The animated Swing Symphony shorts by Walter Lantz revolutionized the medium by placing authentic Boogie-Woogie rhythms at the architectural foundation of the cartoon. Alongside composer Daryl Calker and writer Ben Hardaway, these films became an accidental time capsule of Jazz History and the frantic energy of the World War II era. We begin our investigation by stripping away the rigid, high-brow symphonic traditions of the early 1940s to reveal the "Orchestral Crash"—a moment when Walter Lantz Productions pivoted away from the classical influence of Disney to embrace the smoky, high-tempo energy of the jazz club. This deep dive focuses on the experimental precursors Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat and the Academy Award-nominated B ...