# The Best THREE STOOGES Lines! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418 "2003-05-15T12:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/41 "2003-05-16T19:55:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker \* > From the previously-mentioned “Violent Is the Word for Curly.” This question came up on the IMBD boards a few years back, and someone responed that it was already a well-known vaudeville song, and that it wasn’t written for the short. Yep, that’s the one. Thanks for the info about the vaudeville roots – while I enjoyed the song, I didn’t think it quite fit the “Stooge style,” and was wondering why it was used. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/42 "2003-05-16T22:37:11Z")
There’s no need to Kazaa it. As Why A Duck said in the previous thread you can find it at [threestooges.com](http://threestooges.com) in the sounds dept. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/43 "2003-05-17T01:02:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GaryM \* > \*\*“look at the golfs”! \*\* How are we gonna shoot golfs without guns? ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/44 "2003-05-17T04:01:43Z")
Wasn’t it is “Moe and Larry the cheese!!”? ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/45 "2003-05-17T14:31:29Z")
From **Capacitor** > [@](#): > > Wasn’t it is “Moe and Larry the cheese!!”? “Soitenly it was!!!” FYI, check out the sound section at [www.threestooges.com](http://www.threestooges.com). They’ve got everything. Including **The Curly Shuffle**! ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/46 "2003-05-17T19:18:48Z")
The Lawyers Law firm was Dewey, Cheatem and Howe ---
**Author:** ![michael\_hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@michael\_hunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/michael_hunt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/47 "2003-05-17T23:51:20Z")
I always laugh when I hear Curly say “If at first you don’t succeed, keep on sucking 'till you do suck seed.” ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/48 "2003-05-18T00:24:07Z")
Moe: “What does the giger counter say?” Larry: “click-click click-click click-click . . .” \ Moe: “Gimme that . . . .” * * * Curley: “Don’t you _dare_ hit me in the head! You know I’m not normal.” * * * ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/49 "2003-05-18T04:06:51Z")
Curly, upon spotting a radio: “Ooh, a boogie woogie box!” And my all-time favorite: “Wise guy!” I’ve got a black and white poster in my room with the words “The 4 Wise Guys of the 20th century” and an altered picture of Mt. Rushmore featuring Einstein, Gandhi, ML King, and…Curly. I LOVE it. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/50 "2003-05-18T19:23:51Z")
“Moe–Omay. Larry, Arrylay. So you’re…” “Curlicue!” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/51 "2003-05-19T02:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spectre of Pithecanthropus \* > \*\*You know, this one actually got nominated for the Best Short Oscar. I’m still waiting for TCM to play it during their March “31 Days With Oscar” feature. \*\* Yup – it was their only Oscar nomination. BTW, the title of that short was “Men in Black.” The Stooges saving the world from the scum of the universe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/52 "2003-05-19T03:06:34Z")
It wasn’t uttered by a Stooge (the Police Chief), but I never got over: “I was at a _lodge_ meeting.” _(followed by the lie detector going berserk, and the dispassionate operator informing the embarrassed Chief that his response had broken the machine.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/53 "2003-05-19T07:03:26Z")
_Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drink four of these, And woo-woo woo WOO!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/54 "2003-05-19T07:12:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > The Stooges saving the world from the scum of the universe. 🙂 WHOA. Now _there’s_ a concept picture I’d love to see! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/55 "2003-05-22T12:44:12Z")
Who OWNS the rights to the THREE STOOGES? Whoever does must be making a fortune! ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/56 "2003-05-28T02:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marine\_One \* > \*\*There was the one where Curly apparently went nuts whenever he saw tassels! The only thing that would bring him out of it was eating cheese: > > CURLY: “Moe!! The cheese…the cheese!!..woooo…woooo.wooo.” > > And Moe and Larry start shoving cheese in Curley’s mouth. > > Sometimes he was particular: > > CURLY: "No!!!..No!!!..Limberger!!! > > You have to see it to appreciate it. \*\* slight clarification: The one where he went nuts and needed cheese was when he saw a mouse. When Curly went nuts when he saw tassels you had to tickle his chin to calm him down. One other episode was that he went nuts whenever he smelled “Wild Hyacinth” perfume. The cure? Tickle his right foot. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/57 "2003-05-28T06:07:07Z")
So many great ones… “Hey, dreamboat”… “Not you, shipwreck!” Lady: “Young man, you act as if the Sword of Damacles is hanging over your head!” Larry: “Lady, you must be psychic!” Shemp is in love with “Nora” and thinks she is beautiful, even though she looks like five miles of bad road. Larry: “Give me another drink. I can still see her face!” The boys are ice fishing, and Curly hooks Moe and pulls him down through Moe’s hole, under the ice, and up through Curly’s hole. Curly: “Hey, this fish looks just like Moe!” Moe, lecturing the boys on their manners: “Never call a babe a dame.” (turns to the lady they offended) “Right, Toots?” Moe (at a fancy parlor liquor cabinet): “Sparkling water with your liquor?” Larry: “Always!” Moe: sprays him in the face. Stop me, please!.. Timmy ---
**Author:** ![Wristy\_McSlashalot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Wristy\_McSlashalot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wristy_McSlashalot)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/58 "2003-05-28T10:20:32Z")
‘I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm!’ ‘Down on the street where the faces shine, floating around in a real low mind’ ‘Well, maybe go out, maybe stay home, maybe call Mom on the telephone’ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/59 "2003-05-28T11:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wristy McSlashalot \* > \*\*‘I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm!’ > > ‘Down on the street where the faces shine, floating around in a real low mind’ > > ‘Well, maybe go out, maybe stay home, maybe call Mom on the telephone’ \*\* What the **Fresh Hell** does that have to do with the Three Stooges?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Wristy\_McSlashalot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Wristy\_McSlashalot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wristy_McSlashalot)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418/60 "2003-05-28T11:57:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*What the **Fresh Hell** does that have to do with the Three Stooges?:dubious: \*\* It was a joke about misreading the thread title. I’m sorry. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-three-stooges-lines/175418.md?page=4)