Three Stooges and Hitler!

Three Stooges and Hitler!

The Stooges• The Three Stooges are a “slapstick” comedy

team that started on the vaudeville stage.• They consist of:

The Stooges

• Moe and Curly are actually brothers: Moe and Curly Howard.

• Curly’s real name is Jerome Lester Horwitz/Moe’s is Moses Horwitz. They are obviously both Jewish

• Larry Fine became a good friend and his real name is Louis Fienberg. (also Jewish)

Adolf Hitler• Adolf Hitler is an Austrian vegetarian painter

who had ideas of world domination. (very bold)

Adolf Hitler• He was an excellent speaker and had many

followers. • Came into control of Germany (now Nazi

Germany) he got rid of all of his enemies and made powerful friends.

The Stooges

• Moe was the first person to satirized or make a fun of Adolf Hitler. (controversial at the time)

• Three Jewish actors portraying Hitler and his Nazi Party…ha!

The Stooges• Larry portrays Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler’s

right hand man, especially when it came to propaganda.

• Before the shoot, Larry hurt his foot and had a limp, coincidently just like Goebbels who had a bum leg.

The Stooges

• Curly portrays many Nazi images at the time. – The exaggerated craziness of a Nazi general– A salute when Moe gives a speech just as

Mussolini would solute

“You Nazty Spy”

• Similarites in the short film: – Snake Swastika– Moronika for Morons– Yiddish Language (Jewish language)– "Moe: We'll start a 'Blintzkrieg' – Mata Hari (actual WWI female spy) /Mati

Herring (play on words of the spy and an actual German and Yiddish herring dish)

Curly’s “Red Book”

• Very risqué for it’s time: – Book of women’s phone numbers… not respectful– Reference: bra size - "Ruby Clutch" "oh, oh oh! G“• The censor's missed the clever play on words the

Stooges created