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Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)

Uncle Sam Magoo poster
Directed by
Abe Levitow
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
53 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Mr. Magoo, the nearsighted cartoon character, learns about American history through a series of imagined adventures. He visits key moments that shaped the nation, stumbling through them with his usual good-natured confusion.

nostalgicwhimsicallightheartedgentleeducationalpatrioticslow-pacedold-fashioned

What happens

Uncle Sam Magoo is a 1970 television special directed by Abe Levitow, written by Larry Markes, Henry G. Saperstein and Sam Rosen, and musical score by Walter Scharf. The special stars Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo, Lennie Weinrib, Bob Holt, Patti Gilbert, Sid Grossfeld and Barney Phillips. The special aired on February 15, 1970, on NBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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