After being caught by surprise by Disney's wonderful Fantasy Goofy short film Baggage Buster,I decided to take a look at Goofy's first ever (official) "Art of" title.The plot:With having put his skiing boots on the previous night,Goofy jumps out of the bed and heads to the mountains for a long day of skiing.Originally expecting to have an action packed day of skiing round the slopes,Goofy quickly finds out that skiing is harder than he had originally expected.View on the film:Whilst the animation is sadly much less detailed than Goofy's previous titles,director Jack Kinney gives the movie a delightful slap-stick feel,by having Goofy crash and bump into everything from the mountains themselves,to even the bed in his own cabin lodge.Written as a way to cover for voice actor George Johnson working away on live action TV/films,the screenplay by Leo Thiele and Ralph Wright shows little sign of being a scrambled up effort,with Thiele and Wright instead giving narrator John McLeish a thick slice of irony,which helps to make Goofy's "lost" voice,something that can be cheerfully overlooked from the mountain side.

This doesn't belong to my favourite Goofy cartoons. What is good about it though is that it is very amusing. Sure, the animation is a little dated, and some of the narration got a little distracting, but seeing Goofy struggling on skis was very, very funny, especially when he rides down the side of the mountain, and disappears down a hole, and you hear that trademark whine he makes. The narrator assures Goofy it is all very simple, but Goofy fails miserably. It's part of an ongoing joke, that Goofy is pretty useless at anything simple. I liked the music and I liked the ending. Overall, very good, not Goofy's best, but entertaining for fans. 8/10 Bethany Cox.

Just watched this very funny Disney Goofy cartoon short on YouTube. In this one-as the narrator instructs on the fine art of dressing and then going skiing (which he insists is pronounced SHEE-ING)-the Goof does the opposite in every hilarious way one could think of and more. Director Jack Kinney and his animators milk every bit of humor and slapstick comedy out of this premise and provide a new bit for the humanized dog-his yodel. That yodel was not thought of by the character's original voice-Pinto Colvig who was at Fleischer in Miami at the time-but by his temporary replacement, George Johnson (other yodels were recorded by Hannes Schrolle). That particular bit proved so popular that it became a recurring thing in subsequent Goofy cartoons. So on that note, I highly recommend The Art of Skiiing.

... Until today I had never completely watched this short. For most of my childhood I have enjoyed half of this quite a lot on a different video. It skipped the beginning bit. When I discovered the beginning bit on Youtube I was really surprised that I had missed some.ANYWAY, this is a very entertaining and amusing short. It has little plot (which may bother some people), instead it has a narrator instructing Goofy how to ski. Despite providing pretty clear instructions, Goofy fails rather miserably. The results of this exceedingly unintelligent dog will provide laughs for a good many people - especially if you like Goofy already. This is also a very good short to watch this coming Christmas, so if you can find it on Youtube as well, you are bound to have a good time with this one!Enjoy "The Art Of Skiing"! :-)