It's only about a week until Christmas, and by now, you've probably exhausted the run of typical holiday specials. We all ...

The other shoe has dropped! Two years ago, TCM released the UPA Jolly Frolics Collection – 38 must-have Columbia theatrical cartoons from the 1950s including several Oscar winners like Gerald McBoing ...

Xilam Animation has secured a deal with DreamWorks Animation’s Classic Media for the animated series Mr Magoo, based on the classic cartoon of the same name. Per the deal, DreamWorks has exclusively ...

As Mickey Mouse was for the Depression and Bugs Bunny for World War II, so the acutely nearsighted Mr. Magoo was for the atomic age: An animated mascot, whose 53 theatrical cartoons have been ...

Mr. Magoo wasn’t supposed to become the star of a continuing series of cartoons, much less one of the biggest figures in ’50s animated shorts. Compared to the other stars of the field—your Bugs Bunnys ...

The correct answer: Mr. Magoo, the much-loved old school cartoon character (in the words of animators Bill Hurtz, Peter Burness, and authors Marty Gitlin and Joe Wos, respectively). After a long ...

"Mr. Magoo: The Theatrical Collection" Cleveland native Jim Backus may be best known for providing the voice of myopic millionaire Mr. Magoo, who first appeared in a 1949 cartoon, "Ragtime Bear." The ...

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I remember Jim Backus vividly as James Dean’s father in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955). But Backus was best with comedy, including “I Married Joan,” an early ’50s sitcom in which he portrayed a judge.

Update: Wow- you guys love Mr. Magoo! 38 people entered! Congratulations to the winners… CBB Reader Candy, who said, This is too funny. As told by my parents, this was my favorite cartoon when I was ...