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Series of hand-drawn animated short films by Walt Disney Animation Shorts
How to Stay at Home
is an American animated series of short films written and directed by
Eric Goldberg
and produced by
Walt Disney Animation Studios
. The series stars
Bill Farmer
with narration from
Corey Burton
and centers on
Goofy
as he is forced to stay in his home due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
. The three shorts were released on August 11, 2021, on
Disney+
.
Synopsis
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Told in the style of the classic
How to...
series
, the series follows
Goofy
's life in his home during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Cast
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Episodes
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Production
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Development
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During Fall 2020, animator
Eric Goldberg
pitched to
Walt Disney Animation Studios
chief creative officer
Jennifer Lee
and president
Clark Spencer
a series of shorts starring
Goofy
that centered on his life during the
COVID-19 pandemic
in the spirit of his
How to...
shorts, having been personally fond of the character.
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Lee and Spencer felt that Goofy's "everyman" persona was perfect to showcase regular life during the pandemic.
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The series was announced in July 2021, with Goldberg set to direct and
Dorothy McKim
set to produce.
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Bill Farmer
and
Corey Burton
reprise their roles from previous Disney media as Goofy and The Narrator.
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In addition to the three initial shorts, Goldberg pitched to Lee several additional ideas for
How to Stay at Home
shorts.
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Animation
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Contrary to most modern Walt Disney Animation Studios productions, the series was made with
hand-drawn animation
.
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Each short had a different supervising animator; Goldberg was the supervising animator for
How to Wear a Mask
, Randy Haycock for
Learning to Cook
and
Mark Henn
for
Binge Watching
.
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Goldberg choose to animate
How to Wear a Mask
due to the short's use of physical humor, which he always was personally fond of.
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McKim assembled a 10-people team for the series.
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Due to the pandemic, the shorts were remotely produced, with technical director Brandon Bloch delivering scenes personally to the animators' homes after receiving them at Goldberg's home.
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While the shorts were inspired by the
How to...
Goofy shorts directed by
Jack Kinney
, the animators didn't wanted them to "feel like it came directly from 1942", so background artist Lureline Weatherly made backgrounds more detailed than those of the original shorts and Goofy was given an extremely thicker outline in order for the animation to feel modern, while also evoking the original shorts.
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Music and sound
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The short series utilizes several sounds created by
Jimmy McDonald
for the original
How to...
shorts.
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The sounds were selected according to Goldberg's preference, while McKim obtained the rights to use them.
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Release
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How to Stay at Home
was released on
Disney+
, on August 11, 2021.
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The series consists of three shorts.
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(2023, Brazil)
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(2022, South Korea)
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(2020, Italy)
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