Moose, Squirrel, and Genius: The Wild Origins of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
It began, as many great ideas do, with a little chaos and a lot of imagination. In the late 1950s, television was still figuring itself out. Westerns ruled, sitcoms were safe, and animation—well, animation was mostly for kids on Saturday mornings. But in a modest studio filled with sketchpads, coffee cups, and sharp-witted writers, two creators were about to flip that notion on its antlered head: Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Jay Ward was the business-minded dreamer, while Bill Scott was the creative engine—equal parts writer, performer, and comedic mad…
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