1941 animated short film directed by Jack Kinney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Art of Skiing is a Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1941.[2] It has historical significance as the first cartoon to use the now-famous Goofy holler,[3] as well as the short that led to the "How to..." series, beginning with How to Play Baseball (1942) and continuing through How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007).
The Art of Skiing | |
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Directed by | Jack Kinney (uncredited) |
Story by | Leo Thiele (uncredited) Ralph Wright (uncredited) |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | John McLeish (Narrator) Danny Webb (Goofy) |
Music by | Charles Wolcott (uncredited) |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | November 14, 1941 (US)[1] |
Running time | 8 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, to learn how to ski. The name of the resort can be seen in the opening frames of the cartoon. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort was used because Walt Disney had an interest in the Sugar Bowl ski area, to the extent that one of the peaks at Sugar Bowl is named Mt. Disney after him.
The narrator and the opening titles mention an alternate (and "correct") pronunciation of skiing as shee-ing, despite the narrator mostly pronouncing it vice versa throughout the short. Another Goofy cartoon featured Goofy himself mentioning this to an Ancient Greek.
This was the first cartoon to use the signature Goofy holler; it is the only vocal uttered by Goofy in the short.
The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.[4]
Additional releases include:
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