Goofy haunts a house.
Now this is more like it.
A fun premise that does all the kinds of things one would expect from a
ghost, creepy sounds, the bed sheet, and opening the creaky door in the manner
only Goofy can do. I think it’s really great
that once Goofy knows his being among the dearly departed is just temporary he
gets right in to it merrily singing a haunting I will go as he goes to the
house he picked to haunt. I like the fun
call backs to other shorts like the fact that Ajax is being used as the go to company
for everything. It was the kit company
in ‘How to Be a Spy’ and now it’s the newspaper stand.
The transitions of the tombstones and the lightening fit
great with the theme and the narrator fits nicely too, especially when he
lowers his voice to be extra creepy. The
animation takes full advantage of the theme too like how Goofy can’t sit in
chairs and how he oozes out of the bathtub tap, because his body is incorporeal. Also I like the fuzzy white outline he has as
a ghost.
Finally I love the ending where, in keeping with the twists
of this era, Goofy finally succeeds in scaring Donald without even trying, and
then Donald becomes a ghost too through another traffic accident. Then they both show us how to end a cartoon
with the comic scream and iris out.
This was a very nice how to short. It took full advantage of its theme by
providing fun haunting scenarios for Goofy, a great overall look and feel of
the dark and spooky night variety, all with animation and a narrator to match
it. Well done guys.
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