How to Sleep

How to Sleep is an 1953 animated Goofy cartoon from Walt Disney Productions.

Synopsis

Goofy falls asleep everywhere - at work, in the car - everywhere except when his head hits the pillow at night.

Plot

After a short history of man's eternal quests for sleep (from the stone ages to modern times) as well as a demonstration of what puts man to sleep and how man sleeps (like the frog, dog, identical to Bruno from Cinderella, the ostrich, the mole, the bear and the owl), we see Goofy's attempts to sleep despite insomnia. He tries opening a window, using an electric blanket, drinking hot milk and counting sheep (including a stampede), but nothing works at all. He consults a scientist who studies Goofy's sleeping habits and finally finds a cure for Goofy's insomnia.

Releases

Television

• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #17
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #42

Home video

VHS

• Goofy's Greatest Hits

Laserdisc

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions: From Pluto with Love

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy

Trivia

• This was the last formal entry in the Goofy series. Goofy would make three more theatrical appearances in the 1960s.

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Title card

Bruno from Cinderella's cameo

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External links

• How To Sleep at SuperCartoons.net
• How To Sleep at B99.TV

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1930s Polar Trappers (co-starring Donald Duck) • The Fox Hunt (co-starring Donald Duck) • Goofy and Wilbur 1940s Goofy's Glider • Baggage Buster • The Art of Skiing • The Art of Self Defense • How to Play Baseball • The Olympic Champ • How to Swim • How to Fish • El Gaucho Goofy • Victory Vehicles • How to Be a Sailor • How to Play Golf • How to Play Football • Tiger Trouble • African Diary • Californy 'er Bust • Hockey Homicide • A Knight for a Day • Double Dribble • Foul Hunting • They're Off • The Big Wash • Tennis Racquet • Goofy Gymnastics • Billposters (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 Horse • Motor Mania • Hold That Pose • Lion Down • Home Made Home • Cold War • Tomorrow We Diet! • Get Rich Quick • Fathers Are People • No Smoking • Father's Lion • Hello Aloha • Man's Best Friend • Two Gun Goofy • Teachers are People • Two Weeks Vacation • How to Be a Detective • Father's Day Off • For Whom the Bulls Toil • Father's Weekend • How to Dance • How to Sleep 1960s-Present Aquamania • Sport Goofy in Soccermania • How to Hook Up Your Home Theater • The Art of Vacationing Educational Shorts Freewayphobia • Goofy's Freeway Troubles Songs The World Owes Me a Living • The Goof See Also Goof Troop • A Goofy Movie • An Extremely Goofy Movie