Pardon My Clutch

Infobox Film
name = Pardon My Clutch


caption =
director = Edward Bernds
writer = Clyde Bruckman
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Matt McHugh
Wanda Perry
George Lloyd
Stanley Blystone
Alyn Lockwood
Doria Revier
Emil Sitka
cinematography = Allen G. Siegler |
editing = Henry DeMondt
producer = Hugh McCollum
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US February 26, 1948
runtime = 15' 16"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:141019
imdb_id = 0040681
preceded_by = "Shivering Sherlocks"
followed_by = "Squareheads of the Round Table"

"Pardon My Clutch" is the 105th 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 gets them into trouble with a local gas station attendant (George Lloyd). Finally, things improve via a car collector (Emil Sitka) who wants to buy the clunker at a premium. Claude gets wind of this, quickly takes his money back from the Stooges, and hands it to the collector. Within minutes, two men in white coats from the local insane asylum come to retrieve the supposed car collector, with Claude following right behind.

Notes

"Pardon My Clutch" was reworked in 1955 as "Wham-Bam-Slam!", using ample stock footage.

Quotes

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

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