In the cartoon short For Whom the Bulls Toil, which stampeded into theaters on this day in 1953, Goofy finds himself in Mexico where a nasty bull horns in on his vacation. When he naively attempts to move the bull out of his path and wipes his brow with a red handkerchief, the Mexican villagers mistake the bumbling vacationer for the greatest of all matadors and deem him “El Goof.” The film, which humorously pays tribute to Mexico, is enhanced with a beautiful musical score featuring the trumpet solos by the legendary Rafael Mendez.
