Goofy's new sport: flying his glider (without much success).Goofy's new sport: flying his glider (without much success).Goofy's new sport: flying his glider (without much success).
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Photos
Florence Gill
- Chickens
- (uncredited)
George Johnson
- Goofy
- (uncredited)
John McLeish
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThough it doesn't have "How To" in the title, this was the first of Goofy's instructional shorts, narrated by John McLeish. The first official "How To" short was 'How To Ride A Horse,' which was featured in the full-length motion picture 'The Reluctant Dragon.'
- GoofsThe number of Goofy's fingers per hand varies from four to five between shots. Most noticeably, he has five when counting to ten before opening the parachute, then four in the next sequence, then five again.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: How to Relax (1957)
Featured review
High, High Up In The Sky
A Walt Disney GOOFY Cartoon.
The most dangerous place in the air may well be GOOFY'S GLIDER.
There are plenty of chuckles in this the first of the Sports Goofy cartoons. Some pertinent information about gliders is actually given in between the Goof's attempts to get airborne. John McLeish narrates in his best documentarian manner.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a storm of naysayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.
The most dangerous place in the air may well be GOOFY'S GLIDER.
There are plenty of chuckles in this the first of the Sports Goofy cartoons. Some pertinent information about gliders is actually given in between the Goof's attempts to get airborne. John McLeish narrates in his best documentarian manner.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a storm of naysayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.
helpful•14
- Ron Oliver
- Sep 7, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Jan Långben som segelflygare
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content