- Income Tax Sappy
Infobox Film
name = Income Tax Sappy
caption =
director =Jules White
writer = Felix Adler
starring =Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Benny Rubin Margie Liszt Nanette Bordeaux Vernon Dent Joe Palma
cinematography =Ray Cory |
editing =Edwin Bryant
producer = Jules White
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USFebruary 4 , 1954
runtime = 16' 28"
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "Goof on the Roof "
followed_by = "Musty Musketeers "
amg_id = 1:147943
imdb_id = 0047115"Income Tax Sappy" is the 153rd short subject starring American
slapstick comedy team theThree Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts forColumbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.Plot
While doing their income tax forms, our heroes decide to go into business by advising the public on how to cheat the IRS. After throwing a big party to celebrate their latest "get rich quick" scheme, the Stooges find their latest "clients" are actually IRS agents.
Notes
*The title "Income Tax Sappy" is a
homonym for "Income Tax Happy." [Solomon, Jon. (2002) "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion", p. 435; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804] .
*This is only one of the two shorts made in 1954 containing all new footage, the other being "Shot in the Frontier ".
*Both critics and fans have observed that Moe is considerably more grouchy in this short, especially in the first half. Also, Moe and Larry are the only two featured in the second half. This was because Shemp had suffered a mildheart attack during filming.Fact|date=September 2008References
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).
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