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Quiz Whizz – The Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser – 1958

Quiz Whizz - Moe Howard is on the phone worried about Joe Besser, while Joe's making a sandwichQuiz Whizz - Emil Sitka as the IRS agent who's come to collect from the Three StoogesJoe Besser is doubtless the least popular “Third Stooge” with some of his Three Stooges short films being better than others.  Quiz Whiz is one of those.  The basic story is that Joe has won $15,000 on a quiz program.  All of the questions were about food, Joe’s favorite subject.  However, Joe hasn’t been seen since, and Moe and Larry are fearing the worst.  While Moe is on the phone to the police, describing Joe, Joe walks in and begins making a Dagwood-style sandwich, with Moe looking at Joe as he describes him, with lines such as “Hair color? (looks at Joe’s bald head) Skin!” Eventually, Moe realizes that Joe is back, and the boys soon learn that Joe has lost all of his winnings to con artists. To add insult to injury, and IRS agent (played by Stooges regular Emil Sitka) appears at the door, demanding the government’s share of Joe’s winning — $5,900 — which they don’t have!Read More »Quiz Whizz

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise - it's a geyser! The Three Stooges have struck oil

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 -Larry, Moe, Curly almost run over
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise - Curly sawing a saw with a saw

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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Playing the Ponies poster - Three Stooges - Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Playing the Ponies

Playing the Ponies (1937) starring The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard )

Synopsis of the Three Stooges short film, Playing the Ponies

In Playing the Ponies, the Three Stooges are tricked into trading their restaurant for Thunderbolt, a washed up racehorse. But when Curly accidentally feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos by mistake, the horse runs like lighting towards the nearest water trough. Realizing the pepperinos can lead Thunderbolt to victory, the Stooges try to win their money back by entering Thunderbolt in a big race.

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Cash and Carry - The Three Stooges - movie poster

Cash and Carry, starring the Three Stooges

Cash and Carry (1937) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

I have had a warm feeling for Cash and Carry since I first saw it many years ago.  Not only are the Three Stooges very funny as normal, but they also tug on the heart strings, trying to raise money to help a crippled boy have an operation so that he can walk normally.  It shows the Stooges at their best, as well as their funniest.

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