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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Five-Star Tape., January 16, 2002
This review is from: The Three Stooges - I'm a Monkey's Uncle [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I'M A MONKEY'S UNCLE, MUMMY'S DUMMIES, and SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE. There's no best short on this tape. All three are equally funny. I'M A MONKEY'S UNCLE is so funny, especially Shemp with Dee Green. She tackles well. She'd make a good football player. A priceless short. Remade as STONE AGE ROMEOS. MUMMY'S DUMMIES is also very funny, especially the supporting cast. This could not have been better, but the quality could. SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE is possibly the best Three Stooges short set in medevil times. This was great. The quality of the three is best on this one. A great short. Notice that all three of these shorts take place in a different time period. The quality of the tape comes out darker than usual. I give this 4 1/2 stars.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Can't give them all 5 stars! Not classics, but good anyway!, April 21, 1999
This review is from: The Three Stooges - I'm a Monkey's Uncle [VHS] (VHS Tape)
"I'm a Monkey's Uncle" is the Three Stooges' version of the Flintsones, only much funnier. Great, but average for the Stooges. "Mummy's Dummies" is a bit better. The King's tooth plucking is pretty funny, and the chase through the palace is OK. Another average short(for the Stooges.) "Squareheads of the Roundtable" is a good spoof on opera, but the stupid serenade is funny. Their timing has been better.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I'M A DUMMIES OF THE ROUND TABLE, July 8, 2001
This review is from: The Three Stooges - I'm a Monkey's Uncle [VHS] (VHS Tape)
A back-in-time themed video tape, and all shorts ironically come from the same year: I'M A MONKEY'S UNCLE (1948) is disappointing. Set in the Stone-Age. With the Stooges set as cavemen for the whole short, your expectations are high for a great, unique short, but they really wasted the premise. What we get is a lot of weak scenes, another 5 minute scene with Moe doing another poor Curly imitation (see also SHIVERING SHERLOCKS), and a weak ending. Although the interaction between Shemp and Baggie (Dee Green) is funny. But they didn't do much with this premise as they should've. Same thing with SELF MADE MAIDS, which casts the Stooges playing all the parts, even the supporting roles - and that clever premise wasn't handled well at all. Still, worth seeing the Stooges as cavemen. MUMMY'S DUMMIES (1948) is a better short. Set in ancient Egypt. Some great scenes, and my favorite part is where the guard is quickly unraveling the mummy bandages wrapped around Shemp, sending him spinning though the whole room. Incidentally, this is the only pre-1950's Shemp short that was not remade with the Stooges later on. SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE (1948) is a wonderful short. Set in Medieval times. Great writing and direction, with a great supporting cast, topped off with a wonderful castle scene makes this one of the best shorts the Stooges ever did. Starts out bumpy, but the shorts on the tape progessively gets better as it goes along.
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