The Art of Skiing

***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 now-famous Goofy holler, as well as the short that led to the "How to..." series, beginning with _How to Play Baseball_ (1942) and continuing through _How to Hook Up Your Home Theater_ (2007).

## Notes

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.

The narrator and the opening titles mention an alternate (and "correct") pronunciation of skiing as _shee-ing_, despite the narrator mostly pronouncing it vice versa throughout the short. Another Goofy cartoon featured Goofy himself mentioning this to an Ancient Greek.

This was the first cartoon to use the signature Goofy holler; it is the only vocal uttered by Goofy in the short.

## Voice cast

- Goofy: Danny Webb
- Narrator: John McLeish
- Yodeler: Hannes Schroll

## Releases

- 1941 – theatrical release
- 1956 – _Disneyland_, episode #2.24: "The Goofy Sports Story" (TV)
- 1972 – _The Mouse Factory_, episode #17: "Sports" (TV)
- 1976 – "Superstar Goofy" (TV)
- c. 1983 – _Good Morning, Mickey!_, episode #80 (TV)
- 1983 – "A Disney Channel Christmas" (TV)
- c. 1992 – _Mickey's Mouse Tracks_, episode #36 (TV)
- c. 1997 – _The Ink and Paint Club_, episode #3: "Sports Goofy" (TV)
- 2010 – _Have a Laugh!_, episode #6 (TV)
- 2010 – _Mickey's Christmas Special_ (TV)

## Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on _Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy_.

Additional releases include:
- 1981 – "Goofy Over Sports" (VHS)
- 1983 – "Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy" (VHS)
- 1986 – "Jiminy Cricket's Christmas" (VHS)
- 1992 – "Cartoon Classics Special Edition: The Goofy World of Sports" (VHS)
- 2001 – Bonus on DVD release of _Santa Who?_ (DVD)
- 2001 – _Goofy's Fun House_ (PlayStation Video Game)
- 2005 – "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Starring Goofy" (DVD)
- 2010 – _Have a Laugh!_ Volume Two" (DVD)
- 2013 – _Mickey's Christmas Carol_: 30th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD)
- 2018 – _Olaf's Frozen Adventure_ (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD)

## References

- Borowiec, Piotr (1998) _Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons_ Scarecrow Press  pg 21
- McCall, Douglas L. (1998) _Film cartoons: a guide to 20th century American animated features and shorts_ McFarland & Co  pg 91
- Barrier, J. Michael (2007) _The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney_ University of California Press  pg 349
- Lund, Morten (December 2009) "The Short, Sweet Ski Life of Hannes Schroll in America" _Skiing Heritage Journal_ Vol 21 #4:13

## Infobox (film)

- **name**: The Art of Skiing
- **director**: Jack Kinney (uncredited)
- **story**: Leo Thiele (uncredited)
Ralph Wright (uncredited)
- **starring**: John McLeish (actor), John McLeish (Narrator)
George Johnson (actor), Danny Webb (Goofy)
- **music**: Charles Wolcott (uncredited)
- **producer**: Walt Disney
- **studio**: Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: RKO Radio Pictures
- **released**: November 14, 1941 (US)
- **color process**: Technicolor
- **runtime**: 8 min (one reel)
- **language**: English