'Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol' first aired in 1962. (Photo by DreamWorks Classics.) Animated Christmas specials have become as much a part of our holiday traditions as decked halls, nogged egg and ...

Shout! Factory has set a release date for its long-awaited (and long-delayed) DVD set Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection: The Theatrical Collection, 1949-1959. The four-disc set, which collects all 53 ...

You'd think that late actor Jim Backus would have felt a bit elevated from ordinary folks when you consider that he spent a good portion of his life being referred to by fans and critics alike as ...

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 ...

What: A 50th anniversary airing of television's first animated Christmas special. Also released in July as Blu-ray + DVD collector's edition by Classic Media (christmasclassics.tv). When: 8 p.m.

Over the years Mr Magoo became a lovably apolitical character who won generation after generation of fans through repeats of the original series He's back and this time he's even older, blinder and ...

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 ...

Xilam Animation has sold its new 2D animation series Mr Magoo to ITV in the U.K. for both its terrestrial channel and CITV branded digital network. Based on the successful classic of the same name, ...

The nation’s largest organization of blind people blasted the return of Mr. Magoo this week. They believe he’ll make their lives miserable. Yes, that Mr. Magoo–the hapless, near-sighted old codger ...

Forty-eight years ago this month, Duluth, the state and to some extent the nation were captivated by the plight of a little mongoose named Mr. Magoo. Long before Lily the bear, Windchill the horse and ...

Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of Mr. Magoo and the self-indulgent millionaire of ”Gilligan`s Island,” died of pneumonia Monday ...