tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post7856035022205847616..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Magoo in the Comics, December 1964Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-84235565197825462342016-06-24T16:41:54.704-07:002016-06-24T16:41:54.704-07:00And these strips were scripted by Don Sheppard.
...And these strips were scripted by Don Sheppard. <br /><br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-56883211220433245512014-12-20T17:24:07.825-08:002014-12-20T17:24:07.825-08:00I ordered the "What's New Mr. Magoo"... I ordered the "What's New Mr. Magoo" book through the school book club in the early 1980's. Charlie is in only 2 of the strips in it, and he doesn't speak in either one.<br /><br /> WGN was still airing the TV Magoos with Charlie unaltered in 1980.Bobby Bickertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-29756842492611984022014-12-15T17:07:23.593-08:002014-12-15T17:07:23.593-08:00Scarecrow, several other voice connections to the ...Scarecrow, several other voice connections to the Flintstones would be Frank Nelson and Howard McNear, both of whom were among the very first guest voices for the show.Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-87276228110735738262014-12-15T10:12:38.207-08:002014-12-15T10:12:38.207-08:00SC33, Backus is great. The best part of the cartoo...SC33, Backus is great. The best part of the cartoons.<br />Anon, I think the problem is all stereotypes are deemed negative today and therefore unwelcome. Is there such a thing as a "positive stereotype"? Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-36196729610512171662014-12-15T09:49:13.290-08:002014-12-15T09:49:13.290-08:0012/15/14
RobGems.ca Wrote:
I have both books of Ma...12/15/14<br />RobGems.ca Wrote:<br />I have both books of Magoo's strips with Alvarado's drawings (though that cheapskate Henry G. Saperstien wouldn't give Alvarado any artist's credit. ) One is titled "The Nearsighted Mr. Magoo, and is from 1967, and the other is titled "What's New Mr. Magoo" printed in 1977. Both books are nearly interchangeable, except some of the House Boy Charlie strips were either dropped or he got non-speaking panels because of the creeping PC Police that was starting around this time to ward of against complaining Chinese-American groups who thought Charlie was a negative stereotype. Odd, since Charlie was really smarter than Magoo or Waldo and was considered a voice of reasoning of the trio. His language and mis-pronounciating, on the other hand, it was no longer fashionable to say "bloss" in place of "boss" by 1977.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-80128667923545218812014-12-14T17:16:33.647-08:002014-12-14T17:16:33.647-08:00I agree the TV show was overly formulaic, both in ...I agree the TV show was overly formulaic, both in its use of Magoo for the mistaking-one-thing-for-another gag (repeated in endless variations which do become tiresome) and its non-use when the pets or Waldo and Prezley took over the action. Jim Backus redeemed it a lot with his "genial curmudgeon" characterization which made Magoo such a popular character for so long. Interestingly, both Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet contributed their voice talents to the Magoo show, providing an immediate Flintstones association. For another connection to the Flintstones, Pete Alvarado drew many of their comic book adventures for Dell and Gold Key as well as drawing the Magoo strip.scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-22052378799684566052014-12-14T15:58:29.695-08:002014-12-14T15:58:29.695-08:00A paperback of several of Alvarado's 1964-'...A paperback of several of Alvarado's 1964-'66 daily strips was published in 1967.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-23600466424787984982014-12-14T14:34:14.760-08:002014-12-14T14:34:14.760-08:00Just the fact that there are so many of the TV car...Just the fact that there are so many of the TV cartoons that barely feature Magoo at all was kind of a hint that even Abe Levitow and the staff knew they were a little short on material to keep up the grind that the broadcast medium demanded.<br /><br /> "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" did breathe some new life into the franchise, which with the prime-time TV show and the various commercial spots he was in, was likely why the Magoo comic strip showed up at this time. But while the Broadway play set-up was a way to nicely offer a separation between the character's normal persona and that of Scrooge, it just didn't work when NBC ordered up a series with the character playing historical literary figures, while the basic nearsighted gag could get old (and annoying) after a while. <br /><br />NBC probably should have screened UPA's "1001 Arabian Nights" before they green-lit the series, which like the Dickens adaptation, showed more fidelity to the source material of the various episodes than the movie did, but also suffered from the same weakness of being unable to submerge the basic Magoo character within the various stories (and aside from the theatrical framing used in the Christmas special, Magoo-as-Scrooge actually was just a step back towards Magoo's original mean SOB personality, as John Hubley designed him).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-77651387115366166332014-12-14T14:04:05.561-08:002014-12-14T14:04:05.561-08:00Thanks for these. I never knew that Magoo was a s...Thanks for these. I never knew that Magoo was a strip too. And as far as Charley, I was never offended by his accent. I'm from the South and people make fun of our accents all the time. Never have seen a PC police try to stop it.DwWashburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057278992504418291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-49535559547466502412014-12-14T13:44:15.482-08:002014-12-14T13:44:15.482-08:00I think it was Peter Alvarado who drew the strips....I think it was Peter Alvarado who drew the strips.Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.com