Indoor Outing

Indoor Outing

February 20, 1961 TV Episode Mister Magoo (Television)

Studio
UPA Productions
Animation studio
Jack Kinney Productions, Larry Harmon Studios
Distributor
Columbia Pictures Television

Synopsis

Magoo camps out in Tycoon Magoo's department store.

Characters

Mr. Magoo, Waldo, Prezley, Millie, Mother Magoo, Hamlet the Hamster, Bowser the Cat, Tycoon Magoo

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), Paul Frees (Tycoon Magoo, Prezley), Jerry Hausner (Waldo, Prezley), Daws Butler (Waldo, Prezley), Julie Bennett (Millie)

Editing

Editor
Ted Baker

Crew

Art Director
Vic Haboush
Color Styling
Barbara Begg, Thelma Witmer
Production Design
Lew Keller
Production Manager
Earl Jonas
Production Planning
Bill Perez, Marty Murphy
Dialogue Director
Jerry Hausner
Layouts
Don Sheppard, Bob Singer, Dick Ung, Sam Weiss, Gene Hazelton
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."

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