Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Name: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Genre: Animation
Released: 1953-11-10
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Bill Thompson, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Thurl Ravenscroft

6.7/ 10

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1953

Release Year

10 min

Runtime

Animation

Overview

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.

Keywords

adventures in music

music history

short film

Cast

Bill Thompson

Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain

Loulie Jean Norman

Penelope Pinfeather

Gloria Wood

Susy Sparrow

Thurl Ravenscroft

The Mellomen

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 27, 2025

7/10

It's the professorial owl who is teaching his class all about musical instruments. It's manna from heaven for an animator as the entertainingly crafted lyrical narration (complete with slightly annoying singing) takes us all on a very basic lesson in musical onomatopoeia! It was the cavemen who star…

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