Pluto’s Kid Brother (called “K.B.” in this short not “Pluto Junior” as another younger brother of his was called in the 1942 cartoon of the same name) stretches brotherly love to the limit in this hilarious short, in which Pluto’s rambunctious, perpetually panting, leash-evading sibling gets into all manner of difficulties despite Pluto’s best custodial …
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Disney Legend Frank Thomas, one of Walt’s esteemed Nine Old Men, started his animation career with Disney in 1934 and remained on staff until 1978. In 1942, however he left the Company to enlist in the Air Force and didn’t return until 1946. But even World War II couldn’t keep Frank away from animation. For …
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On this day in 1946, A Knight for a Day turned the calendar back 500 years to tell the tale of the 123rd running of the Canterbury tournament. Goofy portrays multiple roles, including Cedric, an underdog, so to speak, who becomes a knight for a day. When the noble Sir Loinsteak is supposed to joust …
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Hey sports fans! On this day in 1945, the Goofy cartoon short Hockey Homicide was released, which took place, according to the game announcer, “at the Elite Deluxe Sports Palace,” where one of the biggest hockey games of the season brought together two of the top ranking teams in the league. In this absurdly silly …
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Howdy folks. On this date in 1945, one of the dad-gummest legends came to the big screen in the Pluto cartoon short The Legend of Coyote Rock. Now this here tale took our hero Pluto to the great canyons to portray “man’s faithful and trusted friend . . . the sheepdog,” to watch over and …
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Listening to scary radio stories on a dark and stormy night is enough to give anyone goose pimples, or in the case of Donald Duck, Duck Pimples, as is the name of the featurette released on this date in 1945. This 59th Donald Duck cartoon short features an abstract storyline in which Donald’s imagination gets …
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How many titles of Disney cartoon shorts can you name? Chances are, your list might not include Prevention and Control of Distortion in Arc Welding for the Lincoln Electric Company, The Dawn of Better Living for Westinghouse Electric Company, Hold Your Horsepower for the Texas Company, or Light Is What You Make It for the …
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On this day in 1945, the United States and Donald Duck became amigos with Brazilian parrot José Carioca and Mexican charro rooster Panchito, when The Three Caballeros was released in theaters. The film features four short films about Latin America and sequences with Donald, Panchito, and José tying it all together. And while it’s been …
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Everybody has an off day sometimes, but for poor Donald Duck it seems to be EVERY day. In Donald’s Day Off, his day starts out swimmingly as he enjoys a hearty breakfast and then heads out for a game of golf. But as soon as he steps outside, the rain pours down, keeping the irritable …
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For someone who is the world’s most famous goof, Goofy showed the world how to . . . well, how to just about everything. The first time Goofy showed us “how to” was in “How to Ride a Horse,” a sequence in the 1941 feature The Reluctant Dragon. He continued to educate right up until …
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