# "Rocky and Bullwinkle" is 50! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125 "2009-11-19T04:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 19, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/21 "2009-11-19T22:16:38Z")
“Never underestimate the power of a shnook.” That was a line by Boris in a commercial. Only R&B had commercials with quotable lines. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/22 "2009-11-20T02:56:03Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m having trouble finding a Fractured Fairy Tale. It was about a monster that was a mixture of other creatures (like a chimera, but they didn’t call it that). He sang this song, > > “I’ve got the head of a lion, body of a snake and when I move my wolf’s feet all I do is shake. Oh I hate me, I hate me, oh I hats myself. I’ve got the mean, loathsome, horrid kind of thing blues!” > > I used to sing it all the time as a kid. No one else seems to remember it. I remember it. But IIRC the monster (a transformed horrible boy) sings that as he looks into a mirror and goes “I hate you! I hate you! I hate you like I hate myself!” I also remember: “Grandmas you can tell afar; they belong to D.A.R.” (Daughters of American Ridinghoods). And baskets full of KABOOM!!! goodies. What incredible, wonderful wackiness! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/23 "2009-11-20T10:05:02Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > And baskets full of > > KABOOM!!! > > goodies. > > What incredible, wonderful wackiness! Unless it was replaced with Hush-a-Boom. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/24 "2009-11-20T13:49:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Eenie, meenie, chili beanie! The spirits are about to speak! Are they…friendly spirits? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/25 "2009-11-20T17:46:23Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I remember it. But IIRC the monster (a transformed horrible boy) sings that as he looks into a mirror and goes “I hate you! I hate you! I hate you like I hate myself!” > > I also remember: “Grandmas you can tell afar; they belong to D.A.R.” (Daughters of American Ridinghoods). And baskets full of > > KABOOM!!! > > goodies. > > What incredible, wonderful wackiness! Hey, that one was on the Rocky and Bullwinkle record I had as a kid, along with Rocky singing “I was born to be airborne” and Mr. Peabody and Sherman visiting Ponce de Leon. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/26 "2009-11-20T22:49:59Z")
Pottsylvania: where TV shows have 10 minutes or programming and 50 minutes of commercials. Not too far from what we have today. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/27 "2009-11-20T23:24:51Z")
(perhaps paraphrased) Natasha: “I thought you said plan was foolproof.” Boris: “Foolproof, yes. Idiot-proof, no.” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/28 "2009-11-21T04:05:43Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Hey, that one was on the Rocky and Bullwinkle record I had as a kid, along with Rocky singing “I was born to be airborne” and Mr. Peabody and Sherman visiting Ponce de Leon. If you want to relive your childhood, it’s available here! [Way Out Junk: Rocky & His Friends](http://wayoutjunk.blogspot.com/2007/06/rocky-his-friends.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125/29 "2009-11-21T11:29:05Z")
Congrats! I’ll have to call my ole Alma-Mother and tell her “Eh, Whassamatta U?” 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-and-bullwinkle-is-50/518125.md?page=1)