Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
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.
Videos
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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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Charles A. Nichols
Director
Director
Ward Kimball
Director
Director
Walt Disney
Producer
Producer
Ward Kimball
Animation
Animation
Henry Tanous
Animation
Animation
Marc Davis
Animation
Animation
Art Stevens
Animation
Animation
Kendall O'Connor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Tom Oreb
Characters
Characters
Dick Huemer
Story
Story
Julius Svendsen
Animation
Animation
Eyvind Earle
Color Designer
Color Designer
Xavier Atencio
Animation
Animation
Joseph Dubin
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
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