3 Stooges: Fuelin Around [VHS]
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"Fuelin' Around" (1949, number 116) starts with Larry's resemblance to Albert Einstein--or at least a scientist (Emil Sitka)--which leads to him, Moe, and Shemp being kidnapped to a European castle, where they must produce rocket fuel or be shot. When the real scientist and his lovely daughter (Christine McIntyre) are brought in, an escape is planned, and some clever use is made of the "rubber dummy" as Shemp is being pulled up through an escape hole in the floor by the baddies and down by Moe and Larry from below. There is also some villainy from regulars Vernon Dent and Philip Van Zandt and good bumbling from Jacques O'Mahoney.

A cut above average, "Hula-La-La" (1951, number 135) has a movie mogul (Emil Sitka) send pianist Larry, choreographer Shemp, and boss Moe to a South Sea island to teach the natives to dance. There is much talk about adding the boys' heads to the collection of the evil witch doctor (Kenneth MacDonald) in a way that recalls the sadistic comedy of The Mikado; and there is clever use of a moving, four-handed idol. Moe's referring to Shemp as "Red Shoes" nicely dates the film, while Larry using Moe's head as a tom-tom in the closing shot is well done. --Frank Behrens

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