Half Wits Holiday
HalfWits Holiday is the 97th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
The party, naturally, goes awry. Curly greets guest Mrs. SmytheSmythe Symona Boniface by kissing her hand, and biting off the diamond in her ring. Realizing this, Moe and Larry take Curly to a secluded area to lecture him, only to find that the kleptomaniac Stooge has swiped a load of silverware as well.Curly then grabs a pie from a pastry table, and tries to eat it whole. Moe sees this, swipes the pie, and pushes Curly out of the way The moment where Curly walks offcamera for the last time as a Stooge, moments before suffering a paralyzing stroke. Seeing the approaching Mrs. SmytheSmythe, Moe tosses the pie straight up, resulting in it sticking to the ceiling. Noticing his nervousness and frequent upward glances, she sympathetically comments, young man, you act as if the Sword of Damocles is hanging over your head. Moe tells Mrs. SmytheSmythe she must be psychic and leaves. Bewildered, Mrs. SmytheSmythe says I wonder whats wrong with that young man? and looks up to see what had him so concerned. At that moment the pie comes crashing down in the society matrons face. This sparks off a massive pie melee that takes no prisoners. ........
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