Episode
The Bullwinkle Show: Fractured Fairy Tales - The Fisherman's Wishes
Overview
A little fisherman goes out to fish and nets a mermaid. After the man gives in to her pleas to be let go, the mermaid is willing to grant him wishes for his kindness. After she mends his net, he tells his wife about it all. The fisherman's wife asks him to ask the mermaid for a new apron. This then snowballs into grander wishes till his wife attains Queen-like status. Overcome with power, she demands that her husband wish her to be a goddess. Upon meeting the mermaid again, she asks if he himself has any wish of his own. His one wish is that his wife be happy. His last wish spent, he returns to his ordinary little home and lives happily ever after.
Details
- Series
- The Bullwinkle Show
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1959-12-03
Episode context
Fractured Fairy Tales - The Fisherman's Wishes is Episode 12 in Season 1 of The Bullwinkle Show. It aired on 1959-12-03.
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Episode 11: Rocky & Bullwinkle - Jet Fuel (5) - The Scrooched Moose
The scrooch gun has frozen Bullwinkle solid, and Cloyd and Gidney start off with their moosesicle as a trophy of their visit to a small planet, but Boris comes to in time to con them into leaving Moose for him, while they get Squirrel, the brains of the operation. While the moon men are telling Rocky they can't remember if they've scrooched Bullwinkle for eight hours or eight years...WHISK! Eight hours later, Bullwinkle thaws out in Boris's laboratory, where every word he says is monitored in another country by a faraway band of ominous spies.
Episode 13: Bullwinkle's Corner - The Horn
Bullwinkle recites the poem about the little boy who blew his horn, but his telling is filled with humorous misinterpretations and unexpected mishaps. As Bullwinkle narrates, the simple act of blowing a horn turns into a series of comical adventures, showcasing his unique take on the classic rhyme.
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Episode 10: Rocky & Bullwinkle - Jet Fuel (4) - Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance
Whoops. The actual orders said, “*DON'T* KILL MOOSE," so Boris races the safe to keep Bullwinkle safe, and it's safe to say that he *almost* makes it. It's back to the laboratory for our heroes, where they turn out acres of cinnamon pizzas and hot fudge strudels, but none of it’s explosive. Just as Rocky's thinking hypnotism might be something to try, Swami Ben Boris and his assistant appear, putting Bullwinkle into a trance and, forthwith, the moose tells *everything* he knows—all about his early years in the Minnesota woods, his days at the Philpott School for Exceptional Children (he was the only student with antlers), his experiences in the army, where for three years, he served as a hat rack in the Officers’ Club—going on for a full twelve hours and boring everyone within hearing distance into dreamland, so that when he finally gets to the part about the recipe, the only ones awake to hear it are the two moon men. Forthwith, Cloyd raises his weapon and scrooches the big moose!
Episode 14: Peabody's Improbable History - Lord Nelson
Peabody and Sherman travel back in time to meet Lord Nelson, who is preparing to battle the Spanish fleet but faces an unexpected problem: his crew has left port without a crucial supply. With the battle looming, Peabody steps in to help Lord Nelson solve the dilemma and get his fleet ready for action, ensuring that history stays on course.
Episode 9: Peabody's Improbable History - Napoleon
Peabody and Sherman travel to 1810 and meet a frustrated Napoleon, who is missing his royal suspenders, causing chaos in his court. Peabody and Sherman must recover the suspenders from pirates, but upon returning, they find that everyone is secretly pleased with Napoleon being distracted. The episode humorously plays with Napoleon’s famed ego and the unexpected relief of his court when he's preoccupied.
Episode 15: Rocky & Bullwinkle - Jet Fuel (6) - Monitored Moose or The Carbon Copy Cats
Every move the moose makes is duplicated in the faraway spy lab. Bullwinkle cooks up some tasty chocolate pan dowdy that blows up when the spies try it, and when Rocky smells the delicious aroma, it leads him right to Bullwinkle, but Boris is ready with a helpful trapdoor that sends the plucky squirrel falling into another stew!
Episode 8: Bullwinkle's Corner - Little Miss Muffett
Bullwinkle reads and performs the classic nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffett, with Rocky taking on the role of the spider. As Bullwinkle portrays Miss Muffett sitting on her tuffet, the scene quickly turns into a comical back-and-forth between him and Rocky, with the spider causing far more chaos than fright.
Episode 16: Rocky & Bullwinkle - Jet Fuel (7) - Rocky’s Dilemma or Squirrel in a Stew
Rocky's blown away all right, out to sea in a leaky hot air balloon courtesy of Boris Badenov. Meanwhile, an anxious nation and two anxious moon men are searching for the missing moose, who's still baking away in Boris's secret laboratory. By going door-to-door to every house in the country, Gidney and Cloyd eventually turn up there, so Boris and Natasha quickly throw them a surprise party complete with knockout punch, while back out over the stormy seas, lightning strikes Rocky's balloon, sending it plunging.
Episode 7: Fractured Fairy Tales - Puss and Boots
In this humorous retelling, Puss uses his wits and charm to turn his master, a poor miller’s son, into a wealthy noble. However, in this version, Puss faces a series of unexpected obstacles as his clever plans begin to unravel, leading to a series of comical misadventures. The story playfully explores how even the best-laid schemes can go awry, with Puss still managing to come out on top—just not quite as smoothly as planned.
Episode 17: Fractured Fairy Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
In this amusing version, Goldilocks learns the hard way about the consequences of misusing other people's property. As she tries out the bears' porridge, chairs, and beds, things quickly go awry, leading to a comical series of events that ultimately teach her a valuable lesson about respecting others' belongings.
Episode 6: Rocky & Bullwinkle - Jet Fuel (3) - Bullseye Bullwinkle or Destination Moose
Those little green men holding extremely ominous-looking weapons aren't congressmen, as Bullwinkle first surmises--they're Gidney and Cloyd, reluctant visitors from the moon, here to keep an invasion of earth tourists from cluttering up their homeland. Indeed, just to prepare for their visit, the two have had to practice dodging traffic, listening to jukeboxes, filling out forms, and breathing smog! Meanwhile, Boris and Natasha, twelve stories up, with a heavy safe as our heroes stroll by below, finally receive orders from headquarters: KILL MOOSE!
Episode 18: Bullwinkle's Corner - Where Go the Boats
Bullwinkle recites the classic poem about boats, but adds his own spin by telling a humorous story about his experience riding on a boat. His version, filled with whimsical mishaps and unexpected turns, turns the serene journey into a comical adventure on the water.