Tassels in the Air

Maggie pushes her husband to redecorate their already decorated mansion with their newfound wealth. She makes an appointment with a famous French decorator but mistakes the Stooges janitors for the fancy pants after they paint on the wrong stencils for the doors. Curly goes crazy whenever he sees tassels.

The biggest laugh for me is the cuckoo clock. It has a nice and simple little setup. It's all really silly and standard Stooges. I don't love Larry's stupidity. It's off somehow. I figured that tassels would be closing this out. Mostly, this is a pedestrian Stooges.

The chairs are the janitors in the office building. Wrong names are stenciled in all the offices, which is why the rich lady blames Moe for "Omay," the famous decorator (the real Omay gets "Housewives, Beware" painted on his door.) She hires boys to redecorate her house, which they continue to demolish. More trouble arises when the real Omay appears. Adding to the chaos is the fact that Curly goes crazy whenever he sees fringes.

This is one of the better Stooge shorts--not as good as the fabulous "Micro-Phonies," but close--and a good example of the boys in their prime. Curly is absolutely hilarious as a janitor-turned-artist who calls himself, in Pig Latin, "Umday" and is driven to a frenzy by the sight of tassels. Comedian Charley Chase directed this and several other Stooge shorts, and he did a first-rate job here. It's very well-paced, unlike some of the Stooge shorts of that period, which tended to be a little ragged--slow spots interrupted by the boys' slapstick bursts. This one starts out well, and progresses nicely to the typical frenetic Stooge ending. Stooge fans will be thoroughly satisfied.

LAUREL AND HARDY 101 when it comes to destroying a house. An inspiration. Legendary silent film comedian Charley Chase debuts as director, guaranteed to make it even more insane. Charley used many tried and true gags from his own series of comedies to make this one click. Add master writer Elwood Ullman and it blasts off.

The Stooges 30th short with all the frills.

The guys are janitors in an office building, misplacing the wrong tenant names on the doors. Bottom line, high society lady Mrs. Smirch(?), played by the Queen of movie extras, Bess Flowers, mistakes Moe for a famous interior decorator called Omay? Could that be confused with Oh, My? Leave it to Ullman for the silly play on words. The Stooges proceed to mess up BIG TIME poor Mrs. Smirch's lovely home. Beware of tassels!

Best gag ever is Curly going NUTS any time he sees a tassel or hanging cord. Get it? The quick cure is to simply tickle him under his chin with a paint brush? And then there's the paint... Moe drinks a cup of paint, thinking its coffee. A bit he would do for years thereafter. Larry mistakes a sandwich for a paint brush, while Curly eats the brush, thinking its a sandwich??? Curly's exasperated expressions are the whole show. Let alone Mrs. Smirch and her husband, played by ultra stone face Bud Jamison.

Dramatic actor Jean De Briac plays the real Omay. Love this guy. Look for Symona Boniface as one of Mrs. Smirch's astounded bridge players. Perfect for the role. Vernon Dent returns to stir up more trouble for the guys. Gertrude Astor, who also worked with Laurel and Hardy, plays Louella.

Thank you Charley Chase for this wild and imaginative house wrecking tale.

Always on Columbia dvd, generally by decades, 30s, 40s and 50s episodes. Thanks so much to METV for running these oldies Saturdays.

The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!

One of the most hilarious Three Stooges shorts is Tassels in the Air. In this short are Symona Boniface, Vernon Dent, Bess Flowers, Bud Jamison, Victor Travers, and Leo White. The acting by these actors are good especially by Dent, Jamison, White, and Flowers, and Schindell. There are many funny scenes here that I think most Three Stooges fans will love! In My opinion this one of the most different Three Stooges shorts. I recommend this one to all!