Ave atque vale Alex Anderson, the cartoonist who created Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle The Moose were the perfect pair: One hard-headed, the other noodle-headed. They were don’t-miss TV every night.
And don’t miss this tribute in the Washington Post:
Hokey Smoke! Our Top-15 ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ Quotes (*RIP, Alex Anderson)
Cut to:
1. Rocky: “And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like!”
Like?
Loved Rocky and Bullwinkle.
I tip my Kirwood Derby to Anderson and wish him a gentle upsidaisium to a better place (NoBikini Atoll?).
Well said, Sheldon. Well said.
Aaaaaaah – Dan Kennedy tweeted that he didn’t like Rocky & Bullwinkle! Say it ain’t so! I was totally hooked. It was one of the best things about my childhood.
Ditto, Steve. I don’t know who Dan is anymore. I’m still trying to figure out what to say to him.
That trick never works.
A friend tells my favorite Rocky and Bullwinkle quote story: He was at a high-tech company, working with his group when a new Russian woman colleague comes into the meeting with what looks to be a bowl of pudding.
“Where’d you get the pudding?”, he asked.
“Is mousse”, she replied.
Whereupon everyone in the meeting added “And squirrel?” and cracked up.
She didn’t get it.