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  • [DRUM ROLL]

  • [JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS]

  • [COFFEE POURS]

  • What's up, everyone?

  • This is Disney+ Deets, where we break down everything

  • you need to know about your favorite

  • Disney+ movies and series.

  • I'm Kenneth.

  • And I'm Marcellus, and not to toot our own horns,

  • but we're pretty much the biggest Disney+ fans out there.

  • No, let's do it!

  • Toot toot!

  • Beep beep!

  • That's right!

  • Let's get into it!

  • [MUSIC RISES]

  • KENNETH BROWN: Ring, ring! MARCELLUS KIDD: Uh, hello?

  • Who is it?

  • KENNETH BROWN: Maybe the best thing about the '90s.

  • Slap bracelets?

  • Baggy jeans?

  • Mall shopping?

  • Even better, It's "A Goofy Movie"!

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Oh, yes, Ken!

  • You don't understand, this is my childhood.

  • I adore this movie.

  • My excitement is through the roof.

  • KENNETH BROWN: I'm just as excited as you.

  • Goofy is one of my favorite characters.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Where are we starting, Ken?

  • KENNETH BROWN: We're going all the way back to 1932,

  • when Goofy made his big-screen debut in the Mickey Mouse

  • cartoon short, "Mickey's Revue."

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: That's right, the character was originally

  • named Dippy Dawg, then Dippy the Goof, and just The Goof,

  • before Walt Disney landed on Goofy

  • KENNETH BROWN: Goofy is such a perfect name.

  • I can't imagine it being anything else.

  • Like, what if it were Fred?

  • Or Marcus?

  • It just wouldn't be the same.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Where'd you get Marcus from?

  • KENNETH BROWN: Don't people call you Marcus sometimes,

  • instead of Marcellus?

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Yes they do, and that's not my name.

  • Goofy rose in popularity over the 1940s,

  • and starred in many of his own shorts.

  • But it wasn't until 1995, with "The Goofy

  • Movie," that he had a starring role

  • in his own solo feature film.

  • KENNETH BROWN: I ain't mad at you, Goofy.

  • I'm still waiting for a starring role

  • in my own solo feature film.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: You know what, Ken?

  • I'll make a call.

  • I know some people.

  • This was director Kevin Lima's feature film debut.

  • KENNETH BROWN: He worked on designs

  • for many of the characters in "Beauty

  • and the Beast," specifically Lumiere, Mrs. Potts,

  • and Cogsworth.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Lima wanted to deliver

  • something modern and unexpected with this movie.

  • His goal was to portray teenagers as they were in 1995,

  • and he succeeded.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Look at the world that we've been immersed in!

  • '90s fashion is on complete display right here.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Display-- you got ripped jeans,

  • you got all the scrunchies, and the hair.

  • KENNETH BROWN: It was crucial to Lima

  • that Goofy be portrayed with the three-dimensionality

  • that audiences hadn't previously seen from the character.

  • He wanted to give Goofy an emotional side that would add

  • to the arc of the story, and for the audience

  • to connect to his heart instead of just

  • laughing at his silly antics.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: He really is such

  • a great father in this movie.

  • Bill Farmer, Rob Paulsen, and Jim Cummings

  • all reprise their roles from Disney's

  • "Goof Troop" television series.

  • Max, however, was aged-up to be in high school,

  • and recast with the voice of Jason Marsden.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Marsden is a legendary voice actor,

  • known for Thackery Binx, the cat in "Hocus Pocus,"

  • as well as characters in Disney's "Adventures

  • of the Gummi Bears," Disney's "The Legend of Tarzan,"

  • and "Kim Possible."

  • You can also see him with your own eyes

  • in several episodes of "Boy Meets World."

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Bobby!

  • KENNETH BROWN: Bobby, with his mohawk, is hilarious to me.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: How about the fact

  • that Bobby was drinking water from the water

  • fountain with a straw?

  • KENNETH BROWN: Slurping!

  • [LAUGHING]

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: OK, now get ready for this one.

  • Jim Cummings, the voice of Pete, can be heard

  • in so many Disney classics.

  • In addition to roles in Disney's "Adventures of the Gummi

  • Bears," "DuckTales," "Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers,"

  • "Tailspin," and "Aladdin," Cummings voiced both Winnie

  • the Pooh and Tigger in "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh,"

  • and a hyena in "The Lion King," and Darkwing Duck himself.

  • KENNETH BROWN: You just read his Disney resume and my childhood

  • at the same time.

  • Jim Cummings makes me feel like an underachiever.

  • Oh, look!

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Look, Roxanne is so happy.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Roxanne is excited.

  • Roxanne is the love interest--

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Yes!

  • KENNETH BROWN: Who Max is spending

  • the entirety of the film to try to connect with.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: She's so sweet, and look he gets his--

  • KENNETH BROWN: She was!

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: He gets his little popularity chops.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Right, right, right.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Now, we must talk about the great Disney

  • legend Bill Farmer, who has been voicing

  • Goofy for over 30 years.

  • According to Farmer, normally for a movie like this, Bill

  • recorded three to four days, plus a few extra days

  • for pickups.

  • For "A Goofy Movie," Bill recorded

  • 43 days over two and a half years.

  • KENNETH BROWN: That is dedication.

  • A-hyuk!

  • Come on, smile!

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Our classic Goofy.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Most of the film was animated in France.

  • Because this was before the internet,

  • director Kevin Lima would tape himself acting out scenes

  • as the characters, and ship the tapes

  • to the animators in Paris.

  • Lima says it's often frightening how similar Max's

  • expressions are to his own.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: I believe it.

  • I was drawn in the entire time.

  • If you look at the balloons here,

  • you might see a shape that looks a lot like-- well,

  • you know who.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Mickey Mouse!

  • It's just nice to know he's out there.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: It is.

  • Oh, I love this scene.

  • Possum Park feels like somewhere I

  • would have a birthday party at.

  • Like, this looks fun.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Are you kidding me?

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Yes.

  • KENNETH BROWN: You want to go to Possum Park?

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Do you see how happy everybody is?

  • Sometimes you got to look at stuff

  • with a different lens, Ken.

  • KENNETH BROWN: Max is not having it.

  • MARCELLUS KIDD: Oh, fun fact!

  • Kevin Lima's actually the voice of Lester.

  • Listen, if I could get my hands on one of those hats

  • my life would be complete.

  • This is really one of my all-time favorite movies!

  • Seriously, it's such a fan-favorite today,

  • but can you believe it wasn't quite a hit when it

  • first opened at the box office?

  • KENNETH BROWN: I know, especially

  • since it's considered such a beloved classic today.

  • I remember at the D23 Expo in 2015,

  • the room was packed for a 20th-anniversary panel

  • with the cast and crew from the film.

  • Everyone received a well-deserved standing ovation.

  • There was even a surprise appearance

  • from Tevin Campbell, a.k.a.

  • Powerline himself, who performed "I2I"!

  • It was amazing!