Trees A Crowd
- Studio
- UPA Productions
- Animation studio
- Jack Kinney Productions, Larry Harmon Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures Television
Synopsis
A rich tycoon's trees are in escrow at "Tycoon Peak" and worth a lot of money. The tycoon hears that Mr. Magoo is headed for his forest and fears that Magoo will ruin his trees, so the tycoon gets his butler Worcestershire (an Arthur Treacher-type character) to stop Magoo from messing things up in his forest of valuable trees. The usual disastrous outcome follows, as only Magoo can bring about!
Characters
Mr. Magoo, Waldo, Prezley, Millie, Mother Magoo, Hamlet the Hamster, Bowser the Cat, Tycoon Magoo, Worcestershire
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Clyde Geronimi
Producing
- Producer
- Henry G. Saperstein
Writing
- Writer
- George Atkins, Bob Ogle
- Script
- Nick George
Animation
- Animator
- Ken O'Brien, Jerry Hathcock
Voices
- Voice
- Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo, Mother Magoo), Paul Frees (Tycoon Magoo, Prezley), Jerry Hausner (Waldo, Prezley), Daws Butler (Waldo, Prezley), Julie Bennett (Millie), Mel Blanc (Tycoon Magoo, Worcestershire)
Music
- Music
- Shorty Rogers, Carl Brandt, George Steiner
Editing
- Editor
- Ted Baker
Crew
- Art Director
- Vic Haboush
- Color Styling
- Barbara Begg
- Production Design
- Lew Keller
- Production Manager
- Earl Jonas
- Production Planning
- Bill Perez, Marty Murphy
- Dialogue Director
- Jerry Hausner
- Layouts
- Sam Weiss
- Backgrounds
- Jack Heiter, Bob McIntosh, Bob Abrams, Tony Rizzo
Production notes
Low-budget versions of the Magoo theatrical cartoons, made for television.
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."
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."