2 Classic 1950's Mr Magoo Animated Stag Beer Commercials

[KosherHoweyWon]

The commercial seemed sorta gay in style and theme.

[WKRPinCINN]

generations of kids watching this grew up and went blind from drinking stag brew. its a fact. look it up, Google it. over 12000 cases in the mid-Atlantic county by 1962.

[jmayfield69]

I love Mr.Magoo..!!!

[postatility]

And thereafter,"blind" became yet another slang term for being drunk.

[TaTgurl1003]

Oh, mr magoo. I thought that flintstones ciggie commercial was bad. Maybe that's y we have flintstone vitamens to make up for trying to sell ciggies to kids

[wannawatchu66]

@TaTgurl1003 Actually, the Flintstones was intended for adults. You'll notice it's very satirical in nature. Same with Looney Tunes from Warner Bros. It was Disney that began making cartoons specifically for kids.

[TaTgurl1003]

@wannawatchu66 oh. Well, I feel stupid. I had no idea. The simpsons, yes. Family guy, obviously. But mr magoo and flintstones? Why do they market flintstones cereals for kids, then?

[wannawatchu66]

@TaTgurl1003 Good question, and don't feel stupid. :) I believe Winston was a sponsor. I think the cereal and vitamins targeted toward kids because 1. they know that children watch(ed) the Flintstones and 2. the manufacturers are just licensed to use the name and image because I don't think Hanna-Barbera exists anymore, and another, HB has nothing to do with the cereal or vitamins.

[TaTgurl1003]

@wannawatchu66 ok.

[Rydal54]

So,  Mr. Magoo was a boozer? - { I didn't know that }.

[elc1960]

Now we all know how come Mr. Magoo had vision problems - he wasn't blind, he was blind DRUNK!

[inkey2]

there's nothing like a childrens cartoon character that is handicapped & drunk

[Dojack]

Cartoon characters nowadays need to sell beer.

[wsbtam]

Anybody notice Magoo was able to pour the beer and NOT miss the glass? Selective seeing, perhaps---?

[brantlyful]

Mister Magoo wasn't NEAR sighted! Mister Magoo coudn't see his hand in front of his face

[Okiebluesbabee77]

Okay what we really need is a legally blind drunk guy! these old ads are cracking me up!

[ebf1957]

Jim Backus' Magoo was also the voice of Canfield's soft drinks.

[ardashir51]

Now we know what ruined Magoo's eyesight.

[612franklin]

Magoo Knows How

[elc1960]

Jim Backus was also the voice of Italian Swiss Colony's "Little Old Winemaker" from the late '50 through 1965. The actor who played the winemaker was Ludwig Stossel, who played Lou Gehrig's Papa in "Pride Of The Yankees". Stossel had such a thick Austrian accent that they dubbed in Backus's voice (which explains why the winemaker always sounded a little like Mr. Magoo when he said "almost a hundred years old . . . like me" at the end of some of the commercials).

[doctortabby]

Ah, the voice of the late-great Jim Bacchus. Thanks for posting. I'm wondering if Stag beer is still brewed?

[airdaleva42]

@doctortabby Yes it is.

[wsbtam]

@doctortabby yes it is

[regressing2apes]

he is so sexy. blind old guys give me a bona

[palsee]

mr magoo don't need booze he's pretty nuty as he is no?

[TrilobiteFilms]

0:23 "oh... there's nothing like... a barbecue.. with Stag BREW!" he says "Brew" like he got stung by a bee, funny

[fromthesidelines]

Beg pardon, "Carling Brewling Co."....

[fromthesidelines]

These ads were done for Stag Brewing Co. in 1959, and were among the first commercial endorements "Mr. Magoo" appeared in. By 1964, he was pitching General Electric light bulbs...and yes, Jim Backus was "Magoo's" voice from 1949, right through the '70s.

[iscrapman]

The guy that do Mr. Magoo is Mr. howell in gilligan island ... Jim Bakus .

[Davesuperfast]

Old memories

[davethegrinder]

ITS TRUE!