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===Scenes of Extreme Violence===
===Scenes of Extreme Violence===
**When the trio first enter the house Moe and Curly try to walk at the same time, as Curly holds an object with a sharp end and uses it to push them both in as they both fall to the floor.
**When the trio first enter the house, Moe and Larry try to enter the house simultaneously. They are wedged in the doorway, and get thrusted out when Curly comes up from behind with the point of an [[anvil]] as a gouge.
**When Moe is pulled through the wall by Larry and Curly, and as Moe is in the wall a board made of real wood falls on the back of Moe's neck.
**When Moe is pulled through the wall by Larry and Curly, an actual 2x4 made of solid wood crashed onto Moe's neck.
**When Moe twists Curly nose with an object and reshapes it on a power saw.
**When Moe twists Curly's nose with a tool, he uses a spinning tool grindstone to file it back into shape.
**As Moe and Larry help Curly up a telephone pole, Curly accidentally impales Moe in his scalp, eye and ear with a climbing spike on the bottom of his shoe.
**As Moe and Larry assist Curly up a telephone pole, Curly accidentally impales Moe in his scalp, eye and ear with a climbing spike on the bottom of his shoe.
**When Curly gets electrocuted on the telephone pole and falls to the sidewalk.
**When Curly gets electrocuted via several telephone pole wires, he loses his grip and falls to the sidewalk, landing on Moe and Larry below.
**As Curly is electrocuted Larry sticks a light bulb in Curly's ear and a screwdriver in the other to shorten it out and the light bulb busts.
**While Curly is "charged like a battery," Larry places a light bulb in Curly's ear, which lights up. To short him out, Moe places a screwdriver in Curly's opposite ear, bursting the light bulb.
**As Curly is sliding on the electrical wires into the house he gets shocked.
**As Curly is sliding on electrical wires, he gets a shock, which pushes him throuh and open window
**As the nazi's cook ([[Dudley Dickerson]]) is talking on the phone the phone explodes because of Curly's malfunction.
**As the Nazi spies' cook ([[Dudley Dickerson]]) is talking on the phone, the phone explodes in his face due to Curly's manipulating the electical wires. The startled cook then backs away from the phone, right into an open waffle iron. The iron closes on the cook's [[buttocks]], leading the cook to think he is being attacked by someone.
**When Moe takes a hammer and hits Larry in the forehead and bounces off into Curly's mouth.
**When Moe takes a hammer, he hits Larry from behind, then thrusts it into Curly's mouth. Curly, in turn, rapidly bonks Moe with his own hammer approximately 15 times.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==

Revision as of 21:16, 16 October 2008

They Stooge to Conga
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Directed byDel Lord
Written byMonte Collins
Elwood Ullman
Produced byDel Lord
Hugh McCollum
Jules White
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Vernon Dent
Dudley Dickerson
Stanley Brown
Lloyd Bridges
John Tyrrell
CinematographyGeorge Meehan
Edited byPaul Borofsky
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
January 1, 1943
Running time
15' 32"
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

They Stooge to Conga is the 67th 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 are repairmen fixing the doorbell in a large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies, headed by the ruthless Hans (Vernon Dent). They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.

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Extreme violence dominates every scene in They Stooge to Conga.

Violent peak

They Stooge to Conga has been consistently ranked as the most violent Stooge film of the team's career. In its brief 15½ minutes, Moe manages to get a climbing spike thrust into his ear, scalp, and eye. Plus, he is lucky enough to be pulled through drywall, with a wooden pillar landing on his neck (this was not intentional, as the pillar was real wood). Curly gets his share of abuse, via electrocution, falling off a telephone pole, and severe nose twisting, followed by reshaping. Interestingly, though Columbia short subject head/director Jules White was known for the usage of excessive violence in his films, They Stooge To Conga was directed by Del Lord.[1] (watch spike gag here) "We had trouble pulling Moe all the way through the wall," White later recalled. "Since Moe was a full grown man, we weakened the wall and the wood inside and then replastered the wall. Although Moe did suffer an injury while doing the stunt anyway."[citation needed]

Scenes of Extreme Violence

    • When the trio first enter the house, Moe and Larry try to enter the house simultaneously. They are wedged in the doorway, and get thrusted out when Curly comes up from behind with the point of an anvil as a gouge.
    • When Moe is pulled through the wall by Larry and Curly, an actual 2x4 made of solid wood crashed onto Moe's neck.
    • When Moe twists Curly's nose with a tool, he uses a spinning tool grindstone to file it back into shape.
    • As Moe and Larry assist Curly up a telephone pole, Curly accidentally impales Moe in his scalp, eye and ear with a climbing spike on the bottom of his shoe.
    • When Curly gets electrocuted via several telephone pole wires, he loses his grip and falls to the sidewalk, landing on Moe and Larry below.
    • While Curly is "charged like a battery," Larry places a light bulb in Curly's ear, which lights up. To short him out, Moe places a screwdriver in Curly's opposite ear, bursting the light bulb.
    • As Curly is sliding on electrical wires, he gets a shock, which pushes him throuh and open window
    • As the Nazi spies' cook (Dudley Dickerson) is talking on the phone, the phone explodes in his face due to Curly's manipulating the electical wires. The startled cook then backs away from the phone, right into an open waffle iron. The iron closes on the cook's buttocks, leading the cook to think he is being attacked by someone.
    • When Moe takes a hammer, he hits Larry from behind, then thrusts it into Curly's mouth. Curly, in turn, rapidly bonks Moe with his own hammer approximately 15 times.

Quotes

    • Curly: "Short wave?"
    • Moe: "No, permanent."
    • Hans: "FBI, huh?"
    • Curly: "No, I. B. Curly!"

Notes

References

  1. ^ Howard Maurer, Joan (1982). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. p. 244. ISBN 0806509465. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0971186804. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Further reading

  • Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard, ISBN 978-0806507231 (Citadel Press, 1977).
  • The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming, ISBN 978-0767905565 (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
  • One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, ISBN 978-1581823639 (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).

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