Three Dumb Clucks
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Three Dumb Clucks (1937) is the 22nd of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges are in jail when their mother sends them a letter. The letter states that their father, Popsie, (who is played by Curly himself), has just become rich and is planning to leave their mother and marry a young blonde, who is trying to get at his money. The Stooges break out of jail and set off to try and stop the wedding. But since Curly and Popsie look exactly alike, the broad ends up marrying the wrong man. In the finale of the short, the Stooges manage to escape the clutches of the criminals trying to kill them for their fathers oil money, and rescue Popsie, by literally "dragging" him home to Momma
[edit] Notes
In this short, the Stooges are trying to hammer something. Curly stands in the middle with the hammer, Moe holds the nail and Larry watches behind Curly. Curly swings back and hits Larry in the face with the hammer, then Curly swings forward and hits Moe's hand instead of the nail. This would be a recurring joke in later Stooge shorts.
Curly plays both his part and the part of Popsie, the Stooges' father.
[edit] Goofs
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- In the scene when the stooges are trying to break out of jail using Curlys head,(literally), you can cleary tell that the "Curly" they throw through the wall is actually a dummy, since the dummy just so happens to have a full head of hair.
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- In the final scene when the Stooges drag Popsie back home to Momma, you can tell that Popsie is actually somebody else, another stunt double
[edit] Quotes
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- Curly: "I've got an idea in the back of my head!"
- Moe: "Well, bring it out front."
- [Moe hits Curly in the back of the head.]
- Moe: "What is it?"
- Curly: "You knocked it clear out!"
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- Moe (in jail, to Larry): "It's a good thing they've got an electric chair in this building. Otherwise, I'd kill ya!"
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- Moe: "Ma sent us here to keep you from marrying that blonde."
- Curly: "And I aim to do it, too; that's what I aim to do...I aim."
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- Moe: "Look at me, I'm as calm as a cucumber. What are you shakin' about?"
- Curly (shaking nervously): "I don't know...I'm in a hurry all over."
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- Larry (to Curly): "Won't Pa sizzle when he finds out you married his girl!"
- Curly: "She's supposed to be his wife, but now she's gonna be his daughter!"
