The Fall Guy (1960) User Reviews

People have been wondering recently , , ,

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 3 January 2024]

, , , about the strength of the substances inspiring all of those two- and three-hour animated features about massive air ships, castles and metropolises floating through the sky. The Up-See-Daisy-Yum Saga can claim responsibility for putting more contemporary cartoonists up to such anti-gravity shenanigans. When you add together the length of the three dozen or so episodes of this chronicle, it also exceeds two hours in total running time. During THE MISSING MOUNTAIN or PEEK-A-BOO PEAK, Rocky the Flying Squirrel squints at the sky and finally discovers the elusive location of the legendary Mount Flat Iron. Which still begs the question, What were the proverbial "Host of Others" on?

Getting the Shaft

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 23 February 2021]

Of course, Mr. Flatten is up in the air, full of upsidasium. But how do they all get up there. Rocky, being a flying squirrel, is he solution. The first effort fails because Bullwinkle doesn't throw him hard enough. Boris discovers a mine shaft and tricks Bullwinkle into falling down it. He then realizes he needs the big antlered one. In the extras, Aesop and Son has the story of "The Lion and the Aardvark." An evil lion king mistreats his subject until one day a moth starts to drive him crazy. He enlists a Fox, a Bear, and an Owl to help him. The important thing is not to ask about the Aardvark. Peabody visits Leonardo da Vinci who is trying to get the Mona Lisa to smile (but she has a toothache). Decent episode.

During one of his trademark Public Service Announcements . . .

[tadpole-596-918256 · 7/10 · 1 January 2024]

. . . Bullwinkle Moose explains why Americans should never leave the friendly confines of the United States--especially for the purpose of sampling another continent. This cautionary film short has at least three titles, the briefest of which is HOW TO BE A BIG GAME HUNTER. Though a sign appears which reads "See Africa First," America's Every Moose clearly is hunting in Asia, the only continent featuring both the tigers and elephants which threaten Bullwinkle. The hapless moose is further endangered by his local liaison, which is typical for Americans foolhardy enough to venture abroad. The message for U. S. Citizens here can be summed up in two words: "Stay put!"

Rampant confusion reigns during . . .

[oscaralbert · 7/10 · 3 January 2024]

. . . the "Aesop and Son" segment of the Bullwinkle Show, Season 2, Episode 9. Titled THE LION AND THE AARDVARK, the set-up begins with Junior finding a bee inside an anachronistic jar and getting stung while releasing it. Then Aesop Senior segues into a yarn about a nasty lion being harassed by a buzzing "moth." Aardvarks are nowhere to be seen, as Junior points out. The closest thing to an anteater pictured is an injured weasel. This comes off as an ancient version of "Where's Waldo?" However, Today most musicologists consider The Case of the Missing Aardvark to be the main inspiration for Allan Sherman's 1963 masterwork, The Large Dark Aardvark Song.