Walt Disney - Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom - 1953

[kubikpt]

Great toon, but incomplete: does this mean an a capella choir doesn't make any music at all?

[supermushyking1]

love these old cartoons

[antoniorosacarmen]

Genial!!!. Un gran recuerdo de mi infancia en Madrid.

[mikeyjaerd]

oh this rocks

[depelated]

UPA Copycat.

[Phoenix38m]

I suddenly found myself sitting in music class in 1978 with Mr williams showing us this on an 8mm projector. I still remember the cavemen today in 2011.....just goes to show you how a well made cartoon that teaches you......still sticks with you :)

[WolfieboyMachi]

07:12 What instrument IS that?

I've wondered ever since I saw this as a kid.

[Inimoulleb]

@WolfieboyMachi Hammered dulcimer

[WolfieboyMachi]

@Inimoulleb

Thanks a lot. :)

[WolfieboyMachi]

@Inimoulleb

Awesome! Thanks a lot! :D

[WolfieboyMachi]

Plunk instruments FTW!

[pamperedmary]

I love this. So reminds me of elementary school.

[jackwolf131]

Just where the music comes from: The toot, the whistle or the plunk, and the fart... uh, I mean Boom

[GriffonRed]

I really hope someone can help me with this one. There was a cartoon short that had 3 kids 2 white one black, one had a question mark, one had an exclamation point. and I believe one had a period on the front of their shirts. All I can remember from the chorus of the theme song"you ask yourself, what what what should I do" If anyone knows what I'm talking about please tell me the name of that cartoon.

[bluemouse97]

8:22 - 8:28 I wish I could play the drums like that.

[soyomo7]

@Sparkonetwo now 8

[ValisHD]

8:22 Epic

[verdew8181]

The first time I've seen this since a summer orchestra class in 1962.

[cyberzonie]

I remember my middle school band teacher showed us this on an old movie projector back in band class.

[TiniNormi]

The three canary looking birds stick their asses out when they sing "boom" <3

[skylur44]

LOVE this cartoon, got to get WD Treasures Rarities, it is on that disc. The Boom guy scared me a little when I was about 7.

[jcsbimp]

Today it might be toot, whistle, plunk, boom, and buzz: the sound of an electronic music generator.

[BluDrgn426]

Needs more cow bell!

[zazudragon85]

yeah brass!

[Mortadelo658]

I Love It.

Professor Owl and His Pupils were my Childhood.

Just One Question:

The Lovely Canary Sisters were dubbed by the Andrew Sisters ?

I Think they were, but I´m not quite sure

[Mortadelo658]

Great News, People:

This Cartoon Won an Oscar in 1954 in the category of Best Short Cartoon of the Year

[MultiCARTOON]

FUCK 60S STYLE FUCK 50S STYLE FUCK METROPOLITAN LINE TRAIN

[guitarman856]

@MultiCARTOON FUCK YOU

[jonenat]

Another great classic. Can I get the file?

[Dubconferencedotorg]

another Liar ;)

[MultiCARTOON]

THE STAR IS BULLSHIT

[guitarman856]

@MultiCARTOON so are u

[MultiCARTOON]

What kind of the background this is FUCKY GAY

[guitarman856]

@MultiCARTOON Shut Up already!

[soyomo7]

@Sparkonetwo THANKS! I try so hard to make people laugh and fell better in the end!!!!!!!

[satekmary506094]

The Best Disney Short 4ever!

[Mk97709]

I think I've got this all figured out. The toot gave birth to the brass family, the whistle sparked the invention of the woodwinds, the plunk started the strings, and the boom gave way to the percussion family.

[soyomo7]

i think 7 people missed the like button



[stripedhyenuh]

Protip: turn on Youtube closed captions

[milotickz]

0:48

LMAO

loved that part.

[XxImNiGhTMaR3xX]

whoa this changed my life OMG I LOVE YOU PSSSH NAW!!

[BunnyExplosion123]

Holy cow. I just learned how a trumpet works. And from a CARTOON. I NEVER thought that would happen.

[kirbyfan0000]

Watching this makes me think od how hideous our nowaday cartoons are... So vulgar. :S

I miss these old days when I watched tapes. LOL. D:

[figgybalan]

Wow, they sure don't make them like they used to. I'm so going to show these to my kids someday, make sure they have some exposure to the awesomeness of good old-fashioned animation.

And I read somewhere that the birdie triplets were based on the Andrew sisters. Or something like that. Pretty cool. :)

[soyomo7]

wow i wish the cartoons THESE days where like that!

[blukmage19]

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.

[rachelinga]

saw it a lot of times in elementary school!

[srdale56]

OMG...I had the story book with records of this when I was little. So good to hear this again!!!!!

[SenshiMizaka]

Is it a bad thing that I laughed at that caveman whacking that girl over the head and dragging her away?

[Razorusskie]

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.

[365rl]

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. :)

[Danlo0]

Haha good work!

[Zeanu]

Love the early 50s approach to progressive illustrative design.

[TanzaniteMephiles15]

I found it interesting that Ward Kimball was one of the directors for both this and, "Adventures in Music: Melody".

[litgoddess1]

banjo pickers in blackface. Ahhh how I love pre-PC Disney.

[xxbathorygrlxx]

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

[jx346]

wow! i never knew thats what the disney singalong scenery was based on!

[kkraut]

A great study of animation/art/layout style.

[bakerpb]

Exactly! This is great. Sometimes the best animation, is less animated!

[stlplaya78]

I watched this all the time growing up!! I had three favorite movies..Purple Rain, Top Gun, and this!! those were the days!! haha

[HoZKiNZPooP]

aladdin singalong songs

[dolphinluv2413]

I love the Owl!

[WastedPo]

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.

[PraiseGod4Eternity]

It taught about progress, but I don't remember the name of it. Sorry.

[aonewomancrowd]

@WastedPo

duck tales...?

[Teelabrown42]

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!

[Soar101]

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

[KanzlerM]

Is theis the version where they editted out the "Ethnic Stereotype" scenes?

[KanzlerM]

I had a tee shirt with Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom on it. Sad day when it wore out.

[redmario7]

Bravo! This was where I learned music history in high school.

[tuggle5]

I remember watching this in elementry school and feel in love with it 09-21-09

[theboombody]

I wonder where A Flock of Seagulls fits into the toot, whistle, plunk, boom categories, or the whole electronica movement in general.

[HypercatZ]

The part from 6:53 to 7:25, when every tune ends with the "TOINNNGG!!" of a brokken cord makes me LOL everytime.

[cicta]

@HypercatZ

me too i searched this vid specifically for that part ^^;

[pianojohn]

One of my all time favorite movies. I used to watch this on 16mm film when I was in grade school!

[bigdavid351]

BIG QUESTION. Ive been looking everywhere for one of these old school disney movies. I dont remember which character it was, but there are boats shooting at each other set to some classical music. Anybody?!!

[OreWaUsopp]

We spend the 1/t 1/2 going on about the horn, then the other 4 just get a bit of time.

Somebody preferred horns. .

[KurdtLives]

I remember a Disney cartoon where an animated wavelength was used...Does anyone know what that was in? I thought it was this.

[RPLongman]

Maybe you're thinking of a segment from Fantasia? There's something like that in that movie.

[studionathan]

Are some of these clips used in the Sing Along Songs intro?

[travelsonic]

Yes, some clips are used for the Sing Along Songs intro.

[HarvestmanMan]

@studionathan Sure are.

[DavidMac2k10]

@studionathan ye

[CrystalChord2010]

@studionathan Yes they are! :) Good eye! :D

[Luffyrulz09]

@studionathan yep

[MisterVideoGuy]

They are indeed.

[rochelimit55555]

@studionathan ya those sing along songs is one of the most abysmal moment in disney history, read the 1980s. they keep taking stuffs from older cartoon. thank god the little mermaid appeared

[cripplious]

@studionathan yes

[TwilightLink77]

@studionathan yep

[gudruna]

oh, how I love this old cartoons n_n

[WorldChallenge]

Oo wa ra guh!

BRrr! Bbbbbt! Beaow! Poomp!

[Puma9920]

The string instruments just keep breaking haha.

[pashkageraskin]

This look like a 1960s experimental animation but done in 1953. Disney was really anticipating discoverer.

[1947Desoto]

It was begining of the whole U.P.A. fad. By this time the theatrical cartoon was starting to be phased out by the Television.

[PatrickRsGhost]

I remember the music teacher in elementary school showing this to us every year on the old film projector.

[dthegrimm]

I remember watching cartoons like this when I was a kid. It says a lot when cartoons from over half a century ago are better than the ones we have today.

[ralphdcz]

how right you are!

[xanarchyxangelx]

oh mannn I havent seen this since elementary school!

[arwenivy77]

I watched this cartoon obsessively as a child. I am so happy this was posted!

[BoX098]

ive been looking for this vid for about 4 yearss!!

[RedLightBulbs]

Man, the art and music. I just love this cartoon.

[54spiritedwill54]

LOVE THIS CLIP!!! brought back a lot of memories

[ShleeJay]

racisum, sexisum, and eveolution being taught to children by a blue all knowing owl.

[MizuTakishima]

Aside from the racist charicatures and slightly sexist....sexisisms, this was a fine cartoon indeed =3 The animation was very fluid and there was a very designy feel to it. Thanks for posting!

[tramaine1981]

I totally agree--definitly not PC, but it sure takes me back!

[SpyrotheDragonBoy200]

ahh, how surprising to see where the host of some of the sing-along tapes originated from...

[thadus232]

this film shows how much of a pansy this generation is. i mean, look at the movie closely. there was cartoon cleavage and smoking. compare that to the type of cartoon we have today. we have "establishments" changing black characters into white people, erasing anything they think is hurtful like cleavage and unknown languages and things.

I cant find the right works to prove my point but damn, just watching this rocks.

thanks for uploading this.

[toxee]

9:13, you can't really see it in this video but the artist actually designed the banjo player's outfit to match that of a watermelon. As if the blackface wasn't awful enough. The original design is on the cartoon modern tumblr page.

[JupiterIV]

Sorta got creeped out by the guy at 8:19 playing that xylophone with those skulls.

[DemonOfHisNightmares]

God, I'm 16 years old now. I used to watch this stuff when I was a kid it's unbelievable that it came out when my mom was born. It's still great after all this time, and I'm so glad people are uploading this old cartoons to youtube. I have this particular one on VHS.

[ItsTodMan]

At 8:02, did Professor Owl say "barrels?"

[girrrtacos]

He said "bells" in an accent.

[sexbrain]

Music by Sonny Burke who co wrote the songs for Lady and the Tramp with the incomparable Peggy Lee. This is one of the greatest cartoons of all time and surely one of the hippest and most artistic. Sonny was also the producer on many of Frank Sinatras best records including September Song. Note the Picasso and Klee influence in the drawing. LOVE this toon SO much

-Phoebe Legere

[aramanth]

I like the mini-caveman who bows his harp!

[johnnyv418]

It was then in 1986-1997 that they used clips from "Melody" and "Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom" for the VHS series, "Disney's Sing-Along Songs."

[stargate121]

Anyone know if this is/will be realeased on an official Disney dvd?

[Wardomatic]

It was released on the Fantasia 2000 3-disc set back in 2001, and then, more recently, the Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities. This is where Ipmangas got these movies.

[ItsTodMan]

You meant to say 2000, not 2001.

[Qautermaine]

I used to watch this all the time as a kid. I still got the VHS

[bhnub]

this is GREAT!! i really like this!! 5 stars :)

[jakethelastninja]

I remember seeing this ages ago, love the "bow" song! They don't make cartoon like this anymore

[hersheyandshadow]

I know! How much I hate how they make all that Hannah Montana and High School Musical crap!

[jakethelastninja]

yea, it kinda sad, young kids are really missing out on some really great cartoons

[Whitelock84]

I wish they made stuff like this nowadays, especially about music in general. A cartoon series about music and musical instruments would be so great for kids today, really inspire them to get involved in playing music. To kids nowadays, the only way to get involved in music is to be a pop star! I really wish there was a show like this on currently.

[brcbrtn]

This was Disney's first venture into non-traditional, minimalist animation, a popular style in the fifties and early sixties. This very stylized form was used alot in movie credits...i.e. The Pink Panther, etc. Look for influrnces in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!" and "The Incredibles"

[silverb419]

LOVE THIS CLIP!!!

[yourfreebieguide]

brought back a lot of memories, many thanks for uploading this!

[bigg3469]

I love the Cavemen singing  OOhh-aaah-gaah-waaa, OOhh-aaah-gaah-waaa.

[am9224]

BRASS WOODWIND STRINGS PERCUSSION

[josephkasyan]

i haven't seen this in years. brings back some of my favorite memories. thank you.

[JoyGrenade]

Brilliant. I used to watch this constantly when I was little.

[kingofawesome01]

Probably one of my biggest influences in being an animator.

[gymkid8]

Thank you for posting this!

[GombakGitar]

I've been looking for this one for some time. Great that someone has posted it! Truly beautiful!

[babyfroggi]

this is my music teachers favorite video! she shows it to us every year i love when the little bird says, "storytellin?"

[tommyrock69]

I saw this during an assembly in the 4th grade. I immediately took to the trumpet. I later became a professional musician.

[chiefchips]

oh i totally forgot this

[jonghyunchung]

This was Professor Owl's second (and "last") film.

[SUPERFOX5]

not really his last, he was in a series of home videos called "Disney's Sing-Along Songs"; but with a different voice actor. (I think)

[jonghyunchung]

Which, of course, used clips from Melody and Toot Whistle Plunk Boom.

But you may be right, since there was also additional footage that isn't seen on either of those two films.

[dogman15]

@SUPERFOX5: Corey Burton taking over from Bill Thompson.

[Xmchord]

The timing is so perfect, look at 3:28. It is the combination of the animation timed perfectly with the music that gives the laugh.

[Xalira06]

I loved it! Thanks for sharing!

[DanCarpman]

Oh, what a beauty!

Lots of elements here are drawn from the classic "Alice in Wonderland", which was created two years earlier.

The Owl is pretty much based on the White Rabbit character, and indeed, voiced by the same man, Bill Thompson.

[Ursulauu]

My dad has been waiting to see this cartoon for 50 years! He thought it had been scrapped!

[am9224]

I loved that African xylophonist in the boom - percussion segment.

[DoctorScissors]

I love this cartoon so much!!!!!

[Tendoking]

The banjo part is offensive, but it's still pretty good. I remember seeing this cartoon in music class in elementary school.

[Bananaquadriple]

this used to scare the crap out of me when I was little, and I don't know why

[jonghyunchung]

Bill Thompson, the original voice for Professor Owl, died in 1971, and was replaced by Corey Burton for the Disney Sing Along Songs tapes.

[bigg3469]

Corey Burton is also the voice of the "Ghost Host" For the "Haunted Mansion Christmas" (AKA The Haunted Mansion) at the Disney parks as well as the voices of Ludwig Von Drake (The late Paul Frees) & Captian Hook ( The late Hans Conried).

[Mortadelo658]

@bigg3469

Yep, but he is also the voice of Dale

[corwinorr]

They use clips from this cartoon for the intro song to the Disney Sing Along videos!

[am9224]

The "toot" is for the brass, the "whistle" is for the woodwind, the "plunk" is for the strings and the "boom" is for the percussion.

[cookieshopgirl]

i love this one !!!!!!!!!

[fromthesidelines]

That's because this is shown in the original "CinemaScope" {wide-screen} ratio, 'am'. When usuallly shown on TV, it was "formatted" to fit a standard screen. By the way, this won an Academy Award as the "Best Cartoon of 1953"....

[am9224]

I've seen clips of this cartoon where it covered the entire screen and there were no bits of black at the top or bottom.