With the loss of Pinto Colvig for voice work, the sound track of this Goofy cartoon from Disney is carried by the narrator telling us the details of the sport, punctuated, of course, by the slapstick antics of Our Hero. There is also yodeling, sound effects and the accordion-laden score.
It's very rough, bone-breaking slapstick, of a variety that was almost never practiced in America in slapstick's heyday.... although some of the Laurel & Hardy shorts would come close. European slapstick, on the other hand, was much rougher, particularly the Italian shorts before the First World War. The essential humor is, of course, that while it all looks very dangerous, it's done in such an offhand fashion, and nothing serious ever happens.
It's very rough, bone-breaking slapstick, of a variety that was almost never practiced in America in slapstick's heyday.... although some of the Laurel & Hardy shorts would come close. European slapstick, on the other hand, was much rougher, particularly the Italian shorts before the First World War. The essential humor is, of course, that while it all looks very dangerous, it's done in such an offhand fashion, and nothing serious ever happens.