Wonderful character development!

Purely Joyful Movie!

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

"Double Dribble" (maybe not the best title) is a Disney cartoon from 1946, so already over 70 years old and from briefly after WWII. This one runs for about 7 minutes, slightly over, as they usually do. If you take a look at who made this, you will find the names of many who were pretty prolific and successful for Disney back in the days and with that I am not only referring to Pinto Colvig. His name immediately makes clear that here we have another How-to cartoon starring Goofy and the focus is on basketball this time. I thought it was a very creative and entertaining little movie, still is in fact, and you could see that the writers really understood something about this sport on several occasions. The more random scenes like the trigger-happy referee add some nice comedy too. And the one fan in the audience for the winning time truly embodies the spirit of how it's all about the game and how you can thrive from loving your sport so passionately and dedicatedly and you don't need to be an active player for this love at all. So well done to all the Goofys you see in here. I highly recommend checking this one out and it is a definite contender for best short film from its year perhaps only defeated by Johnny and Alice, a true must-see for everybody who loves these many old cartoons.

Goofy visits a basketball game where he is the only one rooting for the visiting team. There's really not much of a story here, just a lot of Goofys on the court playing a very confusing and chaotic game. Lots of back and forth, and in the basket then out then basket. The announcer tries his best to cover the game, but you'll have to listen very carefully to follow.Almost no laughs in this one, and Goofy is hardly in it.Grade D--

Getting set to write my 900th IMDb review,I started to take a look at the film box sets that I've left unfinished. Gathering up the movie box sets,I spotted the complete collection of Goofy shorts that I have left half finished! Which led to me getting ready to see Goofy dribble.Joined by only one fan,visiting team Polytechnic University (PU) find that they have some serious competition against home team University U.As the game reaches its final minutes,the players start to show their "special moves" in the hope of shooting the winning slam-dunk.Backed by a thrilling score from Oliver Wallace,director Jack Hannah gives the basketball match an amazingly fluid appearance,with the rundowns the court being shown with an excellent smoothness. Drawing up 2 teams,the screenplay by Bill Berg & Milt Banta gives everyone in the match a distinctive feature,which go from the players being hilariously lumbering giants,to a cigar-chomping manager,who chomps on his final cigar as Goofy takes the final shot to win the match.

Most of this cartoon is simply a college basketball game between the home team, University U. versus visiting Polytechnic University (U.U. vs. P.U. - get it?) Poor P.U. only has one fan in the stands.We then watch the craziest basketball game ever played, where everything wild happens including spectators making baskets! It's just pure lunacy. Until the last 45 seconds, I found it amusing but nothing to laugh out loud over. In the end, however, the little on the end of the bench who is forced to play, provides some big laughs. He inadvertently becomes the hero, of course!