Mr. Magoo wasn’t supposed to become the star of a continuing series of cartoons, much less one of the biggest figures in ’50s animated shorts. Compared to the other stars of the field—your Bugs Bunnys ...

'Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol' first aired in 1962. (Photo by DreamWorks Classics.) Animated Christmas specials have become as much a part of our holiday traditions as decked halls, nogged egg and ...

Update: Wow- you guys love Mr. Magoo! 38 people entered! Congratulations to the winners… CBB Reader Candy, who said, This is too funny. As told by my parents, this was my favorite cartoon when I was ...

What: A 50th anniversary airing of television's first animated Christmas special. Also released in July as Blu-ray + DVD collector's edition by Classic Media (christmasclassics.tv). When: 8 p.m.

3 Mariska Hargitay Will Make Broadway Debut in EVERY BRILLIANT THING The story is the familiar Dickens tale with Mr. Magoo (voiced by Jim Backus) cast as Scrooge, and Gerald McBoing-Boing (in a rare ...