The Three Stooges short film Three Sappy People is one of the Stooges finest attempts at making fun of the upper class. The film begins with the Three Stooges working as troubleshooters for the telephone company, who try to repair the switchboard at the offices of three psychiatrists, Ziller, Zeller and Zoller. After causing much mayhem, to their surprise the switchboard works, and they take a phone call—a wealthy man wants the doctors to cure his wife, Sherry. She is an irresponsible party girl, self-centered and thinking of no one but herself and her own pleasure. The Three Stooges decide to impersonate the doctors and ‘cure’ the rich man’s wife in order to claim the large reward that’s being offered.
Once at the party, the Three Stooges fit in like a round peg in a square hole, inadvertently causing Sherry (and the audience) gales of laughter. This culminates in a very well-done pie fight, that ends with Moe, Larry and Curly being paid handsomely by the rich man, who then presents his wife Sherry with her birthday cake ... in the face! A very good Three Stooges short film, highly recommended.
Highlights of the film include the well-known Moe telling Curly “Remind me to tear out your Adam’s apple!” with Curly pulling out a pencil and notepad in order to make a note of it. Disgusted, Moe takes away Curly’s pencil, only to have Curly produce a larger pencil, and after Moe takes that away, a gargantuan pencil. The pie fight itself in wonderful, and has to be seen to be appreciated.
funny movie quotes from the Three Stooges in Three Sappy People (1939)
Moe (Moe Howard): Remind me to tear out your Adam’s apple!
Curly (Curly Howard): I’ll make a note of it.
[pulls out a pad of paper and a pencil]
Williams: [as stuffy butler, speaking into telephone] Is this Susquehannah tew, tew-tew-tew-tew?
Moe (Moe Howard): [on doctors’ switchboard] Too-too-too-too? What do ya think you’re doin’, bub, playing train?
Moe (Moe Howard): [to Curly] Why don’t you get a toupee with some brains in it!
Mr. Rumsford: [wanting to tell the ‘doctors’ about his wife] Let me tell you a little about Sherry.
Moe (Moe Howard): Don’t bother, I’ll take bourbon.
Moe (Moe Howard): A marvelous accomplishment!
Larry (Larry Fine) A prodigious achievement!
Curly (Curly Howard): I’ll say! It’s putrid!
Mr. Rumsford: Gentlemen, would you look over my wife now?
Moe (Moe Howard): A pleasure!
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