In our last episode, Rocky and...

In our last episode, Rocky and Bullwinkle boarded the bus provided by the Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Department at 6 a.m. New Year’s Day at the Roxbury Park Community Center, 471 S. Roxbury Drive. They reserved their seats at (310) 550-4761 and paid the non-resident round-trip fee of $76 (it’s $61 for residents). They were whisked to grandstand seating on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to witness the 104th Tournament of Roses Parade. On the way, however. . . .

“Golly gee, Bullwinkle! Do you notice anything strange about those two people sitting in front of us?”

“I dunno, Rock. Michigan fans, maybe?”

But instead they were none other than those incorrigible super spies, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, plotting their most nefarious caper yet.

“Blow up Rose Parade! But isn’t Cold War over, dollink?”

“Is over when Fearless Leader says it’s over, Natasha. Besides, this is humanitarian gesture. Russia send fallout all over the world from Chernobyl. Ve send millions of fragrant petals back on jet stream. Come out smelling like rose.”

Fortunately, the bus parks less than a block from the parade’s starting point. Our heroes quickly conceal themselves on the Canadian float--Bullwinkle as a totem pole and Rocky, after pinching the ends of his ears, as an undersized lynx.

“There’s Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties on this float, Bullwinkle! We’ll get him to help us.”

But Dudley, who has been saluting the crowd with his picturesquely chiseled chin, is being distracted. . . .

“Get your man, get your man. Don’t Mounties ever get woman, dollink? Is more exciting, I think.”

. . .while Boris prepares to plunge the plunger that will blast Colorado Boulevard to smithereens.

“Stop him, Bullwinkle!”

“Uh, how, Rock?”

When, suddenly, the “Rocky & Bullwinkle Show” is canceled! It seems that Fearless Leader, who slipped into Beverly Hills for plastic surgery to remove the scars from his face, has discovered that he has a remarkable talent for doing lunch. In no time, he has become head of a major motion picture studio. Now he announces that the Cold War is indeed over and that our heroes and villains both are being transferred to a remake of the old Lloyd Bridges “Sea Hunt” series. Tune in next week for the first exciting episode, “Tentacles of Terror” or “Squid Pro Quo.”

“Put on your mask, Bullwinkle!”

“I can’t, Rock. My nose is too long (glub!).”

“What a revoltin’ development this is.”

“Is not your line, Boris.”

“And ve thought 1992 was Badenov for anybody.”