Society Mugs

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Shemp Howard, Tom Kennedy, and Christine McIntyre in Society Mugs (1946)

A Columbia All Star Comedy (production number 8431) in which Mrs. Allen's husband has left her in a lurch for a society party and she decides a call a date bureau for an escort. She calls th... Read allA Columbia All Star Comedy (production number 8431) in which Mrs. Allen's husband has left her in a lurch for a society party and she decides a call a date bureau for an escort. She calls the wrong number and gets Shemp Howard, the rat exterminator, who, mistaking her intentions,... Read allA Columbia All Star Comedy (production number 8431) in which Mrs. Allen's husband has left her in a lurch for a society party and she decides a call a date bureau for an escort. She calls the wrong number and gets Shemp Howard, the rat exterminator, who, mistaking her intentions, accompanies her to the party, and plies his trade...to a fault.

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Shemp Howard

Shemp

Tom Kennedy

Christine McIntyre

Muriel Allen

Rebel Randall

Alice Preston

Vernon Dent

Lord Wafflebottom

Helena Benda

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Lew Davis

Mr. Davis
(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Mrs. Black
(uncredited)

'Snub' Pollard

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Gene Roth

Rippington
(uncredited)

Libby Taylor

Petunia
(uncredited)

Charles Williams

Arthur Allen
(uncredited)

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writers
- Al Giebler
- Elwood Ullman
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6theshape-13

Pretty decent remake of a classic Stooges short

SOCIETY MUGS with Shemp Howard and Tom Kennedy is a near frame-for-frame remake of the classic 1938 Three Stooges comedy TERMITES OF 1938. Shemp & Tom are exterminators who are accidentally called upon when a society matron's maid dials their phone number instead of an escort service. Shemp & Tom show up dressed to the nines, not knowing that they were wanted as escorts. The fun begins after the fancy dinner, when the boys separate and proceed to violate the guests and turn the fancy house into a shambles. Although COLUMBIA continued to re-tool and remake earlier comedies that had starred other acts, they continued to produce fresh material as well for their 2-reel comedies. All in all, a decent short, but still a faint reminder of the original short w/Moe, Larry and Curly.

8tavm

Shemp Howard in Society Mugs was very funny to me

While I saw lots of Three Stooges comedies on afternoon television in the late '70s, I admit I don't remember Termites of 1938. So on discovering Society Mugs on YouTube, I found myself laughing at the antics of Shemp Howard and Tom Kennedy as exterminators mistaken for escorts from college. They turn a society party upside down with their unorthodox manners concerning dining and music. That plus lots or rats, some near-close calls with drills, some Stooge foils like Christine McIntyre and Vernon Dent, and a nice appearance by Charles Williams from It's a Wonderful Life makes this a very hilarious short for me. A look at Shemp outside of brothers Moe and Curly and Larry Fine. Society Mugs comes highly recommended.