Punch Drunks
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| Directed by | Lou Breslow |
| Produced by | Jules White |
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Moe Howard Larry Fine Jerry Howard Jack Cluett |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Chuck Callahan William Irving Jack "Tiny" Lipson Dorothy Granger Al Hill Billy Bletcher Arthur Housman Larry McCrath George Gray A.R. Heysel Dorothy Vernon |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Robert Carlisle |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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17:29 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Punch Drunks is the second short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1934 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Struggling boxing manager Moe is having lunch with several associates when he notices their shy waiter (Curly) goes into a violent fugue whenever he hears the song "Pop Goes the Weasel". Moe also takes notice of a fiddler (Larry) who happens to be playing the potent tune at the restaurant. Seeing dollar signs in the uncontrollable waiter, Moe quickly recruits the two unsuspecting cohorts and preps them for the boxing world. Curly's boxing handle becomes "K.O. Stradivarius", and with Larry in tow—playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" at every boxing match, Curly becomes the number-one contender for the heavyweight championship.
Before the matches occur, while Curly is doing the rowing exercise under the supervision of Moe, on a rural road, They notice a young lady, who's car is stuck in the ditch. Moe wants to help her out, at first not letting Curly get involved, stating that "BOXING AND WOMEN DON'T MIX", However, Moe asks him to help with the problem, and requests Larry to play the "Weasel" tune. When Larry does this again for the second time, Curly does succeed in getting the car out of the ditch, and hops in the car with the lady driving away from the rural area. Curly is found on the day of the big match with the lady in the dressing room, causing Moe to hit him, telling him not to interfere with women and to go upstairs into to the arena.
All goes well until the night of the highly anticipated World Championship match with Killer Kilduff (Al Hill). Only a few moments into the first round, Kilduff plants a left hook at Curly, sending him into the crowd, landing on Larry and crushing his violin. Frantic, Larry scurries the streets, looking for anything that is playing "Pop Goes the Weasel," while Curly is being battered by the boxer. Larry finds a radio playing the tune, takes it and heads back to the arena. Larry arrives at the arena a few minutes later with the radio. The song ends moments later just as Curly is about to knock out Kilduff, when the radio announcer is about to tell the children's story involving "Peter Rabbit", causing Moe to crash the radio on Larry's head, ruining the box. Moe sends Larry back out to find something else playing "Pop Goes the Weasel".
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