[first lines]
Narrator
[over stock footage of various historical events in a parody of a newsreel]
1964, a crucial moment in American history: Lyndon Johnson is re-elected to the presidency by a landslide, the New York World's Fair introduces a bright new future...
Narrator
[scene cuts to show an animated Bullwinkle pull Rocky from his hat]
and after five scintillating years on the air...
Bullwinkle
Presto!
Narrator
The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show is abruptly cancelled.
Bullwinkle
Bullwinkle, Rocky: [in unison] Cancelled?
[the boys are pulled off screen to the right by a vaudeville hook as two janitors come by to clean up the mess]
Narrator
Sorry about that, boys.
[screen cuts to a card reading "TODAY", followed by shots of more recent live-action footage]
Narrator
A lot has changed in 35 years: Velcro has replaced the zipper, sneakers have lights on them, the Cold War is over, and The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is still cancelled.
[newsreel ends as a hobo yawns and exits the theater]
Narrator
[cut to Frostbite Falls, Minnesota where things are looking lively with the locals]
Narrator
Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, once the beloved home of Rocky and Bullwinkle had been a thriving cartoon town.
[crossfade to a "third-world country version" of Frostbite Falls]
Narrator
Now, it was crippled by year's of reruns.