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#37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on April 19th, 2009, 7:22 pm

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We Want Our Mummy (1939)
director: Del Lord

Review written by Xenorama

Professor Tuttle has been kidnapped, which makes people believe it's the curse of Rootentooten. The three best investigators have been called in to find him- enter our heroes. The boys get sent to Cairo to recover the mummy for $5,000! If they fail, it will be a benefit to humanity, so there's a win-win situation. The tomb is appropriately dank and comes complete with a spooky voice and a strange clawed monster- or so the tombsters would have us believe!

This is possibly the first comedy with a mummy. There's a good gag with the prof in a box which causes Moe some pain. Curly wants to go to Tunis for tuna sandwiches for lunch, and then swims in a mirage, despite cars being kept there. It's a fine bit with him, letting him go all out for a few minutes. He also gets a good gag with an echo as well.

The whole shtick brings to mind every possible Scooby Doo cartoon made- "I'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those "Stooges!"

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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on April 19th, 2009, 7:27 pm

Thanks for the great review, David. Sorry it took me so long to post it. This is a really fun short. I like all the ones where they're involved with monsters, spooks, gorillas, etc. I quite enjoy the look of that mummy and Curly's turn as the semi-bandaged king.
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WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Xenorama on April 19th, 2009, 8:57 pm

it's better than i thought it was! the review, i mean. should have kept it a day longer, but i'm my own harshest writing critic.
thanks for the great photos to go with it!
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on April 20th, 2009, 6:12 am

You're welcome. You did a great job! Looking forward to more.
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby tugboat on June 27th, 2009, 11:43 am

This is one of my favorite shorts.
If you take a good look at the set you can see a big effort was made in the props and setting as opposed to the previous ones . could it be that Columbia was finding out what they had in these three???!!!
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on June 27th, 2009, 11:53 am

A really fun short. I enjoy the sets in this one too.
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby moe-jo on June 30th, 2009, 4:47 pm

The masks they wear at the beginning creep me out, but what I've seen of it is funny.
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on February 20th, 2011, 1:32 pm

I think we're a little behind on the next short. :embarassed:
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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby PhantomThylacine on February 21st, 2011, 8:53 am

Ah, I recently rewatched this short. It was immensely entertaining...especially when Curly spots the hole in the floor, exclaims "That thing's dangerous!" and solves the problem by covering it with a rug (that gag never gets old!) Also, the scene in the beginning with the masks reminds me of that one scene with Chico and Harpo from the Marx Bros' Duck Soup.

I think we're a little behind on the next short.

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Re: #37 - WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)

Postby Lunkhead on February 24th, 2011, 8:55 am

when Curly spots the hole in the floor, exclaims "That thing's dangerous!" and solves the problem by covering it with a rug (that gag never gets old!

I always love that bit.
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