Penny Wisdom is a 1937 American short comedy film directed by David Miller and produced by Pete Smith.

[1][2] The opening of the film uses the music of "Pop Goes the Weasel", which already indicates that this "epicurian epic" will entail much comedic content.

The scene starts as Matthew E. Smudge calls his wife, Chloe, to inform her that he's bringing his boss and a customer home for dinner.

An hour has transpired and Chloe has burnt the roast beef, dropped a flour bucket on the dog (to which the narrator remarks, "Gosh, it ain't a fit night for man nor beast.

He decides to make a personal call to Prudence Penny, advice columnist for the Los Angeles Examiner.