Guns a Poppin!

Infobox Film
name = Guns A Poppin!


caption =
director = Jules White
writer = Elwood Ullman
Jack White
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Joe Besser
Vernon Dent
Frank Sully
Joe Palma
cinematography = Henry Freulich |
editing = Saul A. Goodkind
producer = Jules White
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US June 13, 1957
runtime = 16' 27"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:149943
imdb_id = 0050469
preceded_by = "Space Ship Sappy"
followed_by = "Horsing Around"

"Guns a Poppin!" is the 179th 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

Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. Moe appeals to the judge (Vernon Dent), claiming he is a sick man who was instructed by his doctor to maintain peace and quiet. This peace is broken by Larry and Joe who are loudly rehearsing their "The Original Two-Man Quartet" routine. Moe cracks, and wraps Larry's trombone slidearound the quartet's neck. Realizing Moe is in bad shape, Larry and Joe decide to take their ailing leader on a hunting trip to relieve his stress. Moe takes to the idea like ducks to bread, and the Stooges start packing.

No sooner do they arrive in an empty cabin when a hungry bear devours some eggs and potatoes while Moe has his back turned. His nerves double frayed, Moe asks Larry and Joe to pursue the bear. One thing leads to another, and the bear ends up behind the wheel of the Stooges' car, driving away with it. Then, when Moe thinks he is at the end of his rope, the Stooges get involved with a sheriff (Frank Sully) in hot pursuit of outlaw Mad Bill Hookup (Joe Palma).

Back in the courtroom, Moe ends his story by concluding that he must go back to bed for six additional months. The judge takes pity on the poor Stooge, and finds him not guilty.

Notes

"Guns a Poppin!" is a reworking of 1945's "Idiots Deluxe", using ample stock footage from the original. [Solomon, Jon. (2002) "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion", p. 493; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804]

Quotes

**Joe: "You can take my word, Moe, I..."
**Moe: "Your word's no good!"

References

Further reading

*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806509465] (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767905563] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581823630] , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).