Leçon de Ski

'The Art of Skiing' is another example of Goofy's instructing videos and it does not belong to one of my favorites. Although it is not boring to watch you will not really laugh out loud. The cartoon starts in the morning with Goofy in bed, we see how Goofy put on his clothes and from there we see the kind of skiing Goofy. Of course the voice over says one thing and Goofy shows something completely different.

The problem is, I think, that every single gag is very predictable. You can even guess the kind of animation that will come next and that is not something I really want to see with a cartoon. But still, like I said it was not boring so my time wasn't wasted.

This doesn't belong to my favourite Goofy cartoons. What is good about it though is that it is very amusing. Sure, the animation is a little dated, and some of the narration got a little distracting, but seeing Goofy struggling on skis was very, very funny, especially when he rides down the side of the mountain, and disappears down a hole, and you hear that trademark whine he makes. The narrator assures Goofy it is all very simple, but Goofy fails miserably. It's part of an ongoing joke, that Goofy is pretty useless at anything simple. I liked the music and I liked the ending. Overall, very good, not Goofy's best, but entertaining for fans. 8/10 Bethany Cox.

... Until today I had never completely watched this short. For most of my childhood I have enjoyed half of this quite a lot on a different video. It skipped the beginning bit. When I discovered the beginning bit on Youtube I was really surprised that I had missed some.

ANYWAY, this is a very entertaining and amusing short. It has little plot (which may bother some people), instead it has a narrator instructing Goofy how to ski. Despite providing pretty clear instructions, Goofy fails rather miserably. The results of this exceedingly unintelligent dog will provide laughs for a good many people - especially if you like Goofy already. This is also a very good short to watch this coming Christmas, so if you can find it on Youtube as well, you are bound to have a good time with this one!

Enjoy "The Art Of Skiing"! :-)

The yodel and Goofy's shriek as he careens out of control is worth watching this all on its own. I can't help myself. I lose it every time. If this wasn't Colvin, it sure sounded like him.

Great stuff.

Another short on Disney Plus is this 1941 classic, part of a series of "how to" spoofs that the corporation has made starring the ... dog, is goofy a dog? Let's not question the Goofy/Pluto mechanics of the Disney universe right now.

Narrated by John McLeish, the short sees Goofy (Danny Webb) go on a skiing vacation to the Sugar Bowl ski resort in Northern California. There he clumsily dresses himself, clumsily goes skiing and clumsily runs a ski jump.

I don't want to go to overboard in my review of this one, it is a short after all and just 8 minutes long but it's a classic one and, apparently the debut of Goofy's now iconic holler. It's a lot of fun too and both me, and my son, chuckled along with the cartoon.