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Three Stooges short film Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

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Three Stooges short film Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Synopsis of Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

In Cuckoo on a Choo Choo, Larry has stolen a train car and kidnapped the rich drunkard Shemp.  He needs to have Shemp marry Larry’s girlfriend’s older sister so that Larry can get married.  Moe, working as a detective for the railroad, tracks them down, only to find his former love, the older sister.  Shemp keeps drinking and hallucinating a giant canary.  No, really.

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Income Tax Sappy - Shemp, Larry, Moe and Sis

Income Tax Sappy

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The Three Stooges short film Income Tax Sappy (1954) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Synopsis of Income Tax Sappy

The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Shemp), egged on by Larry’s sister, decide to make money by cheating on their income taxes.  After the normal slapstick while preparing their taxes(with some very unusual “deductions”), they not only make a small fortune on their taxes, they decide to go into business by preparing other people’s tax returns as well.  Soon they’re rolling in dough, hosting a meal for one of their rich clients (allowing for more food-related slapstick) – but all isn’t as it appears!

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Hold that Lion - Larry, Moe, Shemp and the lion

Hold That Lion

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Three Stooges short film Hold That Lion (1947) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard

Many people remember Hold That Lion as the only short film where Curly appears along with Moe, Larry and Shemp.  Technically, this is true, as Curly has a short cameo appearance as a sleeping man on a train.  But I frankly remember it for the “fight scene” in the first half of the short film with Kenneth MacDonald.  It’s a very funny Three Stooges short film in its’ own right, and well worth watching.

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Out West, starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard) and Christine McIntyre

Out West

Three Stooges short film Out West (1947) starring the Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre

After a visit to the doctor (played by Three Stooges regular Vernon Dent), Moe, Larry and Shemp travel to the American Old West for the sake of healing Shemp’s leg of an enlarged vein. Once there, the villainous Doc Barker mistakenly thinks that the map of Shemp’s vein is a map to a gold vein worth millions.  

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Booty and the Beast, starring Kenneth MacDonald

Booty and the Beast

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In Booty and the Beast, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) unknowingly help a burglar break into a house. When the boys realize their mistake, they pursue the thief as he makes his escape on a train.

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