Release Date
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Theatrical release : November 13, 1998
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First television showing : May 8, 1999
Synopsis
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Goofy demonstrates the beautiful, yet dangerous, sport of stunt rollerblading,
but once he gets rolling, he has trouble putting on the brakes.
Characters
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Goofy (Voice : Bill Farmer)
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Narrarator : Corey Burton
Television
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Mickey Mouse Works : Season
1 : Episode 2
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Mickey Mouse Works : Season
2 : Episode 7a
- House of Mouse : "Music Day"
Comments
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Theatrically released with the Disney film "I'll be Home for Christmas."
Later also shown with the film "Mighty Joe Young."
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From Patrick Malone : A nice short-short;
it seemed just the right length to give us the goods before it started dragging
on too long. A few surprise gags as Goofy appears and re-appears (was that
supposed to be the octopus from "Aquamania?") and then the payoff. Not
uproariously funny, but a good, entertaining 90 seconds worth.
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From Jeff : The only reason that I actually
saw this short was because of the projectionist in the theater mixing up
"Enemy of the State" with "I'll Be Home For Christmas". When the feature
mixup was revealed, most of the people in the auditorium got up and left,
but most of them did sit through the animated short, which I would describe
as, in a word, insipid. I'm a lifelong Disney fan, but I've found virtually
everything they've done since "The Lion King" to be dreadful, focus-group
brewed tripe that is inoffensive to everyone and everything except one's
mind. When I first heard they were ressurecting Mickey Mouse et al for a
new series, I was at once happy and frightened, happy because I do very much
enjoy the old shorts, frightened because I figured this was simply another
opportunity for the Eisner team to confirm all my low expectations for them.
The latter proved itself out as I watched the short, the humor was lame,
and I never thought I would have to say that about a 'Goofy' cartoon. The
plot derivative and unoriginal (and I might add done much better a half-century
ago by Walt), and the animation shoddy and rather tacky. All in all, I'm
not going to go out of my way to watch any of the shorts in the theaters,
and I definitely am not going to watch the new television program when it
comes out. I truly am sorry that Disney has gotten so bad in terms of quality,
and I remain a fan of their earlier work, but right now, I doubt I'm going
to spend a dime on any movie, theme park, or store paraphanalia because I
simply cannot stomach the corporate vulture that Disney has become. I hope
Eisner grows something that can pass for a heart sometime soon, and learns
to hire better-talented people, and not fire them for being too talented.
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From Tom : I enjoyed it. There were a few
problems though. For one the gags were funny, but "corny funny", not "funny
funny" like the old "How to shorts". Also I think the idea of Goofy doing
sports he didn't do in the classic shorts has too much potential to waste
on a series of mere short-shorts. But over all, an entertaining short. Rating:
B
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From Juan F. Lara : I liked watching this
short. I wasn't interested in the premise, but I thought the animation and
artwork was unusually good for a 90-second short. The short had a vivid color
scheme, and Goofy was animated to move especially elastically. It was fun
just to follow all the detail in Goofy's movements. His outlandish costume
changes were also fun to watch. Well, all except for the cowboy, which we've
seen before. But I particularly liked the octopus.
I have seen "Goofy's Extreme Sports : Skating the Half Pipe" and would like to
submit a comment on this short
