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A SNITCH IN TIME (1950) is a good example of director Ed Bernds directorial talent. I tend to agree with the previous reviewer who said the table scene borrowed from a Curly short slowed things down, but overall the short is fun to watch. Seeing Moe's character flip for their leading lady is an interesting switch (usually it's the third stooge, or all of them, who have the love interest).

GENTS IN A JAM (1952) is another Ed Bernds classic, also his last film with the stooges. That is, until they started doing features several years later. Again, the boys cause more damage than repairs (I LOVED the bit with the broken radio). And, like most Bernds films, there is a very funny chase scene. In this one, Uncle Phineas (Emil Sitka) takes some VERY real-looking blows. Again, we have a winner!

GOOF ON THE ROOF (1953) is my favorite film of the three. True to Jules White's directing style, some of the film is hilarious and some of it would put a speed addict to sleep. I didn't care for the first half of the film (although seeing Moe eat a soap sandwich and guzzle a bottle of vinegar was amusing). Seeing a guy's head in a bucket of water loses its appeal after the first time. But the second half of the film is a riot! Seeing the boys try (and I do mean TRY) to install a TV and antenna is worth enduring the first half of the film! Overall, it is a MUST SEE! If you liked Tool Time, you'll love the shorts on this tape!

Excellent tape. Excellent Shorts.
GENTS IN A JAM is one of my favorite Three Stooges shorts of all time. The whole film is excellent. 16 minutes of non-stop laughter all the way.

A SNITCH IN TIME may as well be the best short on the tape. It's a reworking of TASSELS IN THE AIR, but much funnier. The painting scenes turn out much funnier here. An excellent short. One of the Stooges' best.

GOOF ON THE ROOF is a classic short. It's a reworking of Laurel and Hardy's HOG WILD. Not as funny as that film, but still excellent.

An excellent tape, worth the price of all three shorts.

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GENTS IN A JAM (1952) - Great short. The chase scene between Rocky and the Stooges, with Uncle Phineas getting caught in the middle is hilarious. This is the last short directed by Edward Bernds. There was a nasty dispute going on at Columbia at the time between producers Hugh McCollum and Jules White, and Columbia settled this by firing McCollum, and Bernds resigned after McCollum's firing. Sad, because Bernds was a great director, and in my opinion, the best director right under Del Lord. Columbia was out of their mind for firing Hugh McCollum.

A SNITCH IN TIME (1950) - This short kinda goes in three different sections. The beginning, with the Stooges in their warehouse getting into their usual mischief, is hilarious, violent, and the boys at their best, especially when Shemp and Larry are trying to get Moe's eye unglued. Them middle slows the whole thing down, using old re-hashed gags from TASSELS IN THE AIR that were funnier in the original. But it picks up again in the last half during the wild chase/fight scene. All in all, a pretty good short, slows down after about 7-8 minutes into it, but picks up steam toward the end.

GOOF ON THE ROOF (1953) is one of my favorite Three Stooges shorts. The boys are utter knuckleheads in this, and it's funny how the destruction of the house gets worse and worse each minute. Another Stooge crew-member's swan song, this time it's writer Clyde Bruckman. He commited suicide sometime after the production of this short. Too bad, because he was one of the boys most creative writers and has a lot of credits under his belt.