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June 12, 1958 |
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Directed by |
Jules White |
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Written by |
Jack White |
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Jules White |
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Pies and Guys is the 185th 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
- Joe Besser
- Greta Thyssen
- Milton Frome
- Gene Roth
- Emil Sitka
- Harriette Tarler
- Helen Dickson
- Johnny Kascier
- Barbara Slater
- Al Thompson
Plot[]
In the third Stooge adaptation of Pygmalion, the trio are repairmen who make a scene in the presence of two psychologists, Professors Quackenbush (Milton Frome) and Sedletz (Gene Roth). Quackenbush makes a bet with Sedletz that he can turn the boys into gentlemen through environment. Training is slow and painful for the professor, who pull his hair out in disgust. The Stooges do have the opportunity to flirt with the professor's daughter, however, while learning table etiquette. Finally, the Stooges will decide the wager by their behavior at a fancy society party.
The party, naturally, goes awry. Joe greets the Countess Spritzwasser (Harriette Tarler) by kissing her hand, and biting off the diamond in her ring. Realizing this, Moe and Larry take Joe to a secluded area to lecture him, only to find he has swiped a load of silverware.
Joe then grabs a pie from a pastry table, and tries to eat it whole. Moe sees this, swipes the pie, and pushes Joe out of the way. Seeing another guest, Mrs. Smythe-Smythe (Symona Boniface, in archival footage), approaching, Moe tosses the pie straight up — to which it attaches itself to the ceiling. Seeing that he can barely get a sentence out, she sympathetically comments, "young man, you act as if you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head." Moe replies that Mrs. Smythe-Smythe is a psychic and flees, to which the pie comes crashing down on the society matron. This sparks off a massive pie melee that takes no prisoners.
Notes[]
- Some parts of Pies and Guys consist of footage recycled from Half-Wits Holiday.
- This episode was not actually Symona Boniface's final appearance she appeared in with the Three Stooges because this episode was recycled stock footage she appeared in as Mrs. Smythe-Smythe from the previous physical episode from Half-Wits Holiday (1947) with Moe, Larry, and Curly. Her actual physical final appearance she appeared in with Moe, Larry, and Shemp was in the episode, Vagabond Loafers (1949). So she did not actually appear in this episode as her final apperance with Moe, Larry, and Joe because also she died 8 years before this episode, Pies And Guys (1958) was made and released. But she however appeared with Joe twice in 2 Joe Besser Solos of 1 in 1946, and 1 in 1947.
Video[]
The Three Stooges S25E03 Pies And Guys