"The Goofy Sports Story" is an episode of Disneyland. It aired on March 21, 1956.
Synopsis[]
Walt introduces the narrator, Spyrus Olympopolus, to demonstrate how the ancient sports practiced in foreign countries have evolved into the games of today. Spyros illustrates this using Goofy.
Featured cartoons[]
Cast[]
- Walt Disney - Himself (Host)
- Pinto Colvig - Goofy
Additional crew[]
- Music: Oliver Wallace
- Film Editor: Roy M. Brewer Jr.
- Production Supervisor: Harry Tytle
- Sound: Robert O. Cook
- Sound Engineer: George Lowerre (uncredited)
- Animators: Eric Cleworth, George Goepper, Harry Holt, Dick Lucas, Bob McCrea
- Layouts: Dale Barnhart, Vance Gerry, Don Griffith, Joe Hale
- Backgrounds: Eyvind Earle, Ray Huffine, Vera Ohman
Trivia[]
- ABC originally broadcast this episode in black and white.
- In 1972, this was edited into a theatrical film called Superstar Goofy, released in Europe for the Olympics that year.