They Stooge to Conga (1943)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Monte Collins (story)
Elwood Ullman (story)

Release Date:

1 January 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Submarine | The Three Stooges | Lifting Person In Air | Radio

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lloyd Bridges	...	Telephone Customer (uncredited)
Stanley Brown	...	(uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Hans, the Nazi (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson	...	Wilbur the Cook (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Monte Collins		story and screenplay (as Monty Collins)
Elwood Ullman		story and screenplay

Produced by
Del Lord	....	producer
Hugh McCollum	....	producer
Jules White	....	producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
George Meehan

Film Editing by
Paul Borofsky

Art Direction by
Carl Anderson

Music Department
John Leipold	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #8392)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The short's title is a takeoff on the classic play, "She Stoops to Conquer".

Quotes:

Moe: [eye gouges Hitler poster, to Larry] That's Schicklegruber! This place is a rat trap, we've got to get out of here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Three Stooges (2000) (TV)

Pretty funny Nazi parody

In 'They Stooge to Conga' we see Moe, Larry and Curly as three fixers. They can fix anything. A woman calls for them, she wants her doorbell fixed. The men start working but instead of fixing anything they mess up the entire house. We also learn that the house is actually the secret headquarters for some Nazis.

The stooges think the broken doorbell is a wire problem. After the house is a complete mess, they go outside to see if there is a problem with the wires there. They mess things up again, and a lot of people are not able to make telephone calls. Around this point they discover who they are dealing with.

This is a very funny short, although it is a little slow in the middle. The scenes outside with a climbing spike are a little too graphic, I think. The start with the wires and the ending with Moe impersonating Hitler make up for that. A very nice Three Stooges short.