Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper

US (1956): Animated/Family/Short/Comedy

At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty salesman but he drives it off anyway. Unfortunately, the myopic Magoo drives off a pier and under the ocean where he mistakes the various aquatic surroundings such as fish, sunken boats, and seals for other cars, dilapidated mansions, and a horn happy driver respectively. Written by Dick Shaw; directed by Pete Burness. (Matt Yorston, IMDb)

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· Best Short Subject (Cartoons) 1956: UPA, Columbia. Stephen Bosustow, producer.

1 nomination, 1 Award