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Which Stooge Short Had the Most Footage Reused In Later Shorts?
JazzBill:
I've always found "Beer Barrel Polecats" to be very depressing. It is probably the short that showcases just how sick Curly really was. You can tell in the new footage filmed for "Beer Barrel Polecats", that Curly was really feeling rough. Then when they switch to footage from "In The Sweet Pie And Pie", and "So Long Mr. Chumps" you see a healthy Curly at the top of his game. It didn't splice together well at all.
JazzBill:
Thats because it is one of the four Shempless Shemp shorts. But all in all, the plot seems to move along pretty well. It must have been tough on Moe to make these Shempless Shemp shorts. I think it's the best one.
MR77100:
It depends on what you mean by "most footage reused." If you mean total amount of OLD footage reused from ONE short, that vote would go to SO LONG MR. CHUMPS with the prison scenes reused in BEER BARREL POLECATS. If you are referring to a short that had footage reused numerous times, that vote would go to the pie-throwing footage from HALF-WITZ HOLIDAY, which was used in three separate shorts-PEST MAN WINS, SCHEMING SCHEMERS, and PIES AND GUYS. If you are referring to a short which used the most stock footage from the most episodes, the correct answer is of course, SCHEMING SCHEMERS, which utilized stock footage from A PLUMBING WE WILL GO, VAGABOND LOAFERS, and HALF WITZ HOLIDAY.
mrmurray:
"Husbands Beware," one of the last real Shemp shorts, has a huge amount of stock footage. The entire second half, or perhaps two thirds, is an abridged version of "Brideless Groom," aside from the last shot where Shemp shoots Moe and Larry in the butt. I recall reading the new footage for "Husbands Beware" was shot in just one day.
metaldams:
A lot of the later stock footage shorts were shot in one day. Some of the Bessers were as well.
If I had to guess which short had the most footage reused, I'd guess HOLD THAT LION because footage was used in both BOOTY AND THE BEAST and LOOSE LOOT.
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