Goofy and Wilbur

Goofy and Wilbur is a 1939 cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 17, 1939. It was the first cartoon which featured Goofy in his first solo role without Mickey Mouse and/or Donald Duck. In this cartoon Goofy goes fishing with his pet grasshopper, Wilbur, only for persistent bad luck to befall the duo. An anthropomorphic dog Goofy and his grasshopper friend Wilbur (who has limited ability to think or feel), catch fish in a net using Wilbur as bait. This cartoon has a violent depiction because Wilbur is nearly, or perhaps actually, killed. The cartoon is notable for its high level of japery throughout, and its remarkable sequence of 13 consecutive pratfalls. This cartoon was released two years after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), on the same year as The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939), and a year before Pinocchio and Fantasia (both 1940).