The antepenultimate episode of Atlanta, titled “The Goof Who Sat by the Door,” tells the story of Disney’s first Black chief executive, Thomas Washington, and his role in creating A Goofy Movie, billed in the episode as “the Blackest movie of all time.” Of course, Atlanta being Atlanta, the episode is shot as a mockumentary, and the premise is a play on Sam Greenlee’s novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door as well as the real (if somewhat delusional) Blerd nostalgia surrounding A Goofy Movie.
