Talk:Mr. Magoo

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Contents 1 reconciling with "Film Adaptations" entry 2 Saperstein interview 3 Former Professor? 4 Millard Kaufman's uncle 5 Stations?

[edit] reconciling with "Film Adaptations" entry

That entry includes as of this writing (2/26/06):

"Mr. Magoo existed as a radio character skit before it became a cartoon short series for theatrical release."

Somebody should do the sleuthing to either confirm and flesh out that fact here, or to delete it as spurious there. - robgood@bestweb.net

It would appear to be spurious so I deleted it. Gr8white 23:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saperstein interview

I deleted the link to the Saperstein interview as it has no relevance to this article. Gr8white 00:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Former Professor?

"Hubley based the character on his former professor Francis Peabody Magoun"

What's the evidence for this? Magoun taught at Harvard while Hubley's higher education apparently consisted of a stint at the Los Angeles Art Center. You can find any number of references to "support" the above statement but they all seem to be copied from each other.

The Hubley article states the character was "based on an uncle" (Toon Tracker gives the name of the uncle as Harry Woodruff and also mentions W.C. Fields as an inspiration.) Gr8white 23:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the reference to Magoun and added the character's more likely origins to the "History" section. Gr8white 00:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Millard Kaufman's uncle

Millard Kaufman says in a recent interview that Magoo was based on a stubborn (but not nearsighted) uncle of his. The article current says that Magoo is based on an uncle of John Hubley — is this just an error?--Pharos 01:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Several sources support the Hubley claim, e.g. [1]. A few support Kaufman's but those seem to be mostly based on the recent interview. Several possibilities come to mind - the 90-year-old Kaufman may have appropriated Hubley's uncle as his own, or they may have both had uncles (as the article says, the character was a composite). The Hubley sources actually name the uncle whereas Kaufman's uncle goes unnamed. I think the article should be left basically as it but possibly add a note mentioning Kaufman's claim. Gr8white 06:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stations?

Someone recently added this section with no explanation. Certainly the various TV adaptations appeared on more than 3 stations. Gr8white (talk) 04:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)