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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

66 %|Nov 10, 1953|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.

Featured Crew

Walt Disney
Producer
Ward Kimball
Director
Dick Huemer
Story
Ward Kimball
Animation
Julius Svendsen
Animation
Marc Davis
Animation
Henry Tanous
Animation
Art Stevens
Animation

Cast

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Bill Thompson
Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
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Loulie Jean Norman
Penelope Pinfeather
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Gloria Wood
Susy Sparrow
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Thurl Ravenscroft
The Mellomen