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No Census, No Feeling

  • 1940
  • TV-G
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in No Census, No Feeling (1940)
SlapstickComedyShort

The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, while Curly adds Alum to the lemonade. T... Read allThe stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, while Curly adds Alum to the lemonade. The resulting concoction is consumed by everyone, resulting in puckered lips and shrunken c... Read allThe stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, while Curly adds Alum to the lemonade. The resulting concoction is consumed by everyone, resulting in puckered lips and shrunken clothes. The boys next try to take the census at a football stadium. They disguise themselv... Read all

  • Director
    • Del Lord
  • Writers
    • Harry Edwards
    • Elwood Ullman
  • Stars
    • Moe Howard
    • Larry Fine
    • Curly Howard
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    680
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Del Lord
    • Writers
      • Harry Edwards
      • Elwood Ullman
    • Stars
      • Moe Howard
      • Larry Fine
      • Curly Howard
    • 12User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Moe Howard
    Moe Howard
    • Moe
    • (as Moe)
    Larry Fine
    Larry Fine
    • Larry
    • (as Larry)
    Curly Howard
    Curly Howard
    • Curly
    • (as Curly)
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Football Player #20
    • (uncredited)
    Symona Boniface
    Symona Boniface
    • Bridge Party Hostess
    • (uncredited)
    Max Davidson
    Max Davidson
    • Storekeeper
    • (uncredited)
    Vernon Dent
    Vernon Dent
    • Moe's Bridge Partner
    • (uncredited)
    Marjorie Kane
    Marjorie Kane
    • Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    • Stadium Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Bert Stevens
    Bert Stevens
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    John Tyrrell
    John Tyrrell
    • Napping Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    • Bridge Player
    • (uncredited)
    Bert Young
    • Referee
    • (uncredited)
    Evelyn Young
    • Slapping Lady in Street
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Del Lord
    • Writers
      • Harry Edwards
      • Elwood Ullman
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    Movie Nuttball

    Good Three Stooges short! A classic!

    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!

    This is a very funny Three Stooges short. Symona Boniface, Vernon Dent, and John Tyrrell acted very good. The store destruction scenes, the inside the house scenes like the card game and Curly being the chef and Larry on the couch, and the football scenes were very very funny. This is a great one Three Stooges short!
    7SnoopyStyle

    very good

    Larry, Curly, and Moe wreck a shop and get chased by a cop. They hide in the census office and become census takers. The first half with the rich lady is good. The punch drink is funny but it could be tighter. More could be done with the lips. The second half with the football team is also funny. The gags feel a little different than usual. It's all very good although I'm not sure if any of the gags are iconic.
    10courtad6

    "Are you happy or married?"

    One of the best Three Stooges shorts ever! To escape the police, Moe, Larry, and Curly get jobs as census-takers. There are some hilarious moments right off the bat, and the laughs get even bigger when the boys find themselves in a huge mansion. While at the mansion, there is a side-splitting bridge game involving punch and alum. I'd hate to spoil the ending, so I won't give away what happens next.

    Certainly, these are the Three Stooges at their finest. No thinking, just big laughs. 10 out of 10.
    8Captain_Couth

    The Stooges as government employees?

    No Census, No Feeling (1940) was a short that the three stooges did during the U.S. census year of 1940. The three lovable losers are down on their luck. After being harassed by a police officer. Moe, Larry and Curley hide in a line that they mistake for a soup kitchen. When they emerge from the building, they're given a job as census takers (for those who live outside the States, every ten years, the U.S. government hires people to become census takers). What kind of bizarre adventure do the boys get mixed up in this time? This is one of their best shorts so I advise you to watch and find out!

    Highly recommended.
    Michael_Elliott

    Fun Stooges Short

    No Census, No Feeling (1940)

    *** (out of 4)

    Funny short has the Three Stooges wrecking a second hand store so they have to run from a cop and end up ducking into a line for census people. Now with a new job the boys head out to gather some census and it doesn't take long for them to get in trouble when they try to enter a high society bridge game and then a football game. This Columbia short finds Moe, Larry and Curly in fine form as we get one good laugh after another. The opening sequence with the boys crashing down was certainly a good way to introduce them and things just pick up from here. I think the best moments happen inside the bridge game where Curly accidentally puts alum in some punch and soon everyone is going around with puckered up lips. Another great sequence as Curly flirting with an attractive maid and this here gets plenty of nice laughs. The football game sequence isn't classic Stooges but this too manages to get some laughs and especially one scene where Curly tries to get some answers from a quarterback who is really calling out plays. At just under 20-minutes this short goes by without any weak spots so fans of the Stooges should enjoy it and it's also good enough to show someone unfamiliar with the boys just to show them what the legends were made of.

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    • Trivia
      Just before the boys go to the football game, they hear a commotion in the distance. Curly Howard says, "Maybe it's the Fourth of July!" Moe Howard replies, "The Fourth of July in October?" Curly answers, "You never can tell. Look what they did to Thanksgiving." This reference is lost on most people today, but before 1939 Thanksgiving was not a fixed date, it relied on a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation each year. President Abraham Lincoln began the national holiday in 1863 and most people were used to Thanksgiving being the last Thursday of November. In 1939 (the year before this short was released), President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date of the national holiday, much to the disagreement of many states' governors and their citizens. This change added an extra week of holiday shopping, which pleased business leaders. The move was quite controversial and it wasn't until the end of 1941 that Congress passed a law to settle the dispute and establish the "fourth Thursday" of November as Thanksgiving Day.
    • Goofs
      While entering the kitchen with Curly, Moe sat down at the table with his census folder. After a few pokes and slaps, he exited the kitchen without it, leaving it laying on the table. He then immediately entered the living room with folder in hand.
    • Quotes

      Moe: Now, calm yourself. We're census takers, madam. How old are you?

      Larry: What address is this?

      Lady having bridge party: One hundred and two.

      Moe: You don't look a day over eighty.

      Lady having bridge party: Young man, I'm twenty-nine.

      Moe: Oh, yeah?

      Lady having bridge party: Well, how do I look?

      Moe: Oh, you look like a million.

      Larry: Ah, she can't be that old. (Larry and Moe open her mouth and check her teeth.) Forty-three.

      Moe: Fifty.

      Larry: Forty-three!

      Moe: Fifty!

      Larry: Forty-three!

      Moe: Fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, (mouth begins to move much faster) fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty, fifty...

      Curly: Sooold American!

    • Connections
      Edited into The Three Stooges: Volume VIII (1982)

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • YouTube - Video
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • No Answer, No Feeling
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 17m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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