The Coach - How To Play Football (1944)

 

There's this great sequence from a Disney cartoon called How To Play Football (1944) starring a bunch of Goofy clones. I think it's a decently funny short, but this particular scene with the coach was animated beautifully by John Sibley. 

He's one of my favorite animators of all time. He animated most of the Kinney Goofy shorts and has an expressive yet cool and almost powerful sense of artistic ability. The coach here shows off a very tough and likeable pose.

He does a unique walk, and does a solidly great trick of letting go of the cigar and a second later he grasps it with his teeth. 

The next following frames are a bunch of lively and fun drawings of The Coach's arms flailing around, and anticipation.

So fluid and interesting.

I'm telling you this happens in all of a matter of seconds, these type of scenes are fast paced and erratic, but honestly in an appropriate way.

Here's use of the dry-brush technique. 

This is a fantastic and well-drawn pose. 

So as this one. 

It's gets even better every time. 

This one is especially badass. Yep, I'm saying it. The camera zooms in rapidly here.

I swear when it comes to people complaining how Disney isn't trying to go for a wacky and quirky style of humor, they haven't seen these cartoons. They remind me alot like Avery.

I remember chuckling at the coach's voice when he says "NOW GET OUT THERE and FIGHT!" It's really funny and rubbery. 

Feel free to watch on Toontales. 

https://www.toontales.net/short/how-to-play-football/