Rl.
Nov. 9 / Prod. No. 4139 / 16
m / p d Jules White
/ st
scr Felix Adler / ad Irving
Moore / ph Vincent Farrar / e
Edwin Bryant / a Charles
Clague / C: Stanley Blystone (Fuller Grime), Emil Sitka
(Emil, a customer), Gene Roth (Crook) and Nanette Bordeaux (Louise)
SYN:
The Onion Oil Company had fallen
victim to a series of baffling robberies at it's service stations.
General Manager Fuller Grime, therefore, wants to hire three stupid-looking
but brainy detectives to crack the case. Claiming to be flexible on
the brainy requirement, he hires gumshoes Moe, Larry and Shemp to
work undercover at the company's gas stations. On the job, the Stooges
provide nothing less than first-class service. However, most of the
services are not typical of your standard gas station (shaves, manicures
and cologne), and they still somehow manage to be robbed when their
backs are turned. Tracing a trail of motor oil to the crooks' hideout,
the Stooges demonstrate boxing skills far more effective than their
earlier detective skills. They end up saving the day for the Onion
Oil Company making the purchase of gasoline safe - and a bit less
luxurious for everyone.
Quick
Hits:
-
Watch for the Key Gag in this short:
Shemp
is all business when a customer pulls into the Stooges' service
station with an overheating radiator...he mistakenly adds popping
corn instead of stop-leak under the hood. Fluffy popcorn soon
flows in rivers around the car, which Shemp and the customer enjoy
by the handful - especially Shemp, who uses his mechanic's oil
can to to freshly "butter" his bountiful batch.
-
The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia
FN:
The painted on eyelids gag was originally used in Horses' Collars
(1/10/35).
