Why Goofy can talk?

Q: Why is Goofy the only Disney dog that can talk?
Alicia, Stockton, California 

A [Dave Smith]: Goofy was actually created as a human character, with dog-like characteristics, so, yes, he wears clothes and talks. But there are other Disney dogs that talk — witness the casts of Lady and the Tramp, Oliver and Company, The Fox and the Hound, etc. 

Everyday, Disney fans send dozens of questions for Disney Chief Archivist Dave Smith. Here are Dave's answers to your questions. Check back every day for a new post with a new question.

Dave Smith (born October 13, 1940) was the Walt Disney Archives founder and chief archivist which is located in the Frank G. Wells Building at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. He joined the company June 22, 1970. Forty years later, on July 2010, he retired.

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