Mr. Magoo and the Christmas Carol that Changed Christmas

Episode 140

17th December 2024

Before Rudolph, and the Grinch, and a Charlie Brown Christmas and all of the classic animated Christmas Specials that you all know and love, there was a little old man with poor eyesight who was brought to life by one of the scrappiest animated studios there ever was.  This week is about the first (that […]

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Before Rudolph, and the Grinch, and a Charlie Brown Christmas and all of the classic animated Christmas Specials that you all know and love, there was a little old man with poor eyesight who was brought to life by one of the scrappiest animated studios there ever was.  This week is about the first (that we know of) animated Christmas Special, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, and how it paved the way for all the Christmas specials to come.

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