Three Pests in a Mess

Three Pests in a Mess is the 83rd 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.

Cast

 * Moe Howard
 * Larry Fine
 * Curly Howard
 * Christine McIntyre
 * Brian O'Hara
 * Vernon Dent
 * Heinie Conklin
 * Johnny Kascier
 * Paul Kruger
 * "Snub" Pollard
 * Victor Travis
 * Robert B. Williams

Plot
The Stooges are inventors desperately trying to obtain a patent for their fly catching invention. While learning they must catch 100,000 flies to get their patent, their conversation is overheard by several crooks across the hallway. Unfortunately, the crooks think Curly has $100,000. A flirtatious woman, who is part of the nest of crooks, corners the gullible Curly and tries to finagle the non-existent money out of him. When he confesses that the 100,000 are indeed flies and not dollars, she turns against him, and has the crooks go after the Stooges.

The trio take cover in a sporting goods store where Curly accidentally shoots a mannequin. In their infinite wisdom, the Stooges believe they have killed a real human, and go about trying to bury the "body" in a nearby pet cemetery. Unfortunately, the cemetery's night watchman sees the Stooges prowling around and informs cemetery owner Philip Black, who happens to be attending a masquerade party with his partners. The owner arrives at the cemetery, replete in the spookiest outfits possible, and scare the bejesus out of the Stooges and eventually when they try to bury the body the Stooges run away and Curly screams. "WOO! WOO WOO WOO WOO!"

Trivia

 * This is the shortest the Three Stooges short to feature Curly Howard.