A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

5.5/10 20 min Animation Comedy Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Paul Frees

Ludwig Von Drake

Gloria Wood

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

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