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Columbia Shorts 1939

43. THREE SAPPY PEOPLE

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Rl. Dec. 1 / Prod. No. 451 / 18 m / ap d Jules White / st scr Clyde Bruckman / ph George Meeham / e Charles Nelson / C: Lorna Gray (Sherry Rumsford), Don Beddoe (J. Rumsford Rumsford), Bud Jamison (Williams the Butler), Ann Doran (Countess), Richard Fiske (Guest) and Eddie Laughton (Guest)

SYN: Sherry Rumsford is a flamboyant, newlywed thrill seeker and her millionaire husband is tired of her stunts. Seeking professional help, he calls the office of the strange but effective psychiatrists Dr. Ziller, Zeller, and Zoller. The Stooges who are the office's telephone repairmen somehow manage to take the call when rapairing the office switchboard. Smelling the opportunity to make a fast buck, they fill in for the vacationing psychiatrists. They hop in a car and report immediately to the Rumsford mansion just in time for Sherry's birthday party. Naturally, the Stooges table etiquette doesn't win them any contests, starting a pie-throwing battle, much to the amusement of the wild Mrs. Rumsford. When hubby sees how much fun she's having at her own party, he gladly cuts a check and the Stooges are send off happy.

Quick Hits:

- Did you know that in this short Curly mentions his wife "Gertie" which was actually the name of Shemp's wife in real life.

- This is also only one of a few shorts where Moe does the "eye-poke" on something besides a human. In this short he pokes a tamale, and in A Ducking They Did Go, he pokes a rubber duck. Interestingly, both of these events happened in the same year.

WT: 3 Sloppy People / SD: 4 (TH 4/6 to SA 4/8, and M 4/10/39).