Goofy Comics #39

Goofy Gander spots an ad for a summer job at Tip Top Lodge on Crystal Mountain—good pay, free food, and time for fishing and hiking—but his scheming rival Wally Wolf has the same idea. As the two race to be first in line, Wally pulls out all the stops with sabotage and dirty tricks, leading to a wild chase filled with blown tires, booby traps, and increasingly desperate schemes. When they finally arrive at the lodge, things take an unexpected turn as they discover the job involves far more chaos than either bargained for.

Goofy Gander and Peter Pig volunteer to help a painter speed up his work by devising an ingenious (if chaotic) system involving skates and a scaffold, confident they'll earn themselves a nice tip. Their scheme works splendidly—at least until things take an unexpected turn. A rollicking one-pager that proves even the simplest job can go hilariously sideways when you've got more enthusiasm than common sense.

When lumber company workers threaten to fell the trees where Goofy's friends live, Goofy strikes a desperate bargain: gather enough wood to fill their truck by five o'clock, and they'll leave the forest standing. What Goofy does to meet that deadline—and how it outwits the greedy loggers—makes for a satisfying bit of backwoods justice with real heart underneath the laughs.

Peter Pig learns a valuable lesson about kindness to animals from his Uncle Pigly, then decides to put the wisdom to the test at the zoo—with spectacularly unintended consequences. When a mysterious package Peter brought home turns out to contain super-power catnip, his friendly gesture spirals into hilarious chaos as a lion follows him home, forcing Uncle Pigly to abandon his own principles in a panic. It's a perfect five-page romp about good intentions colliding with reality in the funniest way possible.

Wally Wolf spots an opportunity when his pal Goofy agrees to let him deliver a valuable watch to the wealthy Cyrus Van Cloudbank—especially after hearing about the generous tip involved. What follows is a madcap chase through the city zoo and beyond, as the watch changes hands repeatedly, passes through the monkey cage, and gets destroyed in increasingly ridiculous ways. Can Wally recover the watch, or will his scheme to pocket an easy tip cost him far more than he bargained for?

Goofy Gander discovers a magnifying glass and hatches a scheme to turn an ordinary fly into a spectacular attraction—all for the price of admission. With nothing but a box and a little ingenuity, he's ready to put on a show that promises to reveal the largest fly in the world. It's a clever bit of barnyard hustle that'll have you grinning at how far a duck will go for a dime.