. . . would be named "Portland." Today Portland is the most populous city in the West Coast American state known as Oregon. It is also the town with the most people within the East Coast U. S. state of Maine. Which raises the question of whether the little title miss of this fractured fairy tale is named for the Portland near the Pacific Ocean, or the one that's a stone's throw from the Atlantic Coast. The western Portland is named after the eastern Portland, which itself recalls an even more eastern Isle of Portland floating off the shores of Great Britain. Strangely enough, as of this writing all three of these Portland's have eateries offering Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwiches, aka BLT's, for less than $20 American.
The Bullwinkle Show: Bullwinkle at the Bottom or A Mish-Mash Moose/Double Trouble or The Moose Hangs High
(1960)
I'm not sure why a character in a fairy tale . . .
Season 2, Episode 12
9 January 2024