Date With Destiny
- Studio
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- Animation studio
- Walt Disney Animation (Australia), Inc
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Television
Synopsis
When Max says Goofy's getting married (to avoid an awkward moment at school), Peg sets out to find Goofy the ideal match.
Characters
Goofy, Pete, PJ, Max, Peg, Mrs. PennyPacker
Credits
Producing
- Producer
- Roy Wilson, Hank Tucker, Ken Kessel
- Supervising Producer
- Robert Taylor
Writing
- Writer
- Stephen Levi, Bruce Talkington
- Created by
- Peter Montgomery
Voices
- Voice
- Bill Farmer (Goofy), Jim Cummings (Pete), Rob Paulsen (PJ), Dana Hill (Max), April Winchell (Peg), Susan Tolsky (Mrs. PennyPacker)
Music
- Music
- Mark Watters
- Theme Song
- Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Robert Irving
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Fred Lucky, Rhoy Shishido, Wendell Washer, Dave Williams
Production notes
Disney's Goof Troop found the world's silliest talking dog all grown up and rearing a child. Goofy, scatterbrained as always, lived in Spoonerville, where he was raising his 11-year-old son Max. The two lived next door to the narrow-minded Pete, his loving wife Peggy, daughter Pistol, and son P.J., who as good friends with Max.
Episodes usually revolved around the adventures and the mischief Max and P.J. got themselves into, with the hapless Goofy and disgruntled Pete inadvertently getting involved to sort things out. The show balanced these wacky hijinks with social lessons on peer pressure and popularity, and the disagreeable Pete always got his comeuppance one way or another.
Following the pattern set by Darkwing Duck and others, Goof Troop started its run on cable's Disney Channel before moving on to both ABC's Saturday morning lineup and a slot on the two-hour Disney Afternoon block (which also included Darkwing Duck and Tale Spin). Both the network episodes and the syndicated ones were originals, giving kids a healthy helping of goofiness six days a week.
In 1995, Goofy and Max teamed up again for the theatrical film A Goofy Movie, which took the wacky suburbanites on a cross-country road trip. One year later, the series came full circle, as its reruns returned to their original home on the Disney Channel.
Originally aired in April and May of 1992 on the Disney Channel; release date reflects second airing in Syndication as part of the two-hour Disney Afternoon cartoon block (replacing DuckTales.) These repeats in syndication aired concurrently with new episodes aired on ABC on their Saturday morning line-up.
Episodes usually revolved around the adventures and the mischief Max and P.J. got themselves into, with the hapless Goofy and disgruntled Pete inadvertently getting involved to sort things out. The show balanced these wacky hijinks with social lessons on peer pressure and popularity, and the disagreeable Pete always got his comeuppance one way or another.
Following the pattern set by Darkwing Duck and others, Goof Troop started its run on cable's Disney Channel before moving on to both ABC's Saturday morning lineup and a slot on the two-hour Disney Afternoon block (which also included Darkwing Duck and Tale Spin). Both the network episodes and the syndicated ones were originals, giving kids a healthy helping of goofiness six days a week.
In 1995, Goofy and Max teamed up again for the theatrical film A Goofy Movie, which took the wacky suburbanites on a cross-country road trip. One year later, the series came full circle, as its reruns returned to their original home on the Disney Channel.
Originally aired in April and May of 1992 on the Disney Channel; release date reflects second airing in Syndication as part of the two-hour Disney Afternoon cartoon block (replacing DuckTales.) These repeats in syndication aired concurrently with new episodes aired on ABC on their Saturday morning line-up.
Reviews
Date With Destiny
The crew at Disney took a stab at one of the toughest jobs around in this episode, finding the girl for Goofy. The end result leaves a few holes unfilled, but still manages to be charming along the way. In fact, my only real complaint is that this episode doesn't effect the future of the show, because in setting up this episode, they created one of the most charming mismatches I've ever seen. Oh well.