Goofy's wife dies later on and Goofy states to Max 'she up there with the stars' so his modern day appearances portray Goofy as a widower. Goofy's (unnamed) wife has appeared - but always with her face unseen - in 1950s-produced cartoon shorts depicting the character as a 'family man'. In a 1930s lecture, Babbitt described the character as 'a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible good samaritan, a halfwit and a shiftless, good-natured hick'. Of Disney studio animators, Art Babbitt is most regarded for the creation of the Goofy character, while original concept drawings were by Frank Webb. 4 List of theatrical Donald and Goofy cartoons.
