A Symposium on Popular Songs
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.
- Year: 1962
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
- Studio: Walt Disney Productions
- Keyword: violin, sun, tomato, spotlight, stop motion, ragtime, yo yo, part animation, strawberry, charleston, short film, teenager, television
- Director: Bill Justice
- Cast: Paul Frees, Gloria Wood, Billy Storm, Skip Farrell, Ray Bauduc
