A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

Name: A Symposium on Popular Songs
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Released: 1962-12-19
Duration: 20 min
Cast: Paul Frees, Gloria Wood, Billy Storm, Skip Farrell, Ray Bauduc

Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"

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.

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Released 1962-12-19 · 20 min · Animation, Comedy, Music

Directed by Bill Justice

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