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Why so much hype?

Such a frustrating disappointment

Memorable, crazy movie

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

A variation of the story that became the Buster Keaton classic, "Seven Chances", this Three Stooges short is funnier from the view of the perspective brides than the usual violent schtick of the stooges. There's a funny rendition of a classic song sung by the massively untalented Dee Green whose voice would scare hogs away from their slop, as well as all sorts of aggressive, portly, man crazy, hideous looking bags that could be found among the Columbia bit players. Still, even with the legacy of the original premise, it's a poor substitution for the comedy that Keaton provided. I still don't get the humor of this comedy team, although I did like the joke, "Wait a minute. You wouldn't hit a lady with that. Use this. It's bigger."

I've been a fan of the Three Stooges shorts since I was a kid and I've seen them all. The ones with Curly are usually the best but there are some with Shemp that are equally as good. Brideless Groom is a Stooge short with Shemp, not Curly, but it is every bit as good as anything with Curly; and I love Curly, don't get me wrong. The funniest scene has Shemp as a vocal teacher with a female student who is not only funny looking but has a terrible voice. Larry is a riot as the piano accompanist. I taped this segment and gave it to my singing teacher years ago and she was on the floor in hysterics. There is also a great scene in a phone booth with Shemp and Moe.Five nyuks for this one.

This was my first taste of the long-running trio and, quite frankly, I was left wondering why they remain so popular if this was typical of their output. Then I watched Disorder in the Court, made eleven years earlier, and I understood. This was the Three Stooges long past their prime, rehashing old gags that were performed better by their original owners, and missing the zany touch of Curly, who had suffered a stroke earlier the same year. I really can't understand the high rating and praise for the film on this site, because there isn't much to laugh at here. Only the final scenes, which look like they've been dreamed up by some Eric Stanton devotee, come even close to raising a smile. Avoid this one unless you're an undemanding die-hard fan.

Clyde Bruckman borrows the premise of this short from Buster Keaton's "Seven Chances," recently tepidly remade as "The Bachelor." In the original, Buster has 24-hours to get married in order to inherit a large sum of money. In this version, musical teacher Prof. Shemp has only 7 hours (After all, it is a short!). This is one of the better Stooges shorts due to the storyline and wonderful routines (Including the telephone booth scene with Moe & Shemp, reminiscent of Laurel & Hardy's "Berth Marks" and the Marx Brothers famous stateroom scene in "Night At The Opera - here the boys hold their own in their variation of this routine). I'm not a huge Stooges fan, but this one should be noted by any student of comedy as one of their very best since the early 30s shorts.