Wham Bam Slam

Wham Bam Slam

Infobox Film
name = Wham-Bam-Slam!


caption =
director = Jules White
writer = Felix Adler
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Matt McHugh
Wanda Perry
Alyn Lockwood
Doria Revier
cinematography = Fred Jackman Jr. |
editing = Paul Borofsky
producer = Jules White
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US September 1, 1955
runtime = 15' 54"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:148999
imdb_id = 0048804
preceded_by = "Stone Age Romeos"
followed_by = "Hot Ice"

"Wham-Bam-Slam!" is the 164th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Shemp has been ill with a toothache for quite some time. The Stooges' friend Claude (Matt McHugh), a self-proclaimed Kevin Trudeau-ish doctor, gives Moe and Larry some specific instructions on how to cure the toothache, which, of course, they misinterpret every which way possible. After finally yanking the troublesome tooth, Claude suggests the trip take Shemp on a caming trip for a little R&R. Since the Stooges do not own a car, Claude offers to sell them a car that turns out to be a "lemon."

The trio run into a series of mishaps trying to get the car to work, including a flat tire that lands Moe's foot under the car. After all is said and done, Shemp realizes that he feels better after all.

Notes

*"Wham-Bam-Slam!" is a reworking of "Pardon My Clutch", using ample recycled footage from the original. The new scenes (including Shemp's toe squashed by a lobster, leading to a cossack dance) were filmed in one day: January 18, 1955. [Solomon, Jon. (2002) "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion", p. 459; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804]
* Some stooge fans have observed that 59-year-old Shemp looks ill and aged in the new footage. The same has also been observed in the Stooges' next film, "Hot Ice".

Quotes

**Larry: "You know, fish is great brain food."
**Moe: "You know, "you" should fish for a whale!" *SLAP!*

References

Further reading

*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard, (Citadel Press, 1977). ISBN 0806507233
*"The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"; by Jon Solomon, (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). ISBN 0971186804
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994). ISBN 0806509465
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002). ISBN 0767905563
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). ISBN 1581823630


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