Pardon My Scotch

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Pardon My Scotch (1935) is the 9th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.

[edit] Plot

The Stooges are carpenters who are temporarily left in charge of a drugstore. When a liquor salesman stops by and asks for a drink, the Stooges mix together an alcoholic drink for him. The man loves the concoction (which he thought was Scotch), and he convinces the Stooges to disguise as Scotsmen and attend a party at his boss' house, where he can sign the Stooges to a liquor license.

[edit] Notes

Beginning with this short, "Listen to the Mockingbird" becomes the opening and closing theme song for the Stooge shorts.

Moe calls Larry a "porcupine" for the first time in this short.

In this short, Moe bonks Curly's and Larry's heads together for the first time.

At the party, Curly is bitten by and gets into a fight with a sub sandwich he made, which would be a recurring joke in several Stooge shorts.

[edit] Quotes

• • Moe: "Get the tools."
  • Larry: "What tools?"
  • Moe: "The tools we've been using for the last ten years."
  • Larry: "Oh, those tools." - recurring exchange

• • Curly (handing Moe a bottle): "Put some of this in."
  • Moe: "What is it?"
  • Curly: "I don't know but it smells good."

• • Man: "Toodle-loo."
  • Moe: "Over the river."
  • Curly: "Skip the gutter."
  • Larry: "Ver g'harget." (Yiddish for "drop dead)

• • Man: "We'll make thousands of dollars. I've got an idea. Don't move!"
  • [Man runs off to the telephone]
  • Larry (to Moe and Curly): "Maybe we better humor him."
  • Curly: "I'll marry him if there's enough dough in it."