Pitch art for Robin Hood, artist unknown My last post, Mr. Magoo and the Features That Never Were , featured some rare UPA pitch art for...

Those who read this blog or who are up on their animation history will know that Mr. Magoo starred in an animated feature, the 1959 release,...

Lea and Lee Orgel shortly after their arrival in California. It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Lea Orgel, the wife o...

On this day in animation history, the first Mr. Magoo cartoon, a Jolly Frolic called Ragtime Bear , was released by Columbia Pictures.  Writ...

W hen you start digging into the history of animation, you never know what you'll find.  Lee Orgel's daughter, JoAnn, recently uncov...

Marketing, promoting and selling The Art of Jay Ward Productions , that's where!  Most of the spring and early summer was spent making t...

By now, most of you will have heard of the passing of David Weidman, who painted backgrounds on Mr. Magoo's Christmas Caro l , did co...