Quiz Whizz


Quiz Whizz is a 1958 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 183rd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Sweepstakes winner Joe is taken to the cleaners by con men G. Y. Prince and R. O. Broad by investing his winnings in Consolidated Fujiyama California Smog Bags. The Stooges head to their offices to get Joe's money back. Instead, they find two sympathetic businessmen who offer to pay back the losses if Moe, Larry and Joe will pose as juvenile wards for a rich and eccentric millionaire, Montgomery M. Montgomery and his scheming wife, Lisa.But Montgomery is actually Prince's and Broad's gang leader, and plotting to kill the Stooges. the stooges go along with the game, with Larry and Moe playing blind man's bluff, while Joe is forced to eat his big cigar, until they discover the scheme, and knock out the crooks, however, when the stooges split the check into thirds, they have to paste it back together.

Production notes

Filmed on May 2–3, 1957, Quiz Whizz features Moe and Larry's more "gentlemanly" haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser. However, these had to be used sparingly, as most of the shorts with Besser were remakes of earlier films, and new footage had to be matched with old. However, in Quiz Whizz, Larry's frizz is combed back, while Moe retained his sugarbowl bangs.

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