Double Dribble (film)

Double Dribble
Double Dribble
	File:Double Dribble.jpg A midget Goofy has the ball.
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Bill Berg; Milt Banta
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Pinto Colvig (uncredited)
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Bill Justice; John Sibley; Hugh Fraser; Andy Engman
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Maurice Greenberg
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 20, 1946 (USA)
Running time	7 min (one reel)
Language	English

Double Dribble is a 1946 Disney theatrical cartoon short that spoofs the sport of basketball and stars Goofy. It is directed by Jack Hannah.^[1]

Synopsis

A series of characters of the same species as Goofy are playing a game of college basketball, with one team representing "U.U." and the other representing the hopelessly outmatched and undersized "P.U." The short primarily focuses on a wide gamut of physically impossible and illegal stunts taken by each team. In the end, P.U. wins the match on a last-second shot that sends a P.U. player through the basket (although it appears to be P.U.'s own basket).

The game ends with the lone fan in the stands, presumably Goofy himself, singing the P.U. alma mater. (When the series was edited for television, this character was voiced by Jeff Bennett with a much different voice, more closely resembling the voice of Mr. Smee from Disney adaptations of Peter Pan.)

Production

As an inside joke, the players are named for members of Disney's staff: Kinney, Lounsbery, Hannah and Sibley.^[2]

Voice cast

Goofy: Pinto Colvig

Releases

1946 – theatrical release
1956 – Disneyland, episode #3.6: "Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports" (TV)
1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #1.12: "Spectator Sports" (TV)
1976 – "Superstar Goofy" (TV)
1981 – "Goofy Over Sports" (TV)
c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #25 (TV)
1983 – "Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy" (VHS)
1987 – "An All-New Adventure of Disney's Sport Goofy" (TV)
c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #69 (TV)
c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode #21 (TV)
1998 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #35: "More Sports Goofy" (TV)
2002 – "The Complete Goofy" (DVD)
2005 – "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Sports Fun" (DVD)
2011 – Have a Laugh!, episode #20 (TV)

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Maltin, Leonard (1984). The Disney Films (2nd ed.). Crown Publishers. p. 299. ISBN 0-517-55407-0. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

External links

Double Dribble at IMDb
Double Dribble at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] Maltin, Leonard (1984). The Disney Films (2nd ed.). Crown Publishers. p. 299. ISBN 0-517-55407-0. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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