THREE SMART SAPS
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| Working Title(s): |
Father's In Jail Again |
| Title Origin: |
"Three Smart Girls" (1936 Universal movie) |
| Prod. No.: |
532 |
| Shooting Days: |
4 days From: 1942-04-07 To: 1942-04-10 |
| Face Slaps: 14 |
Eye Pokes: 0 |
Head Bonks: 5 |
Pastry Thrown: 0 |
- "Stand aside. Let a guy that can knock, nick knock, n'yuk n'yuk n'yuk!"
(Curly)
- "We're not ordinary people... we're morons."
(Curly)
- "Do you rhumba?" "Only when I take bicarbonate."
(Barbara Slater & Curly)
- "If you didn't have TB, I'd be able to get this around 'ya." "What'a'ya mean TB?" "Two bellies."
(Moe & Curly)
- "Exhibit A!" "Exhibit B!" [bonk!]
(Curly & Moe)
- "Oh, snooty, eh?!" "Yeah, you gotta have a snoot suit."
(Curly & Moe)
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- Change Partners
In the opening sequence, Moe is paired with Stella (Julie Gibson), Larry with Mella (Julie Duncan) and Curly with Bella (Ruth Skinner). At the wedding, Moe and Curly have switched girlfriends... Curly marries Bella, and Moe marries Stella.
- Changing Split
Larry is about to re-stitch Curly's split pant leg, then the camera cuts to the next shot and the split on Curly's pant leg suddenly looks different.
- Curly's Arms
When Moe is tying the chain around Curly's waist, Curly's holding one arm up, but in the next shot, he's holding up both arms, then in the next shot, he's back to holding one arm up again.
- Singing Out-of-Sync
At the beginning when the Stooges are singing together, Larry sings out-of-sync from the other two during one part.
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- Are you dancing?
During a dance, a man asks a Stooge "Are you dancing?" The Stooge asks "Are you asking?" The man responds "Yes, I'm asking", then the Stooge says "Then I'm dancing!" and dances with the man.
Also used in: HOI POLLOI ·
- Hit in face repeatedly
Curly gets hit in the face by a pie or shoe. When he tries to retaliate by throwing a pie/shoe back at the person, Curly gets hit again before he can throw it. This goes on for a while and usually after a while, Curly will hit himself in the face with a pie/shoe then stick his tongue out at the other person, followed by the person hitting Curly in the face again.
Also used in: THREE SAPPY PEOPLE · IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE ·
- Kicked in the behind while dancing
When the Stooges are dancing, one Stooge gets repeatedly kicked in the behind by somebody else dancing.
Also used in: BACK TO THE WOODS · WEE WEE MONSIEUR · BACK FROM THE FRONT · RHYTHM AND WEEP · CUCKOO ON A CHOO CHOO
- Mistaking somebody's head for a door
When a Stooge is supposed to knock on a door, he isn't looking while doing it so he accidentally knocks on somebody's head instead of the door.
Also used in: CALLING ALL CURS · BOOBS IN ARMS · IDLE ROOMERS · THREE PESTS IN A MESS · G. I. WANNA HOME · CRIME ON THEIR HANDS · DOPEY DICKS · LOVE AT FIRST BITE · BABY SITTERS JITTERS · MUSTY MUSKETEERS · HOT ICE · MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER · FIFI BLOWS HER TOP
- My father died dancing - on the end of a rope
When dancing with a woman, Curly says "My father died dancing - on the end of a rope!"
Also used in: ACHE IN EVERY STAKE, AN ·
- Rhyming Girfriends' Names
The Stooges are married or engaged to three girls with rhyming names. In FLAT FOOT STOOGES, the rhyming names belong to the two horses as opposed to Stooges' girlfriends.
Also used in: SITTER DOWNERS, THE · FLAT FOOT STOOGES · IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE · BACK FROM THE FRONT · UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS · G. I. WANNA HOME · RHYTHM AND WEEP · I'M A MONKEY'S UNCLE · PARDON MY BACKFIRE · MUSTY MUSKETEERS · PALS AND GALS · SHOT IN THE FRONTIER
- Trying to get into jail
The Stooges want to get into jail, so when they see a cop tying his shoe on a bench, the Stooges kick him in the behind, causing him to fall down on the bench.
Also used in: SO LONG MR. CHUMPS ·
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Re: THREE SMART SAPS
Posted 2001-07-23 03:12:00 by [Deleted Member]
Edited 2006-03-25 08:00:28 by shemps#1
Excellent film! A true Curly classic! The tall girl Curly dances with is a knockout! Nobody comments on the unique method of transportation the boys use to get to their fiancees house. I could see that in an "Our Gang" short. Excellent dance scene and great gags! If you haven't seen it yet, do Moe a favor tear your tonsils out for him!
Re: THREE SMART SAPS
Posted 2002-01-25 21:10:00 by Hammond Eggar
Edited 2003-07-04 10:42:00 by Hammond Eggar
Well, once again I get to voice my undying praise for this film. I am a HUGE fan of the Rhumba Dance sequence. Like his brother Shemp, Curly was an extremely gifted physical comedian. That dance sequence alone makes this short a Stooges classic, as far as I'm concerned. It IS certainly underappreciated. I also dig the scene in which the Stooges find the 'marble machine' in prison. That's always good for a laugh. "The wedding bells will start to ring". . .indeed!!!
Re: THREE SMART SAPS
Posted 2001-09-30 20:23:00 by Mike Holme
An excellent short. For some reason on the Monkey Businessmen tape, the quality is bad, same with "Monkey Businessmen" itself. Anyway, Larry as a drunk was also great. 4 pokes Mike Holme
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