Reception and Cultural Impact
- Rocky and Friends has aired in 100 countries.
- As a publicity stunt, Ward and Scott campaigned for statehood for "Moosylvania", Bullwinkle's fictional home state. They drove a van to about 50 cities collecting petition signatures. Arriving in Washington D.C., they pulled up to the White House gate to see President Kennedy, and were brusquely turned away. They learned that the evening they had arrived was during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- British Invasion band Herman's Hermits got its name because bandmates thought lead singer Peter Noone looked like Sherman of "Mr. Peabody" fame, and the name "Herman" was close enough to "Sherman" for them.
- TSR, Inc. produced a role playing game based on the world of Bullwinkle and Rocky in 1988. The game consisted of rules, mylar hand puppets, cards, and spinners.
- A pinball machine dedicated to Rocky and Bullwinkle was released in 1993 by Data East.
- When this show aired on Nickelodeon, it was entitled "Bullwinkle's Moose-a-rama" with the same end credits as "The Bullwinkle Show."
- Cartoon Network aired the show under the new "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" title, featuring their own version of the characters among a purple and green checkerboard background while retaining the original end credits.
- In January 2009, IGN named Rocky and Bullwinkle as the 11th best animated television series.
- In 2002, Rocky and His Friends ranked #47 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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