Editing Goofy (section)

===Origin and early years===
[[File:Goofy Debut.PNG|left|thumb|250px|Goofy, anonymous in his debut cartoon, ''Mickey's Revue'' (1932)]]

The character of Goofy originated with his voice actor, a former circus and [[vaudville]] actor, comedian, clown and [[chalk talk]] artist [[Pinto Colvig]], who began working as a story man for the Disney Studio in 1930. 

According to Colvig, one day in 1931, he was having a conversation with [[Walt Disney]] and director [[Wilfred Jackson]], and began to reminisce about “…a grinny, half-baked village nitwit back in my hometown whose mannerisms I had copied and used for one of my former stage characters, ''The Oregon Appleknocker''.”<ref name="CrazyBusiness">{{cite book|last1=Colvig|first1=Pinto |title=It's A Crazy Business: The Goofy Life of a Disney Legend|date=2015|publisher=Theme Park Press|editor1=Pierce, Todd James|editor2=Mclain, Bob|isbn=978-1-941500-49-1|page=99|url=https://www.amazon.com/Its-Crazy-Business-Disney-Legend/dp/B0DJGHSVV6}}</ref> Colvig later identified this “village nitwit” as a local flagman that worked at [[Jacksonville, Oregon]]'s main railroad crossing, who he described as a  “...slow-minded guy who is the happiest fellow in the world. Each small town has one, and he always seems to hang around the depot... As a youngster I used to watch every train come in, and I knew all the details and peculiarities of that flagman's life. I impersonated that man for Disney, not in jest, but because I admired him and his simplicity. I always laughed with him rather than at him."<ref>{{cite news |title=Voice of Comic Characters, Pinto Colvig, Visits Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rhinelander-daily-news/5410537/ |agency=The Rhinelander Daily News |page=3 |date=July 22, 1958 }}</ref> 

Walt Disney was captivated by Colvig's impersonation and, eager to expand his cast of recognizable characters,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Jake S. |title=The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age |date=2022 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=51 |isbn=9781641607223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciVSEAAAQBAJ}}</ref> decided to develop a new character around Colvig's former stage routine for Mickey's ever-growing roster of supporting players. The next day, Colvig went in front of a microphone and camera and started acting out the loose ungainly mannerisms of his ''Oregon Appleknocker'' persona, while animator [[Tom Palmer (animator)|Tom Palmer]] sketched out a character based on his performance. “Thus ‘Goofy, the Guy with a Silly Laugh’ was hatched”, as Colvig would later declare with pride.<ref name=CrazyBusiness/>

The character first appeared in ''[[Mickey's Revue]]'', released on May 27, 1932. Directed by Jackson, the short features [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]], [[Horace Horsecollar]] and [[Clarabelle Cow]] performing a song and dance show: a typical Mickey cartoon of the time. What set this short apart was the appearance of a new character: a dog-like member of the audience who constantly irritates his fellow spectators by noisily crunching peanuts and laughing loudly (the laugh being provided by Colvig) until two of those fellow spectators knocked him out with their mallets, before revealing they have the same exact laugh. 

This early version of Goofy was named ''Dippy Dawg'' by Disney artist Frank Webb{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} and was depicted as an old man with a white beard, a puffy tail, and no trousers, shorts, or undergarments. A considerably younger and more refined version of the ''Dippy Dawg'' character next appeared in ''[[The Whoopee Party]]'' (released on September 17, 1932) this time as a party guest and a friend of Mickey and his gang. 

''Dippy Dawg'' made a total of six appearances between 1932 and 1933, but most of them were mere [[Cameo appearance|cameos]]. By his seventh appearance, in ''[[Orphan's Benefit]]'' (released on August 11, 1934), he gained the new name "Goofy", but was still considered a minor character.