Three Dumb Clucks

"Three Dumb Clucks" (1937) is the 22nd of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges. This short would later be remade with Shemp in 1953 as Up in Daisy's Penthouse.

Plot

The Stooges' mother sends the three jailbirds a letter. It 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

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.

In the book "Moe Howard and the Three Stooges" (1977, Citadel Press), Howard mentioned a scene in this picture when Curly was to fall down an elevator shaft. When he did the scene, the floor wasn't properly padded and Curly bumped his head on the corner of a 2-by-4. Curly was lacerated, but the studio doctor taped him up and he finished the scene.

Quotes

**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!"

**Moe (in jail, to Larry): "It's a good thing they've got an electric chair in this building. Otherwise, I'd kill ya!"

**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."

**Moe: "Look at me, I'm as calm as a cucumber. What are you shakin' about?"
**Curly: "I don't know...I'm in a hurry all over."

**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!"