Goofy first appeared in Mickey's Revue, first released
on May 25, 1932. Directed by Wilfred Jackson this short
features Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar
and Clarabelle Cow performing another song and dance show.
Mickey and his gang's animated shorts by this point routinely
featured song and dance numbers. What would make this
short notable was the appearance of a new character, whose
behavior served as a running gag. Dippy Dawg, as he was
named by Walt Disney Studios' artists, was a member of
the audience. He constantly irritated his fellow spectators
by noisily crunching peanuts and laughing loudly, till
two of those fellow spectators knocked him out with their
mallets. This early version of Goofy had other differences
with the later and more developed one besides the name.
He was an old man with a white beard, a puffy tail and
no trousers, shorts or undergarments. But the short introduced
Goofy's distinct laughter. This laughter was provided
by voice actor Vance DeBar Colvig, better known as Pinto
Colvig (September 11, 1892 - October 3, 1967). He would
serve as Goofy's voice actor till 1965.
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