Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Name: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Director: Charles August Nichols, Ward Kimball
Released: 1953
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: The Mellowmen Quartet, The Mellowmen Quartet, Loulie Jean Norman, Loulie Jean Norman, Charlie Parlota

1953 · 10 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,603 VOTES · DIR. Charles August Nichols, Ward Kimball

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 108 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:45 - Today we're going to study about... - Ancient history?

00:00:55 No, no, no!

00:01:20 where all the music comes from?

00:01:32 so bright and yet sentimental?

00:01:46 # Then the drums boom, boom with a bing, zing, zoom

00:02:01 # That's where the music comes from #

00:02:17 It's very stimulating.

00:02:40 When a caveman blew through an old cow's horn

00:03:02 # The toot has certainly changed its style

00:03:35 Now, the longer they made these ancient trumpets

00:04:14 The curled or curved bass horn

00:04:48 attach them to one horn

00:05:17 Now, let's go back to our whistle.

00:05:39 he had to improve his whistle's style.

00:06:06 in a manner neat.

00:06:35 # First you take the bow and sometime later

00:06:51 # Add a few pegs to tune it fine and sharp

00:07:50 # Goo ah ga uh

00:08:04 Came rattles

00:08:49 # And a plunk

00:09:08 # Are very instrumental

00:09:21 # Then the drum boom, boom with a click, clack, zoom

00:09:45 # From a toot

00:10:03 # That's where the music comes from #

Cast & Characters

The Mellowmen Quartet Singing Group The Mellowmen Quartet Singing Group Loulie Jean Norman Penelope Pinfeather Loulie Jean Norman Penelope Pinfeather Charlie Parlota Chorus Singer Charlie Parlota Chorus Singer Bill Thompson Professor Owl Bill Thompson Professor Owl Bill Thompson Bertie Birdbrain Bill Thompson Bertie Birdbrain Gloria Wood Suzy Sparrow Gloria Wood Suzy Sparrow

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed108

Dialogue density10.8 lines / min

First line00:00:45

Final line00:10:03

Production Record

DirectorCharles August Nichols, Ward Kimball

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,603