Bullwinkle Taught Kids Political Satire

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How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire

By Beth Daniels/Zócalo Public Square

Mr. Chairman, I am against all foreign aid, especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska,” says Senator Fussmussen from the floor of a cartoon Senate in 1962. In the visitors’ gallery, Russian agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale are deciding whether to use their secret “Goof Gas” gun to turn the Congress stupid, as they did to all the rocket scientists and professors in the last episode of “Bullwinkle.”

Hahahahaha. Oh, Washington.



That joke was a wheeze half a century ago, a cornball classic that demonstrates the essential charm of the “Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends,” the cartoon show that originally aired between 1959 and 1964 about a moose and a squirrel navigating Cold War politics.

Last month, we lost the great June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and many others. Her passing gave me pause to reflect on how important the show was during my formative years and how far-reaching is its influence on satire today. ...Read More:

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6 COMMENTS

  1. “eenie wienie chili beanie the spirits are about to speak! Are they friendly spirits? Just listen.”
    Thanks Carol. Sometimes in the middle of all of this crap, we forget the fun stuff.

  2. Boris Badenov and Natasha, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Aesop’s Fables…it was all good!

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