Three Sappy People (1939)

Director:

Jules White

Writer:

Clyde Bruckman (original screenplay)

Release Date:

1 December 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are working...

Plot Keywords:

Breaking Window | Top Hat | Water Cooler | Punch Bowl | Toupee

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Lorna Gray	...	Sherry Rumsford
Don Beddoe	...	J. Rumsford Rumsford
Bud Jamison	...	Williams - Butler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beatrice Blinn	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ann Doran	...	Countess (uncredited)
Richard Fiske	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Painter / Party Guest (uncredited)
Forbes Murray	...	Dr. York (uncredited)
Victor Travers	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Evelyn Young	...	Receptionist (uncredited)

Directed by
Jules White

Writing credits
Clyde Bruckman		(original screenplay)

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
George Meehan

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Leigh Harline	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1939) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the 1934 episode "Punch Drunks", Moe orders burnt toast and a rotten egg. Curly then asks why, so Moe says he has a tape worm, and that's good enough for it. 5 years later in the 1939 episode "Three Sappy People", that gag is repeated except that Curly orders burnt toast and a rotten egg. Moe then asks why, so Curly says he has a tape worm, and that's good enough for it.

Quotes:

Moe:Remind me to tear out your Adam's apple!
Curly:I'll make a note of it.
[pulls out a pad of paper and a pencil]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002) (TV)

Oh Boy! This Is Hilarious!

Is Three Sappy People a pleasant and hilarious Three Stooges short film? Well I most certainly think that it is! In my honest to goodness point of view, this Three Stooges short film is not just pleasant and hilarious, it is totally and completely hilarious! I have to give this a hands down, this is another one of the best Three Stooges shorts that I have ever seen in my whole entire life, and not only that, but it has also became one of my favorite Three Stooges shorts that I have ever seen! So all in all, the Three Stooges have perfected another extremely hysterical short film that I laughed at all the way through!

Well what else do I think of this short? I think that it is honestly one of their funniest shorts of the year 1939, because it is one of the ones that really stands out a lot! And considering that I own this as part of the Three Stooges Collection, Volume Two, I can watch this whenever I like!

So in short, if you are looking for a hysterical Three Stooges short to watch, then this is one that you should watch, because trust me, it really is something that hysterical!

10/10