Underplayed Gems

How to Play Baseball (1942)

How to Play Baseball poster
Directed by
Jack Kinney
Genre
comedy, animation, fantasy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 72 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This cartoon shows Goofy trying to learn how to play baseball. It uses a straightforward guide that turns more and more chaotic as Goofy messes up the rules.

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What happens

How to Play Baseball is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 4, 1942, featuring Goofy. The short was produced at the request of Samuel Goldwyn and first shown to accompany the 1942 feature film The Pride of the Yankees. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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