Topic: Three Pests in a Mess (1945)

[Dr. Mabuse]

Motion Picture Herald: "What the Picture Did for Me" (April 1946)

[NoahYoung]

I always felt that this was a more than adequate short, especially for a late-Curly. Since it was one of the shorts that Columbia released on Super 8, I have it in my collection in that format.

I agree that the first half is better than the 2nd, which borrows from just about every scare comedy preceding it, particularly from the silent era.

[NoahYoung]

Between the first comment being made on this short in over a year today and the fact a picture from it showed up on my Stooge calendar, it’s fate that I had to rewatch THREE PESTS IN A MESS.  My verdict?  I was a cranky curmudgeon in my initial review.  Probably from fatigue viewing one short week after week.

Fatigue only watching one short a week? It usually happens to me (with any comedy team I'm watching) if it is a bunch one after another for a few hours.

If I haven't seen the Stooges in a while, you can put on the worst Curly or Shemp short and I'll be laughing my proverbial arse off!