A Symposium on Popular Songs

Name: A Symposium on Popular Songs
Director: Bill Justice
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Released: 1962
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Paul Frees, Gloria Wood, Billy Storm, Skip Farrell, Ray Bauduc

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

5.2/10

1962

0h 20m

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.