''Magoo's Puddle Jumper'' is a 1956 animated short produced by UPA for

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. Directed by Pete Burness and produced by

Stephen Bosustow Stephen Reginald Bosustow (November 6, 1911 in Victoria, British Columbia – July 4, 1981) was a Canadian-born American film producer from 1943 until his retirement in 1979. He was one of the founders of United Productions of America (UPA) and ...

, ''Magoo's Puddle Jumper'' won the 1957

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for Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Summary

The cartoon follows the misadventures of the myopic

Mr. Magoo Mr. Magoo (known by his full name: J. Quincy Magoo) is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical ...

alongside nephew Waldo as he drives a new electric car into the ocean.Internet Archive
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* 1956 short films 1956 animated films 1950s animated short films Best Animated Short Academy Award winners Mr. Magoo Columbia Pictures short films UPA films Columbia Pictures animated short films Films scored by Dean Elliott 1950s English-language films American animated short films {{1950s-short-animation-film-stub