Wossamotta U — a mondegreen

Mondegreen

A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song...

 of "what's the matter [with] you" — is the ninth story arc

Story arc

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 from the fifth season of Rocky and Bullwinkle (originally titled The Bullwinkle Show). It was broadcast on the NBC

NBC

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 network during the 1963–1964 television season.

Summary

When two scouts see Bullwinkle tossing Rocky, R&B are offered scholarships

Athletic scholarship

An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...

 to Wossamotta U., a school with a dreadful football record. Bullwinkle's passing skills enable Wossamotta to consistently win, so Boris concocts the fiendish plan of having his team of brutal thugs and murderers, the Mud City Manglers (coached by Fearless Leader), compete -- disguised as girls. Since the latter are certain to lose, Boris can safely bet the Pottsylvania treasury on their winning, and rake in a fortune at 200:1 odds. The Big Game is played following Civil War ("Tha's War between the States!") battle plans, and needless to say, Our Heroes win.

The dialog includes one of the series' most-memorable exchanges. When Rocky is informed they'll be playing against females...

"Bullwinkle, this is terrible!"

"It is?"

"What kind of game can you play with girls?"

[addressing the audience] "Boy, this really is a children's show, isn't it?" "Parcheesi, of course!"

The University of Wossamotta was shown as Rocky and Bullwinkle's alma mater

Alma mater

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 in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is a 2000 comedy film based on the television cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show by Jay Ward. The animated characters Rocky and Bullwinkle shared the screen with live actors portraying Fearless Leader , Boris Badenov , Natasha Fatale , and FBI agent Karen...

movie.

Video Releases

In the late 1970's, this story arc was released in edited form (including episodes of Fractured Fairy Tails, Peabody & Sherman, and Dudley Do-Right) as an RCA Selectavision video disc. In the early 1990s, this episode was again released in edited form as the main feature of the video "Norman Moosewell" (VHS and LV). These episodes have been excerpted on the 2007 Best of Rocky and Bullwinkle: Volume 2 DVD

DVD

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. Volume 5 of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, released on March 29, 2011, includes all 12 episodes, unedited.

External links

• Rocky and Bullwinkle Episode Guide at Toontracker
• The Bullwinkle Show at TV.com
• Rocky and His Friends at IMDB