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#10 - HOI POLLOI (1935)

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#10 - HOI POLLOI (1935)

Postby Lunkhead on June 12th, 2005, 2:28 am

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Short number 10 is an all-time great. Two professors bet on whether average street joes can be transformed into society gentlemen; the stooges are chosen as guinea pigs for the experiment. The training includes learning? proper grammar and table manners, plus a hilarious dance lesson which ends up out the window and into a fountain. Months later, the boys make their debut at a high-society party to determine if the one professor was successful. Needless to say, Moe, Larry & Curly cause lots of mayhem as their gentleman status fails miserably. Loads of funny scenes, including Curly dancing with a spring attached to his rear (causing him to bounce back up after falling) and Moe punishing often with slaps-a-plenty. This tale would be remade twice as HALF-WITS' HOLIDAY (1947) and PIE AND GUYS (1958 ), but this was soitenly the best version.
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#10 - HOI POLLOI (1935)

Postby Lunkhead on June 12th, 2005, 2:29 am

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This tale would be remade twice as HALF-WITS' HOLIDAY (1947) and PIE AND GUYS (1958 ), but this was soitenly the best version.
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True. It's mind-blowing to imagine if this short was never filmed and "Half-Wit's Holiday" was the only version Curly filmed, or to imagine how Columbia would decide to wrap up "Hoi Polloi" if it was filmed in 1946 ('47 might be the release date) and "Half-Wit's Holiday" was never filmed. I barely remember Joe Besser's version, "Pies and Guys", but it would be interesting to see how he would play Curly's part in "Half-Wit's".

Anyway, the storytelling is good here, and I don't think any other comedy team could've done this short, period. It was made for the Stooges. The other teams either seem too "gentlemanly" or there's some other reason that it wouldn't seem right for them. I don't know if you could call the Marx Brothers "gentlemen", but I can't picture them doing this kind of story. There was also no better third Stooge for it than Curly. Besser's atttempt was okay, but nothing to rave about. Shemp wasn't wild like Curly, so I couldn't really picture him doing it.

That fat lady always cracks me up... first during her dance with Curly and their slap fight, then towards the end when she tries to imitate Curly's running-in-place thing and his woo-woo!

Watch when Moe dances with actress Phyliss Crane (pictured above in the black dress). When they fall, it looks like Crane goes face-first into the floor! The camera went off quickly when that happened.

I love when Larry meets Professsor Nichol's 2 daughters... "Brother, can you spare a Nichol?"



Overall, a great short, and the Curly era wouldn't be the same without either of it's versions of this tale, IMO.

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Man,,,,”Permit me to transfer you into gentlemen.”

Curly,,,,What happened? You’re all canned up!”
Moe,,,,”You’re all buttoned up!” Smack

Moe,,,,”See the little deer? Does the little deer have a little doe?”
Curly,,,,”Why certainly, two bucks!”

Curly,,,,”Care to dance?”
Homely Lady,,,,”Why certainly.”
Curly,,,,”I changed my mind, we’ll sit this one out.”
....later....
Curly,,,,”Thanks for the dance, now go cut yourself a slice of throat.”

Lady,,,,”Someday you will find the eternal flame.”
Moe,,,,”Lady, I’ve found it.”
Moe,,,,”What are you going to do with it?”
Moe,,,,”Get rid of it!”

And the spring sticks to Curly’s pants during the dance scene, Curly “springing" off the floor and sliding backwards into people. Love to know how many takes that took to film.


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A funny short. It is probably on many fans lists of favorite shorts.

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Spike TV just played this short on their Stooge Slap Happy Hour! I still laugh out loud at the Curly "spring into action" sofa spring on the rear gag. If it was me that was dancing with the big lady then I'd have the spring on the front!
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EX-cellent

Postby Xenorama on June 12th, 2005, 3:07 pm

looking good getting all these over here. more more more!
or should that be Moe Moe Moe?

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EX-cellent

Postby Lunkhead on June 12th, 2005, 5:07 pm

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Postby MoeHowardFan on May 6th, 2006, 8:52 pm

Larry,,,, "Oh, see the sat. Does the mouse see the cat? Yeah, you dirty RAT!"
Moe,,,, "Who?" (SMACK)


That was the funniest part I've never seen, but I seen in Half-wits Holiday once or twice on AMC.
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Postby Wilytank on September 12th, 2006, 2:48 pm

I don't even know what Hoi Polloi means, but it gets an 8 out of 10.

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#10 - HOI POLLOI (1935)

Postby Xenorama on March 8th, 2008, 3:29 am

just another load of fun!

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