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Busy Buddies

  • 1944
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7.2/10
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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in Busy Buddies (1944)
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To save their debt-ridden diner, the Stooges enter a cow milking contest.To save their debt-ridden diner, the Stooges enter a cow milking contest.To save their debt-ridden diner, the Stooges enter a cow milking contest.

  • Director
    • Del Lord
  • Writers
    • Del Lord
    • Elwood Ullman
  • Stars
    • Moe Howard
    • Larry Fine
    • Curly Howard
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    493
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    • Director
      • Del Lord
    • Writers
      • Del Lord
      • Elwood Ullman
    • Stars
      • Moe Howard
      • Larry Fine
      • Curly Howard
    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Moe Howard
    Moe Howard
    • Moe
    • (as Moe)
    Larry Fine
    Larry Fine
    • Larry
    • (as Larry)
    Curly Howard
    Curly Howard
    • Curly
    • (as Curly)
    Nick Arno
    • Milking Champion's Trainer
    • (uncredited)
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Egg Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Vernon Dent
    Vernon Dent
    • Hotcakes Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Gribbon
    Eddie Gribbon
    • The Champ
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Kascier
    • Milking Champ's Trainer
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Kelsey
    Fred Kelsey
    • Pastry Vendor
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Laughton
    • Sellwell Advertising Man
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Travis
    • Chicken Soup Customer
    • (uncredited)
    John Tyrrell
    John Tyrrell
    • Referee
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Del Lord
    • Writers
      • Del Lord
      • Elwood Ullman
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    • Trivia
      The real answer to how fast they'd have $97 by hanging 25 posters a day would be 388 days, or slightly over a year. They would realistically have had to hang 9700 posters in three days, or more than 3200 posters a day, in order to have the money in time.
    • Goofs
      When Curly gets thrown over the fence, the first time, you can see a hand throwing the stunt dummy.
    • Quotes

      Moe: If we get a penny a poster and hang 25 a day, when will we have 97 bucks?

      Curly: [Curly moves his finger around like an imaginary pencil on paper for a while] Sunday night.

      Moe: Good.

      Curly: 1992.

      [Moe hits him in the forehead]

    • Connections
      Edited from What's the Matador? (1942)

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    7/10

    And, Curly Becomes "K.O. Bossy" (Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk!)

    (*Curly quote*) - "Hey! You can't do that to my cow!!"

    "Busy Buddies" (from 1944) is definitely one of my very favorite Three Stooges' shorts of all. Yeah. I think that this episode's antics all come together very nicely in perfect comic timing.

    Anyway - As "Busy Buddies'" story goes - Through some really hilarious circumstances at the Jive Cafe, the Three Stooges end up at the Carrot County Fair where (that's right) Curly becomes "K.O. Bossy" and he's now all set to start milking a cow (for the $100 prize money).

    All-in-all - I think that any viewer who likes the Three Stooges is bound to enjoy "Busy Buddies" in a big-big way.
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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Milk and Honey
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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