Toons and Culture







The resident villain of "The Bullwinkle Show" bills himself as "The World's Greatest No-goodnik" and so far no one has stepped up to challenge this claim. His past is mostly shrouded in mystery, although it is fairly certain that he was reared in Pottsylvania, a country whose entire population is made up of spies, secret agents, and saboteurs. (The Pottsylvania "Eavesdropper" is the world's only newspaper printed in invisible ink).

A fun-loving youngster, fond of trying cats' tails to car bumpers, Boris learned his ABC's (Arson, Bomb-throwing, and Conspiracy) in Pottsylvanian public schools before being offered a scoundrelship to U.S.C. (The University of Safe-Cracking). He graduated magna cum louse, mainly on the strength of his heinous contributions to his fraternity's Hell Week stunts.

He is remarkably durable, having fallen off twenty-six cliffs in speeding cars, being blown up at least fourteen times (mostly with his own bombs), and having the following objects dropped on his head: 98 flower pots, 2 safes, innumerable boulders, an Edsel, and his female conspirator, Natasha. When asked to comment on his secret of durability, he generally shrugs and mutters "Vie Tanski."

Little is known of his relationship with Natasha, but it is assumed to be unsavory.

In his leisure moments, Boris can be found puttering in his garden of Venus Flytraps, walking his Gila monster, or working on his Fireside Crook Book. A member of the Van Gogh Society, he also collects ears.

Cultural Impacts
Boris has appeared on such General Mills cereals as Cheerios and Lucky Charms between 1959 to 1970.

Boris's Famous Sayings
"Say the name!"
"I have a plan!"
"Sharrup your mouth!"

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