# "Must catch moose and squirrel!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526 "2010-07-13T14:22:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShallowEnd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ShallowEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShallowEnd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/21 "2011-01-26T07:21:53Z")
I read Nora Roberts and just had to mention one of her books, Taming Natasha. Natasha is Ukranian. Early on, on a date, we have "His face sober, he leaned toward her. “Say ‘Get moose and squirrel.’” Her mouth quivered before she gave up and laughed. “No.” " ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/22 "2011-01-26T16:27:50Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > When I see this I have to add to it: > > Beeg trouble forr Moose and Squirrrel! And Zeeba! :snort: Helloooo, zeeba neighba! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/23 "2011-01-26T16:52:23Z")
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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/24 "2011-01-26T17:13:25Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It doesn’t help that he wears antlers to bed, and keeps saying something about pulling a rabbit out of a hat… that trick never works. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/25 "2011-01-26T17:17:05Z")
This time for sure! Presto! (No doubt about it – I gotta get a new hat!) (And now here’s something we hope you’ll really like!) Gotta admit, it gives all those lines a whole new meaning! ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/26 "2011-01-26T17:31:21Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I knew a Croatian girl. It worked when she said it also. Both her and her sister got requests to say, “Get Moose and Squirrel”. I actually took her to the live action movie in 2000 to hear Rene Russo say the line. > > BTW, you can stream the first 2 seasons of “Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends” off Netflix. How did she react when she saw the scene? Just shook her head with disbelief? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/27 "2011-01-26T17:39:43Z")
_Again?_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/28 "2011-01-26T17:41:36Z")
I’ve rewatched all the released DVDs, and don’t remember that specific line either. But I’m here to say that we need to remake R&B with Sarah Palin in the role of Natasha. After all, she can see Pottsylvania from her house. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/29 "2011-01-26T19:23:28Z")
Have you gotten her to say "Nuclear Wessels? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/30 "2011-01-26T19:30:02Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Have you gotten her to say "Nuclear Wessels? In Allameeda! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/31 "2011-01-26T19:53:27Z")
“In Soviet Union, moose and squirrel kill _you!_!” ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/32 "2011-01-27T04:30:06Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > How did she react when she saw the scene? Just shook her head with disbelief? I don’t recall. That was quite a few years ago and the movie was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/33 "2011-01-27T15:16:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I have the first 3 seasons on DVD. I’ll go watch them all and report back. > > The things I do for you people… As I have only Season 1 on DVD, I defer to Comrade Silenus. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/34 "2011-01-27T15:55:58Z")
On _My Name Is Earl_ the gang meets a russian woman who Randy asks to say “moose and squirrel”. One of my favorite scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/35 "2011-01-27T15:59:17Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > On _My Name Is Earl_ the gang meets a russian woman who Randy asks to say “moose and squirrel”. One of my favorite scenes. Heh. Like the scene in _Scrubs_ where they make Colin Farrell do the Lucky Charms spiel. ---
**Author:** ![blondesareeasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@blondesareeasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondesareeasy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/36 "2013-06-19T19:47:25Z")
Then we find moose and squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/37 "2013-06-20T00:01:50Z")
A slightly off-topic _Buffy_ reference: When teaming up with her boyfriend to fight a vampire and a horned demon, Buffy tells him, “You get Fangs, I’ll get Horny.” Not quite “Get Moose and Squirell”, but not a million miles removed. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/38 "2013-06-20T00:31:52Z")
Fan mail from some flounder? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/39 "2013-06-20T00:47:36Z")
Don’t know how I missed this the first time around. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The phrase I remember is, “Beeg trouble forr Moose and Squirrrel!” That might be the line, but not direct from the source. There was an episode of _Murphy Brown_ where there was a Russian journalist (female) working with the _FYI_ gang. At one point, Murphy blows up at her and says “Well I can’t take anything you say seriously with that stupid accent. You sound like you should be plotting big trouble for moose and squirrel!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526/40 "2013-06-20T01:29:44Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > A slightly off-topic _Buffy_ reference: When teaming up with her boyfriend to fight a vampire and a horned demon, Buffy tells him, “You get Fangs, I’ll get Horny.” > > Not quite “Get Moose and Squirell”, but not a million miles removed. Yeah it is. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526.md?page=3)