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How To Ride a Horse

From "The Reluctant Dragon"

Release Date June 20, 1941

Synopsis

Aided by his horse, Percy, Goofy takes horsemanship to a new level.

Characters

Goofy
Percy

Credits

Assistant Director : Louis Debny
Animation
Ed Aardal
Steve Bosustow
Chester Cobb
George De Beeson
Andy Engman
Edwin Fourcher
Effects Animation : Russ Dyson
Backgrounds : Merle T. Cox

Videos

United States
Goofy Over Sports
Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 6 : More Sport Goofy
Germany
Goofy's Lustige Olympiade
Goofy's Lustige Sportschau (71 minute version)
Goofy's Lustige Sportschau (30 minute version)
France
Donald et Dingo allias Goofy Champions Olympiques
Italy
Pippo Star delle Olimpiadi
Pippo Olimpionico (1)
Pippo Olimpionico (2)

Laserdisc

United States
Cartoon Classics : More Sport Goofy
Japan
Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios
Goofy's All-Star Olympics

DVD

A Goofy Movie
Disney Treasures : Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studios
Cartoon Classic Favorites : Extreme Adventure Fun

Television

Walt Disney Presents : The Goofy Success Story
Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #6

Comments

Released as part of the feature film, "The Reluctant Dragon."

From Baruch Weiss : Nice short,but I'm not a fan of horse back riding.

From Trae Robinson : Like "The Art Of Self-Defense," There's a scene in this cartoon where Goofy goes in slow motion to repeat his actions. "Tennis Racquet" was the last Goofy short to have a slow motion gag.

From Bryan Hensley : Confucius say: The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man. Poor Goofy had a hard time getting the hang of horseback-riding. Horses aren't always dumb, just ask Percy the horse! (Boy, was he angry when the narrator said horses are dumb animals!) Goofy was messing up over and over, and Percy couldn't help but laugh his head off. At the end, when the narrator mentioned the stable, he ran right into it, making Goofy try to stop scuffing the ground until he crashed into the stable gate! Mixing up lefts and rights of your body and your surroundings can bore even the silliest of people and animals! For some reason, this short had an unrestored cut in volume 7 of Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites collection. The longer short it came with, The Reluctant Dragon, was equally unrestored in both It's A Small World of Fun volume 4 and Disney's Animation Collection volume 6! At least the second disc I mentioned had it uncut, as far as I could tell. That version had end credits! Both shorts are still good to me, and I hope you enjoy them!

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