Hello & welcome back to A Look at Disney as we continue on with A Look at Disney Investigates with our second Classic Shorts Showcase event as we look at How To Be A Detective.
The Plot
We open in a crime ridden town, where we see all kinds of underhanded activities going on, and then we meet our Private Eye, Johnny Eyeball (Goofy) as a bride to be tells him to find Al. But the Chief of Police (Pete) tells Eyeball to leave the case alone but Eyeball goes on with the case to find Al and keeps running into a shady & suspicious character that appears to be based on the weasels from Wind In The Willows. And every time that Eyeball comes across this character, he ends up getting hurt. Honestly, this short has a lot of great slapstick such as Goofy falling down an elevator chute. And at every locale, Chief shows up to tell Eyeball to leave the Al case alone. This all culminates in a great car chase involving Eyeball, the Weasel, and the Chief of Police and ends with a three car pile up. And The Bride shows up at the end and calls for Al and we find out here that Chief of Police is Al and The Bride had been looking for him as he had been evading their wedding, which we see at the end as they are married by a different weasel.
This short was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the noir take. Even down to how the narration was handled.
Narrator
Narrator - Voiced Unlisted
The narration for this short was different than that of other How To shorts as it adapted more to the tone of a noir story and really helped to evoke the setting.
Characters
Main Character
Johnny Eyeball (Goofy) voiced by Pinto Colvig
Goofy, while not the greatest detective was really fun in this role and I think that was the sole purpose as to why they used. Though, I'd really love to see a short with Donald getting frustrated trying to solve a mystery. Getting back to the review at hand, I loved Goofy in this short as his slapstick was just so on point as every single thing that he did put a big old smile on my face.
Supporting Characters
Al (Pete) voiced by Billy Bletcher
This is one of the few times that Pete isn't a bad guy. He served more as the straight man to Goofy's antics and it worked rather well.
Weasel - Voice Uncredited
The Weasel was the closest thing that we had to a bad guy. He was pretty fun with all of the different ways that he took out Eyeball during the short.
The Dame voiced by June Foray
The Dame didn't have much to do in the short other than serving the role of a femme fatale in this short and for the most part, that worked out pretty fine.
My Final Thoughts
This short is really fun. It really works well with putting Goofy in the role of a detective. This short has some of the best slapstick that I've seen from a Goofy short. Everything about this short just came together to deliver a great time. Join me next time as we look at special Darkwing Duck Music Fridays.
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