Customer Reviews

Goof Troop, Volume 1

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This DVD release for Goof Troop is very disappointing, especially considering Disney's recent, multi-disc DVD sets for Rescue Rangers and Duck Tales. Instead of those types of set we get a stripped down, single disc release with a mere three episodes on it. Goof Troop of course features the adventures of long-time star Goofy and his son max, a typical, rebellious kid. Also in the cast is long time Goofy foil Pete, his wife Peg, and their son P.J. In all Disney made 78 epidodes of the series so to give fans merely three is perplexing at best.

The shorts are "Slightly Dingy" in which Max and PJ go fishing with their dads and the dads wage a contest to see who the better fisherman is...

"Wrecks, Lies, and Videotape" Max hopes to win a trip by sending in home video of his dad to The Worlds Most painful Home Videos.

"Shake, Rattle, and Goof" Pete and Max try to form a band but their dads interfere.

The shorts are OK but hardly the best the show has to offer. The toon's don't look like they've been enhanced in the least from their original TV appearances, only making this offering seem all the more cheap.

I am posting this for the people who posted that this DVD had 6 episodes. No sadly there are only 3

This was a great Disney serial that my boys (now young men) watched when they were little. I have to agree with a previous reviewer who stated their displeasure that Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers and Duck Tales Volumes 1 were released as 27 episodes and Goof Troop and Quack Pack are set to be released as 6 episodes. Disney should go for the full meal deal or not release the dvd at all: this gives the consumer a real price comparable to $67.50 retail where the other two came in at around $40. Who's getting goofed? The consumer. Do it right or don't bother!

Releasing 27 episodes for a volume 1 of the Rescue Rangers was a good idea... why is volume 1 of goof troop only 6 episodes? Do they not plan to release this show much at all?

As a child, I grew up watching The Disney Afternoon. Goof Troop was always one of my favorite shows of the bunch, and Goofy still stands as my favorite Disney character ever.

That said, I was extremely disappointed by this DVD. It only contains 3 episodes, like the Quack Pack DVD released on the same day, while the previously released Duck Tales and Rescue Rangers sets had 27. That's 1/9 of the episodes for about 1/2 the price. Adding more insult to injury, the Darkwing Duck and TaleSpin sets released since had 25 episodes. It almost makes me regret spending $10 on this disc. It just screams "rental."

Still, I have faith that with the release of Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, and Gummi Bears on DVD, as well as second helpings of Duck Tales and Rescue Rangers, Disney will give Goof Troop, as well as Quack Pack, the DVD treatment it deserves. Until then, I'll just have to be optimistic and view this disc as the mouse's way of testing the waters to see if fans of the show will go for it on DVD.

Ok this kinda makes me mad. I really always loved goof troop. It really makes me mad how disney has only released 1 dvd and it only contains three episodes. Its called volume 1. So where is volume 2?? its only been what like 4 years since this one was released? i dont get why they cant just release boxed sets like they have chip n' dale, duck tales, tale spin or darkwing duck.

What you thinking Disney? Do you think the fans who have supported you over the years so stupid that they will consider three episodes slapped on a DVD acceptable as a 'Volume 1'???? This is honestly quite offensive. I loved this cartoon and want to see it done justice with a DVD set like DuckTales or Talespin. And while you're at it how about doing the same for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin series.

Hot on the heels of the successful TV shows such as DUCKTALES, CHIP 'N DALE RESCUE RANGERS, TALE SPIN, and DARKWING DUCK, Disney decided to cast Goofy in a serial of his own, 1992's GOOF TROOP. Here, Goofy is a surburban dad raising his 11 and a half year old son, Max, while dealing with his nasty nextdoor neighbor, Pete. The show, very cartoonish in style and in its animation, somehow skillfully manages to make Goofy blend in with the obviously "out of touch" 90's era, while providing for some appealing new characterizations, not only in Max, but in his best buddy PJ (Pete's much nicer son), as well as Pete's wife and daughter, the short-tempered Peg and precocious Pistol. There are also some very hilarious nods to the classic "How To" Goofy shorts in more than one episode, particularly when Goofy picks up a book which gives him instructions and we hear a stentorian narrator giving a lesson on how to perform a certain task. (This provides for many hilarious "breaking down the fourth wall" moments, particularly when Goofy does something contradictory to the directions.) GOOF TROOP was a huge success, with more than 78 episodes produced.

Given the success that Disney had in producing three-disc DVD sets for their previous shows, one would expect a similar treatment with GOOF TROOP. Unfortunately, Disney has opted to give GOOF TROOP a single DVD release with only THREE cartoons and zero extras. Very disappointing, but worse still, there are no plans to release the rest of the show in any format! Such is the frustration of fans. That this is a rather lacking compilation is all the more disappointing, as GOOF TROOP is a lot of fun, and the three episodes on this disc are laugh-out-loud riots.

"Slightly Dinghy" -- Max manipulates everybody to go on an outrageous fishing trip to pick up some treasure in order to procure himself a videogame. They encounter rowdy fish, a mechanical shark, and storms.

"Wrecks, Lies, and Videotape" -- This is one of my favorite episodes on the show, in which Max tries to give his father a free vacation to Hawaii but getting him to do a stunt for the famous TV show "America's Most Painful Videos" (get the joke?). Unfortunately, he lets Pete take the video to the show... this results with a hilarious nod to Goofy's role as Jacob Marley from MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.

"Shake, Rattle, and Goof" -- Max and PJ want to start their own rock and roll band, a wish that they later regret when both are conned into a ripoff contract with the greedy manager of Suave Records.

As mentioned, there's nothing bad about the cartoons on this DVD. It's just that there are so many other episodes that are dying for a DVD release and that this is the only thing we've seen of GOOF TROOP on DVD at all is very unfortunate. Disney seriously needs to give this show a better treatment.

hmm....its nice but it could be better, i hope the second volume will be better. because three episodes is not a good deal. and honestly thats why i gave it three stars.

The first time I saw that vol. 1 of goof troop was finally on dvd I was very happy. It wasn't until I got the dvd that the happiness I felt turned into disappointment. Volumes of tv series usually consist of episodes 1-22 or 1-16. This dvd only had 3 like the previous reviews have already pointed out. On the bright side I did enjoy having goof troop on dvd and seeing the classic show again but not only 3 episodes. They really let me down. For a hardcore fan of the show it's a must have but for someone who is expecting more than three episodes...I'd say pass and wait for another release.