Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)

A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.

Run Time: 0h10m | Release: 10 Nov 1953

Genres: Animation |

Production Countries: United States of America

6.6 / 1070 Vote Count

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.