{"id":195,"date":"2010-01-22T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/mister-magoo\/"},"modified":"2011-08-20T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T10:18:44","slug":"mister-magoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/mister-magoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mister Magoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mister Magoo, a nearsighted grumpy old duffer, who turned up on our screens in 1949. His first name is Quincy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1720\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"mister-magoo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo.jpg\" alt=\"Mister Magoo\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mister Magoo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Quincy Magoo was patterned after several real-life people. It seems the main inspiration for the character was the screen presence of comedian W. C. Fields, though it&#8217;s claimed the character was the collaborative efforts of the UPA staff who worked on those first films. Mister Magoo was UPA&#8217;s first popular success and went on to appear in numerous theatrical shorts, full-length movies, TV specials, TV commercials, and three TV series.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Mr Magoo was voiced by actor Jim Backus who died in 1989 . Much of his voice is made up of mublings and ad-libbing parts to give it the reality factor. Backus was best known as millionaire Thurston Howell in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan&#8217;s Island, and as his voice in animated versions, New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan&#8217;s Planet.<\/p>\n<p>Famous Magoo episodes include 1954 When Magoo Flew and Mr. Magoo&#8217;s Puddle Jumper from 1956 both winning awards. By Magoo&#8217;s 1977, he was licensed for a half-hour Saturday morning series, What&#8217;s New, Magoo?<\/p>\n<p>Other articles on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/saturday\/sa1135.htm\">Mr Magoo<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/mister-magoo\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mister Magoo\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mister-magoo.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Mister Magoo, a nearsighted grumpy old duffer, who turned up on our screens in 1949. His first name is Quincy. Quincy Magoo was patterned after several real-life people. 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