The stooges are the Wrong brothers, three inventors trying to finish building an airplane they can sell to the army and thereby avoid the draft. When their plane, the "Buzzard", turns out to... Read allThe stooges are the Wrong brothers, three inventors trying to finish building an airplane they can sell to the army and thereby avoid the draft. When their plane, the "Buzzard", turns out to be a flop, the boys are drafted into the army where they have trouble with a tough drill ... Read allThe stooges are the Wrong brothers, three inventors trying to finish building an airplane they can sell to the army and thereby avoid the draft. When their plane, the "Buzzard", turns out to be a flop, the boys are drafted into the army where they have trouble with a tough drill sergeant.
- Moe Wrong
- (as Moe)
- Larry Wrong
- (as Larry)
- Curly Wrong
- (as Curly)
- Private
- (uncredited)
- Private
- (uncredited)
- Sergeant
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Girl in Hangar
- (uncredited)
- Sky Aircraft Co. Representative
- (uncredited)
- Sky Aircraft Co. Representative
- (uncredited)
- Girl in Hangar
- (uncredited)
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While there's nothing terribly bad about this, it's so obvious. The tone of the whole short changes. The ending--with the boys in the army--has absolutely nothing to do with what's gone before. They obviously recorded the introduction--Moe reading a draft letter--to try to make the ending somehow be related to the rest of the movie.
I only wish they had worked a little harder on an original ending--it would have made the short a true gem. But this ending is a let-down, so it's difficult to give it all the love I want to give it. I guess they just ran out of time.
This is a very good Three Stooges short. Harry Semels and Al Thompson are in this one. Richard Fiske is also in the short but his scenes are from archive footage from another Three Stooges short called Boobs in Arms. This is a very good Three Stooges short with many funny parts and I recommend it!
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First watch: 1973 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8
The plane section is hilarious. I love all of it. The army part is a little flat. The drill sergeant has been done plenty of times. It is saved by Curly's wild antics. This is overall a fun one.
Did you know
- TriviaThe first Three Stooges short to utilize a sound effect to accompany a finger-poke in the eye.
- GoofsWhen the Stooge's Buzzard goes into a tailspin, another plane streaks by with colored smoke trailing behind. This suggests the filmmaker's used footage from an air-show.
- Quotes
Moe Wrong: [seeing Curly sawing one of the plane's wings] No, nitwit! You saw the garage!
Curly Wrong: I see the garage, but I don't saw the garage. You are speaking incorrectly. You are moidering the king's English! Et cetera! See, saw, see...
Moe Wrong: [grabs Curly by the neck and shakes him] Shut up! You saw one side and Larry will saw the other.
Curly Wrong: Oh I see, I saw!
[saws Moe's arm]
Moe Wrong: [grabs the saw from Curly] Not like that, like this!
[smacks Curly in the face with the saw then saws his head as Curly yells in pain]
Curly Wrong: Oh, look!
[he and Moe notice that Curly's head destroyed the saw's edges]
- ConnectionsEdited from Boobs in Arms (1940)
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- Also known as
- Pest Pilots
- Filming locations
- Columbia Ranch, Burbank, California, USA(Viewed film)
- Production company
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- Runtime
- 17m
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1