Mister Magoo

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Mr. Magoo
genre Comedy
Short film
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1949-1959
Studio UPA
Episodes 54
Director John Hubley , Pete Burness , William Hurtz , Rudy Larriva , Robert Cannon , Tom McDonald , Gil Turner , Chris Ishii
Television broadcast
German title Mister Magoo
Original title The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1964-1965
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26th
production Henry G. Saperstein
First broadcast Sept. 19, 1964 - April 24, 1965 on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 between 1974 and 1976 on ZDF
Television broadcast
German title Mr. Magoo's colorful fair
Original title What's New Mr. Magoo?
Country of production United States
original language English
year 1977
length 25 minutes
Episodes 16
First broadcast September 10, 1977 - December 24, 1977 on CBS
synchronization

Mister Magoo is a cartoon character created by the United Productions of America (UPA) animation studio in 1949 . The character is the main actor in a variety of short films, two television series and one real-life version.

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The main character is an older, extremely short-sighted man named Quincy Magoo. Due to his visual impairment, he gets into the most unbelievable situations, for example in the first episode he thinks a bear is his nephew Waldo. Said nephew is a supporting character in the films. Later came his buddy Prezley and Magoo's servant Charley, mother Magoo and the siblings Wheeler and Dealer.

In the later episodes, Magoo slipped into the roles of various historical or fictional characters, such as George Washington or Long John Silver from Stevenson's Treasure Island . A variant of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was also realized with him in the lead role. In these stories too, his extreme nearsightedness caused him all sorts of problems.

Production and release history

Between 1949 and 1959, 54 short films were produced by UPA and published by Columbia Pictures . The short films Trouble Indemnity (1950) and Pink and Blue Blues (1952) by Pete Burness were nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Animated Short", When Magoo Flew (1954) and Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956), also by Burness, as well and received this too.

Because of this success, the television series The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo was produced between 1964 and 1965. The series consisted of 26 episodes, each 25 minutes long, with each program consisting of five separate chapters, each five minutes long, for a total of 130 chapters. The series was broadcast for the first time in Germany as part of the animation series with Adelheid , in which characters such as Klondike Kat , Rocky & Bullwinkle and Dudley Do-Right appeared. From October 3, 1988, it was broadcast by Sat.1 . This was followed by repetitions for Junior and K-Toon as well as individual episodes for SuperRTL. In the German dubbed version, Magoo was voiced by the actor and voice actor Gerd Martienzen .

In 1964, five films were cut from individual episodes: Mr. Magoo's Storybook ("Magoo in the realm of fairy tales and legends"), Mr. Magoo in the King's Service ("Magoo in royal service"), Mr. Magoo at Sea ("Mr. Magoo's adventures on the high seas ”), Mr. Magoo… Man of Mystery (“ Mr. Magoo on the hunt for crooks ”) and Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (“ Mr. Magoo in the service of Robin Hood ”).

1977 followed with What's New Mr. Magoo? another animated series with 16 double episodes from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE) in collaboration with UPA. This series appeared in Germany as “Mr. Magoo's colorful fair ”.

In 1997 Walt Disney Pictures bought the license and produced the real-life film Mr. Magoo with Leslie Nielsen in the lead role.

In 2010, the Mexican-American cartoon Kung Fu Magoo was released , in which Quincy Magoo and his nephew Justin accidentally take part in a super villain competition.

synchronization

figure English speaker
Short films 60s series 70s series
Mr. Magoo Jim Backus
Waldo Jerry Hausner Jerry Hausner, Daws Butler Casey Kasem

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Complete Filmography. In: The UPA Legacy Project. Retrieved on April 22, 2010 (English, including Kangaroo Courting, which is not explicitly labeled there as a Magoo short film, but see Kangaroo Courting in the Internet Movie Database (English)).
  2. ↑ a b Mr. Magoo. In: Konstruickserien.de. Retrieved April 22, 2010 .

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