Watching an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle yesterday with my grand-daughter — it’s one of her favorite entertainments — I came across R&B‘s entertaining institution of higher learning,
Wossamotta U — a mondegreen of “what’s the matter [with] you” — is the ninth story arc from the fifth season of Rocky and Bullwinkle (originally titled The Bullwinkle Show). It was broadcast on the NBC network during the 1963–1964 television season.
… The University of Wossamotta was shown as Rocky and Bullwinkle’s alma mater in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. (link)
R&B is packed with language play. If the kids don’t get it, their parents will.
December 20, 2011 at 10:56 am |
My parents loved Rocky & Bullwinkle ; for me it blended nicely in with other innocuous cartoons like TomTerrific and Little Lulu. R&B was genious!
December 20, 2011 at 11:10 am |
It was wonderful. I adored it and made sure my kids watched every episode. It helped that at the time I was teaching at a branch campus of Wossamotta U.
May 30, 2012 at 4:14 pm |
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June 26, 2012 at 7:41 am |
A great episode written over 40 years ago that parrots much of the same corruption present today in college sports. Buts whats with the score of the game changing between episode 3 and 4? The game suddenly goes from a high scoring shootout to a 6-0 score at the start of episode 4. Rocky scores a touchdown to tie the score at the end but no extra point is kicked and the celebration occurs immediately. So I guess the writers made up the rules as they went along? I guess that’s par for the course.
August 14, 2013 at 3:01 pm |
[…] Delightful show, which I posted about here. […]
February 4, 2014 at 3:32 am |
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