Wossamotta U


Wossamotta U — a mondegreen of "what's the matter you" — is the ninth story arc from the fifth season of The Bullwinkle Show. It was broadcast on the NBC network during the 1963–1964 television season.

Summary

When two scouts see Bullwinkle tossing Rocky, Rocky and Bullwinkle are offered scholarships 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, 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 battle plans, and proceed to play on until Bullwinkle scores the decisive Touchdown to presumably win the game.
Even moreso than other Rocky and Bullwinkle episodes, this story arc contains numerous editing errors and inconsistencies, including a final score that actually left Mud City ahead by a single point; the show's dialogue made it clear that Wossamotta was the intended winner.
The dialog includes one of the series' most-memorable exchanges. When Rocky is informed they'll be playing against females —
The University of Wossamotta was shown as Rocky and Bullwinkle's alma mater in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. The Wossamotta U alma mater contains the following lines: "Our praise for you will never cease / All hail magenta and cerise."

Episode segments

Episode 1

  1. Wossamotta U
  2. Aesop and Son: The Fox and the Hound
  3. Mr. Know-It-All: How to be a Top Flight Stock Salesman
  4. Peabody's Improbable History: Lord Francis Douglas
  5. A College for Two or Rock Enrolls

    Episode 2

  6. The Hidden Ball Play or Goal Is Where You Find It
  7. Fractured Fairy Tales: Snow White Meets Rapunzel
  8. Bullwinkle's Corner: Simple Simon
  9. Dudley Do-Right: Trading Places
  10. Wager at Dawn or Early to Bet

    Episode 3

  11. Standing Room Only or Bullwinkle Sells Out
  12. Fractured Fairy Tales: The Seven Chicken
  13. Mr. Know It-All: How To Buy A Used Car
  14. Peabody's Improbable History: Christopher Columbus
  15. Bullwinkle Scores Again or Fool’s Goal

    Episode 4

  16. Rogue’s Gallery or Hold That Line-Up
  17. Aesop And Son: The Tree Bears
  18. Mr. Know-It-All: How To Direct A Temperamental Movie Star
  19. Peabody's Improbable History: Lawrence Of Arabia
  20. Male Bags or Homely Are the Brave

    Episode 5

  21. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory or Moose’s In the Col’ Col’ Ground
  22. Fractured Fairy Tales: Tale Of A Frog
  23. Bullwinkle's Corner: Grandfather's Clock
  24. Dudley Do-Right: Mechanical Dudley
  25. Bullwinkle’s Battle Plan or Civil Defense

    Episode 6

  26. Bullwinkle Buys a Fence or Pickets Charge
  27. Fractured Fairy Tales: The Powerful Duke
  28. Bullwinkle's Corner: The Cherry Tree
  29. Dudley Do-Right: Mechanical Dudley
  30. A Rock for Rock or To Each His Stone

    Video releases

In the late 1970s, this story arc was released in complete form on an RCA SelectaVision disc, including episodes of Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody & Sherman, and Dudley Do-Right. In the early 1990s, it was released in a version that deleted about seven minutes, as the main feature of the video "Norman Moosewell". These episodes have been excerpted on the 2007 Best of Rocky and Bullwinkle: Volume 2 DVD. Volume 5 of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, released on March 29, 2011, includes all 12 episodes, unedited.