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Normally I save my Bullwinkle DVDs for the GOP convention, but I think tonight is a night for them. (Original Post) redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 OP
good idea.... dhill926 Sep 2020 #1
Good one! redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #2
And now for something you'll really like... Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #3
Bullwinkle was always my favorite. redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #4
Great article. Thanks so much! nt LAS14 Sep 2020 #7
Ohh!! Bullwinkle! I loved Bullwinkle!! And all his buddies. nt LAS14 Sep 2020 #5
I want to hear Melania say "Moose and Squirrel." lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #6
Oh I just loved this show. Ohiogal Sep 2020 #8

Kid Berwyn

(15,026 posts)
3. And now for something you'll really like...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 03:15 PM
Sep 2020
How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire

Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-bullwinkle-taught-kids-sophisticated-political-satire-180964803/

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
4. Bullwinkle was always my favorite.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 03:17 PM
Sep 2020

When I got to college I had an oboe teacher who was related to Jay Ward, he had tons of Bullwinkle stuff in his office and studio. Loved that guy! We bought the dvds a few years ago and break them out from time to time.

I always said it was a smart kids cartoon.

Ohiogal

(32,138 posts)
8. Oh I just loved this show.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 03:50 PM
Sep 2020

It was on TV every day after school. My sister and I watched it together.

It was edgier, the humor all at once timely, sophisticated and silly, which was right up my alley. I have always loved satire.

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