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A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)

 -  Comedy | Short  -  19 April 1940 (USA)
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To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion. They wind up crossing the electrical system with the plumbing and generally ruin the place... See full summary »

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To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion. They wind up crossing the electrical system with the plumbing and generally ruin the place. One memorable scene has the lady of the house tuning into a television broadcast from Niagara Falls as a torrent of water pours from the set. To escape the wrath of the homeowners the stooges escape through a magicians trap door. Written by Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>

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This Stooges short was Curly Howard's personal favorite. See more »

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Prof. Bilbo: [Moe, Larry, and Curly are running from the police and go into a hole that Larry dug earlier] As you see, the lady is in this cabinet. I shall fire the magic gun. And what have we here, the little...
[a scream is heard followed by the lady running to the side, then Moe, Larry, and Curly run out followed by police and lastly, police in motorcycles]
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One of the stooges best!
12 January 2000 | by (LA, CA) – See all my reviews

This is a classic of Stooges comedy. Completely silly and funny as hell. This is a good one to introduce the Stooges to anyone who may not be familiar with their particular and unique form of slapstick comedy.


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