It was on this day in 1949 that movie theaters first served the Goofy cartoon short Tennis Racquet. Throughout the years, Goofy has been depicted in many styles and sporting different looks, including the married Mr. Geef. Tennis Racquet featured a brown, earless version of Goofy as announcer, spectators, players and the maintenance man. The “Goofy” look is different, the voice is different, yet it was enough to qualify this featurette as a “Goofy” cartoon short. However, if you listen closely to the beginning of the short, you’ll hear one of the Goofys, in his original voice, singing the song that had become his theme, “The World Owes Me a Living.”
