Jim Backus – MRQE https://mrqe.com Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:41:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Jim Backus – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 “I Married Joan” https://mrqe.com/movie/i-married-joan-tv-m100043681/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/i-married-joan-tv-m100043681/ I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens.

]]> The Pied Piper of Hamelin (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-m100025799/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-m100025799/ The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it’s flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain…which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.

]]> Of Thee I Sing (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/of-thee-i-sing-m100078289/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/of-thee-i-sing-m100078289/ CBS’ updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.

]]> “Gilligan’s Planet” https://mrqe.com/movie/gilligans-planet-tv-m100111295/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/gilligans-planet-tv-m100111295/ Gilligan’s Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the popular sitcom Gilligan’s Island, the first being The New Adventures of Gilligan.

Gilligan’s Planet was the last cartoon series that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings; afterwards, they produced cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature the Lou Scheimer “signature” credit.

Gilligan’s Planet was also the final 1980s Saturday morning cartoon to retain Charley Douglass’s adult laugh track. Thereafter, Filmation dismissed Douglass’ chuckles for its animated lineup as it transitioned to more heroically-themed cartoons that were more dramatic for a laugh track.

In 2012, Animation World Network named Gilligan’s Planet the 57th greatest animated television series of all-time.

]]> Rescue from Gilligan’s Island (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/rescue-from-gilligans-island-m100028497/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/rescue-from-gilligans-island-m100028497/ When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in order to have any chance to ride the disaster out.

]]> Surviving Gilligan’s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/surviving-gilligans-island-the-incredibly-true-story-of-the-longest-three-hour-tour-in-history-m100000721/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/surviving-gilligans-island-the-incredibly-true-story-of-the-longest-three-hour-tour-in-history-m100000721/ The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/the-harlem-globetrotters-on-gilligans-island-m100043823/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-harlem-globetrotters-on-gilligans-island-m100043823/ The Harlem Globetrotters’ chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must play basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by a mad scientist.

]]> Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/mister-magoos-christmas-carol-m100051812/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/mister-magoos-christmas-carol-m100051812/ In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, Ebenezer Scrooge – via Mr. Magoo’s starring performance in a stage production of the classic – doesn’t have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.

]]> Miracle on 34th Street (TV) https://mrqe.com/movie/miracle-on-34th-street-m100116345/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/miracle-on-34th-street-m100116345/ A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.

]]> “Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, The” https://mrqe.com/movie/famous-adventures-of-mr-magoo-the-tv-m100085151/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/famous-adventures-of-mr-magoo-the-tv-m100085151/ The Mister Magoo Show is an American animated television series which was produced from November 7, 1960 to February 2, 1962. A single episode included five five-minute shorts and could either be aired together with bumpers as a single half-hour show, or it could be split up with one short aired each weekday, along with other cartoons. It was produced by United Productions of America.

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