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Rejected by the armed services, the stooges decide to "do their bit" by becoming farmers. For $1000 plus the car, the boys buy a run down farm with no livestock. They acquire an escaped ostrich that eats gunpowder and lays explosive eggs.
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Curly (as Curly)
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Larry (as Larry)
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Moe (as Moe)
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Smithers (uncredited)
Eva McKenzie ...
Ma (uncredited)
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Sheriff (uncredited)
Victor Travis ...
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Jules White

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Clyde Bruckman ... (story and screenplay)

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Jules White ... producer

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Glen Gano

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Charles Hochberg

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Charles Clague

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Joe Henrie ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

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Leigh Harline ... musical arrangements (uncredited)
Ben Oakland ... musical arrangements (uncredited)

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Rejected by the armed services, the stooges decide to "do their bit" by becoming farmers. After paying $1000 and throwing in their car, the boys are owners of a run down farm, which lacks any livestock. After capturing an escaped ostrich, they decide to carve jack-o- lanterns for profit and then must contend with some Japanese who have escaped from a relocation center. The stooges become heroes by capturing the escapees, with the help of explosive eggs laid by the ostrich who had swallowed some blasting powder. Written by Mitch Shapiro

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Also Known As
  • Farmers in the Dell (United States)
  • Fowled by a Fowl (United States)
  • Fouled by a Fowl
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Trivia The escapees are not POW's, they are not captured Japanese. They are from a relocation center, a prison camp set up by the U.S. Government for Japanese-Americans taken from their homes and businesses and interred for the duration of the war. The vast majority were permanent residents, most were citizens. The US Government effectively kept full knowledge of the camps from the general public for almost 30 years. After lawsuits and publicity in the 1970s, some stations removed this short from rotation. Some to prevent offense, some to further keep the secret. Other Stooge shorts have been treated similarly, mostly due to racial depictions common when the films were made but considered offensive later, and generally with the same intentions. See more »
Goofs A wire attached to the goose is clearly visible when it bites Curly's nose and flies around. See more »
Quotes Moe: [Curly is dancing and striking poses with some ostrich feathers] Hey, pin-up boy! Get to work, or I'll pin your ears back.
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