They Stooge to Conga
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum Jules White |
| Written by | Monte Collins Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent Dudley Dickerson Stanley Brown Lloyd Bridges John Tyrrell |
| Cinematography | George Meehan |
| Editing by | Paul Borofsky |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 1, 1943 |
| Running time | 15' 32" |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Sock-a-Bye Baby |
| Followed by | Dizzy Detectives |
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They Stooge to Conga is the 67th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges are repairmen fixing the doorbell in a large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.
[edit] Violent peak
They Stooge to Conga has been consistently ranked as the most violent Stooge film of the team's career. In its brief 15½ minutes, Moe manages to get a climbing spike thrust into his ear, scalp, and eye. Plus, he is lucky enough to be pulled through drywall, with a wooden pillar landing on his neck (this was not intentional, as the pillar was real wood). Curly gets his share of abuse, via electrocution, falling off a telephone pole, and severe nose twisting, followed by reshaping. Interestingly, though Columbia short subject head/director Jules White was known for the usage of excessive violence in his films, They Stooge To Conga was directed by Del Lord.[1] (watch spike gag here)
[edit] Quotes
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- Curly: "Short wave?"
- Moe: "No, permanent."
[edit] Notes
- The doorbell repair segment would be reworked during the Shemp era in Listen, Judge.[2]
- The title They Stooge to Conga is parody of the eighteenth-century play She Stoops to Conquer. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Howard Maurer, Joan; Jeff Lenburg, Greg Lenburg (1982). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press, 244. ISBN 0806509465.
- ^ a b Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc, 221. ISBN 0971186804.
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard, ISBN 978-0806507231 (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming, ISBN 978-0767905565 (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, ISBN 978-1581823639 (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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