Abe Levitow (1922–1975)

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A wealthy, uncaring man is haunted by Christmas spirits.

1/4 (Bad).

It's a serious, dramatic adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and it's also a Mr. Magoo cartoon. What? Why?

These cartoons are part of the cultural heritage of anyone my age, just as the Romans had the Iliad and the Greeks had Homer. In this edition, there is a segment from Whoopie Goldberg, who says they are funny even though they portray some outmoded and negative stereotypes. This is true, but it is also true that white men are represented by Elmer J. Fudd and Yosemite Sam, so I think pretty much everyone other than Bugs Bunny comes off as an object of ridicule..

An animated, magical, musical version of Dickens' timeless classic "A Christmas Carol." The nearsighted Mr. Magoo doesn't have a ghost of a chance as Ebenezer Scrooge, unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.

—alfiehitchie