The Last Angry Moose
The Last Angry Moose is the sixth story arc from the second season of Rocky and His Friends. It was broadcast on ABC during the 1960–1961 television season. It depicts Bullwinkle using his mattress money to seek Hollywood fame under the name "Crag Antler", supervised by Boris posing as director D.W. Grifter.
| "The Last Angry Moose" | |
|---|---|
| Rocky and His Friends episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 6 (4 segments) |
| Directed by | Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Bill Hurtz, Gerry Ray, Bob Schleh, George Singer, Ernie Terrazas |
| Written by | George Atkins, Chris Hayward, Chris Jenkins, Lloyd Turner |
| Production code | 139–142 |
Synopsis
Frostbite Falls has recently opened its first movie theater, which shares space with a pet shop, and Rocky and Bullwinkle attend the premiere of A Trolley Named Tallulah. Bullwinkle claims that he can act just as convincingly as its star, March Marlow. Attempting to do so, two mice escape their cages, causing the nearby women to faint. Thinking he really does have acting talent, Bullwinkle takes his money-stuffed mattress, and heads for Hollywood; Rocky, in a rare show of anger toward his friend, refuses to come before his conscience informs him that his presence is essential to the plot of the storyline. Rocky reluctantly tags along.
While on the train from Frostbite Falls to Hollywood on the Union Pathetic railway, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, coincidentally in the same rail car, discover Bullwinkle's large stash of money and scheme to steal it. Upon arriving in Hollywood, Bullwinkle is quickly greeted by talent scount D.W. Grifter, one of Boris's numerous disguises. Boris also takes on the persona of an acting coach, helping to empty Bullwinkle's mattress; Rocky, still skeptical, beseeches Bullwinkle to stop, telling him no director would ever hire him. At that moment, "commanding figure" Alfred Hitchhike, another Boris disguise, hires "Crag Antler" (Bullwinkle's stage name) on the spot to star in and produce his next film, The Last Angry Moose. The production of the film proves to be long and arduous, but eventually finishes; Boris and Natasha decide to simply steal the remains of Bullwinkle's mattress and smuggle it into Mexico, exasperated from trying to work with Bullwinkle.
The Last Angry Moose becomes a surprise hit at the box office as an unintentional comedy. An incensed Bullwinkle immediately leaves Hollywood and returns to Frostbite Falls, stuffing all of his earnings from the film back into a new mattress, while Rocky, now convinced of Bullwinkle's star power, begs him to give comedy a chance but Bullwinkle declines.
Trivia
- In this arc Boris and Natasha technically win due to the fact they get away with the whole of Bullwinkle's mattress (the net effect does not harm Bullwinkle, since he eventually earns the same amount of money back through his acting).
- This is one of the unusual cases where Boris and Natasha are acting solely on their own greed and not as agents for their Pottsylvanian overlords.
Episode segments
Episode 1
- Last Angry Moose
- Aesop and Son: The Fox and the Winking Horse
- Mr. Know-It-All: How To Wash a Window
- Peabody's Improbable History: William Shakespeare
- A Punch in the Snoot or The Nose Tattoo
Episode 2
- Fun on the Freeway or The Quick and the Dead
- Fractured Fairy Tales: The Princess and the Goblins
- Fan Club: How To Get Elected
- Dudley Do-Right: Mountie Without a Horse
- Bullwinkle Makes a Movie or The Feature from Outer Space
External links
- Rocky and Bullwinkle Episode Guide at Toontracker
- The Bullwinkle Show at TV.com
- Rocky and His Friends at IMDB