Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.
Professor Owl gives a lecture on the evolution of Western musical instruments, starting with the advent of rudimentary brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments by ancient cave dwellers at the dawn of history.
- Date of release
- 1953-11-10
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (80)
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Animation
- Director
- Charles August Nichols, Ward Kimball
Casting
- Bill Thompson — Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
- Loulie Jean Norman — Penelope Pinfeather
- Gloria Wood — Susy Sparrow
- Thurl Ravenscroft — The Mellomen
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols. A sequel to the first Adventures in Music cartoon, the 3-D short Melody, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is a stylized presentation of the evolution of the four orchestra sections: the brass ("toot"), the woodwind ("whistle"), the strings ("plunk"), and the percussion ("boom").
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