Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an educational Adventures in Music animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on November 10, 1953. It features Mr. Owl discussing the study of musical instruments - the subject of the day. Mr. Owl tells the class (and the viewer), in rhyme, about all music that originates from four core sounds: toot (brass), whistle (woodwind), plunk (strings), and boom (percussion).

Summary
A History of music through the ages, from prehistoric man to the modern symphony orchestra.

Characters

 * Bertie Birdbrain
 * Canary Sisters
 * Penelope Pinfeather
 * Professor Owl
 * Suzy Sparrow

Legacy
Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom has been listed on Jerry Beck's 50 Greatest Cartoons list, where, in a survey of numerous animation historians and people in the field, the short was voted the 29th best animated short.

Both of the Adventures in Music shorts found a long lasting legacy when footage was re-used for the interstitials of the Disney Sing Along Songs video series.

Home video releases
VHS DVD
 * Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Disney's Best: The Fabulous '50s.
 * Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities
 * Fantasia 2000 (2000 DVD release): Used as a bonus feature