Back to the Woods

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Back to the Woods (1937) is the 23rd of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.

[edit] Plot

Set in colonial times, the Stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them use their hunting grounds. The Stooges decide to go hunting anyway, and they are discovered and chased by the Indians.

[edit] Notes

Near the beginning of the short when the Stooges are prisoners, each Stooge drops the metal ball that is being used to restrain him, in succession. When each ball hits the ground, a chime rings. The notes are the G-E-C chime sequence that was (and still is) associated with the NBC radio (and later television) network. This is followed by Curly imitating a radio announcer.

Larry refers to the WPA, which he identifies as the "Willing Pilgrims Association". This is a reference to the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that was prominent in the 1930's.

Curly and Larry refer to Whopper and Rosemont, two very popular racehorses of the era.

[edit] Quotes

    • Moe (in old English): "Shutteth up!"
    • Moe (referring to the Indians): "They'll scalp us alive!"
    • Curly (pointing at his bald head): "Not me!"
    • [Larry and Curly are fighting over two women named Charity and Hope.]
    • Larry (to Curly, about Hope): "What doist thou? I saw her first!"
    • Curly: "Pish posh and tish tosh. I'll never give up Hope. Why dost thou not take Charity?"
    • Larry: "I need not Charity. I'm on the WPA."
    • Curly: "WPA?"
    • Larry: "Aye, Willing Pilgrims Association."
    • Moe (giving the Governor a note): "We be sent by his Majesty to defend the colonies. Our credentials, sire."
    • Governor (reading the note): "Boston Downs, weather clear, track fast. First race, Whopper, two to one."
    • Curly (looking through fake binoculars): "They're off!"
    • Larry: "Who's at the quarter?"
    • Curly: "Whopper!"
    • Larry: "Who's at the half?"
    • Curly: "Whopper!"
    • Larry: "Who's at the stretch?!?"
    • Curly: "Whopper!!"
    • Larry: "Who's the winner?"
    • Curly (matter-of-factly): "Rosemont."
    • Moe: "Who's the winner?"
    • Curly: "Rosemont."
    • [Moe slaps Curly.]
    • Larry: "We're trapped like rats!"
    • Moe: "You gettin' personal?"
    • [Moe slaps Larry.]
    • Curly: "I'll be back before thou canst say Ticonderoga, if thou canst say Ticonderoga."
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