UPA’s “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” on Records, Part Two
This time we look at how the legacy of this classic animated television special continued to impact music, theater, publishing—and even the loved ones of those who first created it.
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UPA’s “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” on Records, Part One
The original soundtrack album for the first animated Christmas TV special–which boasts one of the finest musical scores ever—was released almost 50 years after it premiered.
UPA’s “Magoo’s Three-Point Landing” (1958)
Here’s a rare treat: an animator breakdown for a UPA Mister Magoo – and a good opportunity to discuss each of the individual artists credited.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1956
Sorry Disney, Warners, Lantz and MGM. If you were UPA this year – you got nominated. Everyone else: Not Nominated!
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1955
If you weren’t Famous Studios or (surprise!) UPA you were not nominated this year. Everyone else: Nominated!
The Jazz Biopic That Wasn’t
Steve Bosustow told a newspaper in 1959 that work on a feature-length cartoon about the African American jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton was underway.
Quincy Magoo Meets Jim Crow
Steve Bosustow traveled to New Orleans to promote the premiere of UPA’s 1001 Arabian Knights. He spoke at Tulane University, which in 1959 had no African American students – ironic, considering UPA’s earlier work like Brotherhood of Man.
UPA’s Mr. Magoo in “Grizzley Golfer” (1951)
What’s that? A UPA draft, featuring Mister Magoo? This draft for Grizzly Golfer was sourced from the papers of Pete Burness; however, the document has only partial animator credits.
A Chat With Jack Kinney
Jack Kinney is best known as the director of Der Fuehrer’s Face, the much admired Goofy how-to series, UPA’s first feature and a string of made-for-television Popeye cartoons. Here’s our brief chat.
Columbia’s UPA Cartoon Posters
Steve Stanchfield takes a well-deserved break this week and I fill in with a look at the theatrical one-sheet posters for the classy Columbia UPA cartoons of the 1950s.
