MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
CW, 8:00 p.m. ET
Televised in 1962, this was TV’s first animated Christmas special – and it’s still a personal favorite, thanks to a surprising fidelity to the original Charles Dickens story, an even more surprising aptness to Jim Backus’ Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge, and some delightful original songs by Jule Style and Bob Merrill. (Two years later, they’d write the music for Broadway’s Funny Girl.) Play your cards right, and change your channels at the right time to the right networks, and tonight you can watch TV’s two best holiday cartoons, back to back. Start here, on the CW, and pass the razzleberry dressing…