In the panic as the Earth awaits the arrival of the "moon men" (in reality Rocky and Bullwinkle), a deep-voiced radio announcer named Dorson Belles gives a grave account of the rocket ship approaching Earth and the imminent invasion, which he stresses is "not a play", following with, "Please feel free to panic."
This is a spoof of Orson Welles's famous October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" for "The Mercury Theatre on the Air". Based on H.G. Wells's science fiction novel about a Martian invasion of Earth, the radio play was presented in the style of breaking news coverage, and is said to have caused genuine panic among listeners who believed it was real.
This is a spoof of Orson Welles's famous October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" for "The Mercury Theatre on the Air". Based on H.G. Wells's science fiction novel about a Martian invasion of Earth, the radio play was presented in the style of breaking news coverage, and is said to have caused genuine panic among listeners who believed it was real.
Boris is taller here - almost as tall as Natasha- and has red eyes, although he gradually gets shorter with each episode and from "The Scrooched Moose" onwards his eyes are white.
The name of the newspaper shown in the second Rocky & Bullwinkle segment (with the headline, "Nation Looks to Grandmothers for Defense") is the "Terry Hot Terror" (a play on the city of Terre Haute, Indiana), with the motto, "Millions for Defense, Not One Peso for Tribute".
"Millions for defense, but not one penny for tribute" is a quote by Rep. Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), a South Carolina congressman and the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means during the XYZ Affair of 1797-1798. (The XYZ Affair involved informal negotiations to quell hostilities between the U.S. and France, during which three representatives of French Foreign Minister Talleyrand demanded large loans for the French government and sizable bribes to be paid to Talleyrand. The notion outraged the American diplomats, as well as the American public, and hostilities between the nations increased.)
"Millions for defense, but not one penny for tribute" is a quote by Rep. Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), a South Carolina congressman and the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means during the XYZ Affair of 1797-1798. (The XYZ Affair involved informal negotiations to quell hostilities between the U.S. and France, during which three representatives of French Foreign Minister Talleyrand demanded large loans for the French government and sizable bribes to be paid to Talleyrand. The notion outraged the American diplomats, as well as the American public, and hostilities between the nations increased.)