Monday, August 11, 2008

Volume 3: Starring Goofy (July 4/05)



This DVD collects nine of Goofy's most memorable shorts, all of which - not surprisingly - revolve around the bungling canine's inept antics. It goes without saying, then, that these Goofy shorts feature some extremely overt instances of physical comedy (that Goofy hardly talks in most of them only cements that point). The disc includes the following shorts: The Art of Skiing, How to Fish, How to Swim, Baggage Buster, How to Dance, Lion Down, The Big Wash, Hold That Pose, and Father's Day Off. The Art of Skiing, in which Goofy clumsily attempts a variety of skiing tricks, remains one of the big guy's finest efforts, while the three "How to" installments perfectly exemplify why Goofy continues to endure. Interestingly, Goofy is the only prominent Disney character to appear in these shorts (Mrs. Goofy pops up in Father's Day Off, but that's about the extent of it).