Ragtime Bear (The Ragtime Bear) (1949)

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"DIR: John Hubley SUMMARY: En route to a vacation at a mountain lodge, the near-sighted Mr. Magoo mistakes a bear for his nephew. WHY IT'S HERE: 'Ragtime Bear', intended as a one-off short, ended up becoming the first of the long-running Mr. Magoo series. UPA, who made the shorts, were resistant to the idea of creating recurring star characters but pressure from Columbia Pictures lead them to bring back Magoo many times. Although the idea of a near-sighted character who mistakes things for ot"