Mischa Redfern
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Brooklynn
There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Vimacone
During the 1940's, most of the cartoons in the Goofy series demonstrated, satirically, how to play a sport. These are known as the How to cartoons.This genre was actually inspired by Tex Avery's spot gag cartoons he did at WB. They would feature a droll off-screen narrator explaining or demonstrating the nature of a scene, only for the opposite circumstance to occur. Tex's colleagues credit him for the creation of this device and were honored that they (the Schlesinger studio) influenced Disney's cartoons.The Avery cartoon Screwball Football (1939) seems to be a chief inspiration for this short. The premise, characters, and gags are strikingly similar (the quarterback "barking" his signals is used almost verbatim). The Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers (1932) was also a likely influence as it carries the same kind of sensibility.While Tex used literal and visual humor for shorts like this, Disney's shorts of this genre subtly satirized the many aspects of game play and related cultural elements. (compare this short with Tex's "Batty Baseball", which was released the same year).The original credits, which were discovered a few years ago, show that the main titles were displayed on the scoreboard (Goofy head shot and all).The shorts of this genre have aged well and sports fans will enjoy them.
John T. Ryan
PERHAPS THIS ANIMATED short film (aka "Cartoon") owes so much of its widely acknowledged success with both the Public and the Critics due to the bridging of the gap between two seemingly different worlds. On the one hand you have College Football and on the other our friend GOOFY'S habit of fracturing anything and everything. (Spoofing, that is!) ALTHOUGH THIS CARTOON is old enough to be on both Social Security and Medicare by now, it is still fresh and relevant; proving that the Gridiron just hasn't really changed that much. Plastic shell helmets, face masks of varying elaborately intricacy and competing varieties have found their way into the various stadia, but no matter. Football is still football and so are its fans.SO WE FIND ourselves at the big game between arch rivals Taxidermy Tech and traditional foe, Anthropology A & M. Goofy is the star and possibly the whole team and cast; as every character is a variation of the formerly named "Dippy Dog". The roster of both varsity squads are populated with some very active Goofy clones.THE CARTOON EXPLORES each and every cliché that is peculiar to the sport, some even seeming to invent a few new ones. We go through the litany of: "Barking Out the Signals", "Well Oiled Machine", "Throwing a Bullet" and "Swivel Hips". All could have well proved to be tiresome and trite; but they are so well handled and woven into the breakneck speed action that they do serve their purposes so well.THE OTHER AMENITIES that are offered here are: the outstanding Technicolor photography, crisp & clear sound and a befittingly peppy and energetic score; with both the theme and the incidental music's type and tempo added so much to what is such a sight-gag oriented medium.THE FINE FIGHTSONG march that opens up all the festivities sounds as if it is an original; but is pleasing and complex enough to be that of some college or university. It was apparently a thought shared by the Disney staff as well; as the colorful tune was reprised for a second go round as the main theme for Disney's 1953 cartoon, FOOYTBALL NOW AND THEN.
ccthemovieman-1
Here's another "Goofy" explanation of a sport: this time, college football. The beginning explains all the ingredients that go into the game, and that's pretty funny.Then the football starts, pitting Taxidermy U. vs. Anthropology A&M. The star is Taxidermy's "Swivelhips Smith," who takes the opening kickoff and swivels his way 105 yards for a touchdown!This is really cornball material, but very funny in spots. For example of the corn, they explain "the quarterback barks the signals" and you hear a dark barking - that sort of thing. The funniest play of the game is a 100-yard fumble recovery and run. The rest is fairly routine sight gags.Very corny, very dated but definitely fun to watch.
King Of The World
This Walt Disney Cartoon spoofs the many newsreels that people watched in Cinemas in the '20's, '30's and '40's. It explains to viewers how to play (American) Football, with hilarious results. Recommended Deeply.
