Uncle Sam Magoo

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| caption = DVD cover

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| writer = Larry Markes
Henry G. Saperstein
Sam Rosen

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| director = Abe Levitow

| starring = Jim Backus
Lennie Weinrib
Bob Holt
Patti Gilbert
Sid Grossfeld
Barney Phillips

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| theme_music_composer = Walter Scharf

| country = United States

| language = English

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| producer = Lee Orgel

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| runtime = 53 minutes{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/1096504/mr-magoo-uncle-sam-magoo-movie.html|title=Mr. Magoo: Uncle Sam Magoo|work=DVDEmpire|access-date=5 January 2015}}

| company = United Productions of America

| budget = $400,000{{cite book|title=When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA|last=Abraham|first=Adam|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780819572707|page=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn4qzcAsujYC&pg=PA221}}

| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1970|02|15}}

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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.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/340/mode/2up |page=340}}

Plot

Mr. Magoo goes to Hollywood to get a part in a film, but instead witnesses the history of the United States firsthand in a series of adventures that take place in different time periods.

Cast

Jim Backus as the voice of Mr. Magoo
Lennie Weinrib - Uncle Sam, Miles Standish, John Alden, Paul Revere, Davy Crockett, Captain John Parker, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy
Bob Holt - Chief Strong Eagle, Indian Chief, John Smith, Chief Powhatan, Indian Chief 2, Kit Carson, Paul Bunyan
Patti Gilbert - Priscilla Mullins, Betsy Ross, Tom Sawyer, Eleanor Roosevelt
Sid Grossfeld
Barney Phillips - Mark Twain, John Sutter, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr.
Dave Shelley
John Himes
Bill Clayton

Reception

DVD Verdict gave the special a positive review, saying, "Eschewing rah-rah jingoism in favor of explosive color, unforced humor, and majestic choral arrangements of American musical standards, this patriotic tribute to the U.S.A. was clearly a labor of love for all involved, and the feeling is infectious. A veritable cornucopia of sight and sound sensations, Uncle Sam Magoo is this collection's crowning achievement."{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mrmagoocollection.php|title=Mr. Magoo: The Television Collection 1960-1977|last=Colbert|first=P. S.|work=DVD Verdict|date=9 November 2011|access-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105222902/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mrmagoocollection.php|archive-date=5 January 2015}} DVD Talk called it a "bizarre bit of Nixon-era patriotism".{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51730/mr-magoo-on-tv-collection/|title=Mr. Magoo On TV Collection|work=DVD Talk|access-date=5 January 2015}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0423447}}

Category:1970 television specials

Category:NBC television specials

Category:American animated short films

Category:American television films

Category:Animation based on real people

Category:Films directed by Abe Levitow

Category:Films scored by Walter Scharf

Category:1970s American animated films

Category:1970 films