Curious little instance of wartime censorship of a Three Stooges episode?

[F.U.Shakespeare]

@CalMeacham

I don’t recall any examples of anything naughtier than “Giva Dam” in their stuff. But, in his autobiography, Moe Howard claimed that when they tried doing their stage act (well after the death of the Columbia shorts) they actually tried using some “blue” material. I don’t know what Moe considered “blue”, but the thought of Stooges doing sex jokes seems bizarre. The Stooges were cleaner than Tex Avery cartoons.

1. In “You Nazty Spy”, they were trying to execute Mattie Herring* but she tricked Curly into putting on the blindfold, so he shot Moe in the ass by mistake. When Curly asked what happened, Moe said “She got away, and you shot me in the excitement!”

2. And I can’t remember what the episode was, but I swear that Moe once responded to a statement by one of the others with, “You just ejaculated a mouthful”.