Many thanks for uploading this terrific clip in full, uncensored glory! I wish there was not such a concerted effort by every generation to customise and tailor everything to what is right at present. Leave all art and history intact so we can appreciate what was both good and bad from a given time and learn from it. Being of Chinese background and knowing this simply reflects another time, I am not at all offended and think these are hilarious characters across all categorical lines.
People do need to look at the era these cartoons were made. In those days well off people hired Chinese houseboys and gardeners to take care of the housework and landscaping. I understand the voice of Cholly in this cartoon is character actor Benny Rubin. Thank goodness I have many of these original cartoons on 16mm film.
As kids, my Asian neighbor and I used to watch reruns of this cartoon over at my house. He spoke better English than I, but he had me rolling on the floor mimicking this exaggerated Asian caricature to a T. I guess I could have made fun of him too, but his 34 ACT score brain would've just made me look extremely ridiculous. Cheers to my old buddy.
@kissmusiclover I agree with you. You will notice that this is an undubbed, uncensored clip. I added it because there were no undubbed Magoo episodes featuring Charlie on TH-cam. The historical record should be preserved, not sanitized.
To: THE Gabriel Valencia (Former President of Mexico) From: Mr. Magoo Dear Mr. Valencia, I would like to sincerely apologize for any misfortune or inconviences I may have caused to you or any loved ones. I am deeply sorry from the bottom of my heart, Love, Mr. Magoo
"Don't 'Hello Bloss me!" I laughed so hard, felt bad, then kept laughing. Stereotypical, racist, insulting, but funny. I don't know how they can all exist at the same time. It's like when Dave Chappell, or black, or Asian comedians make fun of white people. Stereotypical, racist, insulting, but funny.
Actually there are some old school white comedians that get making fun of blacks right. Most black comics white jokes are generally about how white people treat black people or how they act in movies anyway. As long as the jokes aren't expressing inferiority a lot of white comedians with good timing can get away with it.
For anyone to suggest that ALL Asian people talk like Cholly, would be racist. To suggest that those who DO speak like Cholly speaks do so because it's genetic, THOSE fools would be racist. Those who stereotype can be racist and those who are racist usually stereotype, but the two are not the same thing. Where did the voice actor for Cholly get the accent? Did he just make it up out of thin air? Of course not, that is how SOME Asian people did sound and do sound when speaking. It's nurture not nature. Just as SOME white people talk with heavy southern accents & SOME black people speak with cultural slang. We need to stop being so sensitive and be able to laugh at ourselves now and then. Exaggerating what makes us different can be a source of humor when it is not done with hatred, or a "we're better, you're inferior" type of attitude.
Charlie's ambiguous age has always bothered me way more than it should. He offers to drive, so I guess he's an adult? Otherwise he could be anywhere from 18 to 40
I agree. I find it irksome, however, that some people defend the stereotyping instead of appreciating it for what it is. It really is sad that some people today don't understand why people find this offensive. Nobody wants their culture lampooned and made fun of. Its not a good feeling.
I'm truly amazed that the National Foundation for the Blind called for the censorship of this cartoon. Before correcting it with LASIK, I had severe myopia, but I always thought Mr. Magoo was hilarious and never found it offensive.
HALLO BLOSS; You ring for chollie number one-ee bloss man? I love this "Fucking racsit shit" !!! The character of Charlie is richly textured and deep... superior cartoon art... "My eyesight's clear as a mason jar!"
While Magoo is the laughable utter buffoon of the series, and Charlie is undoubtedly the much smarter and most insightful of the two - he's the voice of reason, carried along helplessly by the unstoppable force of nature that is Magoo - the verbal tics, fortune-cookie dialogue, ridiculous 19th-century "coolie" dress (for a Sixties cartoon, beyond anachronistic), skin/eyes/teeth design, and fawning subservitude is jarring in any age and time, not just today. Nevertheless, for animation history's and accuracy's sake, and for spurring healthy discussion on race and roles, he should be left as is.
+Sean Wilkinson I hated it when they changed Charlie's voice.I have the complete DVD set, and in the first three videos they have Charlie talking the way he use too,but in the last two DVD his voice sounded like a science professior, I was like what the heck?
That's the way they had him talking on the USA Network when I saw these episodes. Practically every episode with Charlie had him speak like he really didn't belong here! Also took me out of the moment since it didn't fit the voices of everyone else. The cartoon shown here strangely was left alone, and it was just weird hearing Charlie as he was.
Yeah I loved mr Magoo cartoons with Charlie he is funny trust me these days you wouldn't be able to get away with an Asian sidekick they would find it racist I don't care love watching mr Magoo I'm from Australia!!!!
Relevant note - In Japanese, there are no sounds corresponding with L in English. So sometimes, Japanese people speaking English might confuse Rs with Ls, and vice versa. I guess Charlie was the sum total of East Asians in general. Either that or Charlie was meant to be Japanese.
Thanks for uploading. It confirms unfortunately how silly and unreal cartoons are these days. If a culture doesn't have the..humanity to laugh about its ways it is a dead culture. Signs: a mega myopic
People take themselves too seriously. Creating a stereotype over a character is based partly on fantasy and part reality. Its true, so why can't people just accept the humour and get over it. This is hilarious.
I remember that back in the old days people said things that others didn't like all the time and fights were common. Nowadays that's called battery, so instead of an instant fat-lip for offending someone, we are using PC-ness as a way to be civil. The PC stuff is because so many people were SO offended by what was standard in the old days that change was demanded until change was won- and then there was backlash-more change-more backlash-you know, American history, this is the American way. lol!
awesome I grew up watching reruns I'm Mexican American white if they poked fun at Hispanics, it wouldn't offend me at all. these are awesome classics and worth watching. thx much!
even as a boy in the 70's i didn't care for the racist nature of this cartoon. asian people must think we are pieces of shit for portraying them like this as it continued on through 'til about the mid 90s with the stereotypical crap. magoo xmas carol is the best of magoo. there was no need for this overblown asian depiction, even back in the day. how ignorant we were huh? glad to see we've evolved somewhat since then but we have a long way to go as a species sadly
Let's be honest here racism aside Charlie was straight up pointless and unfunny Also this cartoon isn't even funny to begin with because it's just the same one joke over and over again
By todays standards this cartoon is wrong on so many levels, thats what I like about it. This was made back in the day when people weren't so easily "OFFENDED". These days you have to watch everything you say or do because God forbid you may offend someone. I miss the old days before people started "ACTING" offended and nobody cared what anyone else said or did. . People were who they were and everyone accepted it and moved on. Nowadays you cant even have Christmas because it offends someone!
I don't buy the argument that because degrading, stereotypical portrayals were common in that era, it makes them acceptable *in that cultural context*, just as the unjust and harmful elements of our current culture are unacceptable, regardless of how common they are.
your the one who’s blind, magoo is an even bigger bafoon, in fact Charlie is represented as the smart one maybe you could use your intellect to defend tv show dads...
Charlie is depicted as a kind and intelligent servant who is always trying to save Magoo from himself. I don't think that is the least bit degrading. I'm sure if I were to move to China and be a house servant to a wealthy Chinese businessman, he might think the way I spoke Mandarin was strange and that I dressed strangely. It wouldn't be anything against who I was.
Says we should like ourselves for being different and unique. Hates all the stereotypes that showcase those unique traits. That said, as a white man, I don't give a rat's ass about being stereotyped. Yes, being constantly misjudged as a stoner (because I have long hair) does get annoying after a while. But I won't go making a big deal about it. And I actually enjoy all the "ginger" stereotypes. They're charmingly comical. But then, I'm not an uptight jackass. I can laugh at myself, just fine.
White people: lol white privilege isn't real Also white people: How come the POC hate being stereotyped? They need to lighten up it's just a joke! I laugh at stereotypes about my ethnicity/ethnicities!
Lol good ol racist cartoons. People quit being offended. These were simply a byproduct of their era. Animation has come a long ways as well. The 60's were definitely a dark age for animation as well. "He had some nerve ditching me! And I helped pay his way!"-😂
Expect that unlike the racism in Theatrical Cartoons which where actually hilarious, this is just painfully unfunny. It doesn't help this was the 60s and racism dying out at this point. UPA also had a Dick Tracy Cartoon at this time which also had harmful and unfunny stereotypes. They were both two sidekicks for Dick Tracy or some crap like that. As a Mexican, I have to say that the Mexican sidekick's voice is just so annoying and makes me wanna ripped off my ears. Gotta be Paul Frees' worst voice roles ever. Wouldn't say the 60s were a bad time for Animation, I feel like shit really went downhill in the 70s-Mid 80s. I very much love Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Recently, I've been developing a disliking for other TV Cartoons from that time period like Jay Ward, Total Television, and 60s UPA.
@@skinnyweenie8679 Racism has become less obvious but it isn't gone. Even though it can still be found publicly it's more likely to be called out. And yes the Mr. Magoo shorts are unfunny as hell. Even the ones without Charlie. The whole thing is just the same joke over and over for 4-5 minutes. (I am willing to try out other stuff like the Mr. Magoo movies or the Famous Adventures since I feel like they have actual plots but regarding the shorts, I am done with them.)
Many thanks for uploading this terrific clip in full, uncensored glory! I wish there was not such a concerted effort by every generation to customise and tailor everything to what is right at present. Leave all art and history intact so we can appreciate what was both good and bad from a given time and learn from it. Being of Chinese background and knowing this simply reflects another time, I am not at all offended and think these are hilarious characters across all categorical lines.
We all miss "Cholly."
i have this memory of my dad and me watching old cartoons like mr. magoo and popeye the sailor. nice to see that he's still around
Calling Bowser a dog is racist to cats.
Charlie should have had his own show. Hilarious!
And remember, Me Chinese, me play joke, me put pee pee in your coke!
velly funny
People do need to look at the era these cartoons were made. In those days well off people hired Chinese houseboys and gardeners to take care of the housework and landscaping. I understand the voice of Cholly in this cartoon is character actor Benny Rubin. Thank goodness I have many of these original cartoons on 16mm film.
“Bowser! What are you doing up there? Oh you get down this very minute. Crazy dog.”
I love Charlie, he’s so cute
I love it!! _”Missa McGloo Missa McGloo!!”_ 🤣🤓
As kids, my Asian neighbor and I used to watch reruns of this cartoon over at my house. He spoke better English than I, but he had me rolling on the floor mimicking this exaggerated Asian caricature to a T. I guess I could have made fun of him too, but his 34 ACT score brain would've just made me look extremely ridiculous. Cheers to my old buddy.
@kissmusiclover
I agree with you. You will notice that this is an undubbed, uncensored clip. I added it because there were no undubbed Magoo episodes featuring Charlie on TH-cam. The historical record should be preserved, not sanitized.
Miss a Maglue. LMAO !!!
"hello boss oh don't hello boss me oh my god "got me rolling 😂😂😂
They have the show on HULU. I knew something didn't sound right when I was listening to Charlie & when I saw this clip, it all came back.
Yes, these days, Charlie has to speak like a Shakespearean actor.
Dear, Mr. Magoo
I do not condone this behavior. Stop soon.
Sincerely,
THE Gabriel Valencia (Former President of Mexico)
Nah fr
To: THE Gabriel Valencia (Former President of Mexico)
From: Mr. Magoo
Dear Mr. Valencia, I would like to sincerely apologize for any misfortune or inconviences I may have caused to you or any loved ones. I am deeply sorry from the bottom of my heart,
Love,
Mr. Magoo
you ring for chollie number one-ee bloss man?
ROLMAO!!
This is before the PC police got hold of Charlie. A very funny cartoon.
this is brilliant! they just don't make them like they used to... the character of Charlie is richly textured and deep... superior cartoon art...
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
"Don't 'Hello Bloss me!" I laughed so hard, felt bad, then kept laughing. Stereotypical, racist, insulting, but funny. I don't know how they can all exist at the same time. It's like when Dave Chappell, or black, or Asian comedians make fun of white people. Stereotypical, racist, insulting, but funny.
Yet if you made fun of Blacks you would be crucified, something wrong there.
Actually there are some old school white comedians that get making fun of blacks right. Most black comics white jokes are generally about how white people treat black people or how they act in movies anyway. As long as the jokes aren't expressing inferiority a lot of white comedians with good timing can get away with it.
For anyone to suggest that ALL Asian people talk like Cholly, would be racist. To suggest that those who DO speak like Cholly speaks do so because it's genetic, THOSE fools would be racist. Those who stereotype can be racist and those who are racist usually stereotype, but the two are not the same thing. Where did the voice actor for Cholly get the accent? Did he just make it up out of thin air? Of course not, that is how SOME Asian people did sound and do sound when speaking. It's nurture not nature. Just as SOME white people talk with heavy southern accents & SOME black people speak with cultural slang. We need to stop being so sensitive and be able to laugh at ourselves now and then. Exaggerating what makes us different can be a source of humor when it is not done with hatred, or a "we're better, you're inferior" type of attitude.
Hey Josuf, I tink yu put me on woad to enritenment.
MR.MAGGLOO!
Oh Magoo
In the immortal words of judge Smells " The world needs ditch diggers too". And this is coming from A ditch digger.😲
Who is the guy @ 11:05
Charlie's ambiguous age has always bothered me way more than it should. He offers to drive, so I guess he's an adult? Otherwise he could be anywhere from 18 to 40
I genuinely cannot tell if Charlie is meant to be a child or an adult
Charlie Doesn't Surf.
I agree. I find it irksome, however, that some people defend the stereotyping instead of appreciating it for what it is. It really is sad that some people today don't understand why people find this offensive. Nobody wants their culture lampooned and made fun of. Its not a good feeling.
Boy, I miss those good old UN POLITICALLY CORRECT cartoons of yore.
I like charlie said Mr magloo lol
Awesome!
So funny. Classic great cartoon. Love Magoo :)
kcirish
"never never but take u to the sea Park never again never never never!"got me rolling 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this cartoon.
I'm truly amazed that the National Foundation for the Blind called for the censorship of this cartoon. Before correcting it with LASIK, I had severe myopia, but I always thought Mr. Magoo was hilarious and never found it offensive.
Magoo has a Freudian slip at 1:32. LOL!
I'm surprised he wasn't voiced by Mickey Rooney.
❤❤❤
hahaha I can't help but crack up at this. Bloss. What?! hahahaha!
MISSA MAGLOO!
I own all these cartoons on dvd and vhs..I love them..Charley was the best!!
I like all the old classic Magoo cartoons! And as for "politically correct", well this sums it up: PC is BC!
Agree, may look stereotype; yet Magoo treats Charlie like a fellow buddy - much better than most people treat other "Peoplekind" =P
HALLO BLOSS;
You ring for chollie number one-ee bloss man?
I love this "Fucking racsit shit" !!!
The character of Charlie is richly textured and deep... superior cartoon art...
"My eyesight's clear as a mason jar!"
Steve R
True Stevo but we all have our racial stereo types......goddarn Zeik go make some moonshine fool!
OClay OClay 😂😂
While Magoo is the laughable utter buffoon of the series, and Charlie is undoubtedly the much smarter and most insightful of the two - he's the voice of reason, carried along helplessly by the unstoppable force of nature that is Magoo - the verbal tics, fortune-cookie dialogue, ridiculous 19th-century "coolie" dress (for a Sixties cartoon, beyond anachronistic), skin/eyes/teeth design, and fawning subservitude is jarring in any age and time, not just today. Nevertheless, for animation history's and accuracy's sake, and for spurring healthy discussion on race and roles, he should be left as is.
Sean Wilkinson And it's funny in any age and time.
+Sean Wilkinson
I hated it when they changed Charlie's voice.I have the complete DVD set, and in the first three videos they have Charlie talking the way he use too,but in the last two DVD his voice sounded like a science professior, I was like what the heck?
That's the way they had him talking on the USA Network when I saw these episodes. Practically every episode with Charlie had him speak like he really didn't belong here! Also took me out of the moment since it didn't fit the voices of everyone else. The cartoon shown here strangely was left alone, and it was just weird hearing Charlie as he was.
oklay oklay
Yeah I loved mr Magoo cartoons with Charlie he is funny trust me these days you wouldn't be able to get away with an Asian sidekick they would find it racist I don't care love watching mr Magoo I'm from Australia!!!!
TheBundychick82 Having an Asian servant on Bonanza wouldn’t go over today either. Remember Hop Sing?
I like how mr magoo's slave talks.
its his butler, not slave
"Well....cum....what a beautiful lay!.....ahhhhh!!" T'was what I heard lol
I don't think I quite follow why Charlie constantly adds false Ls in everything....I'm not aware of such a stereotype. o_O
It's how Asians speak when English isn't their first language. No stereotype there it's a translation fact
Relevant note - In Japanese, there are no sounds corresponding with L in English. So sometimes, Japanese people speaking English might confuse Rs with Ls, and vice versa.
I guess Charlie was the sum total of East Asians in general. Either that or Charlie was meant to be Japanese.
i miss these cartoons
Cancel Culture be losing there F-ing minds 😂
Poor Charlie
Thanks for uploading. It confirms unfortunately how silly and unreal cartoons are these days. If a culture doesn't have the..humanity to laugh about its ways it is a dead culture. Signs: a mega myopic
I am not racist.
How many times in your life have you had to say that?
Mista magloo!!
People take themselves too seriously. Creating a stereotype over a character is based partly on fantasy and part reality. Its true, so why can't people just accept the humour and get over it. This is hilarious.
You got to be on crack to find this even remotely funny there is just one joke being repeated over and over again
I remember that back in the old days people said things that others didn't like all the time and fights were common. Nowadays that's called battery, so instead of an instant fat-lip for offending someone, we are using PC-ness as a way to be civil. The PC stuff is because so many people were SO offended by what was standard in the old days that change was demanded until change was won- and then there was backlash-more change-more backlash-you know, American history, this is the American way. lol!
awesome
I grew up watching reruns
I'm Mexican American white
if they poked fun at Hispanics, it wouldn't offend me at all.
these are awesome classics and worth watching.
thx much!
Oklay!
even as a boy in the 70's i didn't care for the racist nature of this cartoon. asian people must think we are pieces of shit for portraying them like this as it continued on through 'til about the mid 90s with the stereotypical crap. magoo xmas carol is the best of magoo. there was no need for this overblown asian depiction, even back in the day. how ignorant we were huh? glad to see we've evolved somewhat since then but we have a long way to go as a species sadly
Let's be honest here racism aside Charlie was straight up pointless and unfunny
Also this cartoon isn't even funny to begin with because it's just the same one joke over and over again
I do not find it offensive.
People are nuts, complaining about this....it's just a really funny cartoon that's entertaining/fun to watch!!!!!!!!!!
Are you Asian?
Bloss cartoon.
Bloss.
Can't believe they made Mr. Magoo look and sound like a white guy. So racist
Not really. Still looks asian and clearly shows that he can speak english perfectly unlike whatever the *ck that thing is.
By todays standards this cartoon is wrong on so many levels, thats what I like about it. This was made back in the day when people weren't so easily "OFFENDED". These days you have to watch everything you say or do because God forbid you may offend someone. I miss the old days before people started "ACTING" offended and nobody cared what anyone else said or did. . People were who they were and everyone accepted it and moved on. Nowadays you cant even have Christmas because it offends someone!
I don't buy the argument that because degrading, stereotypical portrayals were common in that era, it makes them acceptable *in that cultural context*, just as the unjust and harmful elements of our current culture are unacceptable, regardless of how common they are.
Suck it up buttercup.
your the one who’s blind, magoo is an even bigger bafoon, in fact Charlie is represented as the smart one
maybe you could use your intellect to defend tv show dads...
Charlie is depicted as a kind and intelligent servant who is always trying to save Magoo from himself. I don't think that is the least bit degrading. I'm sure if I were to move to China and be a house servant to a wealthy Chinese businessman, he might think the way I spoke Mandarin was strange and that I dressed strangely. It wouldn't be anything against who I was.
charlie = kato
God, This is dreadful. The Theatrical Mr. Magoo shorts were far more entertaining than this crap.
Says we should like ourselves for being different and unique.
Hates all the stereotypes that showcase those unique traits.
That said, as a white man, I don't give a rat's ass about being stereotyped. Yes, being constantly misjudged as a stoner (because I have long hair) does get annoying after a while. But I won't go making a big deal about it. And I actually enjoy all the "ginger" stereotypes. They're charmingly comical. But then, I'm not an uptight jackass. I can laugh at myself, just fine.
White people: lol white privilege isn't real
Also white people: How come the POC hate being stereotyped? They need to lighten up it's just a joke! I laugh at stereotypes about my ethnicity/ethnicities!
Hello blloss lol
I grew up with this mess, but damn - they were so funny! (I still have Catholic guilt, although I am no longer Catholic)
Mess, its still funny as hell!
Lol good ol racist cartoons. People quit being offended. These were simply a byproduct of their era. Animation has come a long ways as well. The 60's were definitely a dark age for animation as well.
"He had some nerve ditching me! And I helped pay his way!"-😂
Expect that unlike the racism in Theatrical Cartoons which where actually hilarious, this is just painfully unfunny. It doesn't help this was the 60s and racism dying out at this point. UPA also had a Dick Tracy Cartoon at this time which also had harmful and unfunny stereotypes.
They were both two sidekicks for Dick Tracy or some crap like that. As a Mexican, I have to say that the Mexican sidekick's voice is just so annoying and makes me wanna ripped off my ears. Gotta be Paul Frees' worst voice roles ever.
Wouldn't say the 60s were a bad time for Animation, I feel like shit really went downhill in the 70s-Mid 80s. I very much love Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Recently, I've been developing a disliking for other TV Cartoons from that time period like Jay Ward, Total Television, and 60s UPA.
@@skinnyweenie8679 "racism dying out" but racism still exists
@@bunnybird9342 I meant to say public racism.
@@skinnyweenie8679 Racism has become less obvious but it isn't gone. Even though it can still be found publicly it's more likely to be called out.
And yes the Mr. Magoo shorts are unfunny as hell. Even the ones without Charlie. The whole thing is just the same joke over and over for 4-5 minutes. (I am willing to try out other stuff like the Mr. Magoo movies or the Famous Adventures since I feel like they have actual plots but regarding the shorts, I am done with them.)
mista magloo, ebely thling awlight?? Oklay Oklay hahahahaha! so funny
Most people that yell "racist" don't even know what it means! That stupid word is thrown around waaay too much.
J F this is tho
Lol :) awesome! 💋🍒💞
Ebony queen you are beautiful...
Beautifully boring, lighten up, things could be A lot worse.
So racist
Seriously?! This is so blatantly racist!!
@killmysister
nice, way to bring race into it
@photoslum
i guess there are no jokes against white people any where in the world. nope. none. nowhere.
some racist shit...funny how we realize now that we are older.
So sick of politically incorrect crap...Get a freakin life!!!
Bloss.