"The Bullwinkle Show" The Scrooched Moose/Monitored Moose or The Carbon Copy-Cats (TV Episode 1959) Poster

User Reviews

Review this title
5 Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by Rating:
8/10
The Bake-off Continues
Hitchcoc4 November 2014
The plot continues as the boys try to please the federal government by creating a rocket fuel cake. Boris and Natasha want their hands on it but never fail to underestimate the stupidity of their antlered adversary. The moon men decide its time to "scrooch" Bullwinkle and then use hypnosis to cull the secret. Unfortunately for them, they ask him to tell them all he knows. This is so boring that everyone falls asleep, and they miss the part where the rocket fuel cake is described. In one really funny scene, Bullwinkle is embarrassed to show his lack of knowledge of chemistry and begin throwing out terms from a textbook which are intercepted by the spies. They follow his lead and blow themselves up.

The fairy tale this time is "The Fisherman's Wife." It follows the original plot quite well, with the virago of a wife forcing her husband to keep asking a mermaid for more and more wishes because she owes him her life. Peabody goes to see Lord Nelson and participates in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The problem is that Nelson did not have permission to leave the dock. Not one of the best by any means.
2 out of 2 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
8/10
This Bullwinkle episode is highlighted by its . . .
cricket3016 October 2023
. . . so-called "Fractured Fairy Tale," aka THE ENCHANTED FISH. It turns out that the title character of this picture is a mermaid. It's further revealed that mermaids have the power to grant even more wishes than the typical lamp-confined Genii. This may be due to the fact that swimming around constantly in the ocean deeps is more empowering than spending centuries cramped inside lighting fixtures. At any rate, a humble fisherman plays catch and release with the Princess of the Tides, opening himself up to a long series of family squabbles. Dudes have to remember the first rule for their mermaid encounters: Don't mention them to your wife!
1 out of 1 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
7/10
As always, the most controversial part of this . . .
tadpole-596-91825617 October 2023
. . . TV show is Bullwinkle's Corner. Episode three of the corner is entitled "The Horn." While not as unprintable as the earlier corner headings, this one carries its own baggage and sects connotations. As Rocky attests here, there are more than one kind of horn. Some seem somewhat neutral, such as a car horn. Others are considered more problematic, including a battering ram's horn, as well as a risque French horn. The comic relief squirrel chooses to wield a tuba here, which of course is another instrument from the brass section. Brass itself gives rise to many salacious rhymes, and a Sousaphone evokes images of various tubal procedures. These connotations are barely suitable for kiddie fare.
0 out of 1 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
10/10
"You know you can fly, right?"
tamsin-parker-262-53892522 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
(Yes, the quote is from the reboot)

The Moon Men, Gidney and Cloyd, have "scrooched" Bullwinkle. In the last episode, Boris made the mistake of not asking Bullwinkle "Tell me the recipe". Instead he says "Tell me everything". So Bullwinkle gave his entire life story, and inadvertently lulled the spies and Rocky to sleep. Boris wakes up and sees the Moon Men making off with Bullwinkle and as it turns out, his eyes aren't naturally red! He was just incredibly sleep-deprived. He's got some great lines in this episode ("Do I look like a liar? Don't answer.") I love the part where Natasha and Rocky state themselves as the brains. The episode ends with Rocky falling down a trap door, and apparently he forgot at that moment that he could fly. I also like the part where Bullwinkle throws out a bunch of chemistry terms from a textbook. I love how this moose is just too dumb to fool. The characters are much better drawn here. The characters are much more solid and on-model.
1 out of 1 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
6/10
In the days before computers, spell checkers and . . .
pixrox117 October 2023
. . . Artificial Intelligence, cartoonists saw few barriers to making up their own words. THE S-C-R-O-O-C-H-E-D MOOSE is just one example of language anarchists vandalizing the American language in a fruitless search for one more yuk or chuckle. This made up titular verb signifies what happens to Bullwinkle--and by extension, to any one else "wounded" by one of the moon men's ray guns--during one of their fits of pique. It could be more accurately described as being petrified, or deprived of the ability to move. Since victims also are struck mute and senseless, an even more specific term may be applicable: Frozen.
0 out of 1 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

See also

Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews


Recently Viewed