History Trivia / Goofy

* CreatorsPest: According to biographer Neal Gabler, Creator/{{Walt Disney}} reportedly hated Goofy, considered his cartoons to be nothing but "stupid cartoons with gags tied together", and even considered axing the Goofy series altogether but didn't go through with it since it gave his Goofy-loving animators something to work on. That said, Gabler's book cites no source for the claim of Walt hating Goofy. In fact, there is evidence that Walt had warmed up to the character by the 1950's, even dedicating several episodes to him on his ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' television show.
** Gabler's source ''may'' have been Harry Tytle's book "One of Walt's Boys", in a chapter called "Shorts Go Out of Style", and even then, there is no evidence that Walt hated Goofy; his main concern was the difficulties the Goofy cartoons posed, given how unfriendly the theatrical and financial environment was becoming towards cartoon shorts as a whole.

** Gabler's source ''may'' have been Harry Tytle's book "One of Walt's Boys", in a chapter called "Shorts Go Out of Style", and even then, there is no evidence that Walt hated Goofy; his main concern was the difficulties they posed, given how unfriendly the theatrical and financial environment was becoming towards cartoon shorts as a whole.

* CreatorsPest: According to biographer Neal Gabler, Creator/{{Walt Disney}} reportedly hated Goofy, considered his cartoons to be nothing but "stupid cartoons with gags tied together", and even considered axing Goofy altogether but didn't go through with it since it gave his Goofy-loving animators something to work on. That said, Gabler's book cites no source for the claim of Walt hating Goofy. In fact, there is evidence that Walt had warmed up to the character by the 1950's, even dedicating several episodes to him on his ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' television show.

* CreatorsPest: Creator/{{Walt Disney}} reportedly hated Goofy and considered his cartoons to be nothing but "stupid cartoons with gags tied together" akin to many of the cartoons from the 1920s and early 30s, which was something he had wanted to distance animation from in favor of more serious and artistic fare. He even considered axing Goofy altogether at one point because of his distaste for him, but he didn't go through with it since it gave his animators (who, unlike Walt, loved Goofy) something to work on. That said, as a likely form of compromise, he would [[ExecutiveMeddling briefly retool]] Goofy into the Main/{{Everyman}} George Geef in the 1950s as a way to give him "more personality", while also toning down the more out there gags from his earlier shorts in favor of slice of life scenarios, much to the [[CreatorBacklash distaste of animators]].

* CreatorsPest: Creator/{{Walt Disney}} reportedly hated Goofy and considered his cartoons to be nothing but "stupid cartoons with gags tied together" akin to many of the cartoons from the 1920s and early 30s, which was something he had wanted to distance animation from in favor of more serious and artistic fare. He even considered axing Goofy altogether at one point because of his distaste for him, but he didn't go through with it since it gave his animators (who, unlike Walt, loved Goofy) something to work on. While it's not confirmed to be a contributing factor, it likely didn't help that Goofy was created by then-Disney animator Creator/ArtBabbitt, who Walt grew to have a hatred for after the former led the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes Disney Animators' Strike]] in 1941.

* ActorAllusion: Once or twice in the old cartoons, Goofy would be humming the song "The World Owes Me a Living", the song of the WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies short "The Grasshopper and the Ants", the eponymous grasshopper also being voiced by Goofy's actor, Pinto Colvig. This song is also very applicable to Goofy's early happy-go-lucky nature.

* TheOtherDarrin: Has been voiced by many different actors (Pinto Colvig, Hannes Schroll[[note]]Who originally provided the famous Goofy Holler[[/note]], Bob Jackman, George Johnson, Hal Smith, Tony Pope, Will Ryan, Jack Wagner and his current actor, Creator/BillFarmer) over the course of his career.

* TheOtherDarrin: Has been voiced by many different actors (Pinto Colvig, Hannes Schroll, Bob Jackman, George Johnson, Hal Smith, Tony Pope, Will Ryan, Jack Wagner and his current actor, Creator/BillFarmer) over the course of his career.

* FollowTheLeader: A few of Disney's staff members admitted to cribbing the narrator for the "How To..." cartoons from, of all things, Creator/TexAvery's travelogue spoofs. [[ApprovalOfGod Avery was reportedly very flattered]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Has been voiced by many different actors (Pinto Colvig, Hannes Schroll, Bob Jackman, George Johnson, Hal Smith, Tony Pope, Will Ryan, Jack Wagner and his current actor, Bill Farmer) over the course of his career.

* ActorAllusion: Once or twice in the old cartoons, Goofy would be humming the song "The World Owes Me a Living", the song of the SillySymphonies short "The Grasshopper and the Ants", the eponymous grasshopper also being voiced by Goofy's actor, Pinto Colvig. This song is also very applicable to Goofy's early happy-go-lucky nature.

* TheOtherDarrin: Has been voiced by many different actors (Pinto Colvig, Hannes Schroll, Bob Jackman, George Johnson, Hal Smith, Tony Pope, Will Ryan and his current actor, Bill Farmer) over the duration of his career.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The shorts, ''Teachers Are People'' and ''Two Weeks Vacation'', were narrated by Alan Reed, the voice of [[TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]].
** John [=McLeish=], narrator on the "How-To" series, can also be heard on ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' (the opening narration), ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' (as the prosecutor on Mr. Toad's trial) and the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys".

** John [=McLeish=], narrator on the "How-To" series, can also be heard on ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' (the opening narration), ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' (as the prosecutor on Mr. Toad's trial) and the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "TheDoverBoys".

** In his very first solo cartoon, "Goofy and Wilbur", he also has a pet grasshopper named Wilbur, which is most likely an allusion to this as well.