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.
Director: Bill Justice
Writers: Xavier Atencio
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Arriving at the mansion of acclaimed maestro "Prof Ludwig von Drake", we are shown into his music room where he invites us on a tour of American musical styles through the ages - all of which, of course, were his own original work! With some help from the Sherman brothers - who m…
