Talk:Mr. Magoo

Joe McCarthy and Blacklist
Why would the creator have a problem with Senator McCarthy who had nothing to do with Hollywood blacklists? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.122.104 (talk) 11:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)
 * It seems to be a legend in circulation among medievalists, according to John P. Walter, the archivist for the Walter Ong archive (St. Louis University). The legend probably needs mentioning and debunking here, at Hubley and at Magoun. DavidOaks (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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. . 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)

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)

Someone again added a list of stations with no explanation of what they represent. Since Magoo appeared on several different programs over a period of years I don't think there's any point in a listing of stations. Gr8white (talk) 02:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Article name
I can't say I agree with the move of this article from Mr. Magoo. Generally the guidelines call for using the most common name for the article subject: (WP:Names) See also Naming conventions (comics): "Generally, article naming should indicate what the greatest number of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature." and "In accordance with this, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) directs to "use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things", and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (precision) directs that more precise is better."
 * 1) Recognizable – Use names and terms most commonly used, and so most likely to be recognized, for the topic of the article.
 * 2) Easy to find – Use terms that readers are most likely to look for in order to find the article (and to which editors will most naturally link from other articles).

While Quincy Magoo may be somewhat more precise I don't think anyone is going to confuse him with another Mr. Magoo.

In any event the move was made without any discussion. The reason given was "he has a name", but just because he has one doesn't make that the proper title. I propose the original name be restored. Gr8white (talk) 19:58, 11 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with Gr8white, this article should be Mr. Magoo. Anomalocaris (talk) 23:34, 31 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Google search results:
 * about 195,000 for "Quincy Magoo"
 * about 443,000 for "Mr Magoo"


 * Of the first 21 Google hits for "Quincy Magoo", we find: the first hit is Wikipedia; 14 are related to Missouri restaurants called Quincy Magoo's; 1 is "Image results" of which some are for the restaurant and some are for the Mr. Magoo character; 1 is "Video results" of which the first two are for the Mr. Magoo character, 1 is a living person in Minnesota named Quincy Magoo; and 3 are non-Wikipedia articles about the Mr. Magoo character. Of those three articles, Toontracker uses "Quincy Magoo" 1 time, "Mr. Magoo" 35 times, and "Mister Magoo" 5 times; IMDB uses "Quincy Magoo" 4 times, "Mr. Magoo" 16 times, and "Mister Magoo" 2 times; www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Mr.-Magoo uses "Quincy Magoo" 4 times and "Mr. Magoo" 23 times. Thus, excluding Wikipedia and image and video results, of the first 18 Google hits for "Quincy Magoo", not a single article is both about the Quincy Magoo character and uses the name "Quincy Magoo" most of the time in talking about that character. In contrast, of the first 20 Google hits for "Mr. Magoo", we find all are related to the Mr. Magoo character, and on the Google search results page, excluding the Wikipedia hit, the word "Quincy" appears only once. Clearly, on the Internet, this character is known almost exclusively as "Mr. Magoo"! —Anomalocaris (talk) 00:05, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Quincy Magoo → Mr. Magoo — Most commonly used, most recognizable, and easiest-to-find name; previously moved without discussion; current discussion supports move unanimously. —Anomalocaris (talk) 23:34, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Support for reasons given above. Gr8white (talk) 05:26, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support, easily the most recognizable. older ≠ wiser 17:37, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. I didn't realize the character even had a first name.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Is it worth noting there is a rapper with his name Magoo because of his glasses? (Timbaland and magoo) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.240.113.214 (talk) 06:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

McCarthy
The dog looks like McCarthy. Look at the eyebrows. Does this merit mention? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 12:27, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Probably not. If there is a source making the connection, OK, otherwise it's WP:OR. Gr8white (talk) 23:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

TV series animation?
An anonymous IP changed "Because UPA shut down its animation studio in 1959, the animation for these cartoons was done at Jack Kinney productions and Larry Harmon studios" to "...done at Grantray Lawrence and Larry Harmon Pictures" without citing a source. Of course the original was also unsourced and I wasn't able to find any independent confirmation of either. I reverted the edit but if anyone can find a source either way it would be appreciated. Gr8white (talk) 04:33, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Movie
Why doesn't the Mr. Magoo page reference the Movie "Mr. Magoo" starring Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Magoo?

178.74.16.72 (talk) 13:14, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

About previously mentioned messages referring to this article
I must protest about some of the messages I received a few minutes ago. First of all, in the 1970s Saturday morning cartoons template, the Wikipedia article for Sabrina the Teenage Witch says that the series ran from 1970-74; I was only fixing it in order to reflect this fact. Second, Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol was definitely not included in Mr. Magoo: The Television Cartoon Collection (1960-1977); again, I was just including this, as it wasn't mentioned there at all. Third, the word "dog" should be in quotes under Bowzir, because he is actually a cat and not a dog; Mr. Magoo only sees him as a dog. Fourth, what's wrong with the terms "1960s series" and "1977 series" in the places that I put them? In the case of the first term, I'm only trying to be consistent (as it is used elsewhere in the same section) and, in the case of the second term, that is the year that it was released. I feel like I'm being accused of a crime that I didn't commit. Oh, and on the aforementioned template, What's New, Mr. Magoo? should have a comma after "New" in order to go over to the Wikipedia article, which does have it. I'm almost afraid to fix that now for fear that I'll be banned for it.2600:1700:7E31:5710:6462:3C75:C8AF:93BD (talk) 02:03, 9 September 2018 (UTC)