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The play on words in the title of this 6.5-minute cartoon already says what this one is about: losing weight. Weight Watchers in the 1950s as this one is already 65 years old, was made only half a decade after World War II and it is one of many Goofy "how to" videos. I must say I like these, they are always funny I think. This one here is probably not among the best or the worst, so it meets the high standards without exuding greatness. Pinto Colvig, however, is as great as always and his voice could not fit Goofy any better. Maybe they actually could have made some of the food jokes a bit funnier, but it's still pretty entertaining. I do recommend the watch. Thumbs up for Goofy and this little film.

This cartoon had a very negative view on how I felt about cellulite. As a child, I struggled when I heard the word fat, feeling like there was nothing good about it.

From the age of 5 till about 10, I had seen quite a few things about weight portrayed in a horrible light. This cartoon did not help that image.

There were several scenes from this short that stuck with me. Goofy deflating the car tires, grounding the elevator, and his stomach growling like a dog. He tightens his belt to suppress his hunger, only to watch in horror as it busts lose, his gut now whimpering like a frightened pup.

The harshest thing about this was the fact that Goofy's reflection talked negatively to him instead of giving him encouragement. I believe this may well be Goofy's conscious telling him to improve his lifestyle. However, it doesn't seem to work very well and at the end of the cartoon. Goofy's reflection has now eaten all the food. So if this is indeed Goof's conscious, he has taken a turn for the worse and will continue his gluttonous ways.

This cartoon would probably be more funny to me now than a while back. Some of the scenes are just overblown. I will come back later to clean up my review and give a final score for this.

MUCH LIKE ALL of the other GOOFY Cartoons of the period, this one really hits the target. Anyone who has had the temerity to call himself heavyset, husky/stocky or (our personnel favourite) "big boned" as euphemisms for their own overweight condition, will surely see more than just a little bit of himself in this cartoon.

WE BELIEVE THAT so much of the success of one reeler cartoon shorts like this one is due to Director Jack Kinney. Having screened so many of these Disney theatricals lately, we seem to have been able to isolate and instantly identify one of his pictures by his distinctive style.

OUR STORY: THE Picture opens up with Goofy's raiding the old ice box; embarking on a culinary marathon of binging on whatever tidbits of leftovers that can be procured at that time. True to real life, Goofy dispatches those various items with post haste, breakneck velocity. In short, he's become a rapid-fire eating machine.

EMPLOYED AS THE central dramatic device of the story is the gimmick of having Goofy's conscience addressing his gargantuan gourmet weaknesses through the implementation of an independent minded reflection in his bedroom's vanity mirror. It this inner alter-ego who finally dares to unveil that Goofy does indeed have a problem with his excessive weight. As we all know, the first step in solving a problem is recognizing that one exists.

THIS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT action is followed with a litany of gags involving many different characters' daring to call Goofy that one word that no obesitarian* wants to hear. That would be referring to our hapless hero as "Fat" by given name.

WE MUST CONFESS that we saw more than a little bit of our self on the screen in this one. Although this both has been and is a touchy and highly sensitive area for this writer, we found that the humor generated in this by Mr. Disney, Jack Kinney and their production team helped to bring about a newfound determination to address the situation and get our own personal "borders" under control.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND if you don't think that we'll start on a program; let alone succeed. As a matter of fact we could just hear what you'd probably be saying right about now.

IT'D GO SOMETHING like: "Fat Chance, Ryan!"

NOTE: * We just made that one up! We're lobbying to get this one into the dictionary this year!

Goofy opens up the cartoon by eating a whole table of food in a few seconds. His reflection tells him he's too fat and he gets new clothes. When he gets in the taxi, the tires deflate, the elevator won't go up, and he falls off his chair. His reflection tells him not to eat, but he reads a book with food, tempting to eat even more. The EAT, EAT, EAT, repeatedly is pretty scary at first. Goofy goes to bed but he wakes up wanting to eat, but his reflection ate all the food in the fridge.

I only like Goofy shorts from Disney, I never watch Mickey or his other friends, they just aren't that funny as the Warner Bros. characters.

10/10

. . . Dizzy cartoons are mostly confusing, inconsistent, needlessly complicated, incoherent over-rated condescending exercises in obscure private jokes and humorless red herrings. During TOMORROW WE DIET! The irritating unfunny grating Goofy character is suddenly renamed "George G. Something-the-spellchecker-dismisses-out-of-hand," and redrawn as a 600-pound morbidly obese coach tomato. Whether christened "Dippy Dog," "Goofy G. Goof," "Goof-us D. Dog" or "Super Goof," this demented deviant loser stands out as a perverse scarecrow sure to haunt any childhood in which it's involved. Only a mercenary heartless total sociopath would invite this monstrous menace into his namesake "theme park," posting him to lurk at the entrance as an omen portending the heartaches lying within.