Richard Fiske
Dizzy Pilots
Dizzy Pilots – the Three Stooges – Moe, Larry and Curly – originally released September 24, 1943
Dizzy Pilots is a very funny short film starring the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) as the Wrong Brothers, who are trying to perfect a new airplane, “The Buzzard,” in order to avoid the draft in the fictional country of Moronica. The Stooges have 30 days to prove the superiority of their new plane, or be drafted, and so they get straight to work — with the predictable slapstick results.
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The Three Stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the horses run off they’re stranded. They must contend with a snow storm and a marauding bear as well the Indians. After almost killing each other ice fishing they solve their problems by rigging up a sail on the wagon and sailing west.
Read More »Rockin’ Thru the RockiesThree Sappy People
Three Sappy People (1938) starring The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard), Bud Jamison The Three Stooges short film Three Sappy People is… Read More »Three Sappy People
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise is a Three Stooges short film that begins with three con men entering their car, having tricked a widow into selling her land. She doesn’t realize that there’s oil on the property. As the con men leave, they nearly run over Moe, Larry and Curly, tramps walking down the middle of the road. The Stooges soon see a farmhouse and go there, looking for a meal. Mr. Johnson, the farmer, offers them food in exchange for sawing lumber.
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