Punch Drunks (1934)
8/10
nothing funnier than hitting or getting hit
4 July 2015
It's an early short for the Three Stooges. Moe (Moe Howard) is a greedy boxing promoter. While he's eating at a restaurant, poor musician Larry (Larry Fine) working for soup plays "Pop Goes the Weasel". Waiter Curley (Curly Howard) goes nuts and punches everybody. Moe has the brilliant idea to promote Curley as his next fighter while Larry plays the music.

It's early and this represents a lot of firsts for the guys. The production is not always the slickest. The guys do not start out together. However there is nothing funnier than the guys' slapstick. Curly has a field day doing the boxing. Larry does a bit in the water and pulls out a fish. It's not the sharpest but it is hilarious.
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