Product Details

• Actors: Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Kitty McHugh, Emil Sitka
• Directors: Edward Bernds
• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: January 28, 1997
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303019803
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,840 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some Of The Best Shemp You Can Get..., December 29, 1999

By	Iris Martin (Oak Park, IL) - See all my reviews

I'm not going to write a detailed review like I did for "Idiots De Luxe" for this one, because it doesn't need explaining. Basically, just get this video! 3 of my favorite kind of episodes (Where they are working on something and end up totally ruining it.) I know many Stooge fans LOVE Curly and don't like Shemp nearly as much, but this video may just turn your opinions around. After watching this video and "Who Done It?" I have come to like Shemp just as much as I like Curly. So...order this one now! It's DEFINETLY worth the price. All 3 episodes are wonderful..

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4.0 out of 5 stars GENTS IN A SNITCH ON THE ROOF, July 8, 2001

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

GENTS IN A JAM (1952) - Great short. The chase scene between Rocky and the Stooges, with Uncle Phineas getting caught in the middle is hilarious. This is the last short directed by Edward Bernds. There was a nasty dispute going on at Columbia at the time between producers Hugh McCollum and Jules White, and Columbia settled this by firing McCollum, and Bernds resigned after McCollum's firing. Sad, because Bernds was a great director, and in my opinion, the best director right under Del Lord. Columbia was out of their mind for firing Hugh McCollum.

A SNITCH IN TIME (1950) - This short kinda goes in three different sections. The beginning, with the Stooges in their warehouse getting into their usual mischief, is hilarious, violent, and the boys at their best, especially when Shemp and Larry are trying to get Moe's eye unglued. Them middle slows the whole thing down, using old re-hashed gags from TASSELS IN THE AIR that were funnier in the original. But it picks up again in the last half during the wild chase/fight scene. All in all, a pretty good short, slows down after about 7-8 minutes into it, but picks up steam toward the end.

GOOF ON THE ROOF (1953) is one of my favorite Three Stooges shorts. The boys are utter knuckleheads in this, and it's funny how the destruction of the house gets worse and worse each minute. Another Stooge crew-member's swan song, this time it's writer Clyde Bruckman. He commited suicide sometime after the production of this short. Too bad, because he was one of the boys most creative writers and has a lot of credits under his belt.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant hour with Shemp, April 28, 2000

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A thoughtful programmer has packaged three situation comedies, in which the Stooges tackle various projects with no success whatever. GENTS IN A JAM has the team cleaning house before a rich relative's visit. A SNITCH IN TIME has the Stooges as inept woodworkers (there's some funny dialogue in this). GOOF ON THE ROOF is the broadest of the three shorts, with the Stooges trying to install a TV antenna. None of these are mentioned when "classic" Three Stooges comedies are discussed, but they are fast and funny examples of the Stooges' early-1950s work.