The Three Stooges Show

The Three Stooges Show (1960)

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Starring: Hal Fryar

Genres: Comedy

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Continuity mistake: "Rusty Romeos," a 1957 short co-starring Joe Besser, is a remake of "Corny Casanovas," a 1952 short co-starring Shemp Howard. In a scene using stock footage from the earlier film, Moe and Larry are fighting, and a framed photo of Shemp is on a small table next to the couch. In the following scene, using new footage, the photo is of Joe. (00:15:10)

Steven Lee

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Other mistake: In "Violent Is The Word For Curly" (1938), the Stooges are mistaken for college professors. They are teaching a group of students at the all-girls school Mildew College to sing "Swingin' The Alphabet." During the song, the girls sing "Curly's a dope." The dean had introduced the three men as Professors Feinstein, Frankfurter and VonStupor - so how did the girls know Curly's name?

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Violent Is The Word For Curly" (1938), after putting the gas in the radiator of the car, Curly leans on the car and falls asleep. Moe walks up to him appearing to be almost instantly, but at that point the sun angle and shadows have changed quite a bit (indicating at least an hour or more between takes) even though it took place in a matter of a few seconds.

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Plot hole: In "Violent Is The Word For Curly" (1938), the stooges start singing "Swinging The Alphabet." After Moe starts, he has the girl students join in on the song. Some mistakes follow - first, after a few letters are sung, ALL the girls together change to a higher note and faster tempo (which is impossible since NONE of them knew this song before - let alone ALL switch notes together). Also, they all sing "LA LA LA" backgrounds suddenly when Curly sings solo again ALL at the same time.

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Revealing mistake: In the episode "Hoofs And Goofs" (1957), just as Birdie (Moe in drag) is coming out of the kitchen, a fake Moe's face is revealed from the side as he's walking away (used to replace Moe since the real Moe was playing Birdie in the same frame).

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Continuity mistake: In "Disorder In The Court" (1936), Curly is on the witness stand in a courtroom. When he tips his chair and falls backwards, a stunt double is used. The double's hair is much darker. When Moe and Larry rush over to pick him up, he is facing the wall. In the close-up, Curly is now facing forward. (00:05:00)

Steven Lee

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Character mistake: In "Boobs In Arms" (1940), the Three Stooges are in the Army. On the back of Curly's uniform is an advertisement for "soup, salad, entree, coffee, desert" at O'Brien's Kosher Restaurant. "Dessert" is misspelled.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Disorder In The Court" (1936), Curly is trying to catch a parrot flying near the jury box. He tries to hit the bird with a mallet but winds up knocking out the six jurors in the front row. Moe drags Curly away, but suddenly the six jurors in the back row also appear to be knocked out.

Steven Lee

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Visible crew/equipment: In "Playing The Ponies" (1937), a man eats a handful of hot pepperinos, and his mouth is burning. He quickly drinks a large container of water. The hose that drained the container is visible below his right arm.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In the episode "Scheming Schemers" (1956), Larry and Moe start to dip their heads towards each other in the sink and suddenly the camera changes to a more central angle and the two start over in dipping their heads towards each other.

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Continuity mistake: In "Movie Maniacs" (1936), the Stooges unwittingly run into a lions' den. After they slam the door shut, Larry removes his top hat but in the next shot the hat is back on his head - and he and Curly have switched places. (00:14:46)

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Calling All Curs" (1939), Moe accidentally punches Larry in the face. Larry falls to the floor unconscious but in a later scene he is sitting on the floor with his back against a wall.

Steven Lee

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Revealing mistake: In "Busy Buddies" (1944), an angry bull knocks Curly over a fence. A dummy of Curly is used for the scene. As it sails over the fence, the hand of the crew member who threw the dummy is visible. (00:08:24)

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Some More Of Samoa" (1941), the Stooges are on the island of Rhum-Boogie and Curly is wearing a tiger skin. In the final scene, as they hop into their canoe, he's suddenly wearing a leopard skin.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Shivering Sherlocks" (1948), Moe, Larry and Shemp are working at the Elite Café. A police officer is wearing a badge when he enters but when he sits at the counter, the badge has disappeared.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "False Alarms" (1934) Curly ducks when Moe throws a bucket of water at him and the water lands on the fire captain who is standing behind Curly. In the next shot, the captain's uniform is completely dry.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In "Spook Louder" (1943), when Moe is hit in the face with a cream pie, he drops the club he is carrying. In the next shot, he is holding the club and drops it again.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: In the episode "Oily To Bed, Oily To Rise" (1939), the Stooges pick up the three men who own the car. While arguing about the deed, the Stooges are standing in the back seat area (no-one was driving at this point) and the other three men are sitting in the back seat. After a quick camera change outside of the car, the camera is back on the men and now suddenly the Stooges are in position where the three other men were and vice versa. This was part of the plot so the Stooges can throw them out of the car, but the sudden switching of positions is unrealistic.

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Other mistake: In "Busy Buddies" (1944), Curly pastes a Carrot County Fair poster onto a fence but has it upside down. In a close-up, the image of the poster is in reverse.

Steven Lee

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Other mistake: In "Dunked In The Deep" (1949), Moe, Larry and Shemp go to a pier where a ship is docked. The picture of the ship has been flipped and the ship's name, SAN CAPEADOR, appears in reverse.

Steven Lee

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