tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443179676076724.post6014771660737807185..comments2011-01-25T19:51:42.835-06:00garvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554635572232453299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443179676076724.post-71470791033371889702009-04-27T16:39:00.000-05:002009-04-27T16:39:00.000-05:00Man, oh man! This short doesn't really deserve to be lumped in with the other 189, it's soooo bad. In fact, it's so bad, it's good! I mean, it makes no sense--you have Larry trying to be Brando?! The hell? I've read Streetcar, I've seen the movie, and I still don't get Larry as Brando even though his T-shirt's ripped. <br /><br />And...that's it--I really can't say anything about it, it's so good it's bad. Also, in Cuckoo, Shemp's prattling on about SOMETHING, but it's in Heavenly Daze (and its remake Bedlam in Paradise) that he's talking about the infamous fountain pen that writes under whipped cream.kindersczenenhttp://kindersczenen.xanga.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443179676076724.post-88997742528168997342008-12-27T18:36:00.000-06:002008-12-27T18:36:00.000-06:00Though some say it doesn&#39;t meet the standards of the Three Stooges oeuvres, rather than trash &#39;Cuckoo on a Choo-Choo&#39;, might it be permissible to treat it as a work as yet not fully understood? <BR/><BR/> Aren&#39;t great statesmen, artists, and men of science scorned in their own time, only to be recognized for their achievements long after they&#39;ve shuffled from this mortal coil?<BR/><BR/> For the moment, I&#39;ll defer to the Stooges, knowing that in time learned men will surely recognize Cuckoo on a Choo-Choo for the symbolic epoch it truly is.<BR/><BR/> That said, throughout Cuckoo, didn&#39;t Shemp prattle on and on, something about how he put the fountain pen in the whipped cream? Was that supposed to be some drunk-o &#39;invention&#39; of his? Or did this mean something of greater signifigance?<BR/><BR/> Next time it&#39;s on TV, maybe I&#39;ll mix up a little Scotch &amp; Lestoil and ponder this work in depth.<BR/><BR/> Paul Vincent Zecchino<BR/> Manasota Key, Florida<BR/> 27 December, 2008paul vincent zecchinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443179676076724.post-46805839911015159442008-09-26T02:40:00.000-05:002008-09-26T02:40:00.000-05:00I love the Stooges...and have a special fondness for the really BAD Shemp and Joe films---- they are SO outrageous! Films like<BR/>Baby-Sitter's Jitters, Income Tax Sappy, Goof on the Roof, and Outer-Space Jitters are the lowest of the low...and yet hilarious and endearing in their own off-beat way. In fact, I will often turn to THEM for late<BR/>night "therapeutic" viewing instead of the overly-familiar Curly shorts. <BR/><BR/>HOWEVER, "Cuckoo on a Choo-Choo" is BEYOND abysmal---it is TOTALLY without merit, and surely stands as the ABSOLUTE WORST of all 190 Stooge comedies, making the above-named films seem like "Citizen Kane" by comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com