Product Details

• Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Connie Cezon
• Directors: Jules White
• Writers: Felix Adler
• Producers: Jules White
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Run Time: 17 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304372531
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,179 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"Corny Casanovas" (1952, short number 139 in the Columbia series) has only the barest of plot, and even that doesn't start until nine minutes of destructive housekeeping are dispensed with. Somehow a sexy blonde (Connie Cezan) has talked each of the boys into getting her an engagement ring, and she has to keep each of them from finding the other two hidden in her apartment. Other than the rare occasion of Larry beating Moe into submission, there is little new here.

"A Missed Fortune" (1951, number 137) concerns Shemp's accidentally winning a small fortune in a contest. The team lives high on the hog in a hotel before finding out that after taxes the prize money comes to just under $5. This time there are three sexy gold diggers who do little more than get soaked, and even regular Stooge foil Vernon Dent is limited merely to showing anger at what they have done to the suite they rented.

On the other hand, "He Cooked His Goose" (1952, number 140) is a rare treat. The characters played by the Stooges do not act as a team. A very uncharacteristic Larry is a lady's man, playing around not only with Shemp's girlfriend but also with Moe's wife (!). Moe himself tries to create a different sort of character, although the results are as usual. To prove Shemp a philanderer, Larry sends him to Moe's wife to sell some lingerie, and the result is a merry mix-up in the true tradition of the French farce. It would be hard to find an episode in which Larry has as many lines as he does here. One suspects a good deal of vaudeville sketch material was put into this excellent script. --Frank Behrens

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tape., January 7, 2002

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Kyle Cruse (Escondido, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Stooges: Corny Casanovas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape is great. It includes three shorts, CORNY CASANOVAS, A MISSED FORTUNE, and HE COOKED HIS GOOSE. HE COOKED HIS GOOSE is the best one on this tape, but the other two are great too.

CORNY CASANOVAS (1952)- Excellent Three Stooges short. The Stooges are all dating the same woman, but don't know it. There's a rare treat in this short, Larry beating up Moe. One of my favorite Stooge films.

A MISSED FORTUNE (1951)- Another great short. This is basically just a remake of the Curly Classic, HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND DUMB. This remake is interesting. I'm torn deciding if this is better, or the original.

HE COOKED HIS GOOSE (1952) - An excellent Three Stooges short. The plot twist at the end where Larry sends Shemp to Moe's house while his fiance and Moe are waiting there is pure Stooge heaven. An excellent short.

This tape is great. CORNY CASANOVAS was remade with Joe Besser as RUSTY ROMEOS, but the trivia note said the title was LUSTY ROMEO. HE COOKED HIS GOOSE was remade, with Besser, as TRIPLE CROSSED. A funny and interesting tape. The quality is about the same as BUBBLE TROUBLE is on the LISTEN, JUDGE tape. Buy this today!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good Shemp shorts, December 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 3 Stooges: Corny Casanovas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There are three episodes on this tape, Corny Casanovas, A Missed Fortune, and He Cooked His Goose. The best one is Corny Casanovas. In Corny Casanovas, the Stooges have proposed to the same woman, but don't know it! When they discover this, the stooges get into a big fight, in the end, no one wins. A Missed Fortune is the least best because it is a remake of a previous short, and second of all, it just isn't as funny as the other two. He Cooked His Goose is an interesting episode because Moe, Larry and Shemp are not a team, they are basically competing for two women, but Larry loses, and he deserved it. These films were funny, and I just hope Columbia releases all of them, because there are 55 episodes they have not distributed yet.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars THE CORNY FORTUNE CASANOVA COOKED HIS GOOSE, July 5, 2001

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Stooge (Naperville, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Stooges: Corny Casanovas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

CORNY CASANOVAS (1952) - One of my favorite Three Stooges shorts. A hilarious plot with the boys each dating the same girl but not knowing it. The fight at the end with the Stooges is the highlight. Man, Moe really gets his in this episode. He gets his head stuck in a bucket full of water, gets poked in the face repeately with a mop handle, gets the top of his head blown off with a gun, gets dozens of tacks shot into his behind, has a magnet shoved down his throat, mistakenly shaves with shoe polish, and finally gets the (...) knocked out of him with a shovel. He must've been having a bad luck day, or something.

BTW, the trivia note on the back of the video box incorrectly says that this short was remade as LUSTY ROMEO - the correct title is RUSTY ROMEOS.

A MISSED FORTUNE (1952) - A remake of HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND DUMB (1938) made with Curly. Nothing that notable about this remake. It's alright. A little slow paced, but I prefer the original version.

HE COOKED HIS GOOSE (1952) - Honestly, this is one of my least favorite Stooge shorts. This one casts the boys as separate characters, and I never liked those "different" Stooge shorts. Larry gets the main role, but again, I like him better in that "third Stoge" role. Plus, Moe's "bad luck" from CORNY CASANOVAS seemed to carry on to here. Didn't really seem necessary, and Moe acts more goofier and giddier than usual. Shemp doesn't have that much to do. This short just didn't seem fit for the Stooges.