Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom 1953

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.

Cast:

Bill Thompson
Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain 

Loulie Jean Norman
Penelope Pinfeather 

Gloria Wood
Susy Sparrow 

Thurl Ravenscroft
The Mellomen 

• Adventures in Music: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom