Superstar Goofy

The Olympics are over now, but that doesn't mean they can't still be honored. In honor of that, the Disney Studio had produced a pastiche film in 1972 for the Olympics that year (held in Munich) known as "Superstar Goofy" (sometimes referred to as "Olympic Goof"), a collection of sports-themed Goofy cartoons (plus one Donald Duck cartoon). It was released mainly overseas in Europe and Australia, but would not be released stateside until 1976, just in time for the Olympics that year (held in Montreal).

The list of cartoons includes (with one exception, all are Goofy shorts):

• The Hockey Champ (1939; Donald Duck short)
• How To Ride a Horse (1941; originally released as part of The Reluctant Dragon)
• The Art of Skiing (1941)
• The Art of Self Defense (1941)
• The Olympic Champ (1942)
• How To Swim (1942)
• How To Play Golf (1944)
• Double Dribble (1946)
• Tennis Racquet (1949)
• Goofy Gymnastics (1949)
• Aquamania (1961)

It also features clips of "The Goofy Sports Story" and "Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports", two episodes of the old Disneyland TV show. This program was later released in some form or another on home video, also only in Europe.

Presented below is a gallery of posters from this program:

And here also is a trailer for this program (in Spanish, however):

In conclusion, I would just like to say, see you in four years, Olympic games (back) in Tokyo! And to you, Goofy, we salute!

Mickey's Parade frozen treats!

As summer drags on, cool off with a parade down memory lane - Mickey's Parade, that is, with frozen treats a-plenty: popsicles and ice cream bars, all Disney-themed:

There even was a commercial for these frozen treats:

Unfortunately, Mickey's Parade is long gone. That means no more ice pops or sprinkle cones. Only the Mickey Mouse ice cream bars are still around, and then only at the Disney parks, and without the cute Mickey faces on them.

Credit goes out to this site for support: http://www.joelfletcher.com/creative-process_files/making-mickeys-parade.html. Visit this site to see how they brought the Mickey's Parade commercial to life.