"Playing the Ponies" is an enjoyable Three Stooges short in which Moe, Larry, and Curly break away from the restaurant business (too many squawks from the customers) and get into the horse racing industry. There actually is one aspect of their former restaurateur duties that aids their horse Thunderbolt in being a sure thing: chili pepperinos!
My favorite moments from "Playing the Ponies" include the following (don't read any further if you haven't yet seen this film). When a customer pays Larry his check, Larry sees if he can get away with pocketing one of the coins, but Moe's watchful eye tells him to drop the coin in the cash register. Curly prepares a "fillet o' sole" by fishing for an old boot, chopping it, and cooking it! A dog growls at a customer (William Irving) for eating out of his plate. Moe gets beaned in the face with the swinging saloon doors in the restaurant and with the alarm clock in the Stooges' suitcase. Moe and Curly attempt to help Larry jump onto Thunderbolt, but Larry misses and ends up with a pitchfork in his ass.
"Playing the Ponies" was directed by Charles Lamont, and I have a feeling that the Stooges didn't really like working with him. Out of 190 shorts the boys made at Columbia Pictures, Lamont only directed two.
My favorite moments from "Playing the Ponies" include the following (don't read any further if you haven't yet seen this film). When a customer pays Larry his check, Larry sees if he can get away with pocketing one of the coins, but Moe's watchful eye tells him to drop the coin in the cash register. Curly prepares a "fillet o' sole" by fishing for an old boot, chopping it, and cooking it! A dog growls at a customer (William Irving) for eating out of his plate. Moe gets beaned in the face with the swinging saloon doors in the restaurant and with the alarm clock in the Stooges' suitcase. Moe and Curly attempt to help Larry jump onto Thunderbolt, but Larry misses and ends up with a pitchfork in his ass.
"Playing the Ponies" was directed by Charles Lamont, and I have a feeling that the Stooges didn't really like working with him. Out of 190 shorts the boys made at Columbia Pictures, Lamont only directed two.