A Symposium on Popular Songs

A Symposium on Popular Songs

20 mins | Comedy, Animation, Music | Dec. 19, 1962

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.

A Symposium on Popular Songs

20 mins | Comedy, Animation, Music | Dec. 19, 1962

A Symposium on Popular Songs
Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Walt Disney Productions
Original title A Symposium on Popular Songs
Directors Bill Justice
Writers Xavier Atencio

Cast

Paul Frees

as Ludwig Von Drake

Gloria Wood

as The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane

Billy Storm

as Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay

Skip Farrell

as Bing Crosby

Ray Bauduc

as Musician-Percussion