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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: Rocky and Bullwinkle: Mr. Peabody and Sherman
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 04:29:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 13 04:29:53 1985
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When I held my infamous "Jay Ward Film Festival" a few years ago,
Bill Scott (Producer, voice of Bullwinkle, Dudley, etc., etc.)
admitted that he was responsible for most of the puns scattered
throughout all segments of the various J. Ward productions.  

The Ward studios are still out in Hollywood quite close to
the "Dudley Do-Right Emporium" which sells all manner of
J. Ward goodies (the shopkeeper is usually Mrs. Jay Ward herself!
Nobody ever sees Mr. Jay Ward--though he is known to exist
(unlike the Executive Producer for most of the J. Ward productions,
known as Penosbry Britt (I may have blown the spelling; I don't
have my syndication sheet at hand).  Britt NEVER existed at all,
though his name shows up in most of the credits.  They did, however,
have a fake bio to send out in case anyone ever asked about him.

Both Bill Scott and June Foray (voice of Rocky, Nell, and provider
of most female voices) demonstrated clearly that the shows
were a labor of love, and told the gathered throng of the problems
they've had trying to get something similar back on the air
in today's market.

---

By the way, the FIRST episode of "Peabody and Sherman" is quite
instructive.  In it, we learn how Mr. P. came to have a pet
boy, and how Mr. P. built the Way-Back machine to help keep
Sherman amused.  The first version of the Way-Back ("how things
in the past were") machine had two problems, however:

1) You often couldn't understand what the people were saying.  They 
   went to ancient Rome, and everyone was speaking Latin.  Sherman
   couldn't understand Latin.

2) You couldn't interact with the past.  They tried talking to the
   people and they wouldn't respond.  Apparently this model of the
   past could not be affected by travelers from the future.

So Mr. P. modified the Way-Back to make it a "how things MIGHT
HAVE BEEN" machine.  And he threw in language translation
while he was at it.  The added random factor of "might have been"
allowed interaction and led to the many other adventures that
we've all come to know and love.

--Lauren--

P.S.  "Hey Rocky!  Watch me pull a really useful message
       out of Usenet!"

      "But that trick never works...."

      "This time for SURE..."

--LW--