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Goofy and Wilbur
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Directed by
| Dick Huemer
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Story by
| Otto Englander
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Produced by
| Walt Disney
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Starring
| George Johnson
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Cinematography
| Art Babbitt
Izzy Klein
Ed Love
Wolfgang Reitherman
Bernard Wolf
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Music by
| Paul Smith (movie and television composer)
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Production
company
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Distributed by
| RKO Radio Pictures
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Release date
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- March 17, 1939
(
1939-03-17
)
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Running time
| 8 minutes 5 seconds
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Goofy and Wilbur
is an
animated
cartoon
short. It was made by
Walt Disney Productions
. It was released by
RKO Radio Pictures
on March 17, 1939. It was the first cartoon with
Goofy
in a solo role without either
Mickey Mouse
or
Donald Duck
.
In this cartoon Goofy goes fishing with his
pet
grasshopper
, Wilbur. They have nothing but bad luck. The smarter dog, Goofy, and his
dumb
insect
friend catch fish in a
fishing net
using Wilbur as
bait
. This cartoon shows a lot of
violence
, because Wilbur is nearly, or perhaps actually, killed.
[1]
The cartoon is known for its 13
slapstick
adventures during the eight minutes of action. It was released two years after
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1937) and a year before
Pinocchio
and
Fantasia
(both in 1940).
Goofy and his friend Wilbur, a tame grasshopper, team up for a fishing
expedition
. Goofy decides to use Wilber as bait, but he realizes too late that his friend might actually get eaten by a fish.
[2]
Goofy has a
boat
he is
rowing
and a net, but no
fishing rod
. Wilbur, being a live bug, becomes the perfect choice for bait inside their fishing net, which will attract the fish as food.
[3]
Wilber's life depends on Goofy to save the little bug, who becomes the bait for a half-dozen fish.
[4]
As Wilber gets tricked again and again, he is at last swallowed by a
frog
; then that frog gets eaten by a
stork
, all while Goofy desperately attempts a chasing rescue.
[3]
In the end Wilbur hatches out of the stork egg, and to Goofy's relief, seems okay. It is not explained how Wilber ended up in the egg of the stork.
[2]
One blog writer says: "I wonder if Goofy has had a psychotic break at the end of the cartoon, and the reappearance of Wilbur is simply a delusion."
[1]
- 1939 – Original release in movie theaters
- 1956 –
Walt Disney anthology television series
,
episode
#2.22: "On Vacation" (TV)
- 1977 –
Donald Duck's Summer Magic
(in movie theaters)
- 1981 – "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume Two" (on
laserdisc
)
- c. 1983 –
Good Morning, Mickey!
, episode #59 (TV)
- c. 1992 –
Mickey's Mouse Tracks
, episode #46 (TV)
- c. 1992 –
Donald's Quack Attack
, episode #32 (TV)
- c. 1997 –
The Ink and Paint Club
, episode #1.25: "Goofy Goofs Around" (TV)
- 2002 – "Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two: The Complete Goofy" (on
DVD
)
- 2006 – "Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Goofy" (DVD)