Pardon My Clutch
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| Pardon My Clutch | |
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Matt McHugh Wanda Perry George Lloyd Stanley Blystone Alyn Lockwood Doria Revier Emil Sitka |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Editing by | Henry DeMondt |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  February 26, 1948 |
| Running time | 15' 16" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Shivering Sherlocks |
| Followed by | Squareheads of the Round Table |
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Pardon My Clutch is the 105th 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.
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[edit] Plot
Shemp has been ill with a toothache for quite some time. The Stooges' friend Claude (Matt McHugh), a self-proclaimed Kevin Trudeau-ish doctor, gives Moe and Larry some specific instructions on how to cure the toothache, which, of course, they misinterpret every which way possible. After finally yanking the troublesome tooth, Claude suggests the trip take Shemp on a caming trip for a little R&R. Since the Stooges do not own a car, Claude offers to sell them a car that turns out to be a "lemon."
The trio run into a series of mishaps trying to get the car to work, including a flat tire that gets them into trouble with a local gas station attendant (George Lloyd). Finally, things improve via a car collector (Emil Sitka) who wants to buy the clunker at a premium. Claude gets wind of this, quickly takes his money back from the Stooges, and hands it to the collector. Within minutes, two men in white coats from the local insane asylum come to retrieve the supposed car collector, with Claude following right behind.
[edit] Notes
Pardon My Clutch was reworked in 1955 as Wham-Bam-Slam!, using ample stock footage.
[edit] Quotes
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- Larry: "You know, fish is great brain food."
- Moe: "You know, you should fish for a whale!" *SLAP!*
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard, (Citadel Press, 1977). ISBN 0806507233
- The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon, (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). ISBN 0971186804
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994). ISBN 0806509465
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002). ISBN 0767905563
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). ISBN 1581823630
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