Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)

US:: NR Animation

In this short subject (which mostly represents a departure from Disney's traditional approach to animation), a stuffy owl teacher lectures his feathered flock on the origins of Western musical instruments. Starting with cavepeople, whose crude implements could only "toot, whistle, plunk and boom," the owl explains how these beginnings led to the development of the four basic types of Western musical instruments: brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.

Updated May 11 2020

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1953-11-10

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Runtime: 10 mins Rating: 6.5 Tag Line: A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.

Cast

Bill Thompson

Mr. Smee (voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Thing 1

Gloria Wood

Loulie Jean Norman

Penelope Pinfeather

Crew

Walt Disney

Producer

Julius Svendsen

Animation

Art Stevens

Animation

Dick Huemer

Story

Tom Oreb

Characters

Joseph Dubin

Original Music Composer

Charles A. Nichols

Director

Ward Kimball

Director