Goofy and Wilbur

Goofy and Wilbur is an animated cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 17, 1939. Although the cartoon is billed as a Mickey Mouse cartoon (as said on the theatrical poster), it was the first cartoon which featured Goofy in a solo role without Mickey Mouse and/or Donald Duck.

Goofy and Wilbur
Original theatrical poster
Directed byDick Huemer
Story byOtto Englander
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringJack Bailey
Music byPaul J. Smith
Animation byArt Babbitt
Izzy Klein
Ed Love
Wolfgang Reitherman
Bernard Wolf
Production
company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • March 17, 1939 (1939-03-17)
Running time
8:05
LanguageEnglish

In this cartoon Goofy goes fishing with his pet grasshopper, Wilbur, only for persistent bad luck to befall the duo. This cartoon has a violent depiction because Wilbur is nearly, or perhaps actually, killed.

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