A Plumbing We Will Go
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| A Plumbing We Will Go | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Elwood Ullmann |
| Starring | Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 19, 1940 |
| Running time | 18'00" |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Rockin' Thru the Rockies (1940) |
| Followed by | Nutty But Nice (1940) |
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A Plumbing We Will Go is a 1940 Three Stooges short in which the boys pose as plumbers to evade the police.
[edit] Plot
Moe, Curly and Larry are on trial for stealing chickens. They are declared not guilty. Curly pulls out his hat and chicken feathers fly out. Curly claims it is dandruff. As they exit, they antagonize a police officer.
Next, they try to catch some food at a pet store. A police officer sees them. They hide, and Curly punches a mannequin of a police officer. While repeating this for Moe and Larry, the real officer shows up and punches Curly. They run away and steal a plumber's van. The police officer runs after the van and gets on its trailer. Curly and Larry disconnect it, and the officer falls off.
After several minutes of driving, Moe stops the car and Larry and Curly fall out. A butler approaches them and says, "Finally! I called you plumbers over an hour ago!" Moe begins to explain but notices that the police officer is coming closer. They run inside with the plumber's equipment. They are told that the leak is in the basement.
It takes a few moments for them to find the basement. When they do, they run around aimlessly at first. They find the leaky pipe, and Curly goes upstairs to shut off the water. He enters the bathroom and chases someone out. He unscrews the faucet and a water comes gushing out. He unsuccessfully tries to stop it.
In the basement, Moe and Larry wonder why Curly has not shut off the water. Larry goes to the front yard to turn the water off there. Back upstairs, Curly decides to put some pipes into the wall. He is shocked when the water continues to flow. He continues connecting pipes, and eventually traps himself. He picks up a drill and starts drilling a hole in the ground. In the basement, Moe manages to fix the pipe and laughs, "Who says you need brains to be a plumber?". Shortly after, water starts falling on his head. He yells at Curly to stop and then a crash is heard.
Curly and quite a bit of water fall into the basement. Moe tells Curly to get another pipe so they can fix it. Curly finds that a pipe is plugged up with electric wires. So he pulls them out and they connect the pipe. Yet in the living room, the host is showing the crowd her new television set. They tune into a broadcast coming from Niagara Falls, and water splashes out of the TV. Larry comes back in, and Moe tells them to collect their pay. However, a man goes into the bathroom and falls into the hole Curly left there. They help him up, and they discover it's the judge who tried them earlier. They run out into the yard, and try to escape from the entire police force.
