The Moose That Roared

By Keith Scott,

Book cover of The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel and a Talking Moose

Book description

Rocky & Bullwinkle. Peabody and Sherman. Dudley Do-Right. George of the Jungle. Boris and Natasha. These cultural icons emerged fully-formed from the wittiest, most irreverent and shamelessly subversive cartoons ever, The Rocky and Bullwinkle show. The first cartoon to reach both kids and adults with its humour, the show has…

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1 author picked The Moose That Roared as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A superbly written and researched history of the life and productions of the iconoclastic and highly influential American TV animation producer Jay Ward.

Best known as the creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Ward's ahead-of-his-time approach to satirical comedy would become a profound influence on multiple generations of animation and television fans.

Scott's book plays an important role in understanding how Ward's work came to be and why it continues to be a taproot text in animation history.

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