Symphony in Slang

Symphony in Slang (1951)

At the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.

Date of release
1951-06-16
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (46)
Runtime
7m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Tex Avery

Casting

  • John Brown — The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)

Interesting facts

Symphony in Slang is a 1951 cartoon short film directed by Tex Avery, written by Rich Hogan and released with the feature film No Questions Asked by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Minimalist and abstract in style, it tells the story of a man, who finds himself at the Pearly Gates explaining the story of his life to a bewildered Saint Peter and Noah Webster using slang of that era. The majority of the short is made up of sight gags based on Peter and Webster's literal interpretations of phrases such as "raining cats and dogs".

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