Dopey Dicks
Encyclopedia
Dopey Dicks is the 122nd short subject
starring American slapstick
comedy team the Three Stooges
. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures
between 1934 and 1959.
) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.
The Stooges come back to the office, finding no one. They see that the dame is gone. The Stooges follow her note to a dark house on Mortuary Road where an evil scientist (Philip Van Zandt
) is building an army of robot men. The Stooges arrive, having second thoughts, they are greeted by the butler (Stanley Price) who takes Moe to the scientist's lab. Shemp and Larry agree that something is going on, Larry decides to go look for the dame while Shemp watches Moe through the key hole.
While in the lab, the scientist tries to cut off Moe's head, but does not succeed. Shemp seeing the action runs and yells "Every man for himself!" He tries to open the door but the handle is pulled out and pulls Shemp to the door.
Finding a place to hide, Shemp finds the girl tied up and gagged in a curtained alcove at the end of the main hallway. She then tells Shemp that those men escaped a mental hospital. While everyone spreds out being chased The scientist and his assistant, Shemp tries to call the mental hospital, but is scared off by the scientist's headless robot. Larry hides in one room, soon Shemp runs in and sees Larry poking his head between the tables and thinks Larry goy his head cut off. Larry is found by the assistant. Larry takes the tables and sqeezes the assistant between them. Shemp runs to a closet, he opens the door and sees Moe, they both scream and Shemp runs off. Moe asks himself "What's wrong with that imbisile?" The scientist emerges from behind the coats and tries to cut Moe's head off. Moe escapes and runs. Shemp returns to the closet, realizing he ran into Moe. While searching for Moe in the closet, Moe comes back with a key and locks the door. Larry and the girl find him and tell him that they found a secret passage way. Larry haults everyone and asks Moe "Where's Shemp?" Moe, unaware that Shemp is in the closet, replies "He got away, I got the professor locked in the closet" Moe then swallows the key and all three make a run for it. In the closet the scientist emerges again and tells Shemp "Try to get out of this!" Shemp breaks down the door and runs after Moe, Larry, and the girl.
Moe, Larry, and the girl, at the side of a road, yell for rides. One car stops and they hop in. Shemp catches up with them and gets in the car. They all feel glad they got out of the house and are safe. Suddenly the girl screams and points to the driver, the scientist's headless robot, the Stooges and the girl scream in horror and huddle up in the back seat.
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
starring American slapstick
Slapstick
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...
comedy team the Three Stooges
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
between 1934 and 1959.
Plot
The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantisizes about the exciting life of a private eye, when a beautiful blonde in distress (Christine McIntyreChristine McIntyre
Christine Cecilia McIntyre was an actress who appeared in many movies in the 1930s and 1940s but is mainly known as the beautiful blonde actress who appeared in many Three Stooges shorts produced by Columbia Pictures....
) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.
The Stooges come back to the office, finding no one. They see that the dame is gone. The Stooges follow her note to a dark house on Mortuary Road where an evil scientist (Philip Van Zandt
Philip Van Zandt
Philip "Phil" Van Zandt was a Dutch actor of film, stage and television. He made over 220 film and television appearances between 1939 and 1958.-Career:...
) is building an army of robot men. The Stooges arrive, having second thoughts, they are greeted by the butler (Stanley Price) who takes Moe to the scientist's lab. Shemp and Larry agree that something is going on, Larry decides to go look for the dame while Shemp watches Moe through the key hole.
While in the lab, the scientist tries to cut off Moe's head, but does not succeed. Shemp seeing the action runs and yells "Every man for himself!" He tries to open the door but the handle is pulled out and pulls Shemp to the door.
Finding a place to hide, Shemp finds the girl tied up and gagged in a curtained alcove at the end of the main hallway. She then tells Shemp that those men escaped a mental hospital. While everyone spreds out being chased The scientist and his assistant, Shemp tries to call the mental hospital, but is scared off by the scientist's headless robot. Larry hides in one room, soon Shemp runs in and sees Larry poking his head between the tables and thinks Larry goy his head cut off. Larry is found by the assistant. Larry takes the tables and sqeezes the assistant between them. Shemp runs to a closet, he opens the door and sees Moe, they both scream and Shemp runs off. Moe asks himself "What's wrong with that imbisile?" The scientist emerges from behind the coats and tries to cut Moe's head off. Moe escapes and runs. Shemp returns to the closet, realizing he ran into Moe. While searching for Moe in the closet, Moe comes back with a key and locks the door. Larry and the girl find him and tell him that they found a secret passage way. Larry haults everyone and asks Moe "Where's Shemp?" Moe, unaware that Shemp is in the closet, replies "He got away, I got the professor locked in the closet" Moe then swallows the key and all three make a run for it. In the closet the scientist emerges again and tells Shemp "Try to get out of this!" Shemp breaks down the door and runs after Moe, Larry, and the girl.
Moe, Larry, and the girl, at the side of a road, yell for rides. One car stops and they hop in. Shemp catches up with them and gets in the car. They all feel glad they got out of the house and are safe. Suddenly the girl screams and points to the driver, the scientist's headless robot, the Stooges and the girl scream in horror and huddle up in the back seat.