A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

12/19/1962 (US) • Animation, Comedy, Music • 20m

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

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.

A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

12/19/1962 (US) • 20m

Animation, Comedy, Music

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ludwig Von Drake

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

Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay

Bing Crosby

Musician-Percussion

View More

Recommendations

Xtro

58%

Interstellar

85%

A Quiet Place

74%

The Shawshank Redemption

87%

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

84%

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

73%

La La Land

79%

Good Will Hunting

82%

Forrest Gump

85%

Barbie

70%

Knives Out

78%

Pulp Fiction

85%

Iron Man

77%

Titanic

79%

Jaws

77%

Snowpiercer

69%

American Beauty

80%

The Terminator

77%

The Wizard of Oz

76%

Coco

82%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

violin

sun

tomato

spotlight

stop motion

ragtime

yo yo

part animation

strawberry

charleston

short film

teenager

television

© All Rights Reserved 2025