, covers the character and design of Goofy. It includes a part of the lecture that animator Art Babbitt provided about Goofy and how he must be portrayed in cartoons. He did this because he felt that Goofy had been a weak character defined by a voice. In fact, it was only after Babbitt completed his analysis of Goofy as a character with a personality, mannerisms, and mental attitude, that he became a star.
Earl Boen, Leonard Maltin
Documentary, Short
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