A Groovy Happy Birthday to Dippy the Goof!
Since he stumbled along 89 years ago, Goofy “gawrshed” his way from 78’s to music streams and hasn’t stopped spinning since.
Tag Archives: Goofy
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 5): The Fitter Fifties
Snap on those headbands, don your athletic shorts and best running shoes, and get set for some energetic roadwork down our latest animation trail.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 4): The Fattening Forties
World War II was coming to an end, and Americans considered themselves as living high off the hog – and no doubt many started to look like one in the process.
Disney Cruise Cartoons
Many of you will never have the opportunity to take a vacation cruise, but here are a few out-of-the-ordinary pieces of Disney animation that relate to the Disney Cruise Line.
Toons Trip Out (Part 9)
In this week’s installment, the non-Mickey elite of rodentdom get into the travel craze, finding there’s more to the world than the inside of a mousehole.
Animation Ski Trails – Part 1
Put on your goggles, earmuffs, and bundle up warm for a bumpy ride over the ski mountains dreamed up by the movie moguls of Hollywood’s golden era of animation.
Suppose Goofy Gave a Dance Party – and He Never Showed Up?
In the Goofy tradition, we celebrate April Fool’s Day and Goofy’s birthday– neither of which is today–with his first LP, for which he recorded absolutely nothing.
Baseball Featured in First Goofy “How To” Cartoon
This short showcases some wonderful animation by four of Disney’s Nine Old Men – Clark, Kimball, Johnston, and Davis – as well as Disney legend Bill Tytla.
A Chat With Jack Kinney
Jack Kinney is best known as the director of Der Fuehrer’s Face, the much admired Goofy how-to series, UPA’s first feature and a string of made-for-television Popeye cartoons. Here’s our brief chat.
Disney’s “Hockey Homicide” (1945)
If this author had to pick his favorite moment in the history of sports, it would have to be a certain hockey match between the Loose Leafs and the Ant Eaters.
