All 46 Goofy cartoons..., Aug 31 2002

By	Gregoriancant (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

1939-"Goofy and Wilbur" (Goofy's first official "solo" short)

1940-"Goofy's Glider" (The first in the long-running "How-to" series)

1941-"Baggage Buster", "The Art of Skiing", "The Art of Self-Defense"

1942-"How to Play Baseball", "The Olympic Champ", "How to Swim", "How to Fish"

1943-"Victory Vehicles" (Could have been released under the delayed "Wartime Cartoons" Disney Treasures collection)

1944-"How to Be a Sailor", "How to Play Golf", "How to Play Football"

1945-"Tiger Trouble", "African Diary", "Californy er Bust", "Hockey Homicide"

1946-"A Knight for a Day", "Double Dribble"

1947-"Foul Hunting"

1948-"They're Off", "The Big Wash"

1949-"Tennis Racquet", "Goofy Gymnastics"

1950-"Motor Mania", "Hold That Pose"

1951-"Lion Down", "Home Made Home", "Cold War", "Tomorrow We Diet", "Get Rich Quick", "Fathers Are People", "No Smoking"

1952-"Father's Lion", "Hello Aloha", "Man's Best Friend", "Two Gun Goofy", "Teachers Are People", "Two Weeks Vacation", "How to Be a Detective"

1953-"Father's Day Off", "For Whom the Bulls Toil", "Father's Weekend", "How to Dance", "How to Sleep" (the last of the "How-to" series made for the big screen)

1961-"Aquamania"

Though this collection is "The Complete Goofy", it would have been nice to include the two cartoons Goofy did with Donald Duck ("No Sail" and "Crazy with the Heat") in 1945 and '47, respectively (probably saved for a later Donald Duck collection in the DT series). Also, "How to Ride a Horse" and "El Gaucho Goofy" (taken from "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Saludos Amigos", respectively) were re-released in an animated short format in the 1950's, but are obviously unnecessary to include in this collection. Goofy also appeared in "Freewayphobia" and "Freewayphobia #2" (both in 1965) which also appears to not be included here (probably because these were educational films produced extensively during this time by the Disney company).

Many of the above-mentioned Goofy shorts contained controversial scenes that have been removed and/or altered by the Disney company in recent years. This collection is promising that they will all be uncut--so let's hope they will be seen the way they were originally seen if only for the historical context. Last year's "Mickey Mouse in Living Color" and "Silly Symphonies" collections lived up to that promise, though the "Disneyland USA" set had some perplexing cuts.

This collection is one of three exciting, new releases this December in the second wave of the continuing Disney Treasures series (and extremely limited edition--125,000 appearing to be made instead of the 150,000 last year). There were supposed to be four releases again this year, but the intended fourth (Disney Wartime Cartoons) was delayed for reasons--as of this writing--unexplained by host/compiler of the DT series, Leonard Maltin.

The other two releases for this year: "Mickey Mouse in Black and White", and "Behind the Scenes at the Disney Studio."

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No 'play all' feature makes this release anoying, Dec 16 2002

By	Margret E. Leventhal "Erik's Mom" (El Cerrito, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Conclusion: If you are a Goofy buff and want the complete goofy to study and review...this is a great collection. However, if you are a parent and your child wants to watch goofy cartoons this is a pain .... You will need to sit with the child and select every cartoon individually.

I am told by Disney tech support that the Silly Symphonies does have a play all - as such, that and the Mickey in Living Color are better bets.

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