A Goofy Movie

2023-04-21

[School of Movies 2023] A long-planned return to a far-too-often overlooked Disney animated classic released quietly in 1995. A passion project of Jeffrey Katzenberg that wound up being helmed by Kevin Lima, director of Tarzan and later Enchanted. From the outside it seems like a fun finale to the 78-episode syndicated wacky animated show 'Goof Troop', but as it turns out, this one hit way closer to home than most of Disney's more fantastical fare for a lot of kids who grew up watching it on VHS and DVD and...

[School of Movies 2023]

A long-planned return to a far-too-often overlooked Disney animated classic released quietly in 1995. A passion project of Jeffrey Katzenberg that wound up being helmed by Kevin Lima, director of Tarzan and later Enchanted.

From the outside it seems like a fun finale to the 78-episode syndicated wacky animated show 'Goof Troop', but as it turns out, this one hit way closer to home than most of Disney's more fantastical fare for a lot of kids who grew up watching it on VHS and DVD and love it intensely.

I've promised Daniel Floyd of Extra Frames that if we ever covered it he would be there, and thanks to Ryan Estrada of Big Data (who adores it just as much) we have ourselves a fascinating, in-depth dive into a surprisingly emotionally complex road-trip.

References

The Enduring Legacy of Disney's Black Millennial Classic 'A Goofy Movie' by Austin Williams

A Goofy Movie: A Staple of Black Culture | READUS 101 by La'Ron Readus

The Little Things About A GOOFY MOVIE by ToonrificTariq (feat. AwkwardlyAnimated and Mann of a Thousand Thoughts)

Guests

Daniel Floyd of New Frame Plus @DanFloydPlus

Ryan Estrada of RyanEstrada.com @RyanEstrada

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