Mr. Magoo's

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The unique animation style plays an important role in making UPA so popular at that time. Tired of the same Mickey Mouse gags, people love McBoing Boing and Mr. Magoo. UPA’s style is completely different from Disney’s. UPA did not use talking animals, but use human beings instead. In Disney’s shorts, there are always talking animals and the gags in Disney are used over and over again. In Truant Officer Donald (1941), Donald tried to get his three nephews to school. Always mess things up, he is tricked by them and let them run away. When he finally gets them to school, he finds that that day is summer holiday. In Donald Duck’s Lucky Number (1951), Donald is, once again, tricked by his three nephews. Even though he wins a new car, he eventually …show more content…

People were tired of the repetitive comics. They would know the ending when just saw the beginning of the shorts. Lack of surprised and fun, Disney’s shorts were not as interesting as UPA’s. In Mr. Magoo’s series cartoons, even though comedy happened because of his nearsighted, there are often different incidents occurred. In Magoo’s Masterpiece, Mr. Magoo is using a friend’s art studio for a sculpture project. Because he does not wear glasses and cannot see things clearly, he thinks the garment rack is his friend and then a suspect who is hiding in this building wants to take advantage of him and pretends to be his model. Mr. Magoo accidently helps the police to catch this suspect in the end. In another Mr. Magoo short, When Magoo Flew, Mr. Magoo tries to watch movie but accidently gets into a plane. He is so lucky that does not fall off the plane since he even walks on top of the plane. He does not know all these incidents happened and even enjoys the journal. All the incidents in Mr. Magoo series cartoons are different and people will not know what will happen next. That is the reason why there are different gags to write about in UPA’s cartoons which interest more

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