''How to Swim'' is a

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made by

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in 1942, featuring

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Plot

The cartoon opens with

demonstrating the bathing suit and using a piano stool to demonstrate swimming techniques, such as the windmill stroke, the Australian crawl, side stroke and the breaststroke. As goofy is doing this, he is unaware that he, using the stool, has exited his house and, with the help of a street light, got back in his house, but had accidentally fallen in the bath. Next, Goofy demonstrates changing into swimming gear in a beach locker, which is too big for him. As he is trying to get on his swimming gear, he knocks over all the other beach lockers and the one he is in falls into the sea. Goofy exits the beach locker and has his lunch while in the sea, with the aid of a bubble surrounding him. Goofy accidentally pops the bubble by trying to set down his umbrella, and gets cramps due to him eating in the sea, and sinks into the sea. Next, Goofy demonstrates diving with the help of a chart. As Goofy is about to jump, he gets caught on the spring board, and the chart uses him as a boost. Goofy is lifted up into the air and falls into the pool, which does not have any water in it. Finally, Goofy shows off surf bathing, as he jumps into the water, a wave pushes him back onto the beach and he lands on an anchor, which pops his ring. Another wave pushes him onto a slingshot-like structure, which launches him far out to sea, before he lands on a desert island. The cartoon ends with Goofy, still on the desert island, with Goofy surrounded by mermaids.

Voice cast

* Goofy:

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* Narrator: John McLeish

Releases

*1942 – Theatrical release *1964 – ''

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'', episode #10.23: "In Shape with Von Drake" (TV) *1972 – ''

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'', episode #1.7: "Water Sports" (TV) *1976 – "Superstar Goofy" (TV) *c. 1983 – ''

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'', episode #64 (TV) *1991 – Aired on

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in the UK as part of the

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Summer Morning programming presented by Glenn Kinsey (TV) *c. 1992 – ''

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'', episode #66 (TV) *c. 1992 – ''

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'', episode #33 (TV) *1993 – ''The Adventures of Mickey and Donald'', episode #18 (TV) *1997 – '' The Ink and Paint Club'', episode #3: "Sports Goofy" (TV)

Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy''. Additional releases include: *1981 – "Goofy Over Sports" (VHS) *1983 – "Cartoon Classics: More Sport Goofy" (VHS) *2005 – " Classic Cartoon Favorites: Starring Goofy" (DVD)

References

External links

* 1942 short films 1942 animated films 1940s sports films 1940s Disney animated short films Swim Swimming films Swimming animation Films directed by Jack Kinney Films produced by Walt Disney 1940s English-language films American animated short films RKO Pictures short films RKO Pictures animated short films Animated films about dogs {{1940s-Disney-animation-film-stub