"Pardon My Backfire" is a funny Three Stooges short that ranks rather high in the violence department. Add to that the effects of 3-D, and you have a ridiculously exaggerated trajectory of thrown objects. In this film, Larry, Shemp, and Moe operate a garage where they need to earn enough money so that they can marry their sweethearts.
My favorite scenes: At the dinner table, the Stooges and their fiancées pass plates of food to each other in tempo to a nicely orchestrated version of "O Susannah". The chief villain (Benny Rubin) accidentally delivers a punch to his girlfriend (Barbara Bartay) and then gets his nose drilled. Larry applies a blowtorch to Moe's behind. Larry also seems to be highly abusive toward Shemp in the scene where Larry has trouble shutting off a persistent car horn.
One final point: "Pardon My Backfire" has a couple of gags that are a little too painful to watch: Moe applies a rasp on Larry's forehead, and Larry gets an ignition wire shoved up his nose and out his right ear!
My favorite scenes: At the dinner table, the Stooges and their fiancées pass plates of food to each other in tempo to a nicely orchestrated version of "O Susannah". The chief villain (Benny Rubin) accidentally delivers a punch to his girlfriend (Barbara Bartay) and then gets his nose drilled. Larry applies a blowtorch to Moe's behind. Larry also seems to be highly abusive toward Shemp in the scene where Larry has trouble shutting off a persistent car horn.
One final point: "Pardon My Backfire" has a couple of gags that are a little too painful to watch: Moe applies a rasp on Larry's forehead, and Larry gets an ignition wire shoved up his nose and out his right ear!