Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

1953

Comedy Animation Short

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Charles Nichols

Ward Kimball

Cast

Charlie Parlota

Loulie Jean Norman

The Mellowmen Quartet