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The 'Dudley Do-Right Emporium' was a small, eccentric gift shop named after that fearless Canadian Mountie, Dudley Do-Right located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.
The emporium was founded and run by Jay Ward, creator of the "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" series (1959-73). The gift shop was located at 8200 Sunset Boulevard, next door to the former Jay Ward Productions (8217 Sunset Blvd.), the tiny studio building where the cartoons were produced and across the street from the Chateau Marmont Hotel. The Dudley Do-Right Emporium opened in 1971 and closed its doors in April 2005.^[1][2]
The shop was filled with toys, stuffed animals, trinkets, hats, t-shirts, wristwatches, original animation cells, cartoon scripts, recordings of TV themes, and assorted souvenirs, all bearing the likenesses of Dudley Do-Right, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken, Boris & Natasha, Snidely Whiplash and the other famous, wacky creations of Jay Ward Studios.^[1]
In front of the Dudley Do-Right Emporium and Jay Ward Productions was a 15-foot-tall statue of Bullwinkle J. Moose holding Rocky the Flying Squirrel. The statue was unveiled to the public at a kick-off party to commemorate "The Bullwinkle Show" joining NBC on September 24, 1961.

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