European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse \ Nielsen what re watching Are the top 50 television shows in America according to the latest available Fig ures from the . Nielsen co. The season to Date ranking or an a Quot for first time airing is in parentheses. A 7 7 7. 77-&Quot 1. X super bowl xxv 7 2. X super bowl kick off 3. X super bowl xxv pos game show 4. 1 cheers. A 5. 3 Roseanne 6. 11 Murphy Brown 7. 7 empty nest 7 8. 8 Golden girts.9. 17 full House a 7 10. 5 the Bill Cosby show 10. 19 coach tie _ 12. 13 unsolved mysteries. A 13. 23 major dad a 14. 30 Rescue 911. 15. 56 Good sports premiere 16. X movie Quot lonesome Dove Quot part 3 16. 19. 19. 19. 22. 22. 24. 25. 26. 27. 27. 29. 29. 31. 32. 32. 34. 34. 36. 37. 38. 39 39. 41. 42. 43. 43. 45. 45. 47. 47. 47. 50. 50. Repeat i Davis rules premiere tie x movie Quot lonesome Dove Quot part 4 repeat. X family matters 65 wings tie 27 wonder years tie 7.�?T 15 Matlock 19 who a the Boss tie 17 Doogie Howser ,- 51 evening Shade v 23 growing pains 34 Carol amp company Quot 31 Simpsons tie 39 movie Quot lonesome Dover part 2 repeat 64 38 x e 43 43 52 50 x 16 26 30 47 58 48 74 33 65 52 82 42 night court tie fresh Prince of Bel air. Lbs news War in the Gulf lbs news War in the Gulf tie new kids on the Block Disney world 20�?20 tie married people dear John 7 Mcgover 60 minutes War diary Quot in the heat of the night tie a la. Law movie Quot line of fire Quot movie Quot the last to go Quot. Seinfeld tie a 7 Blossom prime time live tie. Movie Quot fulfilment of Mary Gray Quot Fanelli boys tie. A guns of Paradise tie a 48 hours Hunter tie Michael Mowrer a cd come Back bullwinkle. Word has reached me you re on video now coming soon to an outlet near me. Last time i saw you i was watching cartoons on saturday morning with my father in the Early 1960s. I was in High school a bit old for cartoons. Dad a serious Guy usually More Ori in cd toward documentaries and Public television than saturday morning cartoons Wasny to the Type you a expect to be watching cartoons either. But Rocky and bullwinkle Wasny to any Ordinary cartoon show. It was satirical and full of plays on words and attracted More than a smattering of adults. Matter of fact in a wondering what kids at the time thought of the show. T bullwinkle the Moose and his pal Rocky the flying Squirrel were the shows headliners locked in eternal combat with russian commie spies Boris bad nov and Natasha. 7 other characters on the show had their own cartoon segments. George of the Jungle a spoof on Tarzan periodically swung through the Jungle on a Vine and crashed into a tree. George was an extremely dim bulb but was helped through life by his ape Friend who had about a Hundred . Points on George and spoke with an Oxford a 7 cent. A. /.��. 77- 7 a .7 a then there was Dudley do right a bumbling auntie who lived a clean life and meant Well but Wasny to exactly Jock it scientist. Another spoof was sup Chicken dashing through the skies in his egg shaped spaceship and cackling maniacally As his theme song played. There were others or. Peabody a dog takeoffs on Aesop a fables fractured fairy tales and . 7 7 7 7 7 a a .7 7 the animation Wasny to what was special about the show Disney and the makers of Looney Toons did that much better. But bullwinkle a Appeal Lay in satire and in wordplay and the Delight Ful voices of the narrators. And the puns in bul twinkle were frequent a real groaners sometimes. A 7, Jay Ward who died two years ago was the Man behind the show. He was also one of the co creators of crusader Rabbit the first cartoon Ere ated expressly for television in 1949.then came Rocky and Ilis friends and the 7. Bullwinkle show As wards next creation was variously known. It originally aired from 1959 to. 1964. ,--�?T777 7 7, 7/7 7. Wards touch was also evident in the Cap n crunch Cereal commercials that aired for dec ads. A .-7. 7&Quot 7- .7 7 now that the bullwinkle video is out at least Quot one critic has pronounced the material dated leaning too heavily on the cold War atmosphere 7 of the late 1950s and Early 1960s. But ill be buying a few bullwinkle videos for sure even though in a one of the last living americans who does no town a Var. Or a television. But its time to knuckle under to the to and Var beasts so 1 can follow the War in the persian Gulf and so ill be Able to once again sing along a George George George of the Jungle. Watch out for that Trece Cecce wham a off the Wall and onto videos come the first six volumes of classic stuff a the adventures of Rocky and bullwinkle and there will be More to follow. Disney purchased 156 hours of bullwinkle programs from Jay Ward who helped restore and package some of the material before his death. This series is expected to be a major seller. In a recent Disney a character awareness a Survey bullwinkle came in second to Mickey mouse 95 to 93 percent. Roger Rabbit was third at 73, and the far Side next at 60. A it 7 both cafes and Viacom outlets in Europe expect to have the six volumes on the shelves beginning this week. 7 7 7 j it 7 of staff and wire reports Michael Mowrer lives Nev Heidelberg. Now wait a minute bullwinkle. You re Nina beyond the. Rock. took. Cue from my
