I like this and it is probably the only Healy-era Stooges short I would like (I've seen others and they range from slightly tiresome to terrible). It is available on Leonard Maltins's "The Lost Stooges" video, if you can find it. Maltin describes it as the pick of this particular litter.
At this point, the Stooges were literally stooges for Ted Healy, possibly the least funny man who ever became a successful comedian. Also in tow was Bonnie Bonnell, Healy's mistress at the time and a former Broadway actress (I don't know who she slept with to get that gig). She, in turn was nearly the most untalented actress-singer-dancer-comedienne I've ever seen.
The plot is not important, it has some decent proto Stooges schtick, but the best part is when Bonnie comes in (sliding in like Kramer did on Seinfeld) wearing this unintentionally weird mega poofie-sleeved dress and sings "Steins on the Table". Truth be told, her voice isn't bad and she delivers her part with a certain spunk. Then she goes into this spastic dance which is unintentionally hilarious. The song is obviously another discarded bit from a movie but they do a good job of making it look like the main action, Bonnie and the stock material all belong together, something they never accomplished in any other patchwork Healy-Stooges short.
Bonnie never got any work in the movies except through Healy. She didn't even get bit parts and outside gigs like Larry, Moe and Curly did while the five of them were under contract. Somebody speculated as to why Healy kept her in the act. This guy then dismissed the idea that Healy would harm his act just to get some you-know-what. That's obviously the reason. Healy was a man and that's what men do.
I recommend you see it for the curiosity factor and for that dance. In fact, I was looking to find it online when I ran into IMDb and decided to write this comment.
At this point, the Stooges were literally stooges for Ted Healy, possibly the least funny man who ever became a successful comedian. Also in tow was Bonnie Bonnell, Healy's mistress at the time and a former Broadway actress (I don't know who she slept with to get that gig). She, in turn was nearly the most untalented actress-singer-dancer-comedienne I've ever seen.
The plot is not important, it has some decent proto Stooges schtick, but the best part is when Bonnie comes in (sliding in like Kramer did on Seinfeld) wearing this unintentionally weird mega poofie-sleeved dress and sings "Steins on the Table". Truth be told, her voice isn't bad and she delivers her part with a certain spunk. Then she goes into this spastic dance which is unintentionally hilarious. The song is obviously another discarded bit from a movie but they do a good job of making it look like the main action, Bonnie and the stock material all belong together, something they never accomplished in any other patchwork Healy-Stooges short.
Bonnie never got any work in the movies except through Healy. She didn't even get bit parts and outside gigs like Larry, Moe and Curly did while the five of them were under contract. Somebody speculated as to why Healy kept her in the act. This guy then dismissed the idea that Healy would harm his act just to get some you-know-what. That's obviously the reason. Healy was a man and that's what men do.
I recommend you see it for the curiosity factor and for that dance. In fact, I was looking to find it online when I ran into IMDb and decided to write this comment.