The Bullwinkle Show (TV Series) Hop Skip and Junk, or Bullwinkle's Big Tow/Bucks for Boris, or The Green Paper Caper (1961) User Reviews

No one born in this century would be likely to know . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 16 March 2024]

. . . to what the first title of "Buried Treasure," Part 7 or The Bullwinkle Show refers. The heading in question is HOP SKIP AND JUNK. Since 2024 is an Olympic Year, and this phrase emanates from early Olympic lore, it bears closer examination. When the French aristocrats tried to revive the Olympics, they were mystified by most of the Ancient Greek activities. For instance, they took references to winning long jumps of 46 feet as the literal truth, rather than poetic license. With the victorious American managing less than 21 feet in this event in 1896, the French invented something they called either the "hop, step and jump" or the "hop, skip and jump" (precise translations of French are impossible). Jim Connolly, winner of this first-time challenge, Americanized the name to its current official title, the Triple Jump.

If I'm not mistaken, this episode of . . .

[oscaralbert · 7/10 · 14 March 2024]

. . . The Bullwinkle Show includes the THIRD "Fractured Fairy Tale" featuring Rumpelstiltskin. After debuting in his namesake segment, Rum returned in--naturally enough--RUMPELSTILTSKIN RETURNS. Now, in the third part of this triptych, SON OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN reveals that the title character is celebrating his 600th birthday and is so far gone in the throes of old-timer's malady that he cannot remember his own name. Obviously, any right-thinking person will view this development as being more tragic than humorous. Why would any entertainment outfit bend over backwards to filch the joy from beloved kids' stories?

Dazed Moose

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 8 March 2021]

Bullwinkle thinks he has found the treasure which is actually Boris's booty from the bank heist. He has suffered amnesia when he smashes his bicycle. It continues when Boris realizes that he has a valise with two peanut butter sandwiches and a pair of socks The other features are the tale of "The Son of Rumpelstiltsken. where the little man's son has an identity crisis. Peabody goes to court of Louis XVI of France.

The castle maid named Jenny gets short shrift . . .

[tadpole-596-918256 · 9/10 · 13 March 2024]

. . . in the otherwise riveting Bullwinkle's Corner episode embedded here, the clear highlight of this show. This adaptation of SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE clearly brings the villainous King dead to rights in its laser sights. Serving as this clown Royal's cook, Bullwinkle J. Moose serves up a confection sure to perk up the appetites of most viewers. However, the Mad King wants to quibble about taking a bird count, even though the Auto Ban Society had yet to be founded, let alone started to tabulate songbird populations. However, Castle Maid Jenny gets lost in the to-do surrounding the moose chef's threatened decapitation. Meanwhile, no one is paying any attention to what becomes of Jenny's missing nose.