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The Art of Skiing is a Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1941. It has historical significance as the first cartoon to use the Goofy holler, recorded by Hannes Schroll. as well as being the short that led to the "How To" series, beginning with How to Play Baseball and continuing with How to Hook Up Your Home Theater.

Synopsis[]

Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, to learn how to ski. The name of the resort can be seen in the opening frames of the cartoon. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort was used because Walt Disney had an interest in the Sugar Bowl ski area, to the extent that one of the peaks at Sugar Bowl is named Mt. Disney after him.

Characters[]

Trivia[]

  • The narrator mentions the alternate pronunciation of skiing as "shiing" ("sheeing").
    • Another Goofy cartoon featured Goofy mentioning this to an Ancient Greek.
  • The Sugar Bowl was founded and owned, at the time, by noted skier Hannes Schroll, who performed all the yodeling in the short, including the now infamous "Goofy yell".
  • The premiere of this short was held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, which was hosting the Annual Skiers Ball. Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian, attended the event, and Walt introduced the cartoon to the audience.
  • The scene of Goofy going backwards on his skis was done as a compromise by the animators when they kept arguing which direction Goofy should be skiing.

Releases[]

Television[]

Home video[]

VHS

Laserdisc

  • Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy
  • Walt Disney Cartoon Classics - Special Edition: Happy Summer Days / Fun on the Job! / The Goofy World of Sports

DVD

Blu-Ray

Streaming[]

Have a Laugh! changes[]

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

  • Goofy getting out of bed and putting on the skis, then getting back in bed before being yelled out of bed by the narrator (it cuts from the alarm clock going off to Goofy jumping out of bed with the skis already on).
  • The entire scene of Goofy struggling with his sweater.
  • The narrator reciting "Ode to a Mountain" during the panoramic view of the mountain.
  • Goofy struggling with the first step of skiing, the turn into position.
  • Goofy "getting the hang" of skiing when he gets his head stuck in a ski boot.
  • The herringbone ascent.
  • Goofy's jump turn.
  • Goofy slaloming between flags and crashing into a tree.
  • Goofy flying through the air, trying to dodge mountaintops.

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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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