Tex Avery - Symphony in Slang [1951]

A 1951 Tex Avery cartoon where slang and idiomatic expressions are taken at their first degree... One of the best Avery's cartoon!

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Film & Animation

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• Tex
• Avery
• Slang
• Cartoon
• 1951

[Boogyman4050]

View numbers have increased a lot here. Everybody loves this classic, plus the other 2 posts of Symp in Slang were tossed.

[Itchanek]

@Boogyman4050 right, and still growing !

[Boogyman4050]

I got one for you to post. Droopy - The Three Little Pups. The one with the 3 little droopy's and the Southern Wolf. They had a few before, but now they have been pulled. You might have to mirror it or just do the camera thing. Thanks.

[Itchanek]

@Boogyman4050 : i tried to upload it, but i think there are some copyrights issues... not sure you'll be able to watch it where you are...

[Boogyman4050]

Couldn't cut the mustard = Couldn't handle the job. Gave me the gate = He fired him. Painted the town red = Went all over town spending money. Stretch in the jug = time in prison. Chewed the rag awhile = sat and talked. The Cable/wire bit referred to old Western Union ways of communicating. I think that's all ya need from this one.

[Itchanek]

@Boogyman4050 thx a lot for the explanation of the trickiest ones ! I think I got the rest of them ;)

If you want any other Tex cartoon to be uploaded, ask me, I have almost of them.

[63x927is58401]

Fred "Tex" Avery's Symphony in Slang is my all-time favorite animation short!

While so many others, (if not all) call it too goofy, weird or craziest piece of animation, put together! [The word "together"spelled consecutively words is TO+GET+HER], for humor I like to create. Also: In My Dictionary, 36x24x36 = 31,104. I have memorized that, since 1976, atleast.

PS: There are atleast 80 slang term, in this short's 6:43 time, averaging one for each five seconds!

[DragonStar404]

HaHa, my name is Avery! 😜

[rnlsg]

I love this one can anyone find the intro bumper to this with the announcer any one know where that is.

[Kwulhu]

Watch this on mute.

[baarbear]

I consider this to be one of Avery's very best. Unfortunately he was the severest and harshest critic of his work-he never thought much of what he did.

[girlishgamer1]

I became a beach comber= a vagrant

Tear ran down my cheek= he cried softly

I sent her a cale she sent me a wire= A telagram

Rushed back on a cattle boat= a boat for livestock

Hotfooted over= ran very fast

A bunch of little ones= small children/babies

Had his hands full= he was very busy

died laughing= Laughed uncontrollably

[girlishgamer1]

Going around with an old flame= Dating someone she used to date

Burned me up= He was angry

Feeding her a line= Telling her what she wanted to hear to take advantage of her

Spent his money like water= Was very generous

Connected with the railroad= Worked with a railroad company

Tried to chisel in= tried to interrupt

Got in my hair= a constant annoyance

raining cats and dogs= raining very hard

I was feeling blue= he was sad

I carried on= still persevered

[girlishgamer1]

Got up on her high horse, I couldn't touch her with a 10 ft pole= She would not listen to him because she felt that she was better than him

Cat had her tongue= she was unusually quiet

Walked out on her and fell to pieces= He left her and was very upset

Bunch of boys hanging around= Visiting just for fun

Guy at the piano played by ear= He didn't need sheet music

Felt a tug at my elbow= guy pulling his arm

Chewed the rag= had a small chat

Heard from the grape vine= He heard a rumor

[girlishgamer1]

I was up against it= He was feeling pressure form the situation

And going to pot= Feeling his physical condition declining

Raised a big stink= He protested

Going through a lot of red tape= Bureaucracy and confusing process

He sprung me= He was let free

Caught a grey hound= rode a bus back

Dropped in= surprise visit

Threw myself at her feet= asked her for mercy

Turned her back on me= Ignored him

[girlishgamer1]

Check bounced= He had no money left

I was in a pickle= He was in trouble

Drew a gun on me= Had a gun pointed at him

Gave him the slip= He Escaped

Hid in the foot hills= Hills close to the mountains

Law was on my heels= The police were close to catching him

The judge tried to pump me= He tried to make him admit his behavior

I put my foot in my mouth= Something else came out of my mouth rather than what I wanted to say

Stretch in the jug= He was in jail

[girlishgamer1]

Hair done up in a bun= pinned up Good looking pins= Good legs She gives me a date= agrees to go out with him I put on my white tie and tails= formal men's clothes Put on the dog= formal clothes Painting the town red= Going out having a good time Stork club= A club name? Box at the opera= Balcony seats Cocktail and a Moscow mule= Types of drinks Let her hair down= she relaxed Ate like a horse= had a big appetite Money was running out on me= Had less money