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To: Dubya

Whose Mr. Magoo?


2 posted on 03/19/2009 6:35:25 PM PDT by lakertaker (Libertarian Party since 1998)
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To: lakertaker

Mr. Magoo was one of the funniest, most enjoyable toons ever.


3 posted on 03/19/2009 6:36:43 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: lakertaker

It was one of the funniest cartoons ever.


4 posted on 03/19/2009 6:37:33 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (What fresh hell is this?)
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To: lakertaker
Whose Mr. Magoo?

I assume you mean "who's."

Mr. Magoo was a beloved nearsighted curmudgeon cartoon who refused to acknowledge his sight problem and, as a result, had all kids of strange adventures.

He also starred in arguably the best version of A Christmas Carol since Alistair Sim.

5 posted on 03/19/2009 6:38:41 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
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Quincy Magoo (or simply Mr. Magoo) is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus (also famed in popular culture for his role as Thurston Howell III in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island), Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, or myopia, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. Affected people (or animals) consequently tend to think that he is a lunatic, rather than just being nearsighted. In later cartoons he is also an actor, and generally a competent one except for his visual impairment.
6 posted on 03/19/2009 6:39:14 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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11 posted on 03/19/2009 6:41:25 PM PDT by vamoose
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He looked like this:

But his voice was done by:

Jim Backus...if you're into vintage TV, he was the judge/husband on "I Married Joan" in the 50's and later on "Gilligan's Island".

14 posted on 03/19/2009 6:43:52 PM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: lakertaker

On a “Monk” tv episode they talked about Mr. Magoo. My kids were asking about him so I searched youtube. Lots of fun stuff - even my kids enjoyed it. Some of the old stuff they find boring - but not Mr. Magoo. (They also love the old silent movies!)


15 posted on 03/19/2009 6:44:19 PM PDT by 21twelve (The Obamas have all the class of the Clintons and none of the charm.)
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To: lakertaker
Whose Mr. Magoo?

Wow, you get "newbie" a whole different spin.
Poor young'un. You missed the good life before politically correct and educational cartoons, and before Jim Bacchus played Thurston Howell III on "Gilligan's Island".





... if you just said, "Who? Who? and What?" -- get away from me.

;-)

16 posted on 03/19/2009 6:44:25 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weight-lifting sessions each week and...)
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Whose Mr. Magoo? Ignoring the typo, it's the son of Helen Thomas.
27 posted on 03/19/2009 7:20:51 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (If the Average nObama Voter is Antyhing Like Peggy Joseph, The Next 4 Years Will Be A Hoot!!!!)
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