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Magoo goes with Charlie, a stereotypical Chinese man, to the beach. It's actually a mining area and Magoo mistakes the place for an amusement park. Charlie speaks a terrible version of Chinese/English and has that exaggerated appearance people gave to the Asian people at the time. Charlie can see and he knows everything Magoo is doing to him. Magoo doesn't listen to a word he says and so the poor man is tortured time and time again. What Magoo thinks are amusement park rides are digging machines and ore cars. One can certainly see how offensive these cartoons were and how they may have affected young people at the time.

This is what we've been waiting for. Frank is flummoxed by Claire's intention to divorce him. What she want is to run with him for Vice President. She has incredible power that is given to her by the impending primary. Frank's advisers tell him that such a move would be suicidal to his campaign. Frank continues to attempt to salvage things, especially the black vote, as he speaks to a group of young people at a University. Outside the room are a mass of demonstrators. When Frank "courageously" goes out to meet them, Lucas is there. Frank is shot and Lucas is killed along with Frank's beloved personal security man, Meecham. The reset of the episode involves the Vice President trying to figure out what to do, militarily, with Frank's Russian plan. The Vice President is confused and uncertain and enlists Claire's advice. As Frank lies in the hospital, she uses her serpent-like deceptions to try to get her way. This is a very impressive episode.

This episode continues Frank's courting the black vote. Through some underhanded shenanigans, financed by Claire, a billboard near his birthplace shows a picture of Frank's father, standing next to a hooded Klan member. Of course, by default, Frank's upbringing comes into question. The black caucus begins to turn on him and he tries to make his way back by making deals. Claire has a huge row with her mother. She comes across even more despicable and ambitious as the poor woman must confront her, dealing with terminal cancer. She is asked not to return to the house, and Claire says she will do whatever she wants, ignoring her mother's wished. Frank and Claire finally get together once again, and the sickness continued. Claire has a proposal that seems beyond the pale and I can see why. There is another subplot with the much maligned Lucas who has made his way back, skipping out on his terms of his witness protection requirements in order to face Dunbar and enlist her help.

In this episode there is another festival. This series can't got five minutes without bringing its featured characters to another festival. This time it is a literary festival and there will be a winner of an award for excellence. Writers show up and writers die. There are a series of brutal murders that are hard to explain, but everything revolves around the award. One colorful writer of rather exploitative novels makes a splash. Her harsh bitterness is obvious. Something has made her really angry. Again the past is in the community and again a former resident has bad feeling about her roots. Her name is Jezebel and she is admired by all, but doesn't seem to care for the adulation. This is a sophisticated effort and well worth the effort.

Quincy Magoo goes to take his "frail" little mother for a drive in the country. He considers her to be such a gentle soul, needing his attention. As he approaches, she is working on a hot rod, with a big ten cylinder engine. Magoo, with his challenging eyesight, mistakes the car for a washing machine. When it doesn't "work" properly, he begins to try to fix it, much to his mother's chagrin. She wants it in tip-top shape for a race she is going to in a few days, and she is afraid that Magoo is going to wreck the car. He smacks it with wrenches and tries driving it under water. Magoo believes that what he is doing is right, of course, and there is a satisfactory conclusion.

This cartoon features Waldo and Pressley, the latter a take off on W.C. Fields. Pressley finds a book written by Davey Jones (not the Monkees one, the nautical one). Soon he enlists Waldo to help him find Davey Jones' locker. Pressley goes down in a bathysphere while Waldo is forced to don SCUBA gear and risk his life going after the locker. He encounters a "hammer headed shark" he has a head like a claw hammer. He encounters a swordfish and an electric eel. Soon an octopus and a whale get into play, causing a ruckus. They finally find the locker, which produces an interesting conclusion. The animation is really colorful in these Magoo pieces and this is no exception.

This time Mr. Magoo mistakes a construction site where a skyscraper is being built for a baseball sandlot. He decides to do a good deed and help create the field. He mistakes the plow on a Caterpillar for a catcher's mitt, saying it is not regulation. He falls in holes and steps off girders, criticizing the people who planned the stadium. Unfortunately, his Uncle Magoo wants him off the site because if he is allowed to stay, he will hold up a million dollar project. He sends a guy who dresses as a butler to try to stop him. Of course, like with all Magoo cartoons, he is unflappable and under totally nearsighted control. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

How could two such bloodthirsty people find each other? Frank and Claire are ready for the face off of the century. Of course, Frank was never elected President, so he must campaign in the primaries and caucuses. He is not doing well and because of his megalomaniacal treatment of Claire, he is starting to not look so good. He is also manipulating, or attempting to manipulate, the Russians. Frank does his State of the Union address and makes alliances that sabotage Claire's wish to become a Congresswoman. Frank is getting desperate and puts everything on a teeter-board, realizing how close to the edge he has become. He is banking on people doing a poor job of observing the political climate. Frank makes this incredible speech about a boy who refuses to come down from a tree, despite everyone cajoling and begging him. Frank has the solution and it's typical Frank. This is priceless. Things are boiling. There is also a plea to Claire's dying mother, trying to get a million and a half dollars from her.

Totally bored with life, Robert DeNiro's character seeks out a new career. He had worked out, traveled the world, read books, on and on. While he is relatively happy, he feels empty. He is seventy years old when he reads a flyer on a bulletin board. A rising company is looking for "senior" interns, that is, people who have had tons of experience who can be used as a kind of publicity stunt. Ann Hathaway is the wunderkind of a clothing company that has feasted on the Internet. DeNiro finds himself with no power, attached to Miss Hathaway, but doing no work. Eventually, by taking on some of the hard work and showing utter kindness, he manages to become quite the institution in the firm. His boss is trying to balance both her career and her marriage (and daughter). At some point, it is decided that she should hire a CEO and give power over to him/her. Soon DeNiro finds himself at the beck and call of Hathaway, becoming part of the family. This is a touching, but predictable effort. It's still a nice two hours and DeNiro steals every scene he is in.

I really enjoy these tales of the myopic Magoo, storming through the rest of the world, totally unflappable, running roughshod over people and property. In this episode, he thinks he is buying a new suit, but finds himself In a military recruiting office. He mistakes a machine gun for a stylish cane, a hat rack for a sales person, and so on. He thinks a hand grenade is a bottle of men's cologne. It has a manly scent. The problem is that the recruiters need more men, and so they need to cater to Magoo. He is the eternal optimist, piling praise on things that go wrong. Jim Backus is the wonderful Magoo with that trademark cackle. I will be reviewing more of these in the future.

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