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How to Fish is an animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released in 1942. It stars Goofy.

Plot[]

Like all "How To" Disney shorts, this one opens with a narrator explaining how to fish, with Goofy acting as the visual narrator. This short film does not have a plot; all the facts are jumbled together, with several humorous facts and clips.

There are similarities between this cartoon and How to Ride a Horse, as both are framed as being presented inside a book of the same name, with the punchline of the short being an animal on the front cover coming to life and having the last laugh.

Characters[]

Releases[]

Television[]

Home video[]

Streaming[]

Have a Laugh! changes[]

The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:

  • The entire opening with the zodiac sign and Goofy at home; it opens with the shot of the mountain.
  • The description of the mountain trout.
  • Goofy failing to approach a stream quietly and getting his hat eaten by fish.
  • Goofy trying, but failing spectacularly, to cast the lure.

Notes[]

  • This being the second "How to" title, this shares some similarities with How to Ride a Horse, being the short taking place in a book, with the pages turning, and at the end, the animal having the final laugh (in the previous short, the horse, in this short, the fish).
  • The animation of Goofy snoring is reused from The Art of Skiing.

Gallery[]


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1930s
Polar Trappers (co-starring Donald Duck) • The Fox Hunt (co-starring Donald Duck) • Goofy and Wilbur
1940s
Goofy's GliderBaggage BusterThe Art of SkiingThe Art of Self DefenseHow to Play BaseballThe Olympic ChampHow to SwimHow to FishEl Gaucho GoofyVictory VehiclesHow to Be a SailorHow to Play GolfHow to Play FootballTiger TroubleAfrican DiaryCaliforny 'er BustHockey HomicideA Knight for a DayDouble DribbleFoul HuntingThey're OffThe Big WashTennis RacquetGoofy GymnasticsBillposters (co-starring Donald Duck) • No Sail (co-starring Donald Duck) • Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive (co-starring Donald Duck) • Crazy with the Heat (co-starring Donald Duck)
1950s
How to Ride a HorseMotor ManiaHold That PoseLion DownHome Made HomeCold WarTomorrow We Diet!Get Rich QuickFathers Are PeopleNo SmokingFather's LionHello AlohaMan's Best FriendTwo Gun GoofyTeachers are PeopleTwo Weeks VacationHow to Be a DetectiveFather's Day OffFor Whom the Bulls ToilFather's WeekendHow to DanceHow to Sleep
1960s-Present
AquamaniaSport Goofy in SoccermaniaHow to Hook Up Your Home TheaterChecking in with GoofyThe Art of Vacationing
Educational Shorts
FreewayphobiaGoofy's Freeway Troubles
Songs
The World Owes Me a LivingThe GoofThe Roots of Goofy
See Also
Goof TroopA Goofy MovieAn Extremely Goofy MovieHow to Stay at Home
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