Hockey Homicide
| Hockey Homicide | |
|---|---|
| Goofy series | |
 | |
| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by |
Bill Berg Dick Kinney |
| Voices by |
Pinto Colvig (uncredited) Doodles Weaver (uncredited) |
| Music by | Paul Smith |
| Animation by |
Jack Boyd John Sibley Hal King Milt Kahl Al Bertino (uncredited) Cliff Nordberg (uncredited) Les Clark (uncredited) Ward Kimball (uncredited) Andy Engman (uncredited)[1] |
| Layouts by | Don da Gradi |
| Backgrounds by | Art Riley |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 21, 1945 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Californy'er Bust (1945) |
| Followed by | A Knight for a Day (1946) |
Hockey Homicide is a cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1945.
Synopsis
Narrator Doodles Weaver explains the rules of ice hockey in satirical format. The narration's emphasis on good sportsmanship is countered by the violence of the players (all of them "played" by Goofy). Team captains Ice Box Bertino and Fearless Ferguson are rivals who brutally fight each other and incur a penalty before the game can begin, sending both of them to the penalty box; subsequently, they are constantly released from the box only to be sent back to it as they cannot help but fight each other on the ice. Eventually, confusion over many extra hockey pucks leads the players and spectators to get into a massive brawl, during which snippets from other Disney cartoons (including Pinocchio, How to Play Football, How to Play Baseball, and Victory Through Air Power) are included to emphasize the mass confusion. Meanwhile, the Loose Leafs' and the Ant Eaters' team members excitedly and intently watch the action from high in the stands while enjoying themselves, with the closing narration implying that they irritate each other's fans into fighting so the players themselves can watch instead.
Production notes
- The names of all the players are named after various members of the Disney staff. The list below is from the scorecard early in the short.
| Referee | Scorer |
|---|---|
| Clean Game Kinney | Myron Nelson |
| Loose Leafs Roster/Moose | Ant Eaters Roster/Pelicans |
| Kewpie Nichols | Zip Zinnen |
| Slugger Hannah | Tiger Adelquist |
| Swede Larson | Bullet Sebern |
| Catfish Nolley | Lightning Shaw |
| Ice Box Bertino | Fearless Ferguson |
| Moose Williams | Wildcat Karpe |
| Killer Kahl | Iron Pants Dunham |
| Hurricane Smith | Butch King |
| Terror Sibley | Bomber Nordberg |
| Jack Boyd | Speed Peed |
| Spike Riley | Dippy Dyson |
References
- ↑ "Disney's "Hockey Homicide" (1945)". Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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