Double Dribble (film)
Double Dribble is a 1946 Disney theatrical cartoon short that spoofs the sport of basketball and stars Goofy. It is directed by Jack Hannah.[1]
Double Dribble | |
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A midget Goofy has the ball. | |
Directed by | Jack Hannah |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Story by | Bill Berg Milt Banta |
Starring | Pinto Colvig (uncredited) |
Music by | Oliver Wallace |
Animation by | Bill Justice John Sibley Hugh Fraser Andy Engman |
Layouts by | Yale Gracey |
Backgrounds by | Maurice Greenberg |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | December 20, 1946 (USA) |
Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
Synopsis
A series of characters of the same species as Goofy are playing a game of college basketball, with one team representing "U.U." and the other representing the hopelessly outmatched and undersized "P.U." The short primarily focuses on a wide gamut of physically impossible and illegal stunts taken by each team. In the end, P.U. wins the match on a last-second shot that sends a P.U. player through the basket (although it appears to be P.U.'s own basket).
The game ends with the lone fan in the stands, presumably Goofy himself, singing the P.U. alma mater. (When the series was edited for television, this character was voiced by Jeff Bennett with a much different voice, more closely resembling the voice of Mr. Smee from Disney adaptations of Peter Pan.)
Production
As an inside joke, the players are named for members of Disney's staff: Kinney, Lounsbery, Hannah and Sibley.[2]
Voice cast
- Goofy: Pinto Colvig
Releases
- 1946 – theatrical release
- 1956 – Disneyland, episode #3.6: "Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports" (TV)
- 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #1.12: "Spectator Sports" (TV)
- 1976 – "Superstar Goofy" (TV)
- 1981 – "Goofy Over Sports" (TV)
- c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #25 (TV)
- 1983 – "Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy" (VHS)
- 1987 – "An All-New Adventure of Disney's Sport Goofy" (TV)
- c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #69 (TV)
- c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode #21 (TV)
- 1998 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #35: "More Sports Goofy" (TV)
- 2002 – "The Complete Goofy" (DVD)
- 2005 – "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Sports Fun" (DVD)
- 2011 – Have a Laugh!, episode #20 (TV)
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Maltin, Leonard (1984). The Disney Films (2nd ed.). Crown Publishers. p. 299. ISBN 0-517-55407-0. Retrieved 15 February 2020.