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Boring

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Goofy seems to have a lot of these stories where the plot in his cartoons are experimental. In this case, Goofy, identified as a character named George Geef, goes through overweight challenges, as highlighted in a somewhat hilarious way in this cartoon (which would not be very PC nowadays).This cartoon is more like a mini-documentary than an animated story. Not much laughs in this one and Goofy does not speak in his iconic voice. It's not an awful cartoon, just a little mediocre.Grade C+

Goofy opens up the cartoon by eating a whole table of food in a few seconds. His reflection tells him he's too fat and he gets new clothes. When he gets in the taxi, the tires deflate, the elevator won't go up, and he falls off his chair. His reflection tells him not to eat, but he reads a book with food, tempting to eat even more. The EAT, EAT, EAT, repeatedly is pretty scary at first. Goofy goes to bed but he wakes up wanting to eat, but his reflection ate all the food in the fridge.I only like Goofy shorts from Disney, I never watch Mickey or his other friends, they just aren't that funny as the Warner Bros. characters.10/10

The play on words in the title of this 6.5-minute cartoon already says what this one is about: losing weight. Weight Watchers in the 1950s as this one is already 65 years old, was made only half a decade after World War II and it is one of many Goofy "how to" videos. I must say I like these, they are always funny I think. This one here is probably not among the best or the worst, so it meets the high standards without exuding greatness. Pinto Colvig, however, is as great as always and his voice could not fit Goofy any better. Maybe they actually could have made some of the food jokes a bit funnier, but it's still pretty entertaining. I do recommend the watch. Thumbs up for Goofy and this little film.

A Walt Disney GOOFY Cartoon.The difficulties with weight gain and dieting are humorously depicted.Millions of viewers will sympathize with the Goof as he attempts to remove several pounds of avoirdupois and refrain from eating the goodies in the refrigerator. Clever usage is made of eight actual pages - not animated - from a Betty Crocker-like cookbook from the era.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.