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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
- NR
- 11/10/1953 (US)
- Animation
- 10m
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.
Overview
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.
Ward Kimball
DirectorDick Huemer
StoryTom Oreb
CharactersCharles A. Nichols
DirectorCast
![Bill Thompson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/52fphnQBVzgf9yDlcIuZRLluKsA.jpg)
Bill Thompson
Professor Owl / Bertie BirdbrainLoulie Jean Norman
Penelope Pinfeather![Gloria Wood's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fNNN3Wpgo7dYNzPYXGpiHjOpm6T.jpg)
Gloria Wood
Susy Sparrow![Thurl Ravenscroft's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bG8r0mdyU0lvhllYAAjRAJupWqq.jpg)