The Stooges are defense workers at the Heedlock Airplane Corp., a pun on the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. In the opening scene, they enter an apartment and break into a safe, which turns out to be a refrigerator. With the food they find, they prepare a late night meal of a single slice of ham, an egg, bread and coffee. Moe and Larry share the food, and Curly gets the bone and the eggshell. While eating, Curly breaks his tooth while attempting to eat the ham bone, resulting in a major toothache. Moe suggests he simply gets some sleep, and in the morning the toothache will be gone.
The boys situate themselves for bed in a three-tiered bunk bed. Curly naturally receives the top bunk and his ascent thereto is not without mishap: faces are stepped on, and an attempt to alleviate Curly's pain using a hot water bottle ends in a soaking for Moe. When Curly does finally fall asleep, we are introduced into his dreams where his persistent moaning and complaining about his toothache aggravate the other two into action. His fear of dentists leaves the Stooges to improvise their own brand of home dentistry techniques. These techniques include trying to extract the tooth with a fishing pole and line, tying the tooth to the doorknob and violently closing it, tying the tooth to a ceiling light fixture and jumping from a ladder, and lastly, a firecracker.
As the dream sequence continues, Curly is taken by Moe to the dentist, Dr. Tug (Lew Davis). A terrified and belligerent Curly makes the check-up difficult. Exhausted from wrestling with Curly, Dr. Tug enters the adjoining office of his partner Dr. Yank (Bud Jamison) and asks him to complete the extraction. Meanwhile, Moe tries to placate Curly's fears by taking his place in the chair and simulating the procedure. Yank enters the office and—believing Moe to be the patient—knocks him out with ether in a rag and pulls his tooth, ignoring Curly's warnings. Yank hands the extracted tooth to Curly and, upon learning that Curly is the real patient, runs out of the room. Moe awakens and finds Curly holding the tooth. This understandably angers him to no end and he takes it out on Curly, who attempts to defend himself. This flailing action in the dream translates to similar action in his sleep, causing him to wake up and fall through the entire bunk bed, which collapses in a heap on top of his two sleeping compatriots. Enraged, Moe gives Curly a solid punch to the jaw. This dislodges the problem tooth and all is well. The boys fall asleep where they lie amongst the bed cushions and splintered wood.
Production notes
"I Can Hardly Wait" was filmed on March 15–18, 1943.[1] It is a remake of the 1928 Laurel and Hardy silent short film Leave 'Em Laughing.[2] The film title is officially listed with quotation marks (as "I Can Hardly Wait"), as it represents a phrase Curly repeats throughout the film.[2] The first two malapropistic lines of Curly’s song ("She was bred (bread) in Old Kentucky/But She's only a crumb up here") is also the name of the song the Stooges performed as “Nill, Null, and Void” in the film Loco Boy Makes Good.
As "I Can Hardly Wait" was filmed during World War II, it contains references to wartime activities and propaganda, such as the Stooges working on fighter planes as defense workers and Moe’s reasoning for the dentist to have Curly’s broken tooth removed: “Listen, doc, we're defense workers. If you wanna cut down on absenteeism, yank this guy’s tooth! He won’t let us sleep, he’s sabotaging the war effort!”
^ abSolomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 233; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN0-9711868-0-4
hardly, wait, 1943, short, subject, directed, jules, white, starring, american, slapstick, comedy, team, three, stooges, howard, larry, fine, curly, howard, 73rd, entry, series, released, columbia, pictures, starring, comedians, released, shorts, studio, betwe. I Can Hardly Wait is a 1943 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges Moe Howard Larry Fine and Curly Howard It is the 73rd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959 I Can Hardly WaitDirected byJules WhiteWritten byClyde BruckmanProduced byJules WhiteStarringMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardAl ThompsonBud JamisonLew DavisAdele MaraCinematographyJohn StumarEdited byCharles HochbergDistributed byColumbia PicturesRelease dateAugust 13 1943 1943 08 13 U S Running time18 27CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Production notes 3 References 4 External linksPlot EditThe Stooges are defense workers at the Heedlock Airplane Corp a pun on the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation In the opening scene they enter an apartment and break into a safe which turns out to be a refrigerator With the food they find they prepare a late night meal of a single slice of ham an egg bread and coffee Moe and Larry share the food and Curly gets the bone and the eggshell While eating Curly breaks his tooth while attempting to eat the ham bone resulting in a major toothache Moe suggests he simply gets some sleep and in the morning the toothache will be gone The boys situate themselves for bed in a three tiered bunk bed Curly naturally receives the top bunk and his ascent thereto is not without mishap faces are stepped on and an attempt to alleviate Curly s pain using a hot water bottle ends in a soaking for Moe When Curly does finally fall asleep we are introduced into his dreams where his persistent moaning and complaining about his toothache aggravate the other two into action His fear of dentists leaves the Stooges to improvise their own brand of home dentistry techniques These techniques include trying to extract the tooth with a fishing pole and line tying the tooth to the doorknob and violently closing it tying the tooth to a ceiling light fixture and jumping from a ladder and lastly a firecracker As the dream sequence continues Curly is taken by Moe to the dentist Dr Tug Lew Davis A terrified and belligerent Curly makes the check up difficult Exhausted from wrestling with Curly Dr Tug enters the adjoining office of his partner Dr Yank Bud Jamison and asks him to complete the extraction Meanwhile Moe tries to placate Curly s fears by taking his place in the chair and simulating the procedure Yank enters the office and believing Moe to be the patient knocks him out with ether in a rag and pulls his tooth ignoring Curly s warnings Yank hands the extracted tooth to Curly and upon learning that Curly is the real patient runs out of the room Moe awakens and finds Curly holding the tooth This understandably angers him to no end and he takes it out on Curly who attempts to defend himself This flailing action in the dream translates to similar action in his sleep causing him to wake up and fall through the entire bunk bed which collapses in a heap on top of his two sleeping compatriots Enraged Moe gives Curly a solid punch to the jaw This dislodges the problem tooth and all is well The boys fall asleep where they lie amongst the bed cushions and splintered wood Production notes Edit I Can Hardly Wait was filmed on March 15 18 1943 1 It is a remake of the 1928 Laurel and Hardy silent short film Leave Em Laughing 2 The film title is officially listed with quotation marks as I Can Hardly Wait as it represents a phrase Curly repeats throughout the film 2 The first two malapropistic lines of Curly s song She was bred bread in Old Kentucky But She s only a crumb up here is also the name of the song the Stooges performed as Nill Null and Void in the film Loco Boy Makes Good As I Can Hardly Wait was filmed during World War II it contains references to wartime activities and propaganda such as the Stooges working on fighter planes as defense workers and Moe s reasoning for the dentist to have Curly s broken tooth removed Listen doc we re defense workers If you wanna cut down on absenteeism yank this guy s tooth He won t let us sleep he s sabotaging the war effort References Edit I Can Hardly Wait at threestooges net a b Solomon Jon 2002 The Complete Three Stooges The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion p 233 Comedy III Productions Inc ISBN 0 9711868 0 4External links Edit I Can Hardly Wait at IMDb I Can Hardly Wait at AllMovie I Can Hardly Wait at threestooges net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title I Can Hardly Wait amp oldid 1138523970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
