The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
S01E31: Uncle Sam Magoo
The story of America - from the landing of the pilgrims to the landing on the moon. Relive the pilgrim's first Thanksgiving, march with Davy Crockett and listen to America's golden legends.
Overview
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season. The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of the role he did on TV: while doing this show, he continued with the prime time show Gilligan's Island.
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 Don Quixote and Gunga Din. Each of these roles was played seriously, with few if any references to Magoo's nearsightedness; however, introductory segments in each program featured Magoo backstage stumbling into scenery and talking to props, thus connecting the older cartoons to this series. Some stories were contained in a single half-hour episode, but others ran to two and even four episodes. As UPA did not have its own studio facility the production was farmed out to the Grantray-Lawrence and Format Films studios.
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 dwarves.
Episodes
S01E02 Mr. Magoo's Treasure Island Part 1
Mr. Magoo plays famous Pirate, Long John Silver.
S01E03 Mr. Magoo's Treasure Island Part 2
Mr. Magoo plays famous Pirate, Long John Silver.
S01E05 Mr. Magoo's Moby Dick
Mr. Magoo plays Ishmael, a sailor on the "Pequod", Captain Ahab's ship.
S01E06 Mr. Magoo's The Three Musketeers Part 1
Mr. Magoo plays D'Artagnan, a man who goes to Paris in 1625 in hopes of becoming a musketeer.
S01E07 Mr. Magoo's The Three Musketeers Part 2
Mr. Magoo plays D'Artagnan, a man who goes to Paris in 1625 in hopes of becoming a musketeer.
S01E08 Mr. Magoo's Robin Hood Part 1
Mr. Magoo, the nearsighted bungler, plays Robin Hood's friend and ally, Friar Tuck, and has a number of comical misadventures. It's hard to steal from the rich and give to the poor when one can't...
S01E09 Mr. Magoo's Robin Hood Part 2
Mr. Magoo plays Friar Tuck, Robin Hood's friend and ally. When Robin Hood is kidnapped by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, Friar Tuck and the rest of the Merry Men hatch a plan to save...
S01E10 Mr. Magoo's Robin Hood Part 3
Mr. Magoo plays Friar Tuck, Robin Hood's friend and ally. Robin Hood has been freed by his Merry Men, but has learned that his love, Maid Marian, is being forced to marry someone else. He...
S01E11 Mr. Magoo's Robin Hood Part 4
Mr. Magoo plays Friar Tuck, Robin Hood's friend and ally. Robin Hood and his men succeeds in freeing Marian, and King Richard returns and ends the Sheriff of Nottingham's evil tyrade.
S01E12 Mr. Magoo's Don Quixote de la Mancha Part 1
Mr. Magoo plays well-to-do nobleman Don Quixote, who is appalled that there are no more knights in the world. Seeing that a hero is needed in the world again, he dons a rusty suit of...
S01E13 Mr. Magoo's Cyrano de Bergerac
Mr. Magoo plays Cyrano de Bergerac, a love stricken soldier embarassed by his large nose.
S01E14 Mr. Magoo's Little Snow White Part 1
Mr. Magoo plays all seven of Snow White's dwarves in this adaptation of a beloved Grimms Fairy Tale.
S01E15 Mr. Magoo's Little Snow White Part 2
Mr. Magoo plays all seven of Snow White's dwarves in this adaptation of a beloved Grimms Fairy Tale.
S01E16 Mr. Magoo's Rip Van Winkle
Mr. Magoo plays Rip Van Winkle, the man who fell asleep for 20 years.
S01E17 Mr. Magoo's Dick Tracy and the Mob
Mr. Magoo finds himself alongside Chester Gould's famous 'Dick Tracy'. Police Chief Patton and Dick Tracy come to Mr. Magoo with a plan to impersonate a notorious crime kingpin known as Squinty, allowing them to...
S01E18 Mr. Magoo's Midsummer Night's Dream
Magoo plays Puck in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream," where he has great fun with foolish mortals.
S01E19 Mr. Magoo's The Count of Monte Cristo
Mr. Magoo plays Edmond Dantes, a man who was imprisoned for a crime he never committed.
S01E20 Mr. Magoo's Doctor Frankenstein
Mr. Magoo plays Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein, an insane scientist who brings a creature to life.When the creature breaks out, he threatens to cause mayhem and disaster.
S01E21 Mr. Magoo's Don Quixote de la Mancha Part 2
Mr. Magoo plays well-to-do nobleman Don Quixote, who is appalled that there are no more knights in the world. Seeing that a hero is needed in the world again, he dons a rusty suit of...
S01E22 Mr. Magoo's Captain Kidd
Mr. Magoo plays notorious pirate, Captain Kidd. On the high seas, he has many a thing to do. First, he must find a mysterious treasure. But, he must also hold his rebellious crew in check...
S01E23 Mr. Magoo's Noah's Ark
Mr. Magoo plays Noah, a man who is instructed by God to build an ark, before God unleashes a large storm on the world. God also tells Noah to take 2 of very animal (Male,...
S01E24 Mr. Magoo's Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Magoo plays Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes' Assistant. It's a good thing Sherlock Holmes is such a good sleuth, because with Mr. Magoo as Doctor Watson he has to do all the searching for clues...
S01E25 Mr. Magoo's King Arthur
Mr. Magoo plays Merlin, the man who helps Arthur become King.
S01E26 Mr. Magoo's Paul Revere
Mr. Magoo plays Paul Revere, the young Boston man who warned that the ""British are coming! The British are coming!"".
S01E27 Uncle Sam Magoo
The story of America - from the landing of the pilgrims to the landing on the moon. Relive the pilgrim's first Thanksgiving, march with Davy Crockett and listen to America's golden legends.
S01E28 Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Magoo plays an actor who has auditioned for the part of 'Scrooge' in Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. This play within a movie was the inspiration for the popular 'Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo'...
S01E31 Uncle Sam Magoo
The story of America - from the landing of the pilgrims to the landing on the moon. Relive the pilgrim's first Thanksgiving, march with Davy Crockett and listen to America's golden legends.
Cast
Roger Carel
Jim Backus
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Robie Lester
Handmaiden (voice)
