After being deeply impressed by the sketch-based Goofy short The Art of Self Defense,I decided to see Goofy take on America's favourite past time.
The plot:
Opening with a birds eye view of how the baseball pitch is set up,the movie then goes down to earth,and has Goofy show "the art of baseball",from long hours training,to reaching the World Series.
View on the film:
Staring the short with a title card that say's "Disney's education department",the screenplay, (whose writers are not credited anywhere!) sadly drains any paternally wild humour by taking the movie in a dry,exposition heavy direction.
Along with the dry screenplay,Fred Shields narration lacks any sense of warmth or irony,whilst director Jack Kinney gives the animation a plain,minimally detailed appearance,which leads to this short being far from a favourite past time.
The plot:
Opening with a birds eye view of how the baseball pitch is set up,the movie then goes down to earth,and has Goofy show "the art of baseball",from long hours training,to reaching the World Series.
View on the film:
Staring the short with a title card that say's "Disney's education department",the screenplay, (whose writers are not credited anywhere!) sadly drains any paternally wild humour by taking the movie in a dry,exposition heavy direction.
Along with the dry screenplay,Fred Shields narration lacks any sense of warmth or irony,whilst director Jack Kinney gives the animation a plain,minimally detailed appearance,which leads to this short being far from a favourite past time.
