THE THREE STOOGES FILM SHORTS CATALOG

The Stooges – God love ‘em. What an impact they made on American comedy. You see their influence even today, some 75 years after they first started.

All the shorts are now available on Columbia Pictures DVD sets. Worth the time and trouble you’d go to to find them.

Special thanks to Walt, one of my former supervisors in the Coast Guard, for inspiring me to put this list together. He recently asked me if I knew the names of the Stooges shorts and in doing so, I though what better subject with which to do my inaugural posting here.

Walt said a sound file I’d put together some years ago, which I called “Curly Auditions a Starlet” was “absolute genius”. Judge for yourself. You can find it online at: http://brainsandwich.bravehost.com/ . From there you will have to scroll down to the "Brain Sandwich Sounds Effects" section and click on it. It should then play for you. Let me know what you think via my e-mail link at the top of this blog.

THE CURLY HOWARD YEARS

1934:

WOMAN HATERS
PUNCH DRUNKS
MEN IN BLACK
THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS

1935:

HORSES’ COLLARS
RESTLESS KNIGHTS
POP GOES THE EASEL
UNCIVIL WARRIORS
PARDON MY SCOTCH
HOI POLLOI
THREE LITTLE BEERS

1936:

ANTS IN THE PANTRY
MOVIE MANIACS
HALF-SHOT SHOOTERS
DISORDER IN THE COURT
A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN
FALSE ALARMS
WHOOPS, I’M AN INDIAN!
SLIPPERY SILKS

1937:

GRIPS, GRUNTS & GROANS
DIZZY DOCTORS
THREE DUMB CLUCKS
BACK TO THE WOODS
GOOFS AND SADDLES
CASH AND CARRY
PLAYING THE PONIES
THE SITTER-DOWNERS

1938:

TERMITES OF 1933
WEE WEE MONSIEUR
TASSELS IN THE AIR
HEALTHY, WEALTHY & DUMB
VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY
THREE MISSING LINKS
MUTTS TO YOU
FLAT FOOT STOOGES

1939:

THREE LITTLE SEW AND SEWS
WE WANT OUR MUMMY
A DUCKING THEY DID GO
YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA
SAVED BY THE BELLE
CALLING ALL CURS
OILY TO BED, OILY TO RISE
THREE SAPPY PEOPLE

1940:

YOU NAZTY SPY!
ROCKIN’ THRU THE ROCKIES
A PLUMBING WE WILL GO
NUTTY BUT NICE
HOW HIGH IS UP?
FROM NURSE TO WORSE
NO CENSUS, NO FEELING
COOKOO CAVALIERS
BOOBS IN ARMS

1941:

SO LONG, MR. CHUMPS
DUTIFUL BUT DUMB
ALL THE WORLD’S A STOOGE
I’LL NEVER HEIL AGAIN
AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE
IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE
SOME MORE OF SAMOA

1942:

LOCO BOY MAKES GOOD
CACTUS MAKES PERFECT
WHAT’S THE MATADOR?
MATRI-PHONY
THREE SMART SAPS
EVEN AS I.O.U.
SOCK-A-BYE BABY
1943:

THEY STOOGE TO CONGA
DIZZY DETECTIVES
SPOOK LOUDER
BACK FROM THE FRONT
THREE LITTLE TWIRPS
HIGHER THAN A KITE
I CAN HARDLY WAIT
DIZZY PILOTS
PHONY EXPRESS
A GEM OF A JAM

1944:

CRASH GOES THE HASH
BUSY BUDDIES
THE YOKE’S ON ME
IDLE ROOMERS
GENTS WITHOUT CENTS
NO DOUGH BOYS

1945:

THREE PESTS IN A MESS
BOOBY DUPES
IDIOTS DELUXE
IF A BODY MEETS A BODY
MICRO-PHONIES


1946:

BEER BARREL POLECATS
A BIRD IN THE HEAD
UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS
THE THREE TROUBLEDOERS
MONKEY BUSINESSMEN
THREE LOAN WOLVES
G.I. WANNA HOME
RHYTHM AND WEEP
THREE LITTLE PIRATES

1947:

HALF-WITS HOLIDAY


THE SHEMP HOWARD YEARS

1947:

FRIGHT NIGHT
OUT WEST
HOLD THAT LION
BRIDELESS GROOM
SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS
ALL GUMMED UP

1948:

SHIVERING SHERLOCKS
PARDON MY CLUTCH
SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE
FIDDLERS THREE
THE HOT SCOTS
HEAVENLY DAZE
I’M A MONKEY’S UNCLE
MUMMY’S DUMMIES
CRIME ON THEIR HANDS

1949:

THE GHOST TALKS
WHO DONE IT?
HOKUS POKUS
FUELIN’ AROUND
MALICE IN THE PALACE
VAGABOND LOAFERS
DUNKED IN THE DEEP

1950:

PUNCHY COWPUNCHERS
HUGS AND MUGS
DOPEY DICKS
LOVE AT FIRST BITE
SELF-MADE MAIDS
THREE HAMS ON RYE
STUDIO STOOPS
SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS
A SNITCH IN TIME

1951:

THREE ARABIAN NUTS
BABY SITTER JITTERS
DON’T THROW THAT KNIFE
SCRAMBLED BRAINS
MERRY MAVERICKS
THE TOOTH WILL OUT
HULA-LA-LA
PEST MAN WINS

1952:

A MISSED FORTUNE
LISTEN, JUDGE
CORNY CASANOVAS
HE COOKED HIS GOOSE
GENTS IN A JAM
THREE DARK HORSES
CUCKOO ON A CHOO CHOO

1953:

UP IN DAISY’S PENTHOUSE
BOOTY AND THE BEAST
LOOSE LOOT
TRICKY DICKS
SPOOKS! (3-D)
PARDON MY BACKFIRE (3-D)
RIP, SEW AND STITCH
BUBBLE TROUBLE
GOOF ON THE ROOF

1954:

INCOME TAX SAPPY
MUSTY MUSKETEERS
PALS AND GALS
KNUTZY KNIGHTS
SHOT IN THE FRONTIER
SCOTCHED IN SCOTLAND

1955:

FLING IN THE RING
OF CASH AND HASH
GYPPED IN THE PENTHOUSE
BEDLAM IN PARADISE
STONE AGE ROMEOS
WHAM-BAM-SLAM!
HOT ICE

1956:

HUSBANDS BEWARE
CREEPS
FLAGPOLE JITTERS
FROM CRIMIN’ OUT LOUD
RUMPUS IN THE HAREM
SCHEMING SCHEMERS
COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN

THE JOE BESSER YEARS

1957:

HOOFS AND GOOFS
MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER
A MERRY MIX UP
SPACE SHIP SAPPY
GUNS A POPPIN!
HORSING AROUND
RUSTY ROMEOS
OUTER SPACE JITTERS

1958:

QUIZ WHIZZ
FIFI BLOWS HER TOP
PIES AND GUYS
SWEET AND HOT
FLYING SAUCER DAFFY
OIL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

1959:

TRIPLE CROSSED
SAPPY BULL FIGHTERS