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51. Magoo Express (1955)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European train.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner, Grace Lenard, Marvin Miller
Votes: 34
52. Sloppy Jalopy (1952)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Mr. Magoo heads to a used car lot hoping to buy Waldo a new car for his birthday promising Waldo, "I'll be back with a little surprise for you". The crooked car salesman notices how myopic ... See full summary »
Directors: Pete Burness, John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 51
53. Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Looking for a tennis opponent at the swanky Outstretched Palms Hotel, Mr. Magoo mistakes a walrus for a fellow guest and takes him onto the court.
Director: John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 76
54. Success (1931)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into trouble. Elmer also needs a new pair of glasses.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Jack Haley, Helen Lynd, Phil Silvers, John Hamilton
Votes: 47
55. Magoo Goes Overboard (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he has fallen overboard. When he tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 43
56. Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thinks is his room-mate. He winds up in the den of the thief thinking he is in his ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler, Mel Leven
Votes: 32
57. Magoo Slept Here (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Mr. Magoo decides to sell his old house and plans to make an additional profit by selling off his furnishing as antiques. But, the near-sighted Mr. McGoo can think better than he can see, ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 43
58. Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett
Votes: 43
59. Magoo's Homecoming (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mr. Magoo thinks he is going to his college homecoming, but winds up in a zoo with a jewel thief as his buddy. He thinks all the animals are his old class-mates, gets a hold of the stolen ... See full summary »
Director: Gil Turner | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 39
60. Magoo's Masterpiece (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
There is a sculpture contest with large prize money for the winner, and Mr. Magoo decides to become a sculptor and do some sculpturing. He borrows a friend's studio and goes to work on his ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 56
61. Stage Door Magoo (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Magoo has been enlisted as the male lead in Mrs. Sticknee's vanity production opera. On his way to the stage, he winds up in the rafters and causes havoc, cutting the various lines, ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Miriam Wolfe
Votes: 47
62. Matador Magoo (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings through the arena cause much havoc, and draws very few cheers, especially from the bull.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 38
63. Gumshoe Magoo (1958)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Magoo obliviously foils a criminal's robbery attempts while running his errands around town.
Director: Gil Turner | Stars: Jim Backus, Nancy Wible
Votes: 36
64. Magoo Makes News (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for the power company intent on giving them... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 32
65. Magoo's Private War (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he stumbles across the premiere of a new ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 42
66. Hotsy Footsy (1952)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of an old friend.
Directors: William T. Hurtz, John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner, Isabel Randolph
Votes: 52
67. Magoo's Masquerade (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wrong turn and ends up escorting an ostrich, a zoo fugitive, in her place. A detective ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 38
68. Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Mr. Magoo is reading a "whodunnit" novel when his nephew, Waldo, comes in saying he has totalled Magoo's car and needs $100 to buy his uncle a new one. Magoo gives him some money but warns ... See full summary »
Director: John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 61
69. The Misdirected Kiss (1904)
Short, Comedy
A near-sighted beau brings some flowers to a pretty girl. She leaves the room for an instant and a colored maid enters and proceeds to arrange the flowers. The near-sighted chap at once ... See full summary »
70. Magoo Goes West (1956)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just left the sprinkler running. Fed up, he plans to venture to California in search of sunny ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 33
71. Destination Magoo (1954)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo accidentally crashes his old college roommate's rocket ship at a Coney Island amusement park (Luna Park) and thinks he's landed on the surface of the moon.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 52
72. Scoutmaster Magoo (1958)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Out in the mountains, Magoo mistakes three bear cubs for the three boy scouts he's taking on an overnight hike.
Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 38
73. Magoo's Glorious Fourth (1957)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
It's the Fourth of July and Mr. Magoo is ready to kick it off safely and sanely forbidding Waldo to set off any firecrackers. Instead, he opts to celebrate by planting flowers in his garden... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 39
74. Love Comes to Magoo (1958)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A female con artist pretends to be an old flame of Magoo's to get at his wealth, and Magoo takes her on a date to a construction site, which he mistakes for Coney Island.
Director: Tom McDonald | Stars: Jim Backus, Henny Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 28
75. Magoo's Cruise (1958)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Intending to visit his friend at the yacht club, Magoo winds up at the wrong dock, where he is mistaken for a foreign spy and brought aboard an enemy submarine.
Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Marvin Miller
Votes: 38
76. Meet Mother Magoo (1956)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks that the flyer is a letter from his mother about her "83rd birthday" and begins to worry ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Nancy Wible
Votes: 34
77. Bat Eyes (2012)
11 min | Short, Drama
The confusion of first love, sexual awakening and the poetry of W.B. Yeats explored.
Director: Damien Power | Stars: David Cuthbertson, Shaun Foley, Ben James, Mia Morrissey
Votes: 53
78. Magoo's Check Up (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
When his neighbor suggests he get his glasses checked, Mr. Magoo goes in for a full-body check-up -- at a TV repair shop.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Mary Jane Croft, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 37
79. Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959)
Passed | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Magoo's nephew, Waldo, is watching Tarzan on TV. Magoo thinks Waldo is watching a talent show and, convinced he can do better than the other contestants, volunteers to go on the show with ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Henny Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 31
80. Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle which he mistakes for a crab) and swimming.... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett
Votes: 36
81. Trailblazer Magoo (1956)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires an Indian guide. He quickly grows impatient with the guide and takes over leading the way. He winds up in a big ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 25
82. Safety Spin (1953)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) decides it is time for him to renew his drivers' license. Trust to form, he heads for the motor vehicle bureau but winds up at a maternity hospital.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Colleen Collins, Peter Leeds
Votes: 34
83. Magoo Goes Skiing (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo and his nephew Waldo are vacationing at a ski lodge in the Swiss Alps. Magoo is intent on braving the slopes while Waldo tries to flirt with a pretty girl he meets up with. ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 50
84. Magoo Breaks Par (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sets out for a round of golf but catches the prison paddy wagon instead of the city bus and winds up in prison breaking rocks. He complains to the warden, who he ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 37
85. Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956)
Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is being robbed by a crook wearing a fur coat. McGoo puts a leash on him and heads for home ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett
Votes: 30
86. Physics in Your Life (2004 Video)
1,080 min | Documentary
Professor Richard Wolfson, with experience in teaching science to non-scientists, lectures about the physics of everyday life.
Director: Jon Leven | Stars: Richard Wolfson, Alisha Reay, Candice Ulbrich
87. Out of Joint (2004)
4 min | Animation, Short
A pink creature's loving wife tries to help her husband, who suffers from short-sightedness, but doesn't have a nose to put glasses on.
Director: Peter Peake | Star: Paul Mohan
Votes: 11
88. Bwana Magoo (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mr. Magoo and his nephew, Waldo, are on safari in Africa with Magoo up to his usual near sighted tricks mistaking alligators for stepping stones and telling jokes to a pack of laughing ... See full summary »
Director: Tom McDonald | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett, Daws Butler, Joe Siracusa
Votes: 40
89. Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead. Mistaking the betting windows for tellerwindows, he keeps making and winning bets on ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
Votes: 34
90. Magoo's Young Manhood (1958)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as myopic then as in the 1950s. He makes a bet with a friend that he can get a date with a ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler, June Foray, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 34
91. Rock-Hound Magoo (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets an old prospect and accuses him of claim-jumping. Together, they actually discover gold.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett
Votes: 30
92. Kangaroo Courting (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
It's springtime and love is in the air particularly for Mr. Magoo. Magoo is disappointed to learn his nephew, Waldo, had a fight with his girlfriend, Juliette. Magoo plans to have Waldo and... See full summary »
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 30
93. Fer Comme Si de Rien N'etait (2018)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
A golfer forgets his glasses.
Director: Mich Gelinas | Stars: Michel Lacharité, Pierre Roux
94.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
The Cow Thief
(1962)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The mayor calls in an investigator from the state capital to help solve a string of cow thefts.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 391
95.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Alice Ghostley and Jim Nabors
(1968)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Jim and Carol sketch the clumsy date of a couple too proud to wear their glasses. Then they team up for a musical-comedy graduation ceremony. Harvey Korman spoofs political candidates. Vicki is back for the weekly "Carol and Sis" sketch.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 49
96.
The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode:
Dripper
(1966)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The cavemen and their children meet "Dripper," a dolphin-like sealasaurus and star of a show at a marine park. Dripper is the target of an abduction plot. Thinking they have Dripper, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Henry Corden
Votes: 160
97.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
A Spray of Bullets
(1955)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A former sheriff, Will Sonnett, known for his fast draw shows up in Mesa to see an optometrist; he's become nearsighted and badly needs glasses. Also in town is a punk gunfighter who wants ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Dick Powell, Jean Howell, Robert J. Wilke, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 35
98.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
Four Eyes
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The mysterious decline in Mary's school performance is explained when Charles discovers that she needs glasses; but the joyous self-confidence that comes with Mary's improved eyesight is ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 345
99.
Petticoat Junction (1963–1970)
Episode:
Granny, the Baby Expert
(1968)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy
Betty Jo and the baby are coming home from the hospital. They'll be staying at the Shady Rest temporarily so that Betty Jo and Steve can have some support. Part of that support is a doctor ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Mike Minor, Meredith MacRae
Votes: 44
100.
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965)
Episode:
Mr. Magoo's William Tell
(1964)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Famed story of how William Tell helped win the Swiss independence from "the tyrannical yoke of foreign rule."
Director: Abe Levitow | Star: Jim Backus
Votes: 15