A Symposium on Popular Songs
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.
Cast
Paul Frees
Ludwig Von Drake
Gloria Wood
The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane
Billy Storm
Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay
Skip Farrell
Bing Crosby
Ray Bauduc
Musician-Percussion
