I like all of the comedians from that time period. Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, The Marx Brothers, the East Side Kids, and others. The comedy somehow seems more funny to me from that time period then some things I see nowadays. Such a shame.
Back in the late 70's, my grandmother and I used to watch the Stooges. She was 93 at the time, and she used to laugh and laugh. I used to laugh listening to her laugh! She loved them, and I truly believe that laughter kept her alive all those years ago. She died at the age of 99, and I miss her terribly. She knew good comedy. It's amazing that she was born BEFORE the Stooges, in the year 1882!
That reminds me of Cogsworth rescuing Lumiere from Lefou by poking sliding down the banister to poke Lefou in the butt, allowing Lumiere to torch Tom’s butt in order to rescue Plumette from being plucked apart by one of Gaston’s stooges. Curly for some reason reminds me of Gaston’s short stooge Tom, one of Gaston’s buddies. Anyways this short is pretty violent and funny at the same time
Two words: TALENT and TRUST! The minute they show up on the screen. You know they're going to be funny, so you laugh at pretty much everything that they say and do. You know them and you love them. I'll by saying this: Johnny Carson was going to do an impromptu sing along with Steve Lawrence and after a few seconds of Johnny's cue to sing, the audience started laughing. Johnny looked at them and said, "Now, you see? Right away! You laughed, you see? It's their attitude! They're laughing because they think I'm going to be funny!" He later tried to convince them that his intention was not to be funny, but just to sing a particular song, but that's another story. Oh, by the way, in case you're interested, the song was "Our Love Is Here To Stay!"
I just love Moe's powers of deduction, "trouble ain't in the house, that's definite - power company's probably got their wires all tangled up." This is still so great... thanks for the laughs.
These guys are hilarious! I'm so happy nobody has tried to duplicate their comedy because nobody could ever do what The Stooges did. GREATEST COMEDY TEAM EVER!!!!!
As my mom used to say, "It's all fun and games until somebody gets their eye poked out." What she didn't realize was that, with The Three Stooges, it's still pretty damned funny even AFTER somebody gets their eye poked out!
My favorite Moe quote of all time: Larry is sleeping and Moe yanks him off his pillow by the hair, slaps him in the face and says "WAKE UP AND GO TO SLEEP YOU NUMBSKULL!" LOL
When he's the chef for those Arabs and the dog and the cat go into the kitchen = Malice in the Palace. He always took it well when Moe tore his hair out.
@@DutchSteamboat i don't know what episode This was but Moe tell him to read and he say "Paga niny" Moe flips the book and that's page nine. I have been laughing for 60 years
One of my favorite Larry bits was when he was bent over and had his arm stretched out and says"see this" to the guy, and then pops him in the face with his other fist.
The boys never fail to make me laugh out loud. Their genius is often in the gag's setup and our anticipation of mayhem we know is soon to follow. Almost like in Hitchcock films, the audience typically sees a Stooges gag coming from a mile away - you know they are going to royally screw something up or inflict some painful injury. Yet, even though you see it coming, the setup's payoff is always hilarious and brilliantly enacted! And no doubt the sound effects optimized the impact of the visuals.
violent?... this is a gold. the great classic comedy trio. the best times of my childhood were spent watching the three stooges late at night with my family.
Of ALL the stogges episodes I have seen over my lifetime, NOTHING beats the climbing spike in Moe's eye OR his reaction!! I love the way it SCRAPES down his face first before it actually hits home. CLASSIC
This is one of my favorite episodes and the one where they are making airplanes for the military. Their stunts are as real as it gets. Many times they paid the price. I crack up just looking at Curly and Larry. Of course you need Moe to cement everything together. Very talented men.
I'm 81. My Pappy loved the 3 Stooges. When they came on TV in the 60's, he would laugh so hard there were times he pissed hisself. He did drink, so that was indeed part of it. He'd remember episodes he'd seen in the theatre in the 30's and 40's. His favorite was "Three Little Beers". I sure do miss ole Pap.
They may be gone but not forgotten they brought laughter for generations here we are laughing hysterically to the funniest men ever who invented slapstick and eye poking and pie fights as we know it you made my weekend keep the laughs coming the howards and fine family would be proud and laughing after all these years no one close to the 3 stooges your legacy of laughter still continues on you guys rock thanks ! Joe
"I ain't goin' up there!" "You know I get dizzy in high places!" "Yer dizzy in LOW places!" "Get up there!" Still funny after 80 years and still counting.😝😝😝😝
I remember seeing this one afternoon on TV, during a local kiddie show. This scene helped me to appreciate the hazards of electricity in my dad's occupation.
Curly driving a climbing spike into Moe's head is about the funniset thing I have ever seen...never gets old! The only thing better is seeing Moe rip a handfull of Larry's hair out for no good reason :)
Too true. But then once upon a time people had enough common sense to know the difference between a goofy comedy sketch and real life. Oh how I miss those days.
For several years now, I have returned to this posted video, whenever I need a boost. I have never experienced a setback or disappointment in life that could not be resolved by a dose of Stooges.
These guys were and always will be the funniest, some of the bravest, and most entertaining men that worked in the entertainment industry. I am surprised they lasted as long as they did considering that the stunts they performed really were not stunts at all, but were very real and dangerous acts they did just to entertain the audience. There were serious injuries and they still came back for more. Funny shit.
A good friend of mine had a small company, and their internal (not for publication) mission statement was basically, the 3 Stooges. Because: a) They were never afraid to try anything (or any job) b) The sum of their efforts was always greater than any one individual act. and c) when all else fails, there's always gratuitous violence. RIP, boys. Thanks for posting this!
No argument there. The stooges were the best! The timing, punch lines, pranks, and spontaneous plots took so much hard work, yet they made it all appear so easy.
They were well served at Columbia, with the driven Jules White as head of production, brilliant writers like Felix Adler, Clyde Bruckman, Elwood Ullman and Ed Bernds, sound cutter Joe Henrie, and the Stooges themselves allowed creative input in their films. Great people who just wanted you to laugh.
No wonder Curly and Larry died of strokes...one too many blows to the head...the sacrifices they made for us to be entertained......these guys were truly classic...never gets old..
when i was a kid every new years there was stooges marathon and we would all stay up to watch them and every sunday it would be on for like hours in the morning. it was great. i was disappointed this year when the marathon ended at 2 in the morning.
This one was banned on TV. One "don't try this at home kids" moment after another! I heard about it for years, but I had to wait for the DVD release to see it.
It may have been banned at one time but I definitely saw this episode on TV on the early 90's on a Boston station (WLVI). I also saw the 'banned' WW2 episodes where malign Japanese people. Being a Stooges fanatic I remember being so excited because I thought I'd never see those episodes.
It’s both hilarious to watch and horrifying if you really think about the concept of three guys truly torturing each other like these guys do on screen!
