The Complete History of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

[@mediamementosofficial]

Same Tales From the Tapes taste, new packaging!

[@JGM154]

0:33-0:37, How's this for a Christmas miracle? Here speaks ANOTHER person who has seen "Cricket on the Hearth."

[@RetroFreak35]

To be honest, I think Magoo is one of my favorite Christmas specials of all time aside from Rudolph and Charlie Brown cause of the effort the writers and animators put in to for UPA at that time.

[@melenatorr]

I grew up on it, and also the series of adaptations from Mr. Magoo, which I enjoyed, and which was nice intro to literature for kids. Jim Backus was also a well-known vocal presence, his other famous role during this general period was as Mr. Howell in "Gilligan's Island".

[@jamalvargas6146]

It's Been a Few Decades Since I've Heard Mr. Magoo's name missed him

[@roberttreacy8271]

Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol is one of my favorite adaptations of A Christmas Carol (along with The Muppet Christmas Carol and Mickey’s Christmas Carol).

[@LeafRazorStorm]

I remember "Cricket on the Hearth" because it was a bonus feature on my Rudolph DVD. What a trip that was. XD

[@D.W.Granata]

But only on "The Original Christmas Classics" Limited Keepsake Edition DVD from Genius Entertainment.

[@garali1973]

Oh magoo you done it again

[@SparkyTheHappyGiraffeReads4Fun]

I always enjoyed Magoo's Christmas Carol. I'm 60 and I still look for it.

[@Kilroyiii4644]

Ah. Magoo, you've done it again!

[@0b13F4st3]

I've honestly never watched "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" in it's entirety (apart from a clip of Magoo as Scrooge singing to his past self that I watched on KZbin many years ago, plus "The Simpsons" referenced this in one of their Christmas episodes that I watched on DVD years prior to KZbin). But I've certainly learned quite a lot from watching this video and I found it fascinating.

[@bullmonty764]

It is incredibly obvious why Freeform cut some of the scenes - if they kept them in, there would be less room for commercials (and thus less money to earn from them). The fact they were using a cut that NBC aired in 2012 is another reason, but it's mostly ad revenue

[@D.W.Granata]

Yeah, besides, the commercial breaks are much longer than they used to be, and this special clocks up to 52 minutes. Though this all adds up to an hour, Channels like Freeform, CBC (Canada), NBC (Since 2012), etc. manage to edit this special so they can accommodate the broadcast time alloted, including more commercials. Plus, Freeform's edited version is different from NBC's 50th anniversary edited version, but rather quite frankly the same as CBC's version, except a few further changes were made.

[@jaggerguth4391]

Plus, The whole "We're despicable" song was removed mainly because It just a BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT and have nothing to do with anything.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

I remember Cricket on the Hearth. I got it on a bonus DVD along with Frosty Returns that I got with my Papa John's pizza.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I just want to personally thank you for covering Mr Magoo! I love this Christmas special ever since I was a kid, and finally the shame that's either aired on fewer stations, or has been severely cut for commercials! I had to grab the DVS for this Outrage! Thank you so much! It is still a visual Splendor and of all the Christmas future Ghosts( Yet to be for you purists), this one is by far the most cryptic!

[@CJBStudios]

I didn’t know Mr. Miagoo was blind. I’m actually legally blind myself.

[@kingmagikarp97]

Same here

[@herobrinekingmaster]

Wait. If you are blind, how did you write this comment?

[@kingmagikarp97]

@@herobrinekingmaster I'm legally blind, without my glasses everything looks blurry and I can't see things too far away from me so I need my glasses to see.

[@CJBStudios]

@@herobrinekingmaster Well I can still see just so you know.

[@herobrinekingmaster]

@@CJBStudios I thought blindness meant "unable to see anything"

[@joegover9452]

The ghost of christmas past is a hotty

[@QueenCeleste2]

Thanks very much for this info.

[@nancycardenuto426]

My very favorite!!!! Thanks!

[@jaggerguth4391]

9:21 This is actually a good move on Freeform since "We're Despicable", as catchy as it is, Otherwise has nothing to do with the Plot aside from Padding the special to a Hour.

[@KawikaProductions]

I noticed that too when I watched the special. I liked all the other songs but that song, especially since it adds nothing to the story. It’s the only song performed by one-off characters.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Anyone ever wonder why Bob Cratchit looks like George Jetson in this special and Gerald MC Boing Boing is his son?

[@lukehauser1182]

Good review of a classic!

[@TaowerG]

I love Mister Magoo’s Christmas carol! Its a tradition to watch it every year in my family. Thanks for making this video

[@TheDarkThunder]

The fact that Mr Magoo can go through most of the play without any problems sight wise shows what a good actor he is. He has his lines and blocking down pat.

[@entityontheinternet]

I watched the Movie after you announced this Video, and it was pretty good. The Voice Acting was convincing, the Backgrounds and Characters were stylish and the Songs were good. Expect "We are despicable", that one was annoying.

[@KawikaProductions]

Trevor may have liked the song, but I too found it annoying when I watched the movie before working on the edit. The song doesn’t add anything except that these one-off characters are “despicable”. My personal favorite song was “Winter was Warm”, where Scrooge’s girlfriend leaves him.

[@sasamichan]

Interesting it was the "First" when I have DVDs full of Christmas live action shorts, movies, Cartoons etc going all the way back to 1907. Look some of those up if you want to see some oddities. but I suppose "Made for TV" or "About a franchise character" is the key the history of credits is interesting too. Go watch the oldest movies and see whose names get in and whose don't. Discover what names get in more then once. Its all very fascinating.

[@KawikaProductions]

0:15 NOW I want to see “Santa Claus’ Turpentine-Mastic Deer-Bear Christmas Palooza.” It seems like Die Hard with even more Christmas.

[@JJ_Animation86]

It's always been a tradition for my family and I to watch this special every year. I'm always glad to here people still talking about this special even to this day.

[@CartoonTriper]

Weirdly enough, just know this special for the Simpsons, but with the actual Mr. Magoo, the only special who I watched is one when they make Aladdin, with Mr. Magoo as the Father of Aladdin

[@suzannehammer4944]

that was amovie called 1991 araiban nights magoo was aladdin uncle

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I watched Cricket on the Hearth for the first time last year! I thought it was pretty good, if not cream of the crop Rankin Bass.

[@Maru-vs9kb]

And still the greatest. I was 9 when it was first shown, still haven`t gotten over it, and choke up at the mention.

[@QueenCeleste2]

Yes, the best version of A Christmas Carol, hands down.

[@The-Mr-Man-Man]

I actually just watched this special for the first time earlier this week!

[@AdahnFlorence]

Mr. Magoo my beloved, I don't even care if he's physically capable of killing me.

[@finkylinky6616]

The writer of this cartoon never gets credit. It was written by Barbara Chain.

[@donowens7872]

Yes she does, in the opening credits.

[@RickFiorentino-kb2bx]

I was 5 years old the 1st time I saw Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol and 60 years on when you're alone still tugs at my emotional heart strings. (Oh the memories)

[@jeanmank6342]

HELLO! Why is the soundtrack so freaking good? How about because it was done by the same team who composed by the Broadway smash "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand and Sidney Chaplain. Look it up! I got the VCR so my daughter would grow up cherishing it, too. Still, it was never revered like Rudolph and Charlie Brown and was pretty much forgotten. What I didn't know was that the show came after!

[@axesoccer7887]

I also heard that they cut certain characters due to time constraints, which included Fred and Ignorance & Want. In regards to Fred, imagine having Magoo’s nephew Waldo play the role.

[@Thomasscoopbobsonic]

1:35 big timmmmmm

[@hartleyw6323]

Magoo's Christmas Carol is a must have classic!

[@cruzmesa8079]

Hey, media momentos I have an idea for a videos;talk about huckleberry Finn if your a fan of old cartoons

[@Thomasscoopbobsonic]

0:29 cool! Nice to know

[@blueberrypitbull87]

Can you do a Complete History of Jungle Emperor/Kimba the White Lion video?

[@TAGanimation]

Remember when this special changed Homer's life for christmas lol

[@josterio2.071]

Peacock kept the original airing

[@TonySmith-j8t]

It's my favorite Christmas Carol

[@HassoBenSoba]

"Complete" history? That's a laugh. Anyone who's really interested needs to check out animator Darrell van Citters' blog and magnificent book "The Making of the first Animated Christmas Special". Seriously, your video is well-made, but too self-consciously "witty" to do the subject matter any real good.

[@mediamementosofficial]

To each their own.

[@reichensperger1847]

I think I'm entitled to weigh in here, as someone who saw "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" the first time round (as a five-year old in 1962) and who can still weep when young Ebeneezer sings "A hand for each hand was planned for the world." And so I am grateful to anyone who takes the time to make a nicely detailed and thoughtful video about the special, as Media Mementos has done here, but I also have to agree with HassoBenSoba that Magoo &. co. deserve better. To cite just one example, Media Mementos might have given due credit to the songwriter Jule Styne, one of the most famous songwriters of the day. It's simply a matter of due diligence, as lawyers say. And you might also have pointed out that the Magoo special exceeds every film adaptation in its faithfulness to Dickens' actual language. Nuff said, but grateful for anything that calls attention to this undeservedly forgotten gem.

[@HassoBenSoba]

Agree with everything you say... Magoo's Carol deserves better.....and this guy COULD have done much better, if he weren't so busy being clever. @@reichensperger1847

[@suzannehammer4944]

mr magoo not blind