watch it now on netflix. Mr Magoo was always fun when I was a kid, but the cartoon was rare. so it was always a treat. his version of "A Christmas Carol" was always on every season though. it had a terrifying moment in it! way to scare kids!
anyway, this is a fun little telling of the Robin Hood tale, though Friar Tuck takes center stage. Magoo as Tuck isn't as near sighted as usual, and a lot more on top of things as well. not quite the dimbulb he is in his series.
it's a surprisingly violent cartoon, with people getting shot by arrows and stabbed (well, no stabs onscreen, but the intention is there). it's a slightly different version of the legend than others, which is good, but all the same bits are there.
it's told as a flashback, and there's a fun little prologue of Magoo driving to the UPA studios. enjoyable.
Arguably "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" alone was a much different side of Magoo as he gets to be "the actor" than the near-sighted codger he often was before. It certainly shows given the characters he portrays in every episode. This and "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" did a lot to turn his character around thought I did enjoy what Magoo use to be in those original UPA shorts in the 50's.
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