4 MAGOO's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT's DREAM Orig Drawings 1964
The FAMOUS Adventures of Mr. MAGOO
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
TWO Rare Original Animation Production Layout Drawings; from the animated Television Series.
These are the ORIGINAL Art used to create the Drawings and Cels that appeared under the camera during the actual filming of the Animated Television Program.
THESE ARE NOT THE MASS PRODUCED/LIMTED EDITION LITHOS or PRINTS that most Galleries sell.
Size: Approx 12 Field 12.5 x 10.5 (EACH)
Condition: Excellent
Date: 1964
Artist/Studio: UPA
Featuring: Mr. Magoo as PUCK and the FAIRY QUEEN HIPPOTYLA
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season (1964 –1965). The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name.
Unlike the theatrical cartoons, which focused on the extremely nearsighted Quincy Magoo's bumbling, the show featured the Magoo character as an actor in adaptations of such literary classics as Don Quixote and Gunga Din. Each of these roles was played seriously, with few if any references to Magoo's nearsightedness; however, introductory segments in each program featured Magoo backstage stumbling into scenery and talking to props, thus connecting the older cartoons to this series. Some stories were contained in a single half-hour episode, but others ran to two and even four episodes.
Among the most ambitious adaptations mounted in this format were the four-part Robin Hood, in which he took the role of Friar Tuck; Treasure Island, in which he played the villainous Long John Silver; and a version of Snow White in which he portrayed all seven dwarves (much easier in an animated setting, with no trick photography needed).
The series was inspired by the success of the 1962 television special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, a serious remake of the Charles Dickens classic with Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge.
The series was re-shown in the early 1970s on early Saturday mornings and the early 1980s as part of certain channels' weekday afternoon cartoon blocs. It was released on VHS tape, but is long out of print, and there have been no indications that the series will be released on DVD to date.
It should be noted that the series was originally shown in prime time, and not as part of an animated bloc for juvenile wiewers. Therefore certain elements were present that might be deemed objectionable. These included death threats (William Tell, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, the Three Musketeers, Sherlock Holmes), children in danger (Treasure Island, Gunga Din, William Tell), realistic (although bloodless) violence including swordplay, shooting, clubbing and character deaths (most episodes), true crime (Dick Tracy and the Mob), and magic (Rip van Winkle, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Snow White, the latter of which included demon summoning and an invocation of evil gods).
Among the most ambitious adaptations mounted in this format were the four-part Robin Hood, in which he took the role of Friar Tuck; Treasure Island, in which he played the villainous Long John Silver; and a version of Snow White in which he portrayed all seven dwarves (much easier in an animated setting, with no trick photography needed).
The series was inspired by the success of the 1962 television special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, a serious remake of the Charles Dickens classic with Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge.
The series was re-shown in the early 1970s on early Saturday mornings and the early 1980s as part of certain channels' weekday afternoon cartoon blocs. It was released on VHS tape, but is long out of print, and there have been no indications that the series will be released on DVD to date.
It should be noted that the series was originally shown in prime time, and not as part of an animated bloc for juvenile wiewers. Therefore certain elements were present that might be deemed objectionable. These included death threats (William Tell, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, the Three Musketeers, Sherlock Holmes), children in danger (Treasure Island, Gunga Din, William Tell), realistic (although bloodless) violence including swordplay, shooting, clubbing and character deaths (most episodes), true crime (Dick Tracy and the Mob), and magic (Rip van Winkle, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Snow White, the latter of which included demon summoning and an invocation of evil gods).
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