Script Symphony in Slang

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The script of TEX AVERY – SYMPHONY IN SLANG (1951) “I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.” “I grew up overnight.” “At the crack of dawn…” “….I woke up with the chickens.” « Don’t count your chickens before they ‘re hatched » : you are warning them not to make plans according to what they expect to happen before it has actually happened ( informal epxression) “I got a job slinging hash…” “…because the proprietor was short-handed.” “But I couldn’t cut the mustard…” “…so the guy gave me the gate.” “I went back to my hole in the wall.” “I was beside myself with anger.” “I decided to get a train ticket to Texas. There I made some dough punching some cattle.” “From there, I flew to Chicago.” “There, a beautiful girl stepped into the picture.” “Our eyes met.” “My breath came in short pants.” “And I had goose pimples.” “I was all thumbs.” “Mary’s clothes fit her like a glove. “…with her hair done up in a bun.” “She had good lookin’ pins too!” “Finally, she gives me a date.” “I put on my white tie and tails.” “And brother, did she put on the dog!” “We went around together for some time…” “…painting the town red….” “…going to the Stork Club…” “…we had a box at the opera.” “…I had a cocktail and Mary had a Moscow Mule.” “…Mary let her hair down…” “…and ate like a horse.” “By then, my money started running out on me.” “So I wrote a check. It bounced!” “I was in a pickle…” “The proprietor drew a gun on me.” “So I gave him the slip…” “…and head to the foothills.” “The law was on my heel.” “…the judge tried to pump me.” “…everytime I opened my mouth, I put my foot in it.” “So he sent me up the river…” “…to do a stretch in the jug.” “I was up against it…” “…and felt myself go to pot.” “I raised a big stink.” “…let me talk to an undercover
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