Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol: The Making Of the First Animated Special. • Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol on Internet Movie Database. 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. Van Citters has documented the creation and production of the classic UPA TV special Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol with thorough details (wonderfully written I might add) and lavishly illustrated with rare production art (the book layout is superb). Readers of either of my books, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special or The Art of Jay Ward Productions will instantly recognize the name Gerard Baldwin. With Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano. Baldwin was responsible for directing and animating the highly memorable, show-stopping sequence featuring the Despicables in Christmas Carol. An animated, magical, musical version of Dickens' timeless classic "A Christmas Carol." 852 likes. Do you remember when Christmas TV “specials” actually were special? Directed by Abe Levitow. It's been 6 years since I published the first edition of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol: The Making of the First Animated Special, which recounted the virtually lost story of two Broadway songwriters, Styne and Merrill, and the once cutting-edge animation studio, UPA, both of whom had an outsized impact on all future animated Christmas specials.