Muscle Up a Little Closer

Maxine Gates as Tiny Ray is awesome. It was great to see a real woman without weight issues like Tiny toss Elmo around like a rag. She finished what most men couldn't and beat the rats out of some Gym Bully. She beat him without any effort with her pure gorgeous heft and still she wasn't tired, Tiny just kept getting Bigger, Stronger, Tougher and meaner without trying. She made it look so easy. The bed crushing scene when she squashed Larry under the bed beneath the springs was great. Tiny is as strong as ever when she military pressed the Barbell overhead with such ease, Most men don't lift like that anywhere. Check out her size, She's twice as big as Joe and much bigger and tougher and stronger than Elmo. And then she beat Elmo within an inch of his life. Tiny finished Off what most men couldn't. Go Tiny. Maxine Gates is the Biggest and Best

Maxine Gates is awesome, I wish there more women like her. She is every man's dream. She can cook, Fight, and lift very heavy weight. Where can I find the Video of this episode and Husbands beware. She's my dream girl. Some one you can have alot of fun with. Plus I can't stand skinny girls. She's so Healthy.

Man, I'd really be worried for Maxine Gates if she were still alive with this "desimone_ken" character on the loose (sheesh).

Moving on....

MUSCLE UP... is a somewhat curious piece for me because it's the only short from the Besser era I can think of that seems to have a decent script behind it. I can only imagine that had this story been done with a 100% Curly or Shemp that it may have been a very good entry in the stooge film library. Unfortunately, Joe Besser is third stooge in this one. Nothing personal against the guy, but his dainty personality just didn't mesh at all with the brashness of Moe and Larry.

1.5/10

Maxine Gates is the perfect woman, A Perfect 20 on a scale of 1-10. She's Strong, eats like a horse, Dresses well, Lifts heavy weight like an animal and seems fun to be with. Every woman should be like her. I've always loved big woman like that. They can have all those skinny girls. She can break any man in two.

Not at all a contender for being overly amusing as Stooge shorts go but when another supporting actor/actress is added that can obviously hold her own, comically, then there's hope yet. Maxine Gates was certainly far more capable of working with the Stooges than say that one with the lame psycho singer "Tiny" as Joe's sister. BLAH! I only wish that Joe had been more cooperative in taking punishment from Moe. They actually may have clicked and become the "Three Stooges" of the 1960's. Should've, would've, could've. It's all academic now. In any case, this is not overall a very bad short. Joe seems to be getting it right here especially when he has to clean up some cases of eggs that he spilled out and broke. Can you hear Curly doing his trademark "la lee, la de la" here? That's what Joe attempts and does pretty well too I might add. Also the "idea" he gets about using a blow torch to first fry up the egg residue and then sweep it up. Something I can hear Curly thinking out loud about: "Hmm!That's an idea!" The scene where Moe and Larry are going through lockers looking for the stolen ring is somewhat of a quandary to me though. First, why aren't all three looking and why isn't there any real slapstick going on about this episode? Also, in some of these "late era" shorts, why are Moe and Larry appearing without their traditional hairstyles? It's like Laurel & Hardy without their bowler hats or their personal hair styles. In any case, on the whole, not a bad short to catch sometime. Too bad not all the shorts with Joe in it are up to this one.