Merlin the Magic Mouse

Merlin the Magic Mouse was a nightclub magician (he usually preferred to be called a prestidigator, though he could never pronounce this correctly) who traveled around for work. Much of the humour of the character derived from the fact that, while he was often regarded as a cheap stage magician, he knew some very real and powerful magic tricks. His magic words were typically "Atascadero Escondido!" Merlin also has a sidekick, appropriately named Second Banana, which is a slang term for a magician's assistant.

Daws Butler provided the voice of Merlin and Second Banana in the first short, Merlin the Magic Mouse; Larry Storch performed the voices for the other four films. Merlin is loosely based on W. C. Fields.

Filmography

 * Merlin the Magic Mouse (film) (1967)
 * Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (1968)
 * Feud with a Dude (1968)
 * Fistic Mystic (1969)
 * Shamrock and Roll (1969)