Aquamania
Aquamania is a 1961 American animated Goofy cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 20, 1961.[1]
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Directed by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Written by | Vance Gerry Ralph Wright |
Starring | Pinto Colvig Kevin Corcoran John Dehner |
Narrated by | John Dehner |
Music by | Buddy Baker |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This cartoon was the last from Disney's "Golden Era" which featured Goofy as a solo star, and the first time the xerography animation-technique was used in a Goofy cartoon. Aquamania basically combined Goofy's three familiar areas in his career: sports, fatherhood, and documentary-subject.
Plot
The story begins with a narrator explaining a case study of "aquamania" (obsession with boats and boating), with Goofy (called "Mr. X" in this short) as the subject. Then the story switches to Goofy and his son on a boating trip, inadvertently entering a water skiing race. In the process, Goofy meets up with an unfortunate octopus that joins him in the race, and they accidentally take an unwanted spin on a roller coaster at a waterside amusement park which plays the song Sailing, Sailing. Goofy wins the race.
Voice cast
- Pinto Colvig as Goofy (Mr. X)
- Kevin Corcoran as Goofy Jr.
- John Dehner as Narrator
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86-87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.