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Summary: The Perfect Quick Pick Me Up
Review: Down in the dumps? Need to laugh? This set is perfect for you. Goofy is sure to bring a smile to your face and will provide a laugh or two as well.Featuring 46 animated shorts from Goofy's solo cartoon career, there's something on here for everyone's comic tastes. My favorites tend to be from the "How To" series and the sports shorts and include "The Art of Skiing," "How to Swim," "How to be a Sailor," "How to Play Golf" ("Contrary to popular opinion, golf is not a waste of time."), "The Olympic Champ," "How to Be a Detective," and "How to Sleep." There are some others I liked that fall outside these boundaries and include "Victory Vehicles" (talk about creative), "African Diary," "Californy'er Bust" (always in the mood for a good pun), and "Father's Lion." These, of course, are just some of the highlights. Goofy works best when he's trying something easy and failing in imaginative ways. Some of the cartoons near the beginning of the second disc feature him in more ordinary situations, and I didn't find them nearly as fun. But these are few, and the rest make up for them. As is the case with the other sets in the series, Leonard Maltin has my dream job of playing host. He provides some interesting introduction to the character and times that produced short cartoons. I'll agree that his introduction on potentially controversial cartoons don't add much, but if that's the price we have to pay to get to see them, I don't really care. Both discs have background material that any Disney or animation fan will love. As other's have noted, this set is missing a couple shorts. Why remains a mystery, although those missing "How to Ride a Horse" can find it on the "Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio" set also released in 2002. A "play all" feature would have been nice, but I found I enjoyed the shorts in small doses, so it really made no difference to me. Goofy is one of the Disney Studio's signature characters, and it's nice to see them treating him and their history with respect. While it could have been better, it's certainly enjoyable the way it is. I will enjoy laughing with this set for years to come.
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Summary: Lack of "play all" feature cripples this DVD
Review: Enjoyable shorts, but I can't set it up for my kids to watch. This one feature would have made this one of our family's favorite DVDs. Without it, this will be seldom seen and will probably end up in the back of the closet somewhere. Disney flunked with this one and I wont buy DVDs without this feature again.
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Summary: Gawsh! Look at all those Goofys!
Review: Everybody knows who Goofy is, but which Goofy? The best thing about this entry in the outstanding Walt Disney Treasures collection is tracing the evolution of the character from a naive country bumpkin to a harried suburban ... well, bumpkin. While Mickey Mouse remained essentially a static, one-note character throughout his cinematic career, Goofy demonstrated an expanding range of characterizations unmatched in motion picture history until Tom Hanks went from "Bosom Buddies" to "Philadelphia." OK, maybe that's overstating things a bit, but it is fun watching the various periods of the character, my favorite being the 1940's "How To ..." series (the scene in "The Olympic Champ" when the narrator breaks into poetry while poor pole-vaulting Goofy tries to keep his balance is classic). And it's good to see a cartoon like "No Smoking," with Goofy portrayed as a hopeless nicotine addict, escape from the Disney conglomerate unedited. Yes, I regret the decision not to include a Play All feature, and I'd rather have the feature about Pinto Colvig be twice as long as it is, and the one about Bill Farmer be half as long as it is. But when you've got an embarrassment of riches like this, I can't quibble. So, Mr. Maltin, when can we expect "The Complete Donald Duck"?
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Summary: goofy at his goofiest
Review: Finallly all of the goofy cartoons(with the exception of freewayphoiba and goofys freeway trouble)on DVD they are really great cartoons and they are well worth the visit,enjoy.
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Summary: Finally, Goofy
Review: Finally the classic Goofy cartoons are on DVD. These are some of the funniest Disney has made, and they're presented wonderfully. Last year we bought the Mickey Mouse: In Living Color DVD and it was one of the best purchases we made. So, this was a natural follow up. The menus are great and can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically. The video also looks clean and beautiful. The only drawback to this particular set is that you can't set it on "PLAY ALL" and just let the shorts play one after the other (as you could on the Mickey Mouse collection). For us, this meant we had to let our 4 year old be able to select which title to play. Also, as a note to parents, Disney has left the cartoons just like they were before, even if it included material that may not be politically correct by today's standards. For historical preservation purposes, I applaud Disney for leaving them untouched and would have been bothered any other way. However, as a parent, I did want to watch these first with my kids so that I could clear up things I felt needed discussing. For example, one short about dieting goes a little overboard in the jokes on overweight people, and may rub off on kids in an undesirable way. There isn't much of this for sure, just a few things here and there. I feel those are small qualms though, and, those aside, I highly recommend this DVD set. It is a great collectors item and highly entertaining animation for both old and young. A great purchase.
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Summary: ANSWER TO 'NO PLAY ALL'
Review: First off, this is a great collection of classic Goofy cartoons. Second, people need to read their DVD manuals. If you start the first movie, then use the 'repeat - disk' functionallity, it will cycle through the whole DVD. Read your manual and most have this feature. Keep cranking them out WD!!
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Summary: Good Goofy
Review: Good Goofy cartoons. I was kind of disappointed by the many "How To" cartoons. For that I reason, I held back one star. The lack of voice from Goofy couldn't be helped because the "Goof" voice had left Disney for a few years. Good DVD otherwise. Recommend for children and adults who like the Goof.
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Summary: The Goof is here in a 2-disc kick-@$$ set!
Review: Goofy in my opinion is the funniest Disney character of them all. I've kept watching these cartoons on recorded VHS tapes when I was a kid and now they're completely warned out. Now after some time, realizing Goofy's on DVD, I managed to pick a copy of this up on Ebay and BOY WAS I FREAKING HAPPY!
46 cartoons are on this set (noticible omission: HOW TO RIDE A HORSE) and are no stinkers whatsoever. In fact, HOCKEY HOMICIDE, CALIFORN'YER BUST, NO SMOKING, TOMORROW WE DIET, and the "HOW TO" shorts are the best of them all. I laughed my ass off during all of these.
The extras are also solid. On disc one we have two documentaries. The first one is "The Essential Goof" which talks about Goofy was drawn. The second one was "Pinto Clovig: The Man Behind the Goof"--Historian Leonard Maltin talks about what roles did Pinto Clovig play in, and what shocked me was that he played as Sleepy and Grumpy in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Gabby in the 1939 film "Gulliver's Travels".
On disc two we have Leonard Maltin interviewing Bill Farmer, who has been voicing Goofy for the past two decades. This is very interesting interview. Finally, all that's left are rare poster and image galleries from the vault.
So what are you waiting for? ONLY 125,000 COPIES MADE! IT'S FRIGGIN' COLLECTIBLE!
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Summary: The Greatest Goofy Collection Ever!!!!!
Review: Goofy,Goofy,Goofy. He is one of the funniest characters created by Walt Disney. From 1939-1961, Goofy's complete collection chronicles Goofys rise from Dippy Dawg to the everyman he is. Leonard Maltin chose all of the cartoons because it is impossible to choose a few, so here is a review tot ell each one. Leonard Maltin opens the DVD with an introduction about Goofy history. When you get to the menu, the only problem is no play all. You could either go to Chronoligical order or Alphabetical. I'll go with Chronoligical. The Goofy on disc one are:"Goofy and Wilbur,""Goofy's Glider,""Baggage Buster,"
"The Art of Skiing,""The Art of Self Defense,""How to Play Baseball,""The Olympic Champ,""How To Swim,""How To Fish,""Victory Vehicles,""How to Be a Sailor,""How to Play Golf,""How to Play Football,""Tiger Trouble,"African Diary,""Californy'er Bust,""Hockey Homicide,""Knight For a Day,""Double Dribble,""Foul Hunting,""They're Off,&"The Big Wash." Disc 2:"Tennis Racquet,""Goofy Gymnastics,""Motor Mania,""Hold That Pose,""Lion Down,""Home Made Home,""Cold War,""Tomorrow We Diet,""Get Rich Quick,""Fathers are People,""No Smoking,""Father's Lion,""Hello Aloha,""Man's Best Friend,""Two Gun Goofy,""Teachers are People,""Two Weeks Vacation,""How to Be A Detective,""Father's Day Off,""For Whom the Bulls Toil,""Father's Weekend,""How to Dance,""How to Sleep," & "Aquamania." Those are the main parts of the show. But there is more. On disc one, there are two featurettes. One is mainly about the history of Goofy. Leonard Maltin talks about Goofy's past and cartoons he really likes. He talks about Goofy's early days as well. There is also a featurette about Pinto Colvig, the original voice of the goof. He talks about how Pinto left and went to the circus and came back and did Goofy's voice until he died. Pinto was a circus clown before being hired by Disney as well. On disc 2, The featurette is a "Conversation with Bill Farmer." Leonard has a conversation with today's voice of Goofy. He talks about his original job and how he got interested in being goofy. So he tells his story and demonstrates some of his voices. There are also two galleries with Audio attachments. When going through the Gallery, Goofy's voice will say something like,"Gawrsh," or "Hey! That looks like me!" These galleries are "Goofy Through the Years" and "Publicity and Memorabilia Gallery." Some audio attachments are by Leonard Maltin as well. There are introductions on both discs and intros for a few important goof shorts. Some shows aren't featured on this set like, "Gaucho Goofy,""How to Ride a Horse," and "Freewayphobia 1&2" because they are either in movies or they are educational films prepared in the studio. So this disc is just an individual release collection starring Goofy. This disc is truely the best Goofy collection ever created. There are only 125,000, so get your copy quick. Also enclosed: Collectible Lithograph Poster for "The Olympic Champ" Booklet for Set Enclosed in an individually numbered tin
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Summary: Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Review: Great Cartoons! Even the old versions are nice and clear.
Highly recommended.
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