Rl.
April 19 / Prod. No. 462 / 18 m
/ p Del Lord and Hugh McCollum
/ d Del Lord / st scr Elwood
Ullman / ph Benjamin Kline / e
Arthur Seid / C: Symona Boniface (Party
Guest), Bud Jamison (Officer Kelly), Bess Flowers (Mrs. Hadley), Eddie
Laughton (Prosecuting Attorney), Monty Collins (Prof. Bilbo), John Tyrell
(Judge) and Dudley Dickerson (Cook)
SYN:
In an attempt to get away from Officer Kelly, the Stooges
steal Casey the Plumber's truck and pose as plumbers sent to fix a
leak in Mrs. Hadley's swanky mansion during a party. Larry ends up
tearing up the yard while searching for a water shut-off valve, while
Moe and Curly get busy in the basement. Curly decides the whole problem
is related to electrical wires that he finds in a pipe. This idea
seems logical to Moe who tells him to remove all the wiring out of
the pipe and they hook it up to the house's water pipes. The house
becomes so bugged as a result that the household appliances blast
showers of water instead of electricity. When Mrs. Hadley calls the
police, the Stooges take flight. Meanwhile a traveling magician, Professor
Bilbo, is outside entertaining Hadley's guests. In an attempt to make
the lovely female assistant disappear, Bilbo shuts and then re-opens
the door, producing a rushing stream of screaming girls, the Stooges,
six policemen, and a squad of motorcycle cops! Wow! that Bilbo is
quite the magician.
Quick
Hits:
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Did you know several gags in this short were reworked for Shemp
in the Stooges remake Vagabond Loafers (1949).
SD:
4
(W 12/13 to F 12/15 and M 12/18/39) /
FN: Curly
Howard's favorite film. Reworked with stock footage as Vagabond Loafers
(10/6/49), Scheming Schemers (10/4/56), and Pick a Peck of Plumbers
(7/23/44), and El Brendel Shemp Howard comedy.
