"A Goofy Cartoon"

Release Date January 28, 1944

Running Time 7:07

Synopsis

A history of sailing through the ages; from a prehistoric Goofy using a log, through the Age of Sail ("iron men, wooden ships") and on to modern times.

Characters

Goofy

Credits

Director : Jack Kinney

Narraration : John MacLeish

Original Movie Poster

Videos

United States

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

Germany

Lachkonzert in Entenhausen

Italy

Pippo Pluto Paperino Supershow

Paperino Marmittone

Laserdiscs

United States

The World According to Goofy

Japan

Disney's Cartoon Jubilee

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Complete Goofy

Disney Treasures : On the Front Lines

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #31 : The Unseen Disney

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 J. D. Weil : I don't know of this qualifies as a blooper or a gag that simply doesn't work due to poor planning, but I feel that I have to comment on it. The closing sequence of "How To Be a Sailor" shows Goofy trying to launch a torpedo at the enemy but gets himself stuffed into the torpedo tube and gets sent out instead. The problem with sequence is that in the process of launching the torpedo collides head on with the bulkhead and falls to the floor. Even with the logic contained in the cartoon, this action should have sunk the submarine and Goofy would be launched clear to Valhalla instead his intended target. This is one gag that should have more carefully thought out.

From Jerry Edwards : Goofy takes an historical voyage through nautical navigation. The last part of the cartoon has Goofy accidentally loading himself, instead of a torpedo, into the torpedo bay and being shot out at Japanese warships, sinking every one of them - including shattering the symbol of the Japanese Rising Sun.

The cartoon is usually censored in the ending scene. The original scene shows each Japanese warship with a caricatured Japanese face on each.

The uncensored ending is the only interest in this cartoon for me - I'm not a fan of Goofy's "How To..." series.

From Ryan : This short was okay, but it wasn't one of my favorites. For some reason, it didn't interest me in the way that most Goofy shorts do. I enjoyed the way in which the narrator talks about the history of sailors. I do not, however, enjoy the fact that the following scene at the end is censored: Goofy uses himself as a torpedo to blow up a Japanese ship, which contains a Japanese caricature. The caricature scene was the censored part while the torpedo scene was left in.

From Nikki : This would have to be one of my more favorites. The best parts would definitely have to be the sea legs, the flags, and the knots part. All of them were well made.

From Christian : Positively wonderful! I always get a good laugh in the scene where the boat goes right off the edge of the earth, and a surprised King Neptune pokes his head out of the water (with an open mouth and his head over his crown) as Goofy falls (in the boat.)

From Baruch Weiss : This happens to be one of my favorite Goofy cartoons! I loved the scene where the Goofy look alikes are slepping and they are shown dreaming of women!