"The Goof Who Sat By the Door" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series Atlanta.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.190 million household viewers and gained a 0.06 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The documentary states that after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, The Walt Disney Company appointed a Black man named Thomas Washington, an animator, as its new CEO.
Washington was interested in animation since he was young and studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design, intending to work for Disney.
During the 1992 riots, Disney's temporary CEO died and the board decided to appoint a white man named Tom Washington.
The documentary ends with his widow stating that his impact is still felt to this day, remarking that he managed to make "the Blackest movie of all time".
In September 2022, FX announced that the eighth episode of the season would be titled "The Goof Who Sat By the Door" and that it would be written by supervising producer Francesca Sloane and Karen Joseph Adcock, and directed by series creator and lead actor Donald Glover.
"[8] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "It is an impeccable recreation of a certain brand of sociologically-conscious Hollywood biography, blending real-life footage of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising with photographs and video clips of Washington and his family, along with talking-head footage from journalist Jenna Wortham, R&B star Brian McKnight, comedian-actor Sinbad, and a group of actors playing important figures in Thomas Washington's improbable rise and tragic fall.
Maybe this is the one that should have been called “The Most Atlanta.”"[10] Ile-Ife Okantah of Vulture gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "The amount of care that was put into making this seem like a completely plausible documentary will not go unnoticed on my watch.
It stretches the absurdity at the perfect points, like finding the Goofy gloves and costume at the crime scene, but stays grounded in reality when necessary, as when drawing connections to real-life events including the riots, making the final product an excellent satire.
"[12] Kevin Lima, director of A Goofy Movie, expressed surprise and praise for the episode, saying "I sat down and watched it with wide eyes and my jaw on the floor.