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Goofy Gymnastics

  • 1949
  • TV-Y
  • 6m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.3K
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Goofy Gymnastics (1949)
AnimationComedyFamilyShortSport

Goofy tries to get fit using home gym equipment, leading to a series of comedic mishaps. His clumsy efforts and the malfunctioning gear result in slapstick accidents, highlighting the humor ... Read allGoofy tries to get fit using home gym equipment, leading to a series of comedic mishaps. His clumsy efforts and the malfunctioning gear result in slapstick accidents, highlighting the humor in his unpredictable fitness journey.Goofy tries to get fit using home gym equipment, leading to a series of comedic mishaps. His clumsy efforts and the malfunctioning gear result in slapstick accidents, highlighting the humor in his unpredictable fitness journey.

  • Director
    • Jack Kinney
  • Writer
    • Dick Kinney
  • Stars
    • Billy Bletcher
    • Pinto Colvig
    • John McLeish
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Jack Kinney
    • Writer
      • Dick Kinney
    • Stars
      • Billy Bletcher
      • Pinto Colvig
      • John McLeish
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Billy Bletcher
    Billy Bletcher
    • Off-screen Man
    • (uncredited)
    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
    • Goofy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    John McLeish
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Hannes Schroll
    • Goofy's Yell
    • (archive sound)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jack Kinney
    • Writer
      • Dick Kinney
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    9planktonrules

    THIS is why you should never exercise!

    "Goofy Gymnastics" is a classic Goofy cartoon from Disney. And, like other Goofy shorts of the era, it's full of violence, violence and more violence...which is why I enjoy them so much!

    In this story, Goofy sees an ad for a Charles Atlas-type home exercise course. He responds to the ad and instantly an entire home gym arrives. Again and again, he ends up destroying his apartment and himself...all of which is quite funny and silly.

    The animation is as you'd expect from this era...very high quality color. It also is, more than anything else, fun...and that's something that set the Goofy cartoons apart from the Mickey Mouse ones of the era. Well made...and well worth seeing.
    10TheLittleSongbird

    Always has been one of my favourite Goofy cartoons

    I do like Goofy and actually enjoy his cartoons as an adolescent than as a kid, where I was more partial to Mickey and Donald. Goofy Gymnastics has always been one of my favourite Goofy cartoons. The animation is colourful and fluid, Goofy has been slightly better animated before but he still moves with ease and still looks good. The music is full of the typical energy, with a delightful if brief snippet of Song of the Volga Boatmen. The story is crisp and has its charm, slightly routine, but elevated hugely by the hilarious slapstick that shapes the humour and the cleverly written and thoughtfully delivered(by John McLeish) narration. Pinto Colvig is great as Goofy, who is still as endearing as ever. All in all, I recommend Goofy Gymnastics highly. 10/10 Bethany Cox
    10wedfan-52803

    Very comical Disney old short film

    I watched goofy gymnastics on Disney plus today it was so funny when goofy comes home from work tired and he trys to do some gymnastics and i liked scene were a fly lands on the weights and goofy doing a body building exercise and he falls down in to the water that scene was very hilarious when he hears lions roaring and ladys screaming the graphics from 1949 were excellently digitally restored for the 21 st century and I liked the scene were goofy falls out of his flat window and smash his face into a paper body builder that scene was so clumsy and funny and i totally enjoyed the short film..
    8overtheedge27

    Arguably the most violent Disney cartoon short ever created

    Goofy has always been my favorite Disney character ever since I was little. The excessive slapstick in his cartoons has always kept me in stitches. This cartoon has never failed to disappoint me. Typically, most Disney cartoons although funny, tend to be very slow paced and gentle for children's appeal, so even for a Goofy cartoon, the slapstick humor in this short laid very thick throughout. Almost to the point where Tex Avery himself probably would've been proud.

    The priceless scenes of Goofy constantly taking a beating, while very violent, is enough to ensue laughter for a very long time. Watching Goofy repeatedly crash into the ceiling and walls and doing that trademark yodeling scream of his, for some crazy reason, just never gets old.
    8Hitchcoc

    Arnold Schwarzen-Goofy

    Once again, Goofy's character barely makes it through the door after work. He is a sad case until he reads an ad in a magazine that suggests men like him involve themselves in bodybuilding. So he orders a home gym set and proceeds to fail at every step. He does keep going but, like almost all these cartoons, he ends up worse off than he was before.

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    • Trivia
      This short was featured in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
    • Goofs
      Just before the fly lands on the barbells, Goofy's eyes are flesh-colored for a moment.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [as the record falls onto the record player] Welcome to the super dynamic muscle, tissue, figure and body-building company at faith firmly. For our number one exercise, suppose we try the barbell.

      Narrator: [Goofy places himself standing above and facing the barbell] Feet in position.

      Narrator: [Goofy follows all instructions] One, inhale. Two, bend down.

      [Goofy suddenly feels pain in his hind end]

      Narrator: Three, flex the knees. Four grip firmly with both hands. And five, we lift.

      [Goofy makes his first move to lift the barbell only to fall to the floor. Then he steps back up with his feet on the handle and continues to struggle in lifting the barbell, causing the spots on his caveman suit to pop off. Suddenly, the weights collapse and the handle lands on his fingers]

      Goofy: Whoa.

      [Pulls his fingers out from the pressure of the handle]

      Narrator: One, two, three. One, two, three.

      Goofy: [Fixes the barbells and accidentally drops the other one on his foot] Ow.

      [Attempts to lift the barbell from behind his back which causes him to fall forward and have the barbell roll over his back and hit the back of his head. Goofy looks back at the barbell, moves his feet closer to him, and rolls over to try lifitng the barbell with his feet, only to have the weights close in on his hands and feet like two magnets. Goofy notices his hands and feet trapped in the barbells. Then he rolls himself back, forth, and back again until he lifts his hind end high up and moves it back and forth. Suddenly Goofy falls forward and starts rolling on the barbells like wheels with his workout suit falling over his head. With his head cover by the suit, Goofy turns his head back and forth and shakes the suit off his head. Then he rolls onto a board formed like a ramp. At the high end of the board, Goofy falls off with the end of the board giving his rear one smack which causes him to flip, freeing his hands and feet from the barbells. Goofy also lands his feet on the floor and is finally lifting the barbell over his head]

    • Connections
      Edited into The Magical World of Disney: The Goofy Sports Story (1956)

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    • Release date
      • September 23, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jan Långben gymnastiserar
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 6m
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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