What was Mr. Magoo’s complete name?
Mr. Magoo’s full name was Quincy Magoo.
His voice in the 1964-65 comedy series, “The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo” (NBC), was provided by Jim Backus.
Mr. Magoo’s full name was Quincy Magoo.
His voice in the 1964-65 comedy series, “The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo” (NBC), was provided by Jim Backus.
Almost 100 million, nearly half the population of the United States, watched the concluding episode of the TV mini-series “Roots” (ABC, 1977). The miniseries was broadcast on eight consecutive nights beginning January 23, 1977. It became the most-watched dramatic show in TV history.
The TV version of “Planet of the Apes” ran for four months, from September to December 1974 on CBS, six years after the successful movie first ran. Galen the chimpanzee was played by Roddy McDowall.
On the TV series “Murder She Wrote” (CBS, 1984), Jessica Fletcher’s (Angela Lansbury’s) middle name was Beatrice.
“The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (CBS, 1967-69) was canceled on April 1969.
Sonny Bono has been mayor of Palm Springs, California, since 1988.
Tracy Keenan Wynn wrote the screenplay, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, and John Korty directed the TV movie “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (CBS, 1974). The film, starring Cicely Tyson as a 110-year-old former slave, won nine Emmys, including Emmys for Tyson, Korty, and Wynn.