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The Three Stooges:  The beauty of their comedy shorts is the simplicity.  If you want to see something that's not too involved, very fast-paced, and extremely funny this is what you want to watch.  It's quick, it's stupid, and it's all you could really hope for in a 20-minute timespan.  I love 'em!  Curly's the best, because he's the most animated.  But all of the Stooges bring something to the formula.  Moe and Larry are just as important.  As is Shemp, who is greatly overlooked (I feel).  Joe Besser was NOT good, but I guess he might appeal to some fans.  Curly Joe DeRita was fine, but mild.  However, do not be surprised if this section focuses more on the Curly and Shemp eras.

Recurring Themes in Stooge Shorts:

Animals-
Mutts to You (1938)
Calling All Curs (1939)

Artists-
Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
Wee Wee Monsieur (1938)

Colonial-
Back to the Woods (1937)

Doctors-
Men in Black (1934)
Dizzy Doctors (1937) MEDICINE MEN
From Nurse to Worse (1940)

Explorers-
We Want Our Mummy (1939)

Firemen-
False Alarms (1936)
Flat Foot Stooges (1938)

Handymen-
Slippery Silks (1936) CARPENTERS
Tassels in the Air (1938) INTERIOR DECORATORS
A Plumbing We Will Go (1940) PLUMBERS
How High is Up (1940) CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

High Society-
Pardon my Scotch (1935)
Hoi Polloi (1935)
Ants in the Pantry (1936)
Termites of 1938 (1938)
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (1938)
Three Sappy People (1939)

Hunters-
A Ducking They Did Go (1939)

International-
Saved by the Belle (1939) VALESKA
You Natzy Spy (1940) MORONICA
Cuckoo Cavaliers (1940) MEXICO

Medieval-
Restless Knights (1935)

Police/Law & Order-
Three Dumb Clucks (1937) FIGHTING GANGSTERS

Show Business-
Movie Maniacs (1936) ASPIRING MOVIE STARS
Disorder in the Court (1936) MUSICIANS
A Pain in the Pullman (1936) SMALL TIME ACTORS
Three Missing Links (1938) MOVIE ACTORS
Nutty But Nice (1940) SINGING WAITERS

Sports-
Punch Drunks (1934) BOXING
Three Little Pigskins (1934) FOOTBALL
Three Little Beers (1935) GOLF
Grips, Grunts, and Groans (1937) WRESTLING
Playing the Ponies (1937) HORSE RACING
No Census, No Feeling (1940) FOOTBALL

Teachers-
Violent is the Word for Curly (1938)

Tramps-
Cash and Carry (1937)
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)

War-
Half-Shot Shooters (1936) WWI
Boobs in Arms (1940)
Three Little Sew and Sews (1938) SAILORS

Westerns-
Horses Collars (1935)
Uncivil Warriors (1935) CIVIL WAR
Whoops I'm an Indian (1936)
Goofs and Saddles (1937)
Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939)
Rockin' Through the Rockies (1940)