The Art of Skiing

1941 film

November 14, 1941 (1941-11-14) (US)

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Running time

8 min (one reel)LanguageEnglish

The Art of Skiing is a Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1941.^[2] It has historical significance as the first cartoon to use the now-famous Goofy holler,^[3] as well as the short that led to the "How to..." series, beginning with How to Play Baseball (1942) and continuing through How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007).

Notes

Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, to learn how to ski. The name of the resort can be seen in the opening frames of the cartoon. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort was used because Walt Disney had an interest in the Sugar Bowl ski area, to the extent that one of the peaks at Sugar Bowl is named Mt. Disney after him.

The narrator and the opening titles mention an alternate (and obscure) pronunciation of skiing as shee-ing, despite the narrator mostly pronouncing it vice versa throughout the short.

This was the first cartoon to use the signature Goofy holler; it is the only vocal uttered by Goofy in the short.

Voice cast

Narrator: John McLeish
Yodeler: Hannes Schroll

Releases

1941 - theatrical release
1956 - Disneyland, episode #2.24: "The Goofy Sports Story" (TV)
1972 - The Mouse Factory, episode #17: "Sports" (TV)
1976 - "Superstar Goofy" (TV)
c. 1983 - Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #80 (TV)
1983 - "A Disney Channel Christmas" (TV)
c. 1992 - Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #36 (TV)
c. 1997 - The Ink and Paint Club, episode #3: "Sports Goofy" (TV)
2010 - Have a Laugh!, episode #6 (TV)
2010 - Mickey's Christmas Special (TV)

Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.^[4]

Additional releases include:

1981 - "Goofy Over Sports" (VHS)
1983 - "Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy" (VHS)
1986 - "Jiminy Cricket's Christmas" (VHS)
1992 - "Cartoon Classics Special Edition: The Goofy World of Sports" (VHS)
2001 - bonus on DVD release of Santa Who? (DVD).
2001 - Goofy's Fun House (PlayStation video game)
2005 - "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Starring Goofy" (DVD)
2010 - Have a Laugh! Volume Two" (DVD)
2013 - Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD)
2018 - Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD)

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 17. ISBN 9781476672939.
^ [1]. (January 2009) IMDb.com. Accessed January 5, 2009.
^ "The Complete Goofy DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

Borowiec, Piotr (1998) Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons Scarecrow Press ISBN 9780810835030 pg 21
McCall, Douglas L. (1998) Film cartoons: a guide to 20th century American animated features and shorts McFarland & Co ISBN 9780786405848 pg 91
Barrier, J. Michael (2007) The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney University of California Press ISBN 9780520241176 pg 349
Lund, Morten (December 2009) "The Short, Sweet Ski Life of Hannes Schroll in America" Skiing Heritage Journal Vol 21 #4:13

External links

The Art of Skiing at IMDb
The Art of Skiing at the TCM Movie Database

Goofy in animation

Short films

Mickey Mouse and Donald & Goofy series	Mickey's Revue (1932) The Whoopee Party (1932) Touchdown Mickey (1932) The Klondike Kid (1932) Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933) Ye Olden Days (1933) Orphan's Benefit (1934) The Band Concert (1935) Mickey's Service Station (1935) Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935) On Ice (1935) Mickey's Polo Team (1936) Mickey's Grand Opera (1936) Moving Day (1936) Magician Mickey (1937) Moose Hunters (1937) Mickey's Amateurs (1937) Hawaiian Holiday (1937) Clock Cleaners (1937) Lonesome Ghosts (1937) Boat Builders (1938) Mickey's Trailer (1938) Polar Trappers (1938) The Fox Hunt (1938) The Whalers (1938) Tugboat Mickey (1940) Billposters (1940) The Nifty Nineties (1941; cameo) Orphan's Benefit (1941; remake) Mickey's Birthday Party (1942) Symphony Hour (1942) No Sail (1945) Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive (1946) Crazy with the Heat (1947) Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952; cameo) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
Goofy series	Goofy and Wilbur (1939) Goofy's Glider (1940) Baggage Buster (1941) The Art of Skiing (1941) The Art of Self Defense (1941) How to Play Baseball (1942) The Olympic Champ (1942) How to Swim (1942) How to Fish (1942) Victory Vehicles (1943) How to Be a Sailor (1944) How to Play Golf (1944) How to Play Football (1944) Tiger Trouble (1945) African Diary (1945) Hockey Homicide (1945) A Knight for a Day (1946) Double Dribble (1946) Foul Hunting (1947) They're Off (1948) The Big Wash (1948) Tennis Racquet (1949) Goofy Gymnastics (1949) Motor Mania (1950) Hold That Pose (1950) Lion Down (1951) Home Made Home (1951) Cold War (1951) Tomorrow We Diet! (1951) Get Rich Quick (1951) Fathers Are People (1951) No Smoking (1951) Father's Lion (1952) Hello Aloha (1952) Teachers Are People (1952) Two-Gun Goofy (1952) Man's Best Friend (1952) Two Weeks Vacation (1952) How to Be a Detective (1952) Father's Day Off (1953) For Whom the Bulls Toil (1953) Father's Week-end (1953) How to Dance (1953) How to Sleep (1953) How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007)
Others	All Together (1942; cameo) Californy'er Bust (1945) Crazy Over Daisy (1950; cameo) Aquamania (1961) Freewayphobia (1965) Goofy's Freeway Troubles (1965) Checkin' in with Goofy (2011) Plusaversary (2021) Once Upon a Studio (2023)