Half Shot Shooters
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Half Shot Shooters (1936) is the 14th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges are discharged from the army after World War I, and they promptly administer some revenge to their cruel sergeant. Years later, they are traveling the streets hungry, when they are tricked into signing up for the army again. Naturally, the same sergeant they beat up years earlier is their new superior.
[edit] Notes
The Stooges are seen sleeping during the war at the beginning of the short. The Stooges die a comical death at the end of the short, which is usually their fate as punishment in shorts when they portray poor soldiers.
[edit] Quotes
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- Curly: "For two cents, I'll punch you right in the face!"
- Man (angrily, holding out two pennies): "Well, here's the two cents!"
- Curly (meekly): "Well, I raised my price."
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- Curly: "Hey, I think there's something screwy going on around here."
- Moe: "Every time you think you weaken a nation."
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- Moe: "Boxcars wasn't good enough for you, was it?"
- Curly: "I don't know...I'm a stowaway."
- Moe: "Well, stow this away."
- [Moe slaps Curly.]
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- Sergeant: "This is a test to see if your ears will stand the firing of a big gun."
- Moe: "That's a new one on me."
- Sergeant: "Yeah, I just thought of it."
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- Commanding officer: "Now, where were you born?"
- Curly: "Oh, born? Upstairs, in the front room!"
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- Commanding officer: "Were you born in this country?"
- Larry: "No, Milwaukee."
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- Commanding officer: "Would you fight for this great republic and..."
- Moe: "Republican? No, I'm a Democrat."
- Curly: "Not me! I'm a pedestrian!"
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- Commanding officer: "Who fired those shots?"
- Moe, Larry, and Curly: "I did!"
- [Moe bops Larry and Curly.]
- Moe: "Let's get this straight. I did, and boy, was that a shot or was that a shot?"
- Commanding officer: "Well, you hit the admiral's flagship!"
- Moe (to Larry): "Why did you hit the admiral's flagship?"
- [Moe slaps Larry.]
- Moe (to Curly): "Why'd you hit the admiral's flagship for?"
- [Moe slaps Curly.]
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first Stooges short to feature an appearance by Vernon Dent, who would appear in many more shorts until the late 1950's.
