Fire Chief Magoo
- Studio
- UPA Productions
- Animation studio
- Jack Kinney Productions, Larry Harmon Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures Television
Synopsis
A Boy Scout gives Mr. Magoo a flyer to encourage him to observe fire prevention week. Magoo mistakes the flyer for a certificate announcing his appointment as the city's honorary fire chief. Heading for the local firehouse, Magoo has the fire captain head for an abandoned house down the street, where the pair eventually capture two bank robbers who won't surrender. Magoo also flushes out the reward.
Characters
Mr. Magoo, Boy Scout, Fire Captain, Policeman
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Paul Fennell
Producing
- Producer
- Henry G. Saperstein
Writing
- Writer
- Dick Shaw
- Script
- Nick George
Voices
- Voice
- Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo), Herb Vigrain (Policeman), Daws Butler, Mel Blanc
Music
- Music
- Shorty Rogers, Carl Brandt, George Steiner
Animation
- Animator
- Hank Smith, Bob Maxfield, Frank Braxton, Jerry Hathcock, Ken O'Brien, Chic Otterstrom, Jack Ozark, Irv Spence, Bob Bentley, Ed Solomon
- Layouts
- Gene Hazelton
Art Department
- Production Design
- Lew Keller
- Art Director
- Vic Haboush
- Backgrounds
- Jack Heiter, Bob McIntosh, Bob Abrams, Tony Rizzo
- Color Styling
- Barbara Begg
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."