Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Once upon a time before TV, when you went to the movies, it was a whole production. The show usually started with a newsreel , then a short subject (like a cartoon), then sometimes a "B" movie and then finally the Feature Presentation. Cartoons were typically 5 to ten minutes long. This included Disney, Betty Boop, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunnyand others. Once a cartoon ran in a theatre, it was destined to never be seen again! When TV came along, the beauty of these cartoons was that they were short enough to run in their entirety between commercials. And there were hundreds, if not thousands, just sitting on shelves collecting dust.Eventually animators wanted to create fresh shows specifically for television. To produce affordable cartoons for weekly or daily programming, animators cheapened the artwork. he characters move only in the most rudimentary ways. The characters walk by the same trees over and over again. When they talk, the mouths will move but the rest of the character is static. The pioneers of this cheaply made animation were the Hubleys and Hanna-Barbera. Hanna-Barbera's most influential show was the Flintstones -- a total ripoff on the Honeymooners--and it was revolutionary in its own way because it was a just like a normal sitcom (one story, 30 minutes long with a laugh track) but it was a cartoon. n my mind, although I enjoyed Hanna-Barbera cartoons as a kid, they damaged animated cartooning with their limited factory generated style and substance. Which brings us to Rocky and Bullwinkle. The animation is limited but the writers more than compensated by upping the ante with verbal humor. The narrator and the characters never shut up. The story is just an excuse to crack jokes. The absurd puns and innuendos are relentless. If Groucho Marx could narrate a cartoon, Rocky and Bullwinkle would be a perfect match for him.   See 12 other replies

Actually it matters greatly.
Disney has demonstrated quite clearly that an enterprise can willfully plagiarize caricatures then lobby Congress for legislation that will ensure a continuing revenue stream.
Being first does not matter, having friends in high places does.   See 12 other replies

> Need more seasons. I bought the season four dvd set.I think you mean you bought season one, which is a 4 DVD set. Season 3 was the last to be released on DVD, sadly.   See 4 other replies