Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

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.

Genre: Animation

Stars: Bill Thompson, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Thurl Ravenscroft

Crew: Charles A. Nichols (Director), Ward Kimball (Director), Walt Disney (Producer), Ward Kimball (Animation), Henry Tanous (Animation), Marc Davis (Animation)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Runtime: 10 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Nov 10, 1953

IMDb: 4.3

Keywords:adventures in music, music history, cinemascope, short film

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