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Regarding Jay  Ward and the Kurwood Derby:  I had the benefit of growing up in Los Angeles, and was in the audience for a Bullwinkle "retrospective" at UCLA in 1982, where according to Bill Scott, Jay Ward was so tickled with Mr. Kirby's lawsuit threat that he offered to pay Kirby's legal fees (regardless of outcome).

Mr. Scott also told of the legal threat from Red Skelton, who thought Bullwinkle was a ripoff of his Clem Kadiddlehopper character (Which Scott admitted it was).  Their response was to use the Bullwinkle Puppet bumpers to make fun of the issue.  Bullwinkle came on and said (approximately):  "We have received a letter from a Mister Reed Skiltown who claims that I sound too much like his character, Clem Kadiddlehopper.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Allow me to demonstrate: 'Hi, this is Clem Kadiddlehopper!' 'Hi, this is Bullwinkle!" See?  Nothing alike"  (he said, without changing a tone or inflection).

I also had the benefit to talk to Mr. Clampett regarding the "Coal Black" situation, and it was done with love and respect (despite what current perceptions may seem), and had offered to remove any drawing or dialogue the African American performers found offensive.  

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