Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
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.
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Bill Thompson
as Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
as Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
Loulie Jean Norman
as Penelope Pinfeather
as Penelope Pinfeather
Gloria Wood
as Susy Sparrow
as Susy Sparrow
Thurl Ravenscroft
as The Mellomen
as The Mellomen
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Ward Kimball
Director
Director
Tom Oreb
Characters
Characters
Ward Kimball
Animation
Animation
Julius Svendsen
Animation
Animation
Marc Davis
Animation
Animation
Kendall O'Connor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Eyvind Earle
Color Designer
Color Designer
Walt Disney
Producer
Producer
Henry Tanous
Animation
Animation
Xavier Atencio
Animation
Animation
Dick Huemer
Story
Story
Art Stevens
Animation
Animation
Joseph Dubin
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Charles A. Nichols
Director
Director
