Cartoon
Mister Magoo
The story
Mister Magoo is an American animated television series which was produced from November 7, 1960 to February 2, 1962. Each episode includes five four-minute shorts and was either aired together with bumpers as a single half-hour show, or was split up with one short airing each weekday, along with other cartoons. It was produced by United Productions of America. The series' voices were Jim Backus, Mel Blanc, Jerry Hausner, Benny Rubin, Paul Frees, and Frank Nelson.
The show was followed by two related series: the 1964–65 show The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo and the 1977 What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Plot
The series follows the comic misadventures of Quincy Magoo, a wealthy, nearly blind senior citizen who consistently refuses to admit he has any vision problems. Driven by an overactive imagination, Magoo routinely mistakes dangerous situations, wild animals, and complex machinery for harmless, everyday things. While his cluelessness invariably triggers chaos and leaves the people around him—particularly his anxious nephew Waldo—to suffer the consequences, Magoo's sheer luck always pulls him through completely unharmed.
Cast
Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo
Mel Blanc as Tycoon Magoo, Worcestershire, Additional voices
Jerry Hausner as Waldo
Daws Butler as Prezly
Benny Rubin as Charlie
Paul Frees as Additional voices
Frank Nelson as Additional voices
Bea Benaderet as Mother Magoo
June Foray as Mother Magoo
Julie Bennett as Millie, Additional voices
Jean Vander Pyl as Madam Lafoo
Herb Vigran as Mr. McCloy