| How to Stay at Home | |
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| Directed by | Eric Goldberg |
| Written by | Eric Goldberg |
| Starring | Bill Farmer |
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| Distributed by | Disney Platform Distribution (Disney+) |
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Running time | 3-6 minutes |
| Language | English |
How to Stay at Home is an American animated series of short films written and directed byEric Goldberg and produced byWalt Disney Animation Studios. The series starsBill Farmer with narration fromCorey Burton and centers onGoofy as he is forced to stay in his home due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The three shorts were released on August 11, 2021, onDisney+.
Told in the style of the classicHow to... series, the series followsGoofy's life in his home during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "How to Wear a Mask" | August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) | |
Goofy tries to wear a mask in order to leave his house, but ends up entangled in it. | |||
| 2 | "Learning to Cook" | August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) | |
Goofy causes a disaster while trying to create a new and unique meal. | |||
| 3 | "Binge Watching" | August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) | |
Goofy takes care of multiple tasks while binge-watching his favorite show. | |||
During Fall 2020, animatorEric Goldberg pitched toWalt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officerJennifer Lee and presidentClark Spencer a series of shorts starringGoofy that centered on his life during theCOVID-19 pandemic in the spirit of hisHow to... shorts, having been personally fond of the character.[1][2] Lee and Spencer felt that Goofy's "everyman" persona was perfect to showcase regular life during the pandemic.[1] The series was announced in July 2021, with Goldberg set to direct andDorothy McKim set to produce.[1]Bill Farmer andCorey Burton reprise their roles from previous Disney media as Goofy and The Narrator.[1] In addition to the three initial shorts, Goldberg pitched to Lee several additional ideas forHow to Stay at Home shorts.[3]
Contrary to most modern Walt Disney Animation Studios productions, the series was made withhand-drawn animation.[1] Each short had a different supervising animator; Goldberg was the supervising animator forHow to Wear a Mask, Randy Haycock forLearning to Cook andMark Henn forBinge Watching.[1] Goldberg choose to animateHow to Wear a Mask due to the short's use of physical humor, which he always was personally fond of.[2] McKim assembled a 10-people team for the series.[1] Due to the pandemic, the shorts were remotely produced, with technical director Brandon Bloch delivering scenes personally to the animators' homes after receiving them at Goldberg's home.[1] While the shorts were inspired by theHow to... Goofy shorts directed byJack Kinney, the animators didn't want them to "feel like it came directly from 1942", so background artist Lureline Weatherly made backgrounds more detailed than those of the original shorts and Goofy was given an extremely thicker outline in order for the animation to feel modern, while also evoking the original shorts.[1]
The short series utilizes several sounds created byJimmy McDonald for the originalHow to... shorts.[1] The sounds were selected according to Goldberg's preference, while McKim obtained the rights to use them.[1]
How to Stay at Home was released onDisney+, on August 11, 2021.[1] The series consists of three shorts.[1]