I love the fact that they interpret the slang literally!
@sha11235
4 жыл бұрын
That's the joke, Mr. Webster gets literal with it.
@melissacooper4282
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Webster is like an autistic person. Most autistics take things too literally.
@TheNotverysocial
3 жыл бұрын
@@melissacooper4282 Many of these things aren't even slang. The word "it" is a substitute for anything that was most recently mentioned to not get redundant. And whenever the word "like" or "seemed" are used, they are key words. It'll be like finding a needle in a haystack is more accurate than saying you are looking for a needle in a haystack.
@snotloutisagod2956
3 жыл бұрын
@@melissacooper4282 As an autistic person myself, I can understand that.
@littlejohnandbaloo9701
3 жыл бұрын
@@snotloutisagod2956 I usually don't use slang much, but I find it highly interesting to examine it as an autistic person.
@frankcortes6852
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, this cartoon used to scared me because of how insane and confusing it was. 😰 Now as a grown up, it’s my favorite Tex Avery cartoon! 🤣
@dalelerette206
Жыл бұрын
I loved this cartoon as a kid. The 1951 'Symphony in Slang' was a pure classic! And I would laugh so hard because I knew even back when I was 7 years old the difference between slang and literal. Polymaths laugh mirthfully at the absurdity of taking the slang literally. But I suspect some damaged souls end up psychopaths since they painfully interpret the slang literally and start doing some weird stuff, much like The Joker! Saint Benedict, pray for us. ♥
@Epoch11
6 ай бұрын
I always thought it was absolutely hilarious. Then again anything Tex Avery made was usually pretty good. And there is a cluster of cartoons that he made in his prime which personally I consider the greatest cartoons ever made.
@AntoineRenaud
3 ай бұрын
I used to watch this as a kid in the late 2000’s. We had videotapes with compilations of Tex episodes. This one I always found a bit confusing because I am french and did not speak english at the time. Funny to remember that I could still understand some of it because the slang is sometimes similar in french.
@sha11235
3 ай бұрын
Didn't scare me.
@frankcortes6852
3 ай бұрын
@@sha11235 Actually, I was exaggerating. It did made me laugh at the time, but I was like… “why is everything happening in such a messed up way? 🤔”. Besides, back then my English wasn’t THAT good. I couldn’t tell that this was a “literal” story. Imagine watching a cartoon like this in a language that you don’t understand! How can you tell the puns or the symbolisms! 😬
@TheNeos07
4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when I was a little kid. Good times.
@alvinjones670
4 жыл бұрын
Right on!
@Rylosalex
4 жыл бұрын
I remember this cartoon, loved it.
@jeffreywilliams8499
4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@JODA93
4 жыл бұрын
Classic
@MikeJones-nz9ki
4 жыл бұрын
Is it true that the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb had a little Tex Avery design to the characters and backgrounds?
@chrisvellner3922
4 жыл бұрын
" I was up against IT. … But I carried ON." Where is the rest?
@emiliopolanco8587
4 жыл бұрын
Chris Vellner what’s it mean?
@valerieannrumpf4151
4 жыл бұрын
We want to find out what happened to Mary. Did she have a bunch of little 1s.😂🤣
@emiliopolanco8587
4 жыл бұрын
Valerieann Rumpf oh okay
@PRINCESSROCKYT
4 жыл бұрын
Whassah mattuh? Cat got your tongue?
@ordimystique5925
4 жыл бұрын
@@emiliopolanco8587 the cartoon is cut , the end is missing
@Mrvwcc11
4 жыл бұрын
I love how literal this cartoon is lol 😆
@frankcortes6852
2 жыл бұрын
This is the most literal story I ever heard! 🤣
@dreamguardian8320
2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@Capcoor
Жыл бұрын
That’s the joke.
@ispeakpenguin
Жыл бұрын
@veronicaa.1416I use it to teach about idioms!
@HOODIZM3
4 жыл бұрын
One of the Greatest and Most Original Cartoons of All Time.....
@microbusss
4 жыл бұрын
I want ALL of Tex Avery on DVD!!!
@alvinjones670
4 жыл бұрын
ME TOO!!!
@microbusss
4 жыл бұрын
@@alvinjones670 I only have 1 of the 4 volumes on VHS tape & I want them ALL
@microbusss
4 жыл бұрын
yeah its available thru Warner Archive NOW Tex Avery's LAST cartoon is called Sh-h-h-h released by Walter Lantz Productions from Universal Pictures
@hamhockbeans
3 жыл бұрын
Your in luck the Tex Avery Archive Collection is out on DVD volume 1 and 2 on Amazon. Uncut for collectors and not suitable for children.
@microbusss
3 жыл бұрын
@@hamhockbeans I have both now hehe hope theres a 3rd one planned As they forgot 1 Screwy Squirrel episode hehe
@Jmorris3265
3 ай бұрын
The fact that some of this slang is no longer in use, or even legible, is a testament to how old animation has now become as an art form.
@real_nosferatu
Ай бұрын
Some of it is just considered regular language now
@Asterra2
Ай бұрын
0:55 "I don't seem to follow you." This was once considered slang as well. The first use of "follow" as a stand-in for "understand" was in the early 1800s. I personally still consider it slang. Even as a kid, I always wondered if the old man was aware that he was in fact dipping his own toes in the slang pool.
@potsdam28
16 күн бұрын
@@Asterra2no he knew from Webster the really old expressions. It was his job to keep up with it and apparently he was slacking
@Drixenol86
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine if one of them ordered a Bloody Mary.
@yosefdemby8792
4 жыл бұрын
Or a Black Russian. (Okay, that one's from "The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear".)
@valerieannrumpf4151
4 жыл бұрын
🤣😂
@Angelectric_609
4 жыл бұрын
Drixenol86 *gets out whole ass mirror* I’ll fetch her- I mean one right up
@ValliW
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine if they released *all* the MGM shorts instead of just the Tex Avery ones
@kenhollis6197
4 жыл бұрын
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. You can probably find it on Dailymotion.
@gabe_s_videos
4 жыл бұрын
Finally! One of my all-time favorite cartoons in HD!
@NellsStuff
2 жыл бұрын
This was on TCM recently, and I actually showed it to my mother. She was in stitches! To this day, I remember parts of it like it was only yesterday when I was sitting on the floor of the living room as a little kid. Especially the cat with the tongue!
@andressantos9130
9 ай бұрын
me too, except it was the bit about him being beside himself. it wasn't until recently i was able to find this cartoon. for a decade i was searching "man beside himself in cartoon" or "cartoon figures of speech literal," stuff like that, but it would never return anything useful. some years ago, i had the tv on for background noise, and when i heard the line, "i was beside myself with anger," i said, "that's the cartoon!" luckily i was able to go back on the tivo or whatever it was -- the thing that lets you pause live television -- to the opening credits, and that was how i learned it was a tex avery cartoon.
@PRETTYTEATikTokTea_Ya
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this cartoon! So unique at showing examples of phrases we use everyday! Lol 😂
@lennylenn4009
4 жыл бұрын
Ran into this cartoon when i was in high school 1981 an it's STILL my favorite in 2020!
@finster1968
3 жыл бұрын
Tex Avery was a genius!! Every time I look up one of my favorite childhood cartoons, his name appears! I always remembered Mary letting her hair down and eating like a horse! 😂.
@Ani8900
Жыл бұрын
That's why he was given the title king of cartoons
@stephenholloway6893
Жыл бұрын
Give some credit to Rich Hogan for the writing of the short
@davaotripsters
4 жыл бұрын
Just like the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection remastered but in 4K scans.
@cartoonbackups
3 жыл бұрын
This cartoon takes everything literally
@dreamguardian8320
2 жыл бұрын
A that's the joke in this show🤣
@VinnySmiles01
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking everywhere for this for years.. This was one of my favorites as a kid.
@JustWasted3HoursHere
Жыл бұрын
It's blasphemy to not put the whole cartoon on here!
@SagooBoy
4 жыл бұрын
I know they are the 2nd hand prints, but I’m so glad they finally released this set!
@beautatum6360
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing this cartoon remastered this nicely is something I didn't no I needed until now.
@richsackett3423
Жыл бұрын
It would've been better if they didn't cut the ending off. Some remastering.
@cboyles
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this when I was a kid and it stuck with me all these years. Occasionally, I’ve looked for it, but had no idea what to search for. Today I found it! I’m so happy :0)
@MaskedMan66
3 жыл бұрын
The voice actor in this is John Brown, who played Jim Gillis and Digby O'Dell on the radio sitcom "The Life of Riley."
@markloveless1001
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo! I didn't realize until I heard Digger talk, and thought, wow, he was Noah Webster too! He did all the voices on this most Tex Avery-ish of Tex Avery cartoons.
@MaskedMan66
2 жыл бұрын
@@markloveless1001 Yup! I didn't catch on until I saw this on T.V. recently, and when I heard Webster say, "Proceed," I knew it was Digger! Then I realized that the voice he used for the hipster was the same he used as Al in "My Friend Irma."
@davidl5452
4 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about this one the other day. I loved it as a kid, and was wondering how much of it my kids would get if they watched it.
@davidlafleche1142
4 жыл бұрын
Best gag ever: The "wolf" swallows Droopy's TV. In the next scene, Droopy is watching TV again, and says, "Now don't ask us how we got the television set back!"
@melissacooper4282
3 жыл бұрын
I had to Google up some of the terms but otherwise I was understanding what he was saying.
@jayskywalker5049
3 жыл бұрын
Its HILARIOUS
@MsYukizomesorangejuice
7 ай бұрын
As for someone on the spectrum who likes to put phrases and slang literally, I found this hilarious
@yosefdemby8792
4 жыл бұрын
About time they honored him too!
@alyssajones4368
4 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorite Tex Avery cartoons.
@KorianderBullard
4 жыл бұрын
This looks amazing! I need this set!
@Asher_Tye
4 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorites.
@primebeef3938
3 жыл бұрын
This is pure gold straight from my childhood. I feel bad for the kids today that don’t have these gems in their lives.
@headninjadog8120
4 жыл бұрын
I haven’t thought about this episode since i saw it as a kid in the 80s. I’m a kid again. Thanks 🙏🏻
@Synapsidofficial
4 ай бұрын
The quality of this remaster is amazing. It looks like this animation could have been made yesterday.
@KRAFTWERK2K6
Ай бұрын
Yeah Warner did a great job with the new Transfers of the old MGM Cartoons. Even the ones done in Cinemascope.
@Synapsidofficial
Ай бұрын
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 wouldn’t CinemaScope be easier since it’s closer to the resolutions we view today?
@KRAFTWERK2K6
Ай бұрын
@@Synapsidofficial it's the same process either way. They just scan the material and digitally restore any possible damages and make sure the image is steady and the colors are correct. Most of these are on technicolor filmstock, which is very color stable and barely fades. The Cinemascope material just gets stretched to its original aspect ratio with the 16:9 format in mind for the encode so the frame dimensions are used in a effective way. Just like adding the 4:3 aspect ratio material via Pillaboxed mode and putting that into the 16:9 picture so nothing has to be cropped and the entire picture is preserved as it should be.
@fishchrome1332
4 жыл бұрын
I love these cartoons, and they look amazing in high definition!
@unknownyuserishy8335
3 жыл бұрын
It looks like modern and new!
@allisons3663
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite cartoon of all time. I watched Tom & Jerry all the time and I would get so excited when this came on!
@Luke17d
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when they had this episode on tv. It was great! Don’t let the flame die out
@arcturusflare9266
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I saw the French version many time and, surprinsingly, they adapted the jokes really well
@randallmiller8238
2 жыл бұрын
Love Tex Avory's humor, got my wife into his cartoons now👍
@stevistarfyre3227
4 жыл бұрын
This was funny as hell as a kid and still is..these cartoons never get old old..or I never tire of them.I haven't seen this in years and it's still funny
@ccffire6666
Жыл бұрын
A pure classic and MGM comedy cartoon madness LOL. I remember it well. Me and my friends watch this cartoon and always discussed it laughing hysterically not knowing that there was a interesting radio and movie history of this one character. Years later I would find out by sheer chance listening to old time radio and listening to an episode with alan reed AKA the voice of Fred Flintstone. Hearing him talk laughing thinking this is cool. And then a very familiar voice started talking and it was that person that played in that cartoon the character that is The voice. Did my research with with this and found out he was frequently on the Damon Runyon theater show as a character called Broadway. And if you listen to it and literally think like when the couch which character was in the heavens and Webster literally translated in his mind. They were literally making fun of the Damon Runyon show and that one cartoon because if you think about everything we talked about in all those episodes it definitely is funnier than it sounds in a way ridiculous LOL.
@hafirenggayuda
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite shorts, how nostalgic
@deanbr6ndo70
3 жыл бұрын
I've been after this for forty years.it must have been 1980 since I last saw it.unbelievable.thanks
@RLJmusic4life
2 жыл бұрын
The rest of it is something like this: I heard from the grapevine there was something about my case. So, they sprung me. It felt good to stretch my legs. I caught a cattle car to Mary I hot-footed it to Mary’s. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She had a lot of little ones. The man had his hands full, too. All of this struck me so hard, I died laughing and now here I am. So, what do you think? What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue? ****That’s what I remember. I loved the Tex Avery stuff, growing up. This was a cartoon for children. I first watched this when I was five years old and later into my teen years. Great stuff!
@elli_lovesmusic
3 ай бұрын
Remember watching this when I was younger, now every time I think of "paint the town red" I visual this!
@kestrelraptorial689
2 жыл бұрын
This was my first time ever seeing this cartoon. I literally almost died laughing!
@alejandrocoll5967
4 жыл бұрын
i looked for this cartoon for a long time , i didnt knew its name and i just found it , ive seen it four times already and shared it .I love it!
@tsakhumth7792
Жыл бұрын
I want the full version 😭
@Epoch11
6 ай бұрын
Why show half a cartoon I agree
@mondoarchuleta9693
2 ай бұрын
My brother and I loved this cartoon. One of our favorites. I would like to find the whole cartoon.
@2013venjix
2 жыл бұрын
THIS.... IS A CLASSIC!!!! Tex Avery's BEST work!!!!
@EyeBDaMD
6 ай бұрын
I have been searching for this one forever. All i could remember was "so i carried on"😂
@Bet-O33
Ай бұрын
Tex Avery was the best cartoon maker
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
Featuring the voices of John Brown (for the "hipster", he used his "Thorny" voice from radio's "ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET"- and a bit of "Broadway" from "THE DAMON RUNYON THEATER").
@farpointgamingdirect
4 жыл бұрын
He also played Digby "Digger" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker on The Life of Riley
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
He certainly did.
@antonydrossos5719
2 жыл бұрын
I still remember this from my childhood. Still funny af! Side note: the late, great, MF DOOM sampled this for his track, "Strange Ways", on his album, "Madvillain".
@Gazing-09
2 жыл бұрын
That is one of my favorite Tex Avery episode! 😂
@MysterE1971a
Жыл бұрын
I remember this! Wow I haven't seen this since the 70's...too bad the rest isn't there
@Bryuk91
3 жыл бұрын
Omg 😂 yes this was one of my absolute favorites as a kid.
@waverider227
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Tex Avery Cartoon of them all too hilarious!😆😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@MrReaperofDead
2 ай бұрын
This is actually extremely informative; you can literally use this short as reference for if you were writing a 1940s-based novel XD That's funny stuff!
@keiroty7187
Жыл бұрын
Now we need a short in gen z slang
@lupemonroy7887
3 ай бұрын
No cap😂
@Jojojo995
Жыл бұрын
These are the best cartoons in all time! All kids should be watching these cartoons. The cartoons from today are not good
@808pdb
Жыл бұрын
Yeah except for the fact that several cartoons from this time (not including this one) didn't age well
@Dollsway
11 ай бұрын
This was My favorite cartoon as a kid!! I hate they cut the rest off!! Boo!!
@Elementa2006
4 жыл бұрын
God, I remember watching this short once on Tv when I was a kid growing up in Egypt so it feels very nostalgic to revisit it
@mrUpravljac
Жыл бұрын
I saw this cartoon 15 minutes ago and it is my favourite cartoon ever since.
@exudeku
3 ай бұрын
Lmao, I love how this old ass humor still stood up to this day
@garthdavis3778
4 жыл бұрын
“What’s cooking?” How’s tricks?” Does anyone say those anymore?
@Gypsygeekfreak17
4 жыл бұрын
Slang comes and go doc
@shady596x4
4 жыл бұрын
Garth Davis depends honestly
@austinmorrison6953
4 жыл бұрын
Garth Davis some do
@travisreed1730
4 жыл бұрын
I always liked "How's tricks."
@edwardgaines6561
4 жыл бұрын
Hipsters still do, by Golly!
@v.a.993
Жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this on KZitem since forever! Thank you!!!!
@ladyrachel13
3 жыл бұрын
I loved this cartoon when I was a kid. 😄😍
@johnnyteague3407
2 жыл бұрын
This is my second most favorite cartoon behind hillbilly hare.
@geocross237
Жыл бұрын
Oh man I remember watching this as a kid. Even then this cartoon absolutely killed me. Metaphorically speaking. 🤣
@ZbergFan
3 жыл бұрын
Moscow Mule! I didn’t know that was an old drink!
@bunnbbabyboyy546
2 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite cartoon ever....I haven't seen it in 48 years......
@AlanFregtman
4 жыл бұрын
Literal goose bumps! 🤣
@jasminnemcdonald94A
4 жыл бұрын
Goose honks
@sirhighroller9036
3 жыл бұрын
Do geese get people bumps
@mj-je8ok
3 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this one. I think watching this as a kid sparked my love of idiomatic language.
@hollywoodguy70
2 жыл бұрын
Same here. This and Airplane! made me wish we lived in a literal world like that.. as long as I'd be in on the joke ;)
@NJGuy1973
2 жыл бұрын
@@hollywoodguy70 I'll bet the Zucker brothers were partially inspired by this. You ever see "Woodpecker From Mars" with Woody? There's a joke in there that definitely got borrowed by them.
@Olivia-no7mi
3 ай бұрын
"At Dinner Mary Let Her Hair Down."😄
@alvinjones670
4 жыл бұрын
HILARIOUS AN ENJOYABLE WATCH!!! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!!
@jayskywalker5049
3 жыл бұрын
I just saw this for the first time in my life this is HILARIOUS OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Kur0Gaming
10 ай бұрын
Imagine the slang nowadays. “I put on my kicks, and hit the road.” 😂
@charlesmangum2100
Жыл бұрын
A Symphony in Slang is a hilarious cartoon.
@Auron12786
4 ай бұрын
This and the “Of Tomorrow” series are my favorite Tex Avery shorts
@ValliW
4 жыл бұрын
Release *ALL* the MGM shorts! Not just the Tex Avery ones!
@jzsunsite
3 жыл бұрын
I thought this logo gave us nightmares in the future.
@GothGuy885
10 ай бұрын
LOL I remember seeing this cartoon when I was a kid, and laughing and laughing 🤣
@clintgolub1751
2 жыл бұрын
I hadn’t seen this since the late 90’s when Cartoon Network used to play classic shorts in the evenings; thank god for the awesome power of google & KZitem for letting me revisit this again. I think this is actually a pretty educational short about commonplace vernacular for like an English class.
@lydiaglover1762
3 ай бұрын
One of my absolute FAVORITES!!
@ToroFox
4 жыл бұрын
How long has its been for someone to reach heaven and they don't understand slang?
@TheITinFIT
4 жыл бұрын
Going by The Good Place, I’d say...400 years?
@MaskedMan66
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, be glad that Saint Peter knows English at all! He spoke Aramaic and Greek.
@vpvpvp6968
8 ай бұрын
2:03- I think THAT anger character should have been the Emotion character from the Inside Out film. XD
@CriswellSpeaks
4 жыл бұрын
Compare the character of Anger here to the character in "Inside Out".
@shoh1149
4 жыл бұрын
James Scharnott hi Frank Zappa
@BeeHatGuy
3 жыл бұрын
But I'm scared. You do it for me
@ronlivingstone1634
4 жыл бұрын
2:02 I was beside myself with anger. From inside out!
@leehyun6513
10 ай бұрын
Feels like metaphors and real things to me. And the fact that the angels taking things too literally is what make this sketch hilarious.
@waynemacfarland1546
3 жыл бұрын
This guy was talking in figures of speech.
@MaskedMan66
3 жыл бұрын
You caught that, did you?
@waynemacfarland1546
3 жыл бұрын
@@MaskedMan66 That I did. At first none of it made sense to me, but then I was able to puzzle out what this guy was saying.
@MaskedMan66
3 жыл бұрын
@@waynemacfarland1546 Once you get the hang of it, you can pretty quickly work things out form context. :-)
@shawneldridge4465
2 жыл бұрын
i miss watching all these great cartoons on 📺 From back in the day. Today's cartoons are nothing like those back when we were a young kid or teenagers. These type of cartoons are timeless and wonderful plus enjoyable to watch too. Once in a great while me tv will show them.
@SilentWintersKnight
3 жыл бұрын
I remember this .I used to love these cartoons where everything was so literal
@MarcColten-us2pl
11 ай бұрын
This was terrific. Unfortunately it was cut short, but it was still fun
@georgimihailov4906
Ай бұрын
This is one of the greatest cartoons on Earth.
@billcashman5900
4 жыл бұрын
Instant buy for me! Been waiting so long for these gems in high definition!
@mplusgstudios
2 жыл бұрын
Warner Bros., I know your not gonna see this comment but PLEASE RELEASE HAPPY HARMONIES ON DVD. It would be a dream come true.
@mjkhan9664
3 жыл бұрын
I hear that MGM intro and immediately think the Tom and Jerry theme. Sometimes I forget that other famous cartoons were also made by the same studio
@trueheart8739
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see the full episode.
@giovannigonzales5152
3 жыл бұрын
Me 2🙂👍🏻
@allisoncorona7381
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the whole thing is funny with Noah Webster's literal interpretation of the man's story, but I think that there is another little joke in this cartoon; when the man says, "I gave him the slip.", the other man takes it.
@alyssajones4368
Жыл бұрын
This cartoon is hilarious. One of my all tine Tex Avery faves.
@PhoenixHealing
4 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to find this one but I had no idea what the title was!!! 😍😍
@davidmoore535
4 жыл бұрын
I just love Rhapsody in Rivets!!
@LooneyCartoonMan
4 жыл бұрын
You are referencing the wrong short from wrong animation studio.
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