Nutty But Nice
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Nutty but Nice is the 47th 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.
John Tyrrell
) who ask them to cheer up a sick little girl, who is sick from grief because her banker father (Ned Glass
), has been kidnapped by the mob. After the Stooges, as little girls with blonde sausage curls, fail to cheer her up, they volunteer to find the girl's father. The doctors gives the them a brief description of the father (middle-aged, bald-spot, an anchor tattoo, and 5'10" in his stocking feet). He also likes to yodel to his daughter, something Curly seems rather adept at.
The Stooges waste no time in stopping every suspect in sight and giving them the Stooge 3rd degree. Frustrated, Curly starts yodeling, and after a few maladies that befalls him (water, a flower pot, and a chair all crashing on his head), the boys hear a response...from a radio that one of the mobsters, Butch (Cy Schindell
) has on. Butch is guarding the little girl's father who is gagged, and tied to a bed. The Stooges follow the sounds of the and intercede, knock out Butch, and free the little girl's father.
Just then, three other members of the gang return. The Stooges and the father barricade the room door and use the dumbwaiter
to escape to the basement. The mobsters follow to the basement where Curly saves the day by going manic on the mobsters as only Curly can.
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. 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 working as singing waiters at a restaurant and meet two doctors (Vernon DentVernon Dent
Vernon Bruce Dent was a comic actor who appeared in over 400 films in his career. He co-starred in many short films for Columbia Pictures, frequently as the foil to the Three Stooges.-Early career:...
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell may refer to:* John Tyrell, 15th century English knight, Speaker of House of Commons* John Tyrrell , English second Admiral of the East Indies...
) who ask them to cheer up a sick little girl, who is sick from grief because her banker father (Ned Glass
Ned Glass
Ned Glass was an American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly or weasely characters...
), has been kidnapped by the mob. After the Stooges, as little girls with blonde sausage curls, fail to cheer her up, they volunteer to find the girl's father. The doctors gives the them a brief description of the father (middle-aged, bald-spot, an anchor tattoo, and 5'10" in his stocking feet). He also likes to yodel to his daughter, something Curly seems rather adept at.
The Stooges waste no time in stopping every suspect in sight and giving them the Stooge 3rd degree. Frustrated, Curly starts yodeling, and after a few maladies that befalls him (water, a flower pot, and a chair all crashing on his head), the boys hear a response...from a radio that one of the mobsters, Butch (Cy Schindell
Cy Schindell
Seymour "Cy" Schindell was an American actor who appeared in 37 Three Stooges short subjects, mostly as a heavy.-Career:...
) has on. Butch is guarding the little girl's father who is gagged, and tied to a bed. The Stooges follow the sounds of the and intercede, knock out Butch, and free the little girl's father.
Dumbwaiter (elevator)
Dumbwaiters are small freight elevators intended to carry objects rather than people. Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial and private buildings, are often connected between two floors...
to escape to the basement. The mobsters follow to the basement where Curly saves the day by going manic on the mobsters as only Curly can.