http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/43http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032029/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Well, as you can see, my name is METALdams, and yes folks, as most of you know, I like metal music. Well, there's this live album from a band called Exodus where the late, great, and wildly entertaining Paul Baloff screams into the mic, "I love heavy!" Well, watching this run of this of shorts, I feel as wild as Baloff, and just want to randomly proclaim, "I love funny!" There, I said it. Now let's destroy something, this ain't the Arsenio Hall show!
Anyway, the short that brings us to the altar of Stoogedom this week is THREE SAPPY PEOPLE. Like Paul Baloff, this short is wildly entertaining. It has the perfect Stooge formula. The Stooges are blue collar workers who smash things with tools and somehow get tangled up in a climatic pastry fight at a high society party. I can really just end the review right here because that in itself is all you need to know that this short rules. However, I feel like typing more, because I'm trying to develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
The supporting cast is awesome. Bud Jamison is fantastic as the butler. Notice the way his body shudders when the pastry hits him in the back of the head. It's his way of saying, "Look what I have to lower myself to to earn a buck." I feel like this every Mon through Friday, you're in good company, Mr. Jamison. Then there are the ladies. Lorna Gray is wonderful as the wild and bored young gold digger. The character reminds me of a girl I knew when I was 19. She used to sneak in bottles of hard liquor in the ladies bathroom at Denny's. Ms. Sherry Rumsford does not need a psychiatrist, it's Mr. Rumsford who does, thinking he can have a relationship with such a young, wild girl. What do you expect, Rummy? Anyway, your ideal is Ann Doran the countess. Still attractive, yet more overly dignified. Ann Doran is great in this one, like Bud with the pastry, you can tell she feels she lowered herself by the look on her face when covered in powder. A real shame Ms. Doran did not appear in more Stooge shorts. She played Charley Chase's leading lady in a lot of his shorts and like in this short, always did a fine job.
The boys themselves are of course in top form. My favorite bits are Moe eye gouging the tamale, Curly and Larry using the stethoscope as a straw to drink the punch, and Curly's "putrid" line, which cracks me up every time. I also find it fascinating how early in the short, Curly can hint that his wife is pregnant, but has to say it almost like he's embarrassed and not actually use the word pregnant. Values of the day? The Hays office? A little of both? Anyhow, there's tons of slaps, pastries and one liners to go around in this one at a rapid pace, and I will save it for others to discuss. Besides, I'd like to save my carpal tunnel once we get to the Besser era.
10/10