"A Goofy Cartoon"

Release Date April 18, 1941

Alternate Titles

Der Zauberkoffer - Germany

Attention fragile - France

Bagagebärare - Sweden

Running Time 7:31

Synopsis

Goofy is given a deceptively simple job : put a magicians trunk on an incoming train. Unfortunately for him, the trunk seems to have a mind (and a life!) of its own.

Characters

Goofy

Credits

Director : Jack Kinney

Animation : Art Babbitt

Original Movie Poster

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : The World According to Goofy

Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Special Edition : Fun on the Job

Germany

Donald und die Entebande

Winnie Puuh und Donald auf Heißer Fährte

Donald Ich bin der Grösste (74 minute version)

Italy

Paperino e la Sua Banda di Paperi

Troppo Vento per Winnie Puh

Laserdiscs

United States

The World According to Goofy

The Goofy World of Sports / Happy Summer Days / Fun on the Job

Japan

Donald Duck and his Duckling Gang

DVD

Region 1 : United States

Disney Treasures : The Complete Goofy

Cartoon Classics Favorites: Starring Goofy

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Everybody Loves Goofy

Region 2 : France

Tout le Monde aime Dingo

Region 2 : Germany

Alle Lieben Goofy

Region 2 : Sweden

Alla Alskar Langben

Region 2 : Italy

Le Radici di Pippo

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #25 : Goofy Goofs Around

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 39

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Gallery

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Comments

From Ryan : While I found parts of this short to be funny, it was also somewhat boring to me. The scenes where Goofy kept continuously tries to get the animals back into the magician's trunk and more and more appear gets rather tiring for me. I didn't really dislike this short, but I wouldn't call it one of my favorites. Nevertheless, I still enjoy watching it once in awhile.

From Nikki : This seemed to be quite slow going and tended to lose my interest. However it still maintained a liking as poor Goofy dealt with the bunny rabbit and the sawed in half woman.

From Gijs Grob : A rare early short by Jack Kinney in which Goofy is still the character he used to be in the thirties instead of the sportsman/everyman he soon would become.

In this short it's already clear that the fresh director tries to keep up with the zaniness of the competing Warner Bros. and MGM studio's. Unfortunately, he's still hampered by the slow, extended character animation that characterized Goofy in the late thirties. Furthermore, the impossible still has to be explained by 'magic', as was the case in "Magician Mickey.". Notice that Warner Bros. and MGM characters, like the magician's box, could materialize objects from nowhere without obvious reference to magic. Jack Kinney would soon adopt part of the WB/MGM style, producing the fastest and zaniest cartoons released by Disney in the forties and fifties. Unfortunately, Baggage Buster is not one of them.

From Baruch Weiss : This short is ok, but it is not one of my favorites. However I enjoyed the ending where after Goofy gets the trunk on the train it falls off of the other side and then Goofy chases after the train and says "Hey come back ya forgot somethin!"