Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Directed by	Pete Burness
Story by	Dick Shaw
Produced by	Stephen Bosustow
Starring	Jim Backus Daws Butler (uncredited)
Music by	Dean Elliott
Animation by	Rudy Larriva Barney Posner Cecil Surry Gil Turner
Layouts by	Robert Dranko
Backgrounds by	Bob McIntosh
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	UPA
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 26, 1956
Running time	6 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Magoo's Puddle Jumper is a 1956 animated short produced by UPA for Columbia Pictures. Directed by Pete Burness and produced by Stephen Bosustow, Magoo's Puddle Jumper won the 1957 Oscar for Short Subjects (Cartoons).^[1]

Summary

The cartoon follows the misadventures of the myopic Mr. Magoo alongside nephew Waldo as he drives a new electric car into the ocean.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1956 -". cartoonresearch.com.
^ Piotr Borowiec (1988). Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons. Scarecrow Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-8108-3503-7.
^ Internet Archive

External links

Magoo's Puddle Jumper at IMDb

v t e Mr. Magoo
TV series	Mister Magoo (1960–1961) The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965) What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977) Mr. Magoo (2018)
TV specials	Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)
Theatrical short cartoons	When Magoo Flew (1954) Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956)
Animated feature films	1001 Arabian Nights (1959) Kung-Fu Magoo (2010)
Live action feature film	Mr. Magoo (1997)

v t e Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1932–1950	Flowers and Trees (1932) Three Little Pigs (1933) The Tortoise and the Hare (1934) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) The Country Cousin (1936) The Old Mill (1937) Ferdinand the Bull (1938) The Ugly Duckling (1939) The Milky Way (1940) Lend a Paw (1941) Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) Mouse Trouble (1944) Quiet Please! (1945) The Cat Concerto (1946) Tweetie Pie (1947) The Little Orphan (1948) For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
1951–1975	The Two Mouseketeers (1951) Johann Mouse (1952) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953) When Magoo Flew (1954) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956) Birds Anonymous (1957) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Moonbird (1959) Munro (1960) Ersatz (The Substitute) (1961) The Hole (1962) The Critic (1963) The Pink Phink (1964) The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966) The Box (1967) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) The Crunch Bird (1971) A Christmas Carol (1972) Frank Film (1973) Closed Mondays (1974) Great (1975)
1976–2000	Leisure (1976) The Sand Castle (1977) Special Delivery (1978) Every Child (1979) The Fly (1980) Crac (1981) Tango (1982) Sundae in New York (1983) Charade (1984) Anna & Bella (1985) A Greek Tragedy (1986) The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Balance (1989) Creature Comforts (1990) Manipulation (1991) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) The Wrong Trousers (1993) Bob's Birthday (1994) A Close Shave (1995) Quest (1996) Geri's Game (1997) Bunny (1998) The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Father and Daughter (2000)
2001–present	For the Birds (2001) The ChubbChubbs! (2002) Harvie Krumpet (2003) Ryan (2004) The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Peter & the Wolf (2007) La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) Logorama (2009) The Lost Thing (2010) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) Paperman (2012) Mr Hublot (2013) Feast (2014) Bear Story (2015) Piper (2016) Dear Basketball (2017) Bao (2018) Hair Love (2019) If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) The Windshield Wiper (2021) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (2023)
Submissions for Best Animated Short Academy Award

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