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==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Image:Jemgam.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Curly spooks his cohorts.]]
[[Image:Jemgam.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Curly spooks his cohorts]]
The Stooges are janitors in a doctor's office working the night shift. The usual antics occur, first with Moe getting an electrical shock down his pants, leading to a [[Cossacks|cossack dance]]. Then, Curly gets his head wedged inside a fish bowl, containing a live fish. Though Moe and Larry eventually slide the bowl off, Curly starts to feel the swallowed fish tickling his insides. Moe manages to fish the aquatic critter out of Curly.
The Stooges are janitors in a doctor's office working the night shift. The usual antics occur, first with Moe getting an electrical shock down his pants, leading to a [[Cossacks|cossack dance]]. Then, Curly gets his head wedged inside a fish bowl, containing a live fish. Though Moe and Larry eventually slide the bowl off, Curly starts to feel the swallowed fish tickling his insides. Moe manages to fish the aquatic critter out of Curly.


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==Notes==
==Notes==
*The Stooges released more short subjects in 1943 than any other year, ''A Gem of a Jam'' being the tenth entry.<ref name="Solomon">{{cite book
*The Stooges released more short subjects in 1943 than any other year, ''A Gem of a Jam'' being the tenth entry.<ref name="Solomon">{{cite book
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| title = The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion
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* When the night watchman backs into the [[mannequin]], he shouts, "I'm losing my mind!" This line, however, is often silenced on television broadcasts.<ref name="Solomon"/>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:30, 24 April 2012

A Gem of a Jam
Directed byDel Lord
Written byMonte Collins
Elwood Ullman
Produced byHugh McCollum
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Dudley Dickerson
Al Hill
Fred Kelsey
John Tyrrell
Frank O'Connor
Al Thompson
CinematographyJohn Stumar
Edited byPaul Borofsky
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 30, 1943 (1943-12-30)
Running time
16' 27"
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish

A Gem of a Jam is the 76th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

File:Jemgam.jpg
Curly spooks his cohorts in A Gem of a Jam

The Stooges are janitors in a doctor's office working the night shift. The usual antics occur, first with Moe getting an electrical shock down his pants, leading to a cossack dance. Then, Curly gets his head wedged inside a fish bowl, containing a live fish. Though Moe and Larry eventually slide the bowl off, Curly starts to feel the swallowed fish tickling his insides. Moe manages to fish the aquatic critter out of Curly.

Outside, a crook is shot in the arm while trying to make a getaway after a robbery. The crooks bring their hurt leader (John Tyrrell) up to the Stooges, thinking the doctor's office is open for business. The boys play doctor and promptly anesthetize the wounded crook with a rubber mallet. Then, the wounded crook slides off the gurney and out the window while the Stooges' back are turned. As luck would have it, the crook lands right into a police car waiting below at street level. The other crooks flee when they see the Stooges mangle the situation, only to be captured by the policemen.

The trio, meanwhile, take cover in a rather spooky storage area, replete with a huge jack-in-the-box, and a scared night watchman (Dudley Dickerson). Curly gets so spooked that he stumbles into a vat of plaster, making him virtually immobile. As a consequence, the poor, ghostly-looking Stooge ends up scaring all involved.

Notes

  • The Stooges released more short subjects in 1943 than any other year, A Gem of a Jam being the tenth entry.[1]
  • The gag of Curly stepping out of a wax trough appearing as a ghost first appeared in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy film The Live Ghost.[1]
  • When the night watchman backs into the mannequin, he shouts, "I'm losing my mind!" This line, however, is often silenced on television broadcasts.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 239. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthor= (help)
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