Walt Disney – Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom – 1953
July 30th, 2010 | 
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Full Title : Adventures In Music : Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom. Professor Owl takes class through a basic history of music, from cavemen times to present day, explaining the four archetypes and how they work together to create pleasant sounds. This Academy Award winner is presented unedited and in its original Cinemascope aspect ratio.
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wow i wish the cartoons THESE days where like that!
@studionathan ye
Used to watch this in [pan-n-scan] TV.
It feels like something was missing in this picture…’til now.
No more panning-n-scanning presentations for me whatsoever.
@studionathan Sure are.
saw it a lot of times in elementary school!
OMG…I had the story book with records of this when I was little. So good to hear this again!!!!!
Is it a bad thing that I laughed at that caveman whacking that girl over the head and dragging her away?
They used this cartoon way back in the early ’70s to recruit students for 6th grade beginning band. After seeing this I said “sign me up.” Today I’m a music teacher, and thanks to youtube I can use it for my students.
I first saw the owl and the birdies on my Disney Sing-along videos, and I had no idea they came from this cartoon.
This is really awesome. I love how they were able to make educational videos, and the songs are pretty catchy.
Haha good work!
Love the early 50s approach to progressive illustrative design.
I found it interesting that Ward Kimball was one of the directors for both this and, “Adventures in Music: Melody”.
banjo pickers in blackface. Ahhh how I love pre-PC Disney.
Exactly! This is great. Sometimes the best animation, is less animated!
dude i remember watching this with my brothers lol then everytime we were bored on a car trip we’d do the caveman part in the backseat lmao good times
wow! i never knew thats what the disney singalong scenery was based on!
I don’t know, but I’m currently looking for it. I was trying to explain how octaves work to a couple kids. That video taught me so much!
A great study of animation/art/layout style.
I watched this all the time growing up!! I had three favorite movies..Purple Rain, Top Gun, and this!! those were the days!! haha
aladdin singalong songs
@WastedPo
duck tales…?
I love the Owl!
It taught about progress, but I don’t remember the name of it. Sorry.
What is the name of the cartoon starring Donald Duck (I think)? It also taught about music, but I think he interacted with two live actors only shown in silhouette. And I remember one of them kept talking in the hip “scat” lingo.
God, I remember all of this…
And I know that the racially diverse parts are pretty racist by today’s standards (ESPECIALLY the “Orientals” and the banjo players. Yikes!) But, honestly, the art during that little montage is just beautiful