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| Leonard Maltin, the
famous movie reviewer once said that "often the titles of
the Stooges films were better than the films themselves." (Movie
Comedy Teams, New York, 1985).
Many of the Three Stooges' shorts used titles
that were parodies of literary works, other movies, popular
songs or famous expressions: |
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LITERARY PARODIES: |
| 1941 |
All the
World's a Stooge |
"All the
World's a Stage" |
| 1943 |
They Stooge to Conga |
"She Stoops to Conquer" |
| 1949 |
Vagabond
Loafers |
"Vagabond
Lovers" |
| 1951 |
Three Arabian Nuts |
"Arabian Nights" |
| 1953 |
Booty and the
Beast |
"Beauty and
the Beast" |
| 1958 |
Oil's Well that Ends Well |
"Alls' well that ends
well." |
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 MOVIE PARODIES |
| 1934 |
Men in Black |
Men in White
(1934) |
| 1934 |
Three Little
Pigskins |
Three Little
Pigs (1933) |
| 1938 |
Violent is the
Word for Curly" |
Valiant is the
Word for Carrie (1934) |
| 1940 |
Nutty but Nice |
Naughty but
Nice (1939) |
| 1940 |
Boobs in Arms |
Babes in Arms
(1939) |
| 1941 |
So Long, Mr.
Chumps |
Goodbye, Mr.
Chips (1939) |
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 SONG PARODIES |
| 1935 |
Pop Goes the
Easel |
Pop Goes the
Weasel |
| 1939 |
Yes We Have No
Bonanza |
Yes We Have No
Bananas |
| 1939 |
Three Sappy
People |
Three Sleepy
People |
| 1940 |
A Plumbing We
will Go |
A-Hunting We
Will Go |
| 1941 |
I'll Never Say
Heil Again |
I'll Never
Smile Again |
| 1941 |
In the Sweet
Pie and Pie |
In the Sweet
By and By |
| 1942 |
Sock-A-Bye
Baby |
Rock-A-ByeBaby |
| 1946 |
Beer Barrel
Polecats |
Beer Barrel
Polka |
| 1947 |
Sing A Song of
Six Pants |
Sing a Song of
Sixpence |
| 1957 |
Muscle Up A
Little Closer |
Cuddle Up A
Little Closer |
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 EXPRESSION PARODIES |
| 1935 |
Pardon My
Scotch |
"Pardon my
French" |
| 1936 |
Ants in the Pantry |
"Ants in the pants" |
| 1937 |
Grips, Grunts
and Moans |
"Gripes,
grunts and groans" |
| 1938 |
Healthy Wealthy and Dumb |
"Healthy, wealthy and
wise" |
| 1938 |
Mutts to You |
"Nuts to
you" |
| 1939 |
Saved by the Belle |
"Saved by the bell" |
| 1939 |
Oily to Bed,
Oily to Rise |
"Early to
bed, early to rise" |
| 1940 |
From Nurse to Worse |
"From bad to worse" |
| 1941 |
Dutiful but
Dumb |
"Beautiful
but dumb" |
| 1942 |
Loco Boy Makes Good |
"Local boy makes good" |
| 1942 |
Cactus Makes
Perfect |
"Practice
makes perfect" |
| 1944 |
The Yoke's On Me |
"The joke's on me" |
| 1945 |
A Bird in the
Head |
"A bird in
the hand" |
| 1946 |
Rhythm and Weep |
"Read 'em and weep" |
| 1947 |
Hold That Lion |
"Hold that
line" |
| 1948 |
Crime On Their Hands |
"Time on their hands" |
| 1950 |
Love At First
Bite |
"Love at
first sight" |
| 1951 |
A Snitch in Time |
"A stitch in time" |
| 1951 |
The Tooth Will
Out |
"The truth
will out" |
| 1951 |
Pest Man Wins |
"Best man wins" |
| 1956 |
For Crimin'
Out Loud |
"For cryin'
out loud" |
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