. . . Music of Moby since Herman Melville first published his 1851 doorstop whaling saga. The Bullwinkle Show's Wailing Whale story arc, parts 9 & 10, aka DEFECTIVE STORY or A MUFFLED REPORT / LEAKY LYRICS or BULLWINKLE PLUGS A SONG may come closest to addressing this aspect of its literary source. G. Gordon Light Finger's famed Top 40 ballad, The Wreck of the Pericles Q. Pea Quad was not part of the original Melville text, though beta versions appeared in time to serve as widely used marching songs for Gen. Bill Sherman's Union troops as they stomped through Georgia. However, Bullwinkle provides few lyrics to explain Melville's whaling epic.
The Bullwinkle Show: Defective Story or A Muffled Report/Leaky Lyrics or Bullwinkle Plugs a Song
(1961)
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Season 2, Episode 50
16 May 2024