Masquerader Magoo
- Studio
- UPA Productions
- Animation studio
- Jack Kinney Productions, Larry Harmon Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures Television
Synopsis
Quincy and Waldo get dressed up in Halloween costumes and head for a party. Magoo "comes out of the closet" as a free-wheeling mechanical space robot on wheels with a radio in the center... perfect for dancing! Magoo hits the reverse button by mistake and wanders into a mysterious cave, where the bears can't figure what's up. As bats look down from the cave's ceiling, Magoo starts a shocking conga line, dancing with everyone as lights from his robot costume blink back and forth.
Characters
Mr. Magoo, Waldo
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Steve Clark
Producing
- Producer
- Henry G. Saperstein
Writing
- Writer
- Al Bertino, Dick Kinney
- Script
- Nick George
Voices
- Voice
- Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo, Mother Magoo), Jerry Hausner (Waldo)
Music
- Music
- Shorty Rogers, Carl Brandt, George Steiner
Animation
- Animator
- Frank Braxton, Chic Otterstrom
- Layouts
- Bob Singer
Art Department
- Production Design
- Lew Keller
- Art Director
- Vic Haboush
- Backgrounds
- Jack Heiter, Bob McIntosh, Bob Abrams, Tony Rizzo
- Color Styling
- Barbara Beg
Editing
- Editor
- Ted Baker
Casting
- Dialogue Director
- Jerry Hausner
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Earl Jonas
Crew
- Production Planning
- Bill Perez, Marty Murphy
Production notes
This series was a low-budget version of the Magoo theatrical cartoons, made specifically for television.
UPA and Kellogg's Cereals had signed a distribution agreement for the televised Mister Magoo series, with Kellogg's thinking it would have the last word on program content. At the last minute, however, UPA decided against any sponsor's veto and backed out of the deal.
UPA managed to sell the series by itself to 150 markets, some of which scheduled episodes in prime time. The popularity of Mister Magoo enabled UPA to sell Dick Tracy, its next series, without making a pilot episode.
UPA ending up setting up a production agreement with Henry Saperstein. Saperstein discarded UPA's reputation for quality and actively entered the made-for-TV cartoon market. Saperstein produced 130 cheaply made Mr. Magoo cartoons which premiered in syndication on November 7, 1960.
From September 18, 1989 to September 16, 1990, episodes from this series and DePatie-Freleng's "What's New, Mr. Magoo?" were rebroadcast (along with UPA cartoons from "The Gerald McBoing Boing Show") on the USA Network under the title of "Mr. Magoo & Friends" as part of "Cartoon Express."
UPA and Kellogg's Cereals had signed a distribution agreement for the televised Mister Magoo series, with Kellogg's thinking it would have the last word on program content. At the last minute, however, UPA decided against any sponsor's veto and backed out of the deal.
UPA managed to sell the series by itself to 150 markets, some of which scheduled episodes in prime time. The popularity of Mister Magoo enabled UPA to sell Dick Tracy, its next series, without making a pilot episode.
UPA ending up setting up a production agreement with Henry Saperstein. Saperstein discarded UPA's reputation for quality and actively entered the made-for-TV cartoon market. Saperstein produced 130 cheaply made Mr. Magoo cartoons which premiered in syndication on November 7, 1960.
From September 18, 1989 to September 16, 1990, episodes from this series and DePatie-Freleng's "What's New, Mr. Magoo?" were rebroadcast (along with UPA cartoons from "The Gerald McBoing Boing Show") on the USA Network under the title of "Mr. Magoo & Friends" as part of "Cartoon Express."