Topic: Top 10 Stooges Shorts

[Gritto RhumBoogie]

I think it would be fun to make a Top 10 Stooges Shorts list.  It's a challenge, as there are so many to choose from.  These should be your 10 personal favorite shorts, not necessarily in order.  So what are everyone's top 10?

Here are mine:

1) An Ache in Every Stake
2) The Hot Scots
3) In the Sweet Pie and Pie
4) Who Done It?
5) Three Little Beers
6) Three Arabian Nuts
7) Loose Loot
We Want Our Mummy
9) Dizzy Pilots
10) Hula-La-La 

[falsealarms]

Can't argue with most of those. The ranking of HOT SCOTS, both here and overall on this site, is a little perplexing. More of a middle of the road short than a classic.

[pipboytaylor]

1.   Who Done It?- Shemp
2.   Three Little Beers- Curly
3.   Dopey Dicks- Shemp
4.   A Ducking They Did Go- Curly
5.   Blunder Boys- Shemp
6.   An Ache In Every Stake- Curly
7.   Hold That Lion- Shemp
8.   A Gem Of A Jam- Curly
9.   Three Pests In A Mess- Curly
10.   The Ghost Talks- Shemp

Honorable Mention…
Dizzy Detectives- Curly
Ants In The Pantry- Curly
Studio Stoops- Shemp
Spook Louder- Curly

Hard to pick just 10. I'm partial to scare comedy as one me be able to decipher from this list.

[MarkMyWord]

I'll take a stab at this.

Here is my top 10:

You Nazty Spy
I'll Never Heil Again
They Stooge to Conga
Punch Drunks
A Plumbing We Will Go
Brideless Groom (my only Shemp pick)
Spook Louder
Tassels in the Air
Violent is the Word for Curly
Ants in the Pantry

[pipboytaylor]

I know some may frown upon this suggestion but what would be your "Bottom 5 or 10". I love the Stooges but all artists and comedians have their hits...and misses.

1. Cuckoo On A Choo Choo- Shemp
2. Rhythm And Weep- Curly
3. Hoofs And Goofs- Joe
4. Horsing Around- Joe
5. Sweet And Hot- Joe

I must admit, I never was much of a fan of "Heavenly Daze" of "Bedlam In Paradise" either.

[FineBari3]

I know some may frown upon this suggestion but what would be your "Bottom 5 or 10". I love the Stooges but all artists and comedians have their hits...and misses.

1. Cuckoo On A Choo Choo- Shemp
2. Rhythm And Weep- Curly
3. Hoofs And Goofs- Joe
4. Horsing Around- Joe
5. Sweet And Hot- Joe

I must admit, I never was much of a fan of "Heavenly Daze" of "Bedlam In Paradise" either.

Good for you for putting CUCKOO on there!

[mankey8284]

Only top ten?! That's pretty hard to do, but here goes my list:

1. Three little beers
2. We want our mummy
3. Half-shot shooters "He said your pants are torn!"
4. A plumbing we will go
5. How high is up? *The sweater scene is priceless*
6. Spook louder
7. A gem of a jam
8. Three little pirates
9. Fright nights
10. Gents in a jam

It is really hard to pick just ten! But that would probably be my top ten 

[BenStooge9]

IMO any Curly short during his prime years deserve to be top 10...

1. Calling All Curs
2. How High Is Up
3. From Nurse To Worse
4. A Plumbing We Will Go
5. An Ache In Every Stake
6. No Census, No Feeling
7. Cactus Makes Perfect
8. Back From The Front
9. All The World's A Stooge
10. A Gem Of A Jam

Much harder than I thought, there are so many great shorts and I'm still trying to become more familiar with the Shemps

[12Medbe]

Top 10 - 1 = Best

10. Ants In The Pantry (Curly)

9. Gents Without Cents (Curly)

8. In The Sweet Pie and Pie (Curly)

7. A Plumbing we Will Go (Curly)

6. Bedlam In Paradise (Shemp)

5. A Merry Mix Up (Joe)

4. Three Little Pirates (Curly)

3.  Scheming Schemers (Shemp)

2. Quiz Whizz (Joe)

1. Pest Man Wins (Shemp)

[JazzBill]

Top 10 - 1 = Best


3.  Scheming Schemers (Shemp)

Interesting that a Shempless Shemp short is your 3rd. favorite.

[12Medbe]

Interesting that a Shempless Shemp short is your 3rd. favorite.

Even though Shempless, It was entertaining. It was better than the 3 other Shempless Shorts.

[JazzBill]

Even though Shempless, It was entertaining. It was better than the 3 other Shempless Shorts.

I agree with you there. Some of the reused footage shorts are terrible. But there are a few that blend together very well. One that I think is better than the original is "Bubble Trouble". I like it better than the original "All Gummed Up".

[12Medbe]

I agree with you there. Some of the reused footage shorts are terrible. But there are a few that blend together very well. One that I think is better than the original is "Bubble Trouble". I like it better than the original "All Gummed Up".

Another short that had blended in very well was Bedlam in Paradise.

[Shemp_Diesel]

1) Blunder Boys
2) Disorder in the Court
3) Grips, Grunts and Groans
4) Brideless Groom
5) Crash Goes the Hash
6) Pardon My Scotch
7) Heavenly Daze
Three Dark Horses
9) In the Sweet Pie and Pie
10) Scrambled Brains
                                                     

[Stooge-Adam]

My Top 10 (Best)
1. An Ache in Every Stake (1941 - Curly)
2. A Plumbing We Will Go (1940 - Curly)
3. Fuelin’ Around (1949 - Shemp)
4. 3 Dumb Clucks (1937 - Curly)
5. Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947 - Shemp)
6. Dizzy Detectives (1943 - Curly)
7. Goof on the Roof (1953 - Shemp)
8. Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939 - Curly)
9. Oil’s Well That Ends Well (1958 - Joe)
10. Hula-La-La (1951 - Shemp)

My Bottom 10 (Worst)
1. Scrambled Brains (1951 - Shemp)
2. Cuckoo on a Choo-Choo (1952 - Shemp)
3. Sweet and Hot (1958 - Joe)
4. Pies and Guys (1958 - Joe)
5. Three Loan Wolves (1946 - Curly)
6. Back to the Woods (1937 - Curly)
7. Beer Barrel Polecats (1946 - Curly)
8. Musty Musketeers (1954 - Shemp)
9. Monkey Businessmen (1946 - Curly)
10. Hoofs and Goofs (1957 - Joe)

Yes, I’m aware that an original (Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise) is followed by it’s remake (Oil‘s Well That Ends Well).

[Moron4392]

My Top Ten Stooges Favourites:

1:   "Three Little Pirates"
2:   "No Dough Boys"
3:   "Beer And Pretzels"
4:   "Nertsery Rhymes"
5:   "Commotion On The Ocean"
6:   "Malice In The Palace"
7:   "Cuckoo On A Choo-Choo"
8:   "Hokus Pokus"
9:   "Jerks Of All Trades"
10:  "Squareheads Of The Roundtable"

SHEMP SOLO:

1:   "On The Wagon"
2:   "His First Flame"
3:   "So You Won't T-T-T-Talk"
4:   "Daredevil O'Dare"
5:   "Where The Pest Begins"
6:   "Smoked Hams"
7:   "Mr. Noisy"
8:   "Open Season For Saps"
9:   "The Officer's Mess"
10:  "Dizzy And Daffy"

Thank-You

Diane Thompson
Moron4392

[Hammond Eggar]

Wow Moron.  That's a pretty unique list of shorts.  I find it interesting that you included two MGM titles, as well as the 1949 TV pilot "Jerks of All Trade."  As of right now, I don't have a complete top ten list.  I only have a top three.  I'll keep working on it, though.

1. An Ache in Every Stake (1941)
2. Three Little Beers (1935)
3. Studio Stoops (1950)

[Moron4392]

Hammond Eggar:

Thank you sir for the complement about the shorts.

Thompson
Moron4392