Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle Magoo needs to do his hunting and other chores, but spends more time playing with the local children of his Catskills, New York village and drinking at the local pub. Because of this, he unknowingly incurs the wrath of his abusive, henpecking wife. One day, while hunting in the Catskills, he meets, drinks and bowls with a group of gnomes. Rip Van Winkle drinks himself into a stupor. Twenty years later, he awakens to find himself older, alone, and caught up in the American colonists' fight against British tyranny. There's a bright side to the story, though: Rip Van Winkle finds out that his abusive wife is dead, and that his daughter- now a fully grown, beautiful and caring young woman with a family- is willing to care for her aging father.

Rip Van Winkle Magoo

This NBC show presented Magoo in a variety of roles, portraying various literary and historical figures. Thirteen hour-long episodes were produced, some being two half-hour stories combined into one program. One story ("Robin Hood") was a full-length feature presented in four half-hour-long programs.

The series failed to garner the same type of ratings as the holiday special, and it was canceled after one season. The cartoons were later syndicated as animated specials under the umbrella title "Mr. Magoo's Storybook."