UNCIVIL WARRIORS

Uncivil Warriors is a lot of fun, and one of the better shorts that came out of the trio in 1935.
There's a lot to laugh at here, as the Stooges go to absurd lengths to hide their identities. Curly is in top form throughout the short, and gives the short such memorable highlights such as his burning of the information they've received by lighting a cigarette and dressing up in drag disguised as Moe's wife.
The short drags a little toward the middle during an overlong gag in which the Stooges eat a cake accidentally made out of a pillow, and start coughing up feathers. It has its moments, but it probably should have ended about a minute earlier than it did.
The Civil War setting suits our boys very well and they'll definitely rock the house every time they're in soldier uniform. I gotta give this one high marks. It's too much fun.
Final Shemp's Final Word: 3 1/2 Pokes

This one is absolutly one of their best. For funny dialog (to me anyway) it IS their best. Too many funny lines to quote here, but they all work. Its also somewhat weird and surreal in spots, which I always love. Stooge films are moving surrealism, mostly because they routinely violate the laws of physics and human phyisology. But this one (and many others of course) show they were masters of funny dialog as well as physical comedy. In other words, they could do it all. "Walks like athisa."

This an absolute classic!! One of Bud's greatest performances. Many fond childhood memories laughing along with this. I think I'll have a little nip & tuk right now!!!

It's always amusing to hear the Stooges do their "Southern Gentlemen" voices (a throwback to their stage days w/Healy). Ostensibly a spoof of MGM's Marion Davies feature OPERATOR 13, this film bears more than a passing resemblance to two other Civil War comedies, Keaton's THE GENERAL and the flashback scenes in Harold Lloyd's GRANDMA'S BOY. For some reason, the gagwriters seemed to think putting Curly into female garb was a surefire laugh- getter in these earlier efforts; at least 3 of the 1935 Stooge shorts see Curly impersonating a woman. The sequence where Moe must contend with Curly and Larry and a baby as his "family" is nicely paced and one of the more offbeat sight gags (typical of this early period) have the Stooges fording a stream on a horse equipped with anchor and life preserver.

The bit about "Charlie the man with the limp, he walks like thisa" was used in FROM NURSE TO WORSE as well wasn't it? Wasnt it also used in UNCIVIL WARBIRDS TOO? Great short!

For some reason I had always thought of this short as mediocre, but tonight it aired on AMC, and suddenly I realized what I was missing out on by not watching it when it came on! Gosh, this is probably one of the top five shorts!Before I get into the various funny parts, I will say this: there is one part that is PAINFULLY FUNNY in this short, where I couldn't catch my breath during the entire scene, where the boys are hacking up all the fluff from the "cake" (watch it to find out what I'm talking about). It's very similar to the "fish scene" in COMMOTiON ON THE OCEAN, but is combined with a much better short overall.I have always been a huge Moe fan, and have seen the second and third Stooges mainly as useful for objects of Moe's agression and punishment. But I must say, Curly takes the cake in this short. His performance in the kitchen/baking scene is genious, and his "Well if this is the place, I reckon it must be the place, I reckon... nyuk nyuk nyuk!" line had me rolling on the floor!The funniest single moment in the film for me was Curly's ridiculous use of the southern accent in one of the two "Charlie walks like this" scenes, where the guard asks him who Charlie is, and he responds slowly and in an unusually low voice, "He walks like-uh this-uh." It's definitely my favorite line from Curly of all time, just listen to the way he says it!Most of the comedy in this one came from making fun of southerners, which the Stooges do darn well! Still, the "barfing" scene is nonstop hysterical laughter for two minutes. The general asks Moe what he thinks they should do, and he says, "well, uh," and then suddenly hacks up a huge mass of fluff all over the guy! Just watch the general's reaction! Larry and Curly proceed to begin upchucking too, until finally it is complete chaos with the boys stumbling around the room and barfing up so much fluff you can't see anything. Finally, they lie on the floor and huge fountains of white fluff are spewing up about 10 feet!Absolutely hysterical. I may change my mind, but this just may be the best Curly short of all time, up there with my favorite short of all, GOOF ON THE ROOF and THREE DARK HORSES.Rating: 9.5/10 pokes

I liked the scene close to the beginning where the Stooges introduce themselves. They do these nutty little hand motions and sounds to go along with their self-introductions.

What an ingenious couple of gags- "Charlie walks like this" and Curly's "Union underwear" line. Both were good ways to get out of sticky situations.

Larry did a good job in his "Where's my son?" scene and Curly did a good job in his "What have you done with my child?" scene.

This isn't oe of the best shorts, but if it's one of the worst, then I'm Bullwinkle the moose.

ISLIPP today, you slide tomorrow. ©2001

This is, in my opinion, the greatest stooge short ever. When Curly is doing that side stroke in the ditch full of water, i've never laughed so hard before. I give this 4 pokes. Its the best.

I always get a kick out of the one-liners in this short. Also, watch Larry in the cake-eating scene when the woman says, "Maybe you'd better have my cake." The face he makes is PRICELESS! Or how about Larry's line, "HOW IS MY SON?" For some reason, that always cracks me up. Have a nip and tuck!