To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion. They wind up crossing the electrical system with the plumbing and generally ruin the place. One memorable scene has the lady of the house tuning into a television broadcast from Niagara Falls as a torrent of water pours from the set. To escape the wrath of the homeowners the stooges escape through a magicians trap door. Appearing in this short are Symona Boniface, Monte Collins, Dudley Dickerson, Bess Flowers, Bud Jamison, Eddie Laughton, and John Tyrrell! This Stooges short is from 1940. The summary of this film is from IMDB.Com.
This Stooge short is from 1936. The stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army again, and of course the same sergeant is their superior. The sergeant plays various tricks on them, and when the stooges go crazy with a cannon, blowing up a house, a bridge, and a smoke stack, he blows them up.
A Classic 3 Stooges short.
From 1938, here is another great Stooge comedy featuring Larry, Moe, and Curly.
Wee Wee Monsieur (1938) is the 29th of Columbia Pictures 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges. The Stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up accidently joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard Captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves and try to rescue their captain. This is the first short in which the Stooges sing the "Lollipop Song", which they would sing in later shorts. This is the first short in which the Stooges are told they must don a disguise and they disguise themselves in Santa Claus outfits.
The stooges are small time actors traveling by train to an engagement. Along with their pet monkey, they manage to spoil the trip for quite a few of the other passengers including the conductor and a big movie star. Eventually their antics get out of hand and they are literally tossed off the train. This film is from 1936.
By 1947, when this film was released, Shemp Howard had replaced Curley, who, as you probably know, had passed away from a stroke. This is one of the better films that he appeared in. I always felt that Shemp was always underated as a Stooge.
A great Stooge short from 1940. The stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out an insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. Unfortunately, the insurance doctor wants to perform a brain operation (Cerebrum decapitation). The boys try to escape by hiding in the dog catchers wagon, but are caught and taken to the hospital. They escape again, this time by rigging a sheet to a gurney and sailing down the street, where they run into Jerry and knock him into wet cement.
Another great Stooge comedy, this one is from 1938.
One of the giants of comedy, Curly of the three stooges battles with powerful whiskey and a feisty bowl of clam chowder.
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