Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Sing a Song of Six Pants" is an American 17-minute live action short film from 1947, so this one had its 70th anniversary last year and if you read the names of director White and writer Adler, then maybe you will already realize that this is another Three Stooges work, also with the typical runtime. The war is over, so the trio gets unpolitical again and focuses on situation-based comedy. It's their usual approach, some violence resulting from clumsiness and Moe's hands. Larry maybe has a bit more to do than most of the time because they had to share the material more at that point already as Shemp was in and Curly out. And the crime references as well as the ending are typical Stooges stuff. If you generally like them, then so will you probably here. I myself am not the biggest fan and the 2 solid moments maybe are not enough for me to give this one a positive recommendation. Or give it a justification for this one being remade in the 50s. We shall talk about that one on another occasion. Some actors here have appeared in other Stooges films, others not really. But I liked the cast here more than I usually do, also a solid villain performance. Sadly the story simply isn't on par. And neither is the (frequently very sound-effect focused) comedy. My suggestion is you watch something else instead.

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews This was part of a 3-DVD box-set, and this disc came with the Laurel and Hardy shorts Mud & Sand, Just Ramblin' Along, Oranges and Lemons, The Tree in a Test Tube and another Three Stooges one, Brideless Groom; it also came with Malice in the Palace, and the features Atoll K(or Utopia) and Flying Deuces. At least this has one decent joke(the 200% one), amongst all the brutal violence made out to look like it is excruciatingly painful, crossing the border into pure torture here and there. That is all, however. 17 minutes, and only one piece of material that isn't based on us laughing at others being hurt(because, you know, we're not the ones getting hit, jabbed, beaten, etc.). It's called "schadenfreude" in German. The act of enjoying other people's suffering. Slapstick doesn't have to be like that(I refer you to aforementioned duo), and the only thing I can come up with to explain these is that people were tense and unhappy around this time, and seeing others have it bad, or even worse, made them feel better about themselves. Yeah. Or you could, y'know, try to solve the problems, seek out the cause of your static, unsatisfying, no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel lives and attempt to deal with it. I recommend this solely to fans. 5/10

slymusic Starring Shemp, Larry, and Moe, "Sing a Song of Six Pants" is a very good Three Stooges short directed by Jules White. An escaped bank robber named Terry Hargen (Harold Brauer) takes refuge in the Stooges' tailor shop, where he poses as a mannequin.My favorite scenes: The annoyed police detective (Vernon Dent) shouts at the Stooges that he doesn't want a coat, and the boys reply in unison, "Oh, he don't want a coat." Moe uses a pants presser to cook some hotcakes while Shemp infectiously laughs at the comics page. Watch what happens to Shemp as he irons a pair of trousers while he's perched onto the ironing board. The Stooges' treatment of Hargen & his two henchmen is quite funny; Moe uses the pants presser on the noggin of one gangster (Cy Schindell) while Larry irons him, and Shemp repeatedly kicks and punches Hargen while the former revolves on a coat rack."Sing a Song of Six Pants" is one catchy title, and the film is a hoot.

angus_dei No, you knuckleheads! That's Terry Horgan! He was here! Yes, there's a lot to like in this brilliant short. Where can I begin? Moe cooking pancakes on a steam press? Shemp keeping a pair of trousers in a window shade? How about Shemp reading with his lips as he peruses the Sunday funnies---this, of course, interspersed with fits of convulsive laughter, along with the requisite "hee-bee-bees" thrown in. Then there's Shemp reaching down a trouser leg and snatching a 50 dollar bill from Moe's hand, thinking he's found another fifty, whence follows a bit of comedic brilliance: you know what Moe's going to do (justifiably so), but it kills you nonetheless. How about that set-up to the film's climax: Terry Horgan and his henchmen stroll into the shop in disguise (phony beards) and deliver that immortal line, "We-would-like-our-suits-cleaned-and-pressed-while-we-wait," in a ridiculously overplayed staccato. Even the Stooges' suspicions are aroused by that! And the great Shemp almost gets away by putting on one of the phony beards himself. Then there's Cy Schindling getting the steam press treatment. There's even Vernon Dent, as if the film didn't have enough! Check out Shemp's reaction when Vernon threatens him with "I ought to run you in!" There's Larry wondering if he's hallucinating whether the "Pip Boys'" mannequins are coming to life, before shoving Terry Hargan's trousers in Vernon Dent's face with the imperative, "Smell the ocean!" Oh, brother, I could go on and on . . . The pace is breakneck, the timing sublime. Even time-worn gags, when interjected, come off great, thanks mostly to the Stooges' formidable talents. I can't recommend this Stooges short strongly enough. So I won't. Watch it when you have the chance.