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How to Be a Sailor is a 1944 animated short starring Goofy.

Synopsis[]

A history of sailing through the ages; from a prehistoric Goofy using a log, through the Age of Sail ("iron men, wooden ships") and on to modern times. This short notably ends with a wartime joke of Goofy being used as a torpedo to sink Japanese battleships (all of them being caricatured with Emperor Hirohito's face on them) as well as Japan's "rising sun" as "O Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" plays.

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Trivia[]

  • This is the only Goofy cartoon made during World War II to see Goofy in active military service, although two unreleased short subjects were to have shown him as a buck private and a commando respectively.
  • Not counting archival recordings of Pinto Colvig's previously-recorded Goofy tracks from 1932-1938, this is the first cartoon in the Goofy series where Colvig reprises his role as Goofy since 1938's "The Whalers".

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Goofy Logo 2
1930s
Polar Trappers (co-starring Donald Duck) • The Fox Hunt (co-starring Donald Duck) • Goofy and Wilbur
1940s
Goofy's GliderBaggage BusterThe Art of SkiingThe Art of Self DefenseHow to Play BaseballThe Olympic ChampHow to SwimHow to FishEl Gaucho GoofyVictory VehiclesHow to Be a SailorHow to Play GolfHow to Play FootballTiger TroubleAfrican DiaryCaliforny 'er BustHockey HomicideA Knight for a DayDouble DribbleFoul HuntingThey're OffThe Big WashTennis RacquetGoofy GymnasticsBillposters (co-starring Donald Duck) • No Sail (co-starring Donald Duck) • Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive (co-starring Donald Duck) • Crazy with the Heat (co-starring Donald Duck)
1950s
How to Ride a HorseMotor ManiaHold That PoseLion DownHome Made HomeCold WarTomorrow We Diet!Get Rich QuickFathers Are PeopleNo SmokingFather's LionHello AlohaMan's Best FriendTwo Gun GoofyTeachers are PeopleTwo Weeks VacationHow to Be a DetectiveFather's Day OffFor Whom the Bulls ToilFather's WeekendHow to DanceHow to Sleep
1960s-Present
AquamaniaSport Goofy in SoccermaniaHow to Hook Up Your Home TheaterChecking in with GoofyThe Art of Vacationing
Educational Shorts
FreewayphobiaGoofy's Freeway Troubles
Songs
The World Owes Me a LivingThe GoofThe Roots of Goofy
See Also
Goof TroopA Goofy MovieAn Extremely Goofy MovieHow to Stay at Home
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