Mr. Magoo - Ragtime Bear 1949 First Magoo Cartoon

[@davidpruiksma8014]

Damn! That is a NICE looking cartoon. The styling is great. The color superb. But the actually character animation is the star here. It’s not either/or, it’s the whole package. Love it. I sure miss great character animation.

[@evelynramos222]

I used to watch Mr. Magoo as a kid in the 80's in New York. I was born in '75 and today I shared this cartoon with my 4yr old daughter and 3yr old son. They enjoyed it just as much as much as I did. Thanks for sharing this.

[@foodbank2391]

When she gets in her teen years they usually don't want to watch older stuff they want their own stuff with their friends

[@nickvanderpool4822]

I love that the bear figures out the banjo completely in under twenty seconds.

[@wadew3623]

Smarter than average, one might say.

[@YoshiAngemon]

I wonder if that is how Rare got the idea of a bear named Banjo, for Banjo-Kazooie.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Mr. Magoo - Ragtime Bear 1949 First Magoo Cartoon 1220pm 19.2.23 no idea why the curmudgeonly aspects of cartoon presentations are enjoyed by myself - whether magoo or Yosemite sam... and to some degree foghorn leghorn.

[@watchforever1724]

My first time experiencing mr magoo and damn the animation quality is something

[@harryputang5352]

I love watching Mr. Magoo cartoons before going to school everyday 👍

[@anubis1751]

Thank you. Never saw this first feature before and I thought I saw all of Mr. Magoo animated shorts.

[@SoundJudgment]

Yes, that's right. These earlier 'theater-shorts' animations were really made in the late 40s. The TV Show that others remember about Mr. Magoo was done in the late 50s and shown on TV in the Fall of 1960, and of course it was a lot tamer by then. They even produced an animated 'A Christmas Carol' Musical Special for commercial-television. I suppose you can guess what part Mr. Magoo played in that one. ;)

[@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529]

So Mr. Magoo started out as a movie short. I was born in 53' so I remember the TV shows.

[@13thvarebel16]

It's called the Ragtime Bear but most of the riffs the bear plays are Foggy Mountain-style (except for _Oh My Darlin Clementine_ ). Waldo's playing was Ragtime-style, though. I had this episode recorded on VHS as a kid and watched it all the time! 😂😂😂🪕🐻

[@evelynvelasquez1915]

i love mr magoo he keeps me smiling hes so funny thanks for keeping him around

[@foodbank2391]

It's not just him it's mostly the DVDs this Olde stuff last centuries

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Omg that ending had me in tears! No wonder they gave him his own show and became a media darling! Hahahahaha!!!

[@shewanhorton3723]

Mr Magoo is very fun and funny to WATCH!!! I love it.

[@jubjub444]

Also the beginning of Banjo from Banjo and Kazooie!

[@ColonelJack1]

Early Magoo sure did look mean ... far more so than his later incarnations.

[@ACcountryFan]

Not only did the character look meaner, none of the vocal inflections from Jim Backus are present, either. Of course it's him providing the voice for MaGoo but it's interesting to hear a mostly straight, less comical vocal performance.

[@moonymonster]

Columbia made UPA soften Magoo up for TV distribution after this. They did it, but they didn't want to, and they thought he was too soft afterward. So soft friendly Magoo is literally the embodiment of executive meddling. I kinda like mean Magoo better, but meh, it worked, they made a loooot of cartoons about him.

[@doneverly3535]

Do you remember the first Woody Woodpecker Cartoons That was one mean looking Bird

[@tommyguns9008]

He did

[@valentincavazos6963]

@@moonymonster he still is funny as a grumpy old man haha poking at fun them

[@alejandrogutierrez6160]

that bear huge was funny as hell

[@ParanormalSanta]

Glad they made character design changes...this Magoo is frightening!

[@SteveCarras]

Frank James Jim backus didn't even receive credit. Jerry Hansner pls Waldo

[@foodbank2391]

Funny 🤓

[@noboom7385]

6:30, he's even more frightening!

[@factorylad5071]

The backgrounds are good though.

[@jamesbevan9939]

He was also a dick.

[@cynthiaharrell2144]

Glad Mr Magoo got a character makeover. Never saw the old cartoons.

[@hannahalexandra1419]

This is so good. That laugh!

[@robertpalmer9199]

Although it's a UPA, the animation reminds me of early '50s Walter Lantz. Nice to see the 1st cartoon of the old codger.

[@francescaa8331]

It does remind me of that as well. Remind me a lot of mid to late 50s cartoons in general. Except not the distinctive mid-century modern background.

[@michaeltoomey1101]

Never knew it went back this far and this the year of my birth…..Looking mighty strange looking….

[@factorylad5071]

I like the recruit one best where he confuses an automatic rifle with a walking sticks and shoots holes in the floor for ventilation and wiring.

[@SaturdayMorno86]

I have to say the first Mr Magoo was definitely a grumpy old man. I mean nearsighted grumpy old man that is.😂😂😂

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

Magoo with attitude! I love it

[@srirammohan9809]

This 40s cartoon looks quite different from other 40s cartoons.

[@francescaa8331]

Yes. Seems like a late 50s cartoon doesn't it ? According to Wikipedia, definitely 1949.

[@Yakkymania]

Warner Brothers did “The Dover Boys” in 1942, & i’d say that’s pretty close in style to this, but otherwise, yeah, UPA is very unique.

[@macsnafu]

Good animation, but a rough beginning for Mr. Magoo.

[@milosnovakovic1724]

+macsnafu Hey m8 something is Silly here and that is bear sleeping on a tree on one branch as if in real life that branch wuld shoreliy breake up:)But who am i to judge anithing is posebol in cartoons no?:)

[@pasquale5074]

Poor Magoo here is an annoying, domineering character with no backstory and no purpose. He’s not yet the crusty lovable guy of later years.

[@macsnafu]

@@pasquale5074 Right. The Magoo we love is the character that interprets the situations so differently from what they really are, and manages to come out unscathed by it all.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

@@macsnafu dude done shot his son

[@DSheartlady]

I still love mr magoo 🙂

[@francescaa8331]

What great uploads.

[@HorrorLover98]

"You can have your banjo. AND IF YOU PLAY ONE NOTE I'LL BLAST YOU!!!!" Then why even give it back to him?

[@brotftheyhaveusernamesnow]

HorrorLover98 he was fixin’ to kill somebody

[@foodbank2391]

Yes funny 🤓

[@justinjones143]

and why did he say BBBBLAAAST YOUUU like that 😂

[@stephenholloway6893]

Columbia only agreed to release the short due to the bear. Though Magoo not the bear stole the picture.

[@yosefdemby8792]

Source?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Columbia didn't want them to do a human character that it til they realized how successful Magoo was. As for source, I might had heard someone who was did the history of UPA said something like that or I read it online After all prior to this short for Columbia they did two Fox and Crow shorts. Which UPA didn't want to do. But agreed in order to get the distribution deal with them.

[@caebz2597]

is the Bear in this cartoon where the creators got their idea for Banjo & Kazooie? lol.

[@peterkirgan2921]

Nobody voiced Magoo like Jim Backus!!!

[@noboom7385]

6:11 He's not wearing pants!

[@Ari-ll1wp]

Of course the only things I really notice are technical. Why is it so satisfying to see animation that works around a big piece of plaid (at the beginning)? I watch the nephew and notice he's not precisely rotoscoped but still has a lot of live-action reference, unlike Mr. Magoo and the bear which are free-hand and stylized. The snow is wonderful to watch. I know Disney got similar effects in Lady and the Tramp by painting cornflakes white, shooting them against a black backdrop, and then overlaying that footage with the rest of the film. Couple of continuity errors - Mr. Magoo's footprints disappear after he walks up the hill, and when Mr. Magoo goes back to the spot where Waldo fell, the piece of cliff that fell off is back.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

I thought that piece was going to fall off again.

[@factorylad5071]

Junglebook was another great one I reckon that they must have showed after the new gen tape film editing.

[@SamSung-xz7jt]

They did not have to go that hard on the nephew's live action reference.. but man am I glad they did.

[@factorylad5071]

The first banjo player is George Formby

[@ul7185]

From Bugs Bunny to Mister Magoo (Ray Rayner and His Friends Only)

[@SaturdayMorno86]

That bear is smarter than the average bear

[@Xavier64893]

For the people that I know in my life: Patrice Rushen aka Breyana's imaginary aunt-Quincy Magoo aka Waldo's uncle & Breyana Smith-Waldo Magoo aka Quincy's nephew.

[@susanfit47]

As seen on Nickelodeon's "Weinerville" and "Cartoon Kablooey". Cartoon Kablooey aired 1960's cartoons from Paramount Pictures (Modern Madcaps, Noveltoons, Merry Makers, GoGo Toons, and Fractured Fables) and late 1940's-1950's cartoons from UPA, and others.

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

2:34, ‘“get yourself a new coat! Your disgraceful son, id like you to be neat boy, har har har, by George ahaha!” lol

[@OhBear-j8l]

And now you know where Magoo's utterances during his title card come from!

[@ul7185]

From Mister Magoo to Gerald McBoing-Boing (Totally Tooned In Only)

[@WHSugarman]

Right at the beginning you'll see "Magoo" put on a pair of glasses. Gotta make you wonder.....is this a real Magoo cartoon or a parody? Sure sounds like Jim Backus.

[@Staszu13]

William Sugarman It's real. In fact it's the first one

[@MalleySimpson]

@@Staszu13 This is pre-Gillian Island's Jim Backus

[@joieashley1951]

I loved this and still do 😍 show it to the kids I have to cut in the barbershop so they sit still ✌️👍

[@moboutmen]

Like Bugs Bunny and many others, he went through quite a change as years went by.

[@foodbank2391]

DVD we'll keep these Classics around for centuries compare the Celluloid film. all they needs is a storage place 👧👩

[@Scarywesley4]

Jeff Sessions is that you?

[@dpf5939]

I see Magoo did go through a change. This isn't Jim Backus is it?

[@parkmontsouris4381]

Nice!

[@mattisheretonight]

I think Im crying, its that good

[@mohsinahmad7975]

Man 😂😂😂😂😂 that was a masterpiece ❤. Where was this before Where's the full series

[@dmelvinable]

The original Mr. Magoo was such an old misery guts.

[@peteremmert8551]

And I always thought that Miss Jean (PBS) had the original Hodgepodge Lodge! Note that Rudy Larriva was included (pre-Road Runner 1964-1966 cartoons)!

[@waynebinion247]

They don't make em like this anymore

[@alejandrogutierrez6160]

wait a minute...how would hot water save someone from dying?

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

It's a cartoon, not a science lesson

[@Ari-ll1wp]

Wondering the same thing.

[@robertellis4938]

He was more like Jim Backus in those days, in looks and actions. Or as Backus played him.

[@ナディアチャンネル-u1v]

2:41

[@ArkRed1]

If it's Jim Bacus it's a young Jim Bacus. His voice was lower in the later cartoons. Wonder who the banjo player(s) is/are? Sounds like Pete Seeger's playing the five string part, but who knows?

[@factorylad5071]

I am 99.9% positive that no1 is ,........... GEORGE FORMBY

[@factorylad5071]

Comedy gold when I'm cleaning windows probably not promoted in the US.

[@susanfit47]

Hey, I was wondering, if someone find any Mr. Magoo shorts from Cartoon Kablooey on Nickelodeon in the mid 1990's? I would like to see them one day.

[@Rlotpir1972]

Cartoon Kablooey aired 1960's cartoons from Paramount Pictures (Modern Madcaps).

[@robbiewalker2831]

3:30: Oh my gosh, Mister Magoo actually got hurt!

[@econecoff1725]

That was funny, especially the rug scene. Kudo's to '49

[@dillardfilth8933]

What have I done? What shall I do?

[@mattsmith6666]

I remember a different Magoo!

[@benjohn8267]

Seems like a pretty intense reaction.

[@brotftheyhaveusernamesnow]

3:31 uh,, RIP Quincy Magoo??? why did he just- flatten when he hit the floor lmao

[@dickdastardly1104]

This must be one of the first ones.

[@rubewaddell1704]

It says in the title. It's the first one. Released in 1949.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@davidwesley2525]

Mr. Magoo would be considered legally blind.

[@factorylad5071]

He is not going to be around any pelican pedestrian crossings any longer so I suppose it doesn't matter much to him.

[@MariaGallegos-b9u]

The end of ragtime bear is hilarious 7:04😂😂😂😂

[@emilysantoyo918]

This is very charming for a first ever Mr. Magoo cartoon.🪕😆🐻

[@duanemartin2280]

Love it

[@_mr_star_]

Now we need a red bird playing the kazoo

[@leecarterreppinjesuschrist7686]

Mr Magoo was a real old crank in his early days. Jesus saves

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@alejandroberriossoto5246]

Esta caricatura lo dio mega

[@Themaddprof]

This obviously isn't the beloved Jim Backus. Who does Mr. Magoo's voice in this one?

[@mpmattson]

It's Jim!

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

It is Jim Backus, the laugh gives him away

[@zoom0011]

UPA cartoon classic,

[@alexsandra286]

Angry Kids 1948-1959 intro OST

[@JazzyJS58]

That is sad Mr. MAGOO can't c without glasses and with glass he reminds me of scrooge😂

[@davidnelson9784]

Best one off them all

[@ul7185]

As Seen on Teletoon 9 Hosted by Dean Richards

[@OhBear-j8l]

2:41.... sound familiar?

[@summerjonz]

UPA FIRST CREATED THE CHOWDER STYLE!!!!!

[@gaytangaytan7422]

Muy buenas caricatura ☣️⚰️🏹📪🔦🥇

[@Melodycat918]

Looks like Chuck Jones animation

[@santiagopolanco2394]

Saludos desde El Salvador c a

[@leonard-ralphlyons9239]

Is it just me or was the earlier,Mr. Magoo a real meanie.?

[@Staszu13]

Leonard-Ralph Lyons Oh yeah, Magoo was an asshole back then. Helped when he played Scrooge later

[@tomsylvester8089]

Magog. Red to smoke a joint

[@murphymary1015]

different voice actor?

[@larryquisno5267]

Better diligence of magoo

[@SM3DWBoomerangMario]

is the prototype cartoon?

[@ul7185]

As Seen on Totally Tooned In

[@JJONNYREPP]

Mr. Magoo - Ragtime Bear 1949 First Magoo Cartoon 19.2.23 1215pm of course, no one is allowed to enjoy mr magoo... cos it causes ructions somewhere. dunno where.

[@valmirgoncalves6525]

Mr Magoo é engraçado

[@RobinZeg]

Did Waldo just DIE?

[@justinjones143]

That man fell down there 3 times... hell no lol

[@rubewaddell1704]

The only cartoon characters that die are in the Simpsons.

[@zuutlmna]

You're sure this is a 1949 cartoon. ? Looks more modern. More like late 50's or very early 60's.. But I'm no expert or authority on this stuff.

[@MrJJBhizzle]

No its 1949. This is actually one of the early examples of Modernism that was used in the 50's. Columbia needed a new animation unit and UPA was the one for them.

[@ronj9448]

Definitely 1949. Beautifully done by hand.

[@SCMacPeter]

This is UPA, they made that style used so much back then, inspired by an old Russian from the 30s

[@BIZKITJODE]

Copywrite MCMXLIX, which is 1949....

[@davidpar2]

Carl Lelandt post wwii is when they really began experimenting with the mid-century style in animation and other things

[@thechildof-no1427]

I want a sawed off shotgun like that?

[@ul7185]

From Totally Tooned In to Matty’s Funday Funnies (WGBS-TV’s Bozo Show Only)

[@valmirgoncalves6525]

Mr Magoo é engra ç

[@jennifermcbryde8887]

0:01

[@waters_out_depths_heliosphere]

lofty bombs 187@¡~where?

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

Colour tv was in like the 70s... this video says 1949, I call bs

[@andrewmclaughlin2701]

Movie theatres played a cartoon prior to the feature back then.

[@Dlmcgregor68]

no, 1958

[@eyesinheart285]

I Call Bullshit ! This was not the first Mr. Magoo!!!!

[@hardcoreboyish2]

conpaired to the new mr magoo thats just come on nicktoons hes way more not happy and more less friendly in this one the new one hes more friendly funny and stupid haha

[@kooarchived]

The new one was alright. But it was one of those weaker Xilam shows...

[@m56214]

It on CITV not Nicktoons

[@hardcoreboyish2]

@@m56214 no it’s on both channels CITV & nicktoons

[@m56214]

@@hardcoreboyish2 Why would Nicktoons need it if they have their own originals

[@hardcoreboyish2]

@@m56214 I don’t know why don’t you look it up it’s on nicktoons the new mr magoo wouldn’t say it if it wasn’t true