Ants in the Pantry

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Ants In The Pantry (1936) is the 12th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.

[edit] Plot

The Stooges are pest exterminators who decide to drum up business by planting mice, moths, and ants in an unsuspecting house. The Stooges select in a fancy mansion where a high society dinner party is being held. After successfully infesting the house with pests, the Stooges are hired to clean up their own mess without interrupting the party.

[edit] Notes

This is the first short in which Moe attempts to kiss a woman and accidentally kisses Curly instead, followed by Moe screaming, "I'm poisoned!" and striking Curly. This would be a recurring joke in Stooge shorts.

[edit] Quotes

    • Manager: "Where is those three loafers?"
    • Secretary: "They're in there, talking politics."
    • Manager: "Politics?"
    • Secretary: "Yeah, I just heard one of them say, 'Let's have a New Deal.'"
    • [Cut to the Stooges playing cards.]
    • Moe (to Curly): "Cut the cards."
    • [Curly pulls out a cleaver and chops the deck in half.]
    • Moe: "Oh, you don't trust me, eh?"
    • Moe (pointing to a bear trap Larry is carrying): "What's that thing for?"
    • Larry: "You never can tell. We might meet up with a bear."
    • Moe: "Yeah...meet my bare hand."
    • [Moe slaps Larry.]
    • Sophisticated woman: "If you gentlemen will exterminate them without letting my guests know, I shall reward you handsomely."
    • Curly: "You can depend on us, toots."
    • Moe (to Curly): "What do you mean getting familiar with the dame?"
    • [Moe nudges Curly aside.]
    • Moe (to the woman): "Don't pay any attention to him, babe."
    • Man: "Get to work at once, and above all, don't be conspicuous."
    • Moe: "Hey! If that 'conspickerus' means what I think it does, I'm apt to punch you right in the nose!"
    • Curly: "Pipe down! It's derived from the Latin 'nookinus spicker anglus'."
    • Moe: "What school did you go to?"
    • Curly: "Oxford!"
    • Moe: "Then you better go back to high shoes."
    • [Moe stomps Curly's foot.]
    • Curly (angrily, after Larry fed him rat poison): "What does he think I am, a rat?"
    • Moe: "Yeah...what about it?"
    • Curly (shyly): "Well, you don't have to tell everybody."
    • Larry (after getting poked in the eyes): "I can't see! I can't see!"
    • Moe and Curly: "What's the matter?"
    • Larry (opening eyes): "I've got my eyes closed." - recurring exchange
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