I was watching this short the other day with my family (who aren't even stooge fans, btw) because it was Thanksgiving and well.... it had a turkey in it! This short brought nothing but smiles and laughter to all of us! This really hit me how I've taken this short for granted. I've always loved this one but it never really occurred to me how absolutely great and perfect this short is!
First, the jokes and gags here are really funny. Bud telling the stooges that he reminds him of The Three Stooges is a rather unique and shocking joke! Not something you hear in any other short.
Also, like metaldams said, the stooges become high society men. And Curly delivers an amazing performance here. The lemonade bit was absolutely hilarious.. from obliviously spilling the lemonade on the woman, then handling the ice with his hands and then using a huge ice tong which is meant for a big block of ice; not for ice cubes! And Larry, although his part is rather small in the short, gives one of his finest performances where he tries to take a picture of the Prince and then falls into the piano, and just comes up and says, "it fall down!." After that bit, he accidentally steps on Van Bustle's skirt causing it tear off. Then she pulls it from Larry's foot causing Larry to fall smack on his back! I wonder how Larry pulled off that stunt without a stuntman! He must be more talented than I thought!
And I agree with metaldams, Victor Travers' reaction to the masked potatoes in his face and also the peas and crackers getting thrown at him were priceless!
And of course, the whole turkey scene was hilarious as well!
