Leçon de Ski

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.

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.

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.

Just watched this very funny Disney Goofy cartoon short on YouTube. In this one-as the narrator instructs on the fine art of dressing and then going skiing (which he insists is pronounced SHEE-ING)-the Goof does the opposite in every hilarious way one could think of and more. Director Jack Kinney and his animators milk every bit of humor and slapstick comedy out of this premise and provide a new bit for the humanized dog-his yodel. That yodel was not thought of by the character's original voice-Pinto Colvig who was at Fleischer in Miami at the time-but by his temporary replacement, George Johnson (other yodels were recorded by Hannes Schrolle). That particular bit proved so popular that it became a recurring thing in subsequent Goofy cartoons. So on that note, I highly recommend The Art of Skiiing.

'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.