The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | |
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Genre | |
Theme music composer | Carl Brandt |
Composer | Carl Brandt |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Henry G. Saperstein |
Editor | Sam Horta |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | United Productions of America |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | 19 September 1964 24 April 1965 | –
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an American
Unlike the theatrical cartoons, which focused on the extremely nearsighted Quincy Magoo's bumbling, the show featured the Magoo character as an actor in adaptations of such literary classics as
Among the most ambitious adaptations mounted in this format were the four-part Robin Hood, in which he took the role of Friar Tuck; Treasure Island, in which he played the villainous Long John Silver; and a version of Snow White in which he portrayed all seven of the Seven Dwarfs (much easier in an animated setting, with no trick photography needed).
The series was inspired by the success of the 1962 television special Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, a serious remake of the Charles Dickens classic novel with Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge.
The series was re-shown in the early 1970s on early Saturday mornings and the early 1980s as part of certain channels' weekday afternoon cartoon blocs. Certain episodes were released on VHS, but these have since gone out of print.
The series was originally shown in prime time and not as part of an animated
Episodes
# | Broadcast date | Title | Adapted for Television by |
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01 | September 19, 1964 | "William Tell" | Barbara Chain |
02 | September 26, 1964 | "Treasure Island"— Part 1 | Walter Black |
03 | October 3, 1964 | "Treasure Island"— Part 2 | Walter Black |
04 | October 10, 1964 | "Gunga Din" | Sloan Nibley |
05 | October 17, 1964 | " Moby Dick "
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True Boardman |
06 | October 24, 1964 | "The Three Musketeers"— Part 1 | Joanna Lee |
07 | November 7, 1964 | "The Three Musketeers"— Part 2 | Joanna Lee |
08 | November 14, 1964 | "Robin Hood"— Episode 1 | Walter Black |
09 | November 21, 1964 | "Robin Hood"— Episode 2 | Walter Black |
10 | November 28, 1964 | "Robin Hood"— Episode 3 | Walter Black |
11 | December 5, 1964 | "Robin Hood"— Episode 4 | Walter Black |
12 | December 19, 1964 | "Don Quixote de la Mancha"— Episode 1 | True Boardman |
13 | December 26, 1964 | "Cyrano de Bergerac" | True Boardman |
14 | January 2, 1965 | "Snow White"— Episode 1 | Barbara Chain |
15 | January 9, 1965 | "Snow White"— Episode 2 | Barbara Chain |
16 | January 16, 1965 | "Rip Van Winkle" | Barbara Chain |
17 | February 6, 1965 | "Dick Tracy and the Mob" | Sloan Nibley |
18 | February 13, 1965 | "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | Barbara Chain |
19 | February 27, 1965 | "The Count of Monte Cristo" | Walter Black |
20 | March 13, 1965 | "Doctor Frankenstein" | Sloan Nibley |
21 | March 20, 1965 | "Don Quixote de la Mancha"— Episode 2 | True Boardman |
22 | March 27, 1965 | " Captain Kidd "
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Walter Black |
23 | April 3, 1965 | "Noah's Ark" | Barbara Chain |
24 | April 10, 1965 | "Sherlock Holmes" | True Boardman |
25 | April 17, 1965 | "King Arthur" | Sloan Nibley |
26 | April 24, 1965 | "Paul Revere" | Jerry D. Lewis |
Home video
In November 2011,
References
- ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "Mr. Magoo DVD news: Box Art and Contents for Mr. Magoo on TV Collection: 1960-1977". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-06-13.