dudley do-right

Dudley Do-Right was the eponymous hero of a segment on The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show which parodied early 20th century melodrama and silent film. Dudley Do-Right was a Canadian Mountie who was always trying to catch his nemesis Snidely Whiplash, invariably without success. He romantically pursued Nell Fenwick, the daughter of the head of the Mountie station. However, a running gag throughout the series was Nell's interest in his horse (called Horse), to the point that she scarcely noticed Dudley's interest.

In 1969, Dudley Do-Right was featured in his own show, The Dudley Do-Right Show, which consisted primarily of existing episodes from the series, produced by Jay Ward Productions and Total Television.

In 1999, a live-action film starring Brendan Fraser (as Dudley), Sarah Jessica Parker (as Nell), and Alfred Molina (as Snidely) was released. According to the Box Office Mojo website (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the movie had an opening weekend gross (domestically) of $3,018,345, which then went on to have a "domestic total gross" of $9,974,410. According to the website, the movie was made on a budget of $70 million.

Dudley Do-Right was probably based lightly on the writer's neighbor, Dennis Dudley.^{citation needed]} Dennis was a Canadian man who never had much luck with the ladies, was a strict Christian, and who always did what he thought was right, thus Dudley Do-Right.

Theme Park Ride

Universal created a Dudley Do-Right flume attraction for its Islands of Adventure theme park titled "Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls". Guests enter a queue themed to resemble a theatre, with Dudley, Nell, Snidely and Horse presented as actors. Riders board cartoon logs and journey "into" the story, where Snidely has sinisterly captured Nell Fenwick. Horse and Dudley make their first appearance in front of a cyclorama backdrop, theatrically "charging" to the rescue.

The ride system contains three drops, the last and tallest of which is 85 feet and steeper than Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World. It is a hybrid flume/coaster that utilizes steel track to not only shoot guest-filled logs down the final drop, but under the water's surface and over a bunny hill. The ride system was designed and built by Mack GmbH and opened in 1999. Recently, the final drop has been made less intense to prevent injury of guests.

Memorable Lines

Inspector Fenwick: "Do-Right! What's making that noise?!"

Dudley Do-Right: "I think it's a mockingbird, sir."

Inspector Fenwick: "At this time of the night?"

Dudley Do-Right: "How about Nell?"

Inspector Fenwick: "No, she's still in her cell."

Dudley Do-Right: "Oh the irony of it all. A Royal Canadian mountie one day, a creature of the woods the next. I wonder if it happened to Thoreau in just this way?"

Cultural References

• The extended version of the Prince song "Gett Off" contains the line: "Dudley Do-No Wrong 2night if Nell just let him kick it."
• The Beastie Boys reference Dudley in the song "Oh Word" on the album To the Five Boroughs: "Yo, what the doofus, say good night..You're Snidely Whiplash I'm Dudley Do-you-right"
• In Lil' Flip's song "I Came to Bring the Pain," Ludacris makes the following reference: "Now the clique is called DTP, so get your crew right/ We peer pressure fools, even Dudley don't Do-Right."
• The The Arrogant Worms' "The Mountie Song" (on Live Bait) contains the line: "Dudley Do-Right's such a jerk! (Damn you Snidely)"