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Production InformationTitle: Pals and GalsStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 155Release Date: June 3, 1954Running Time: 16:41 “A gorilla! Where are we, in Africa?” Short Take Shemp is suffering from an enlarged vein in his leg, and fears that it will lead to amputation. His doctor (Vernon Dent), however, advises that a few weeks in the Old West will cure him. Upon arrival in a somewhat lawless…

Production InformationTitle: Musty MusketeersStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 154Release Date: May 13, 1954Running Time: 15:55 “Thou art the matzohead!” Short Take In Musty Muskateers, The Three Stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but are forbidden by Old King Cole (Vernon Dent) until Princess Alisha (Virginia Hunter) weds Prince Gallant III of Rhododendron “when the flowers bloom in the Spring.” Unfortunately, evil magician Murgatroyd (Philip Van Zandt)…

Production InformationTitle: Income Tax Sappy Studio: ColumbiaShort Number: 153Release Date: February 4, 1954Running Time: 16:28 “That’s 11 dependents! Who are they?” “My ex-wife and 10 bartenders.”(Larry & Shemp) Short Take Moe, Larry, and Shemp decide that they are natural born tax experts and decide to start a business that helps other people cheat on their income tax. Their scheme doesn’t…

Production InformationStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 152Release Date: December 3, 1953Running Time: 16:23 “Just for that, you don’t go in there!”(Moe) Short Take In Goof On The Roof, The Stooges learn that their pal Bill has gotten married, and decide to set-up his new antenna and television set as a present before moving out. In the process, they manage to thoroughly wreck his…

Production InformationTitle: Bubble TroubleStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 151Release Date: October 8, 1953Running Time: 16:30 “It’s great being a gorilla! You don’t have to pay income tax!” Short Take The Stooges operate a local drug store whose landlord, Amos Flint (Emil Sitka), informs them their lease is about to expire. Larry protests that the trio have had their establishment for a decade,…

Production InformationTitle: Rip, Sew and StitchStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 150Release Date: September 3, 1953Running Time: 16:32 “I ought-a razor-blade you!” Short Take The Stooges operate a tailor shop that is about to be repossessed by the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation. When the boys hear about a big reward for fugitive bank robber Terry “Slippery Fingered” Hargan (Harold Brauer), they think…

Production InformationTitle: Pardon My BackfireStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 149Release Date: August 15, 1953Running Time: 15:52 “I am going to kill you to death!” Short Take The Three Stooges are auto mechanics who need money in order to marry their sweethearts. While working in their auto garage, some escaped convicts pull in with a damaged fender. While the trio is working on…

Production InformationTitle: Spooks!Studio: ColumbiaShort Number: 148Release Date: June 15, 1953Running Time: 15:44 “Oh no, Dr. Jekyll!” “Dr. Jekyll? We must Hyde!” Short Take The Stooges are private detectives that are hired to track down a kidnapped girl name Mary Bopper (Norma Randall), daughter of George B. Bopper. They decide to trace Bopper back to where she was last seen, which…

Production InformationTitle: Tricky DicksStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 147Release Date: May 7, 1953Running Time: 15:50 “You say there’s a dead horse on Ticonderoga Street. How do you spell Ticonderoga? Oh, You don’t know either. Well, drag him over to First Street.” – Moe Tricky Dicks Short Take Writer Felix Adler created a wide range of clever scenarios for Stooge comedy. In Tricky…

Production InformationTitle: Loose LootStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 146Release Date: April 2, 1953Running Time: 15:54 “Watch the master – he’ll throw faster, the faster the master …and the gentleman wins himself a small size panatela!” – (Shemp) Loose Loot Short Take The Stooges learn that their inheritance money is in the hands of a crooked lawyer named Ichabod Slipp. They come…