Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)

the audience applauded

Simply Perfect

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The Stooges, in this short, are "The Pip Boys: Lary, Moe & Shemp." (Yeah, that's the way they spelled Larry on their front door. They are tailors and sell new and second-hand clothes.The story involves the boys trying not to be foreclosed and a bank robber who is on the loose. If the Stooges can somehow catch the crook and get the reward money, they could stay in business.Like a number of these shorts involving Shemp - who I did really like and think was funny - a lot of the routines are re-hashed stuff that were done in prior "Curly episodes." Nonetheless, Shemp adds his touches.Also similar to many, this short only really starts cooking the last 5-6 minutes when chaos usually erupts. In this case, it's at the store when the crook and his pals return to look for a missing safe combination and some cash stolen out of his sports-coat.Overall, a "fair" episode, but not a whole lot we haven't seen before.

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.

Another great Shemp classic that delivers tons of laughs. Even though it's not my favorite, because it seems like Shemp is attempting to steal some of Moe's style, you are still on the floor laughing from the jokes.The boys are tailors in this episode. They are in great debt and need a to find a way to pay back the IRS so they can keep their shop. When they hear about a fugitive with a pretty nifty award, they have some hopes. But seriously, what are the chances they'd catch this guy? Well, with the three stooges there, of course they'd have a good chance, only they mistake the robber for a mannequin when he is running from a cop. When the robber is in the clear and goes back home, his pants that Shemp removed for a customer are still there at the shop with a combination for a safe with lots of money in it. He decides to go back with some goons, and our stooges get into another crazy adventure not knowing what they got themselves into.9/10

This is a fairly reasonable entry from the Three Stooges, although it still falls short of material being produced by other comic acts of the era. In this one, they are tailors whose business is deeply in debt. A gangster stumbles into their shop while fleeing from the police, and the boys attempt to turn the situation to their advantage.The moment you see a clothes press on the set you just know someone is going have their head stuck in it before the credits roll. The Stooges couldn't resist a press – clothes, letter, it didn't matter, they just had to stick someone's head in it. Passable entertainment, but the title is the cleverest thing about it.