Goof on the Roof
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring |
Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Frank Mitchell Maxine Gates |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | Edwin Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 16' 23" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Goof on the Roof is the 152nd 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.
Plot
The Stooges receive news that their roommate and pal Bill (Frank Mitchell) is getting married. They will soon be moving out of the house so that Bill's new lover can move in. As a favor of gratitude, the Stooges decide to install Bill's brand new television antenna. The project goes into chaos, however, when they eventually destroy the home.
During the chaos, Moe attempts to eat a sandwich. At first he tries a jelly sandwich, but it's ruined by Shemp spilling water on the floor. Then Moe tries making a cheese sandwich. When he turns around to get a drink, the cheese is knocked off the counter by an identically looking bar of soap. (Thrown away by an angry Shemp.) Moe, not realizing the switch, slices the soap into a sandwich and eats that with a bottle of vinegar.
The Stooges destroy the house in various ways:
- Moe, angry at Larry using a match to look for a missing control knob, accidentally starts a fire inside a wall with the same match. His attempt to put the destroyed TV set back together fails when he leaves pieces out. Later, he gets electrocuted when he attempts to put a live electrical plug back into a wall with a metal screwdriver.
- Larry accidentally bends the control knob from the TV. In trying to repair it, by hammering on a wall, it falls inside the wall. He creates several gaping holes trying to retrieve it. Then, trying to help put out the fire, he spills water all over the floor.
- Shemp repeatedly spills water on the floor. Then accidentally destroys a priceless vase. While getting Bill’s new TV ready he accidentally loses his “valuable Cracker Jack ring" in it. He takes the entire set apart before finally retrieving it. Then as he is trying to install the TV antenna using a blunt axe, he destroys the chimney before creating a hole in the roof and falling through it.
When Bill's new wife (Maxine Gates) comes home to see the mess, all hell breaks loose, and Bill is single as quickly as he had gotten married. In a fit of anger, Bill takes out his aggression on his roommates, and life as they knew it is once again restored.
Production notes
Goof on the Roof is a remake of 1949's Let Down Your Aerial with Wally Vernon and Eddie Quillan and 1930's Hog Wild with Laurel & Hardy.[1]
This was the last original Stooge short written by Clyde Bruckman. His name would appear in future productions, however, when reworked films featured stories which Bruckman contributed to.[1]
