Wee Wee Monsieur

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Wee Wee Monsieur
Image:WeeWeeMonsieurTITLE.jpg
Directed by	Del Lord
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Searle Kramer
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent William Irving Bud Jamison Harry Semels John Lester Johnson Ethelreda Leopold
Cinematography	André Barlatier
Editing by	Charles Nelson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg February 18, 1938
Running time	17' 23"
Country	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Termites of 1938
Followed by	Tassels in the Air
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Wee Wee Monsieur is the 29th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Notes 3 Quotes 4 Further reading

[edit] Plot

The Stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up accidentally joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard Captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves and try to rescue their captain.

[edit] Notes

• This is the first short in which the Stooges sing the "Lollipop Song", which they would sing in later shorts.
• This is the first short in which the Stooges are told they must don a disguise and they disguise themselves in Santa Claus outfits.

[edit] Quotes

(Landlord approaches apartment door and knocks.)

• • Open up! Zis is ze landlord."
  • Curly (inside): "There's nobody home!"

• • Moe: "We haven't got a dime and the landlord has threatened to throw us out!"
  • Curly: "What is he squawkin' about? We only owe him for eight months!"

• • Larry: "If we were back in America, at least we could join the WPA."
  • Curly: "Or the YWCA!"

• • [The Stooges are disguised in Santa Claus costumes.]
  • Curly (after pulling Moe and Larry to the ground): "What happened?"
  • Moe: "You almost killed us...that's what happened!"
  • [Moe slaps Curly, and Curly looks shocked.]
  • Curly: "Oh...you hit Santy Claus! Just for that, no toys!"

[edit] Further reading

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
• The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
• The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
• One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).