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5.0 out of 5 stars
Worthwile shorts!!, Mar 11 2004
This tape has some of the best and funniest shorts made by the Three Stooges. There are three good ones here, "A Missed Fortune" "Corny Casanovas", and " He Cooked His Goose." All are very entertaining and will make you laugh hard. This tape is espacially good for Shemp fans, as he is in all three. This is a very worthwhile tape, coming in at a pricey $11.99.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly a Field Day For Stooge Detractors, Jan 10 2002
The Three Stooges are probably the most under-appreciated comic actors in history. They were multi-talented with remarkable timing and adlibbing skills. Most of their films were much better than those of their contemporaries in the two-reeler market - indeed, there are many which supersede the great Laurel and Hardy in laugh content. They were very well written; expertly edited. In addition, the supporting players were well utilized. Unfortunately, "Corny Casanovas" contains the kind of stuff than even Stooge devotees cringe at: some of the most gruesome and gratuitous violence ever captured on film, which degrades the remainder in this package.
In this 1952 film Larry and Moe manage to knock each other out, using devices such as chimney bellows and shovels. Moe whacks Larry on the side of the head, leaving him unconscious. But that's not enough - he places the bellows in Larry's mouth and pumps soot into his gut which momentarily distends like a balloon. Larry wakes up in a rage and smashes Moe over the head repeatedly until he too hits the floor. Another horrible gag involves Moe swallowing tacks - he is saved from choking when Larry shoves a magnet down his throat! It's unbelievable.
The purpose of the long scene, apparently, is to set-up the gleefull departure of the flim-flaming golddigger who has fooled all three (not too daunting a task!), and left with jewelry.
In their best films, the poking and punching was included as a kind of personality quirk of the easily riled Moe, and nobody really got hurt. In fact, the real humour came from the viewer's belief that Curly actually had some kind of other-worldly ability to take any kind of punishment and would show pain out of loyalty to his mentor!
"A Missed Fortune" has a fairly predictable plotline about winning a large sum of money and going out on the town. In the boys' excitement they rent a huge room in a luxurious hotel managed by who else? - Vernon Dent. Their only oversight is that the money hasn't arrived yet. Naturally, they wreck the place. There is some good dialogue, but the only decent scene involves the arrival of three ladies with dollar signs in their eyes, who meet with a bucket of water. The physical humour is not as rough as in "Corny Casanovas".
"He Cooked His Goose" is by far the best of the three, as it gives the under-rated Larry Fine a chance to essentially dominate a film! Instead of playing the "neutral" Stooge, he's a fast-talking (and highly UNsympathetic)entrepreneur who exploits Shemp and Moe in his plot to win their women. Moe steps back and just reacts this time, an interesting departure.
This collection is strictly *collectors only*.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great tape., Jan 8 2002
This tape is great. It includes three shorts, CORNY CASANOVAS, A MISSED FORTUNE, and HE COOKED HIS GOOSE. HE COOKED HIS GOOSE is the best one on this tape, but the other two are great too.CORNY CASANOVAS (1952)- Excellent Three Stooges short. The Stooges are all dating the same woman, but don't know it. There's a rare treat in this short, Larry beating up Moe. One of my favorite Stooge films. A MISSED FORTUNE (1951)- Another great short. This is basically just a remake of the Curly Classic, HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND DUMB. This remake is interesting. I'm torn deciding if this is better, or the original. HE COOKED HIS GOOSE (1952) - An excellent Three Stooges short. The plot twist at the end where Larry sends Shemp to Moe's house while his fiance and Moe are waiting there is pure Stooge heaven. An excellent short. This tape is great. CORNY CASANOVAS was remade with Joe Besser as RUSTY ROMEOS, but the trivia note said the title was LUSTY ROMEO. HE COOKED HIS GOOSE was remade, with Besser, as TRIPLE CROSSED. A funny and interesting tape. The quality is about the same as BUBBLE TROUBLE is on the LISTEN, JUDGE tape. Buy this today!
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