Fifi Blows Her Top


Fifi Blows Her Top is a 1958 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 184th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi, whom he left behind in Paris, has moved in next door. The only problem is that she is now married to a very evil jealous and unappreciative husband.
Typical Stooge antics result in ruining Fifi's dress, and dressing her in a pair of pajamas is an invitation for her husband to enter the scene. The husband turns out to be a real cad, and when Fifi overhears him tell about his plans to find a new wife, she clobbers him and goes back to Joe.

Production notes

Fifi Blows Her Top is a primarily a reworking of Laurel and Hardy's Unaccustomed As We Are and Block-Heads while incorporating several stock scenes from the Stooges' Love at First Bite. New footage was filmed over two days on February 12–13, 1957.
Fifi Blows Her Top marks the final appearance of longtime foil Philip Van Zandt. The actor committed suicide shortly after filming wrapped, and did not live to see its release. also with Heinie Conklin. Conklin was appeared in any of Curly and Shemp Howard era of short films.