Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol [DVD]

This is a timeless classic from my child hood days Loved it then and still do today

I remember watching this as a chld and have always liked it. Years later, in my 40's, I read A Christmas Carol and with the exception of the songs, the video follows the story very faithfully.

One of the very best adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic! Excellent soundtrack!

This has always been my favorite A Christmas Carol. The songs are entertaining and fitting to the story.Great for all ages!

Just as there are different DVD versions of the silent NOSFERATU vampire movie with the KINO DVD version being at least one of the best DVD copies of this old classic horror film with a great original composed music score, so there is more then one DVD version of this classic Christmas favorite! I only just found out that MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL was the first made for TV Christmas special and so it began a long list of Christmas favorites from Rankin Bass's RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED RHEINDEER, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS and so on and so on.I recorded this special last year on to DVD with my DVD recorder off an NBC broadcast. But when I played it back I was dissapointed because all the min. of Mr. Magoo driving his car to Broadway to play his Scrooge role in a theater and the gags showing his near sightedness messing up the play's directer were cut out! This has been an increasing problem when modern TV show old programs that come from a time when there were much less commercials! Even the SIMPSONS have been a victim of this when episodes of that series are rerun in the early evening on FOX network! THE SIMPSONS started out with episodes that were 24 min. long without the commercials. But as the ads increased the episodes decreased in length to 21 min. So the older episodes were edited down for increased advertising! So it's only on DVD sets that you get all the episodes uncut!When I spotted the MAGOO CHRISTMAS CAROL on DVD on TCM SHOP website I thought I would get it uncut, but TCM admitted that their recording was missing the Broadway framing that showed Magoo was performing a Broadway play! TCM said," There are no existing versions showing this framing device!" But wait, when I discovered the same special title was advertised on amazon.com I discovered that another MAGOO CHRISTMAS CAROL DVD with a different cover and a longer running time exists! It's a 2004 DVD release sold by sellers on the amazon site that IS NOT the 2011 edited down release! This dvd 1 disc set has a scowling, angry Magoo as Scrooge on the cover in close up with the Cratchet family shown below him. This older DVD has the complete U.P.A. special with the Broadway gags and a remastered picture with vibrant colour! The cover also says the special is 60 min. long. The edited Dvd cover says 52 min. long!There's also a Magoo cartoon short with Magoo meeting Gerald Mc Boing Boing. And Gerald is back to his talking with just sound effects! It's as Tiny Tim that Gerald actually spoke in english! The U.P.A. team must have thought of the cartoon short: STAGE DOOR MAGOO which showed Magoo performing in a stage opera for the theater background of MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. (See my review of MAGOO'S THEATRICAL SHORTS on amazon.com) Anyway getting this dvd was very satisfying and nostalgic! The remastered colour brings out the bright, vivid colour textures in the 2D backrounds that became a trademark of U.P.A 's modern art design and it shows their ability to be able to say a lot visually with very little detail!It's an interesting contrast to the beautifully detailed Richard William's A CHRISTMAS CAROL special which in my opinion, is the most incredible hand drawn animated Christmas special I have ever seen!! It's hand drawn animation is a spectacular version of the detailed illustrations that illustrated early books of Dicken's CHRISTMAS CAROL! The characters look like Daumier caracatures in exquisite detail! Check out this video on You Tube to see what I mean! I want this special on DVD so much!!! Are you listening CLASSIC MEDIA?!! Interesting that Mr. Magoo's portrayal of Scrooge brings him back full circle to his being a crotchety old coot in his first short RAGTIME BEAR!So if you want this special as it was originally shown get the "Bah Humbug!" expression Magoo Scrooge cover DVD NOT the smiling Magoo Scrooge cover! I got mine for $19.00 plus $ 7.00 expedited shipping from seller california books! I LOVE the ending of the special with Magoo taking a bow with his back to the audience and when he brought out the play directer his foot got tangled in the backdrop ropes which caused the backrounds to fall CRASH on the directer as the directer said, " OH NO!!!" Mr. Magoo got the last word as he said,"Oh Magoo ! You've DONE IT AGAIN! You've brought the house down!!" This part IS MISSING from the 2011 release!!

This re-run of a 1960's holiday favorite is sure to please if you enjoyed the original .

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I'm not going to defend my enthusiasm for  Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol  as an expression of my good taste. It's dated in too many ways when compared to modern animation. In fact, part of its arch charm is that it is indeed so quaint. Admittedly, no adult seeing it for the first time is going to pay it much mind. This is simply 60s-era holiday kitsch. So I'm unabashedly confessing that the sole reason I bought this was the nostalgic fancifulness. A modern child might still find that the songs have memorable hooks, which said child won't realize until many years later, like I did. Before AMC aired this about ten years ago, I hadn't seen it in some forty years. I was suddenly warmed by the instant trip through time, and surprised how many of the little phrases from the choruses I recalled, albeit if just a gist. The memory of Tiny Tim's sweet lisp in sharing his enthusiasm for razzleberry dressing was distinctly vivid, and I was smiling to myself as he chimed in with his reminder. Then there's Magoo as Scrooge singing "ringle, ringle" and a more innocent Scrooge singing "I'm all alone in the world." There's no way I can convince anyone else of the value of all of this who isn't already coming here to warm their hands by the fire. It's a sentimental journey, as they say, and I'm here because I know there are so many kindred spirits who're experiencing this the same way I am. It's to those folks I'm writing.So, my fellow spirits from Christmas long past, I ask you rhetorically: Aren't modern times ironically wonderful, that we can take these trips down the proverbial memory lane anytime we want, thanks to entertainment technology? Isn't it a cause for celebration that whoever owns the keys to those vaults of old shows have kept us in mind? And, look! There's even  Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol in Blu-ray ! If I didn't already own the DVD, I'd probably take the BD option, but, alas, it came too late. For everyone else, there it is, if you want it.Anyway, it's past 12 midnight now, so it's officially Christmas Eve. It's been nice sharing this warm moment with my fellow fans of this Yuletide confection."With razzleberry dressing."Off to bed I go.____________________________________________________________________________

I bought this as a gift for my mom, who saw it’s original run back in 1962 at the age of 8. It came in great condition, with out a spec of dust or fingerprints. Thank you

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What a pleasure to watch this again after so long - and before I give to my nephew for Christmas - my childhood cane flooding back

Lang, lang ists her, dass ich diese besondere Version des Weihnachts-Klassikers vonCharles Dickens im amerikanischen Fernsehen gesehen habe - damals noch mit geringenEnglisch-Kenntnissen. Den deutschen Zeichentrick-Fans ist der kurzsichtige Mr.Magooallerdings nur aus seinen Kurzfilmen bekannt. Hier übernimmt er also als Schauspielerdie Rolle des hartherzigen Ebenezer Scrooge, der die Bedeutung des Weihnachtsfesteserst durch den Besuch von drei Geistern lernen muss.Ein netter, kleiner Cartoon für alle Freunde von Trickfiguren - es muss ja nicht immerDisney sein... Allerdings sollte man schon etwas (amerikanisches) Englisch verstehen.Ansonsten, eine Reise in die kindliche Weihnachtswelt - immer wieder gerne.

Worth watching good programme