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How to Play Football

  • 1944
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How to Play Football (1944)
AnimationShortComedy

Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.

  • Director
    • Jack Kinney
  • Writers
    • Rex Cox
    • Harry Reeves
  • Stars
    • Frank Bull
    • Pinto Colvig
    • Jack Kinney
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    • Director
      • Jack Kinney
    • Writers
      • Rex Cox
      • Harry Reeves
    • Stars
      • Frank Bull
      • Pinto Colvig
      • Jack Kinney
    • 17User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Frank Bull
    • Commentator
    • (uncredited)
    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
    • Goofy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Kinney
    • Audience Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    John Sibley
    • Audience Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jack Kinney(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Rex Cox
      • Harry Reeves
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    • Trivia
      Disney short cartoons from this period generally did not carry on-screen credits for voices, as is the case with this cartoon. Some believe, incorrectly, that the voice of the narrator is Billy Bletcher, the character actor and voice artist notable for such Disney work as the Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs and as Dwarfs Grumpy and Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
    • Quotes

      [the Taxidermy Tech quarterback has been smeared for a nine-yard loss]

      Sportscaster: What a dumb quarterback!

    • Alternate versions
      The original print has special scoreboard opening titles, to reflect the football scoreboards.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hockey Homicide (1945)

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    9/10
    One of the better "How To" films starring Goofy.
    From the 1940s even up to recent years, Disney Studios made a ton of the "How To" films starring Goofy. Most are pretty good (especially the last one, "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater"), though a few (such as the drivers ed ones) are a bit on the preachy and annoying side.

    "How to Play Football" is one of the better shorts of this series. Much of the reason it's so worth watching is its great sense of humor and crazy and over-the-top action. As usual, all the characters look just like Goofy and the football game ends up being completely ridiculous--and fun. Excellent animation and quality make this one well worth seeing--even 66+ years later. Good entertainment for adults as well as children.
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    • Mar 3, 2010

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    • Release date
      • September 15, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jan Långben som halvback
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      7 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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