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The Three Stooges: All the World's a Stooge, starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Editorial Review of The Three Stooges: All the World's a Stooge, courtesy of Amazon.com

If you want to hear "nyuk-nyuk-nyuk" in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English, then the DVD format is for you. The Three Stooges: All the World's a Stooge gives a generous 124 minutes of seven Curly classics in a random order: "Grips, Grunts and Groans" (1937), "The World's a Stooge" (1941), "3 Dumb Clucks" (1937), "Three Little Pirates" (1946), "Uncivil War Birds" (1946), "Back to the Woods" (1937), and "Violent Is the Word for Curly" (1938). The shorts cover some familiar territory; "Grips, Grunts and Groans" is only the Stooges' 20th short in the Columbia series, and it is practically a rewrite of "Punch Drunks," the second. Here Curly is driven wild by a perfume rather than a song and is put into a wrestling ring rather than a boxing ring. Even the backscreen projection of the crowd is the same one used in the earlier film.

"Three Little Pirates" contains the famous "Mahah, Ah Ha" routine from their vaudeville days. "Back to the Woods" is one of their relatively rare costume efforts. The highlight of "Violent Is the Word for Curly" is a pleasant little vaudeville song about the alphabet. In "Three Dumb Clucks," Curly gets to play a double role. The audio and video are generally good. The film of "Three Little Pirates" used for the transfer to DVD, however, shows a defect 10 minutes into the episode in the form of vertical lines flickering to the left of the picture, which some might find distracting. --Frank Behrens

All the World's a Stooge DVD features

The 124-minute DVD contains these shorts:

"Grips, Grunts and Groans" (1937): The Three Stooges are hobos who get thrown off a train and chased out of a railroad yard. Taking refuge in the "Hangover Athletic Club," Curly is hired as a sparring partner for Ivan Bustoff, wrestling champion (shades of the WWE!) The boys are hired by Bustoff's manager to make sure he doesn't drink, and when they fail Moe sends Curly out into the ring disguised as Bustoff. A remake of "Punch Drunks" with a wrestler instead of a boxer - and, arguably better, depending on your tastes.
"All the World's a Stooge" (1941): A millionaire disguises The Three Stooges as children and brings them home to convince his wife not to adopt.
"Three Dumb Clucks" (1937): "'Til death do us part" takes on new meaning as The Three Stooges try to prevent their father from leaving their mother and marrying a gold-digging young floozy whose friends plan to kill him after the wedding. Curly in a double role as himself and as the Stooges' father
"Three Little Pirates" (1946): In order to walk the plank to freedom, the shipwrecked Stooges must escape from the governor of Dead Man's Island and survive Black Louie's Pirate Den.
"Uncivil War Birds" (1946): As Civil War breaks out, The Three Stooges decide to join the army, but the battle lines are redrawn when Moe and Larry join the Union and Curly enlists with the Confederates.
"Back to the Woods" (1937): The threat of the white man is nothing compared to what happens when the Indians come face to paleface with The Three Stooges.
"Violent Is the Word for Curly" (1938): When gas station attendants Larry, Moe, and Curly put a little too much super in "super service," they hide out at Mildew College for Women, where they teach the student body how to swing.

Quotes from The Three Stooges - All the World's a Stooge:

Funny Movie Quotes from "Grips, Grunts and Groans" (1937)

Moe: What's a matter, kid, ya nervous?
Curly: Nooo, I'm scared.

Waiter: "Will you gentlemen have dessert?"
Moe, Larry and Curly (in unison): "Yeah, another turkey!"

Funny Movie Quotes from "All the World's a Stooge"

Curly: "I didn''t do nothin''!"
Moe: "That''s why I slugged ya; do something... get the water and wash that window right now!"

Larry: little fly upon a wall,
Ain't you got no clothes at all,
Ain't you got no shimmy shirt,
Ain't you got no Petty Skirt...
Boo fly, ain't you cold! ahhhhh!

Funny Movie Quotes from "Three Little Pirates" (1946)

Moe: The maha-...
Curly: Aha! Razbanyi siati benefuchi

Curly: Razbanyai siati benefuchi, I fall down.

Moe: The maha-...
Curly: Aha! Lazpanya se chekini fuchi...
Moe: Siddown!
Curly: Oh, shaddap! I don't have to!

Moe: Razbanyi siati benefuchi timiniharogi. That, how do you call it, that froghead, he askee taskaskee, whatifichorsa inginzoben. Gotet something else kiddo?
Curly: Razbanyai siati benefuchi timinharongi. Paradeecke mahiha. I'd want to see that.
Moe: Sit down, you flatbush flathead!

Moe: Maha, Razbanyi siati benefuchi timiniharongi a bay meadows. That iron head askee taskee whatificharsaia kemdal ayendalay. You got some slick chicks?
Curly: Aha. Oh a wolf. Razbanyi siati benefuchi timiniharongi paraleechemahiha. I'd like to see some babes myself.
Curly: Hittin' a guy with glasses,huh?

Moe: The raja says that in his domain on the islands of Coney & Long there are some fair chickadees who prowl through the meadows day & night.
Moe: If you give us till sunup, we shall bring some back by sundown.
Governor: Excellent, Excellent!
Governor: On your way with winged feet.

Curly: Aha, Yataminich, where are you?