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?

00:00:58 The study of musical instruments is the subject for today.

00:01:23 From a toot and a whistle and a plunk and a boom.

00:01:38 # How very instrumental

00:01:52 So remember what I say when the band begins to play

00:02:11 We'll start investigating

00:02:24 # Goo ah ga ug

00:02:51 Now, let's look ahead in history

00:03:15 # No, it's not good enough for the old pharaohs #

00:04:09 did not in the least change its pitch.

00:04:44 Now, cut off these extra lengths

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.

00:06:38 # Add a little jar to make a resonator

00:06:53 - # Change the shape a little - # Now it looks like a harp #

00:07:52 # Goo ah ga uh

00:08:11 and, we presume, all other instruments that go "boom."

00:08:59 # Everywhere you hear a band or a symphony so grand

00:09:14 # The calliope's whistle

00:09:35 # When the band begins to play

00:09:55 # And a boom

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 line00:09:55

Production Record

DirectorCharles August Nichols, Ward Kimball

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,603