First off, I have read comments straight aboard this discussion about how they like the " egg shampoo" scene and all that other stuff where the Stooges get dirty. I usually like those scenes, except this time I will have to make a exception. It just doesn't fall through as a good movie, to me.
The beginning...... Where The Three Stooges are trying to land a cab, except well, you know what's going to happen. They're going to get splattered with dirt, and then find a cab. It's pretty obvious!! Um.. have the writers even seen their many, many shorts where this happens???
Then, we see a short scene involving the Stooges' wives, and then we don't see them again until the end of the movie. Another thing in this movie, that is indeed worthy of a explanation. C'mon, we know Moe, Larry, and Curly's writers can do better, as we've seen in the other 93 movies that we've reviewed!
The " Let's go find a apartment!" scene is a good scene, although not worthy of a mention as a great scene. Still, no laughs in this scene, but it's quite amusing and you can see a hint of classic Stooges. But, it still seems very routine-like..
" Hey, kids! If you want to build a house when you grow up that is completely outdoors, I encourage it!!" That's what the next scene screams. Why have an outdoor house. Sure, the Stooges are dumb, but not that dumb! And, seriously, a door..... OUTSIDE?
?? ARE THE THREE STOOGES TURNING INSANE?
Curly shaving potatoes. This would be a good gag, if it was made earlier on. His voice doesn't sound like Curly, and his physical mannerisms just aren't as good as before. It's a nice amusing, little idea, but it would've gotten more laughs if it was made earlier. Now, I know that Curly really can't help it what with his health right now, but this seems like it was an idea from a previous time. Oh, well. It might be remade someday in a Shemp short.
Egg shampoo. This seemed like just a way to get Moe to be dirty. I seriously am a fan of their scenes where they get dirty, but not this one. You can tell that Moe is taking too much eggs to the face. Honestly, if it lead up to some sort of egg battle, that would be fine, but just having this as one short little scene is not that good of a decision.
Then, Moe takes a whole pan of water to the face. Look at above paragraph.
Next, the vacuum cleaner sprays in all of the boys' faces. Wow. They really wanted The Three Stooges to be messy. Just remember the fact that Curly is doing all of this slapstick comedic stuff shows how bad Columbia treated Curly.
The part where they eat the duck shows a scene that does remind me of various other Three Stooges movies, especially Malice in the Palace. It's a short little comedic gem, that is widely underrated.
The part where a random guy runs over The Three Stooges' outdoor house with a tractor is... wait, what did I just type?? Yep, it happens in the film with no explanation at all. Just totally random. Because, that happens every day in our lives, right?
Then, they switch over to a new scene where The Three Stooges introduce their wives to a nice, little, very, very SMALL house. Of course, when there is a triple bunk bed, you know a results.
My overall thoughts about this movie: A strange Three Stooges movie including the boys in various random scenes with ill Curly, with occasional quick little funny gags in between the bad stuff. What would I rate this?
8/10
