After a heavy lost of Curly and Shemp the Stooges replace them by Joe Besser who win this episode a TV contest but spent all money in useless bonds, now tax agent visit them to take a share...quickly they are going try to find a crook to get back the money....there they sent to a house to be disappear...but have a great surprise!!!Actually Joe Besser sign a contract with stooges with promise that Moe didn't beat him!!!
7 Reviews
Amazingly good for a Besser short
holme-15 July 2001
This is one of Besser's best shorts with the stooges, one thing that may have helped was the return of writer Searle Kramer who wrote some classic Curly shorts back in the 1930s. The short contains many funny gags and a scene with Joe Besser that even people who typically stay away from Besser shorts will want to see bad. Even though Larry once again gets way more of Moe's wrath than Joe, it is still good. But the stooges look a little too old to be disguising as children, because Larry and Joe were in their 50s and Moe was 60 during filming. Plus, Joe is once again a whiner like usual. Overall: B-
First Stooge short I can remember seeing...
ftgplus419 December 2006
In about 1981, long before I knew anything about the Stooges or their history, I happened to see a couple Stooge shorts on a friend's TV. I guess I wasn't paying much attention because I only retained a few things, including "Montgomery's wards" and the cigar-eating bit. (I remembered even less about the other short, which turned out to be "Sing A Song Of Six Pants.")
Fast-forward to 2006, when I start really checking out Stooge films for the first time. Before too long I try to see if I can find the titles & other info about the shorts I'd seen way back, particularly the "Montgomery's wards" one. I assume, without giving it a second thought, that both shorts were Curly ones. So I was kind of surprised that the "M.W." short turned out to be "Quiz Whizz", one of the few Besser ones. Well, now I've seen it again, and I can give it a proper review.
There is some funny stuff towards the beginning: Moe describing the "missing" Joe to police while looking at him ("Hair color? Skin!"); Moe unsuccessfully grabbing Joe by his (nonexistent) hair; Emil Sitka wearing the too-big hat. But the humor starts to peter out before long. Well, at least the writers had the sense to establish Joe's love of cigars in the first scene. Speaking of Joe, he's just as annoying here as he's (unjustly) reputed to be most of the time; it's like the writers knew audiences didn't like him and were trying to incorporate that into the humor.
P.S.: Does anyone else think it's ironic that childish Joe is the one whose "adult" vices seemingly threaten to blow the Stooges' cover?
Fast-forward to 2006, when I start really checking out Stooge films for the first time. Before too long I try to see if I can find the titles & other info about the shorts I'd seen way back, particularly the "Montgomery's wards" one. I assume, without giving it a second thought, that both shorts were Curly ones. So I was kind of surprised that the "M.W." short turned out to be "Quiz Whizz", one of the few Besser ones. Well, now I've seen it again, and I can give it a proper review.
There is some funny stuff towards the beginning: Moe describing the "missing" Joe to police while looking at him ("Hair color? Skin!"); Moe unsuccessfully grabbing Joe by his (nonexistent) hair; Emil Sitka wearing the too-big hat. But the humor starts to peter out before long. Well, at least the writers had the sense to establish Joe's love of cigars in the first scene. Speaking of Joe, he's just as annoying here as he's (unjustly) reputed to be most of the time; it's like the writers knew audiences didn't like him and were trying to incorporate that into the humor.
P.S.: Does anyone else think it's ironic that childish Joe is the one whose "adult" vices seemingly threaten to blow the Stooges' cover?
No magic in here
Horst_In_Translation16 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
"Quiz Whizz" is an American black-and-white live action short film from 1958, so this one has its 60th anniversary this year and it is another Three Stooges short directed by Jules White. At 15.5 minutes, it is among their shorter and it is also one of the later works which you immediately see by the inclusion of Joe Besser that means Curly and Shemp too were already dead at that point sadly. Still it is one of the rare occasions apparently where one of their later works seems original and not a remake of an older Stooges short movie. Once again, fraud and scam play a big role like in so many other works and actually everybody here cannot be trusted and just wants Joe's money. The trio as always play likable fools in here and the final scene says it all. Look at Moe still saying: ""we" tore it up". Anyway, all in all, once again I was not too impressed by this one and did not find it too funny. I would not say though that Besser is the reason as so many Stooges fans hate him. He did what was possible given the mediocre material. Overall, my suggestion here is that only the very biggest Stooges fans should check this one out. Everybody else can skip it or they will be about as underwhelmed as I was I guess. It's a thumbs-down from me. Watch something else.
Do barbeques have pits?
csweetleaf21 April 2003
Even though I'm not really a fond of the Joe Besser shorts, this is an exception due to the return of write Searle Kramer who wrote classic shorts from the late 1930's and the short feels more like a decent Shemp short cause it does have crooks involved and I hope that next time that the stooges come back on, they'll show this short due to the fact that AMC didn't play it.
The short begins as Joe Besser winning $15,000 and Moe and Larry are worried about him, and Moe calls the police only to find that Joe came out and when Joe was about to take a bite off of his sandwich, Moe yells at him, Joe got ripped off and together they try to find Joe's money, then they meet the two crooks (in disquise) and they send the boys to a home where they will 'take care' of them, in order to know the rest of the plot you gotta see it for yourself and I think the people who don't like Joe Besser should give this short a try and he gets hit at least a couple times.
The short begins as Joe Besser winning $15,000 and Moe and Larry are worried about him, and Moe calls the police only to find that Joe came out and when Joe was about to take a bite off of his sandwich, Moe yells at him, Joe got ripped off and together they try to find Joe's money, then they meet the two crooks (in disquise) and they send the boys to a home where they will 'take care' of them, in order to know the rest of the plot you gotta see it for yourself and I think the people who don't like Joe Besser should give this short a try and he gets hit at least a couple times.
Good one!
Movie Nuttball30 June 2005
The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!
One of My favorite Stooges shorts with Joe is none other than Quiz Whizz! All appearing in this short are the beautiful Greta Thyssen, Gene Roth, Milton Frome, Tiny Brauer, and Emil Sitka! There are so many funny parts here. This is a very hilarious short and I recommend it!
One of My favorite Stooges shorts with Joe is none other than Quiz Whizz! All appearing in this short are the beautiful Greta Thyssen, Gene Roth, Milton Frome, Tiny Brauer, and Emil Sitka! There are so many funny parts here. This is a very hilarious short and I recommend it!
"I don't wike toys! I wike MONEY!"
slymusic8 December 2013
Warning: Spoilers
"Quiz Whizz" is a latter-day Three Stooges short starring Joe Besser, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine, and while it might be a lot of fun to watch, it just doesn't provide much laughter. The convoluted plot has the boys in search of a swindler (Milton Frome), and for reasons that are not clear, the Stooges end up masquerading as children to be adopted by a villainous millionaire (Gene Roth). I've heard it said that the sissyish Joe Besser is hilarious during his lengthy cigar-eating scene, and I wish I could agree. The only moment in this film that I find amusing is Moe's loud reaction to Joe's smog bag investment, but it then leads into a very inappropriate sequence in which Moe actually attempts to murder Joe with a gun! In addition, the knife-throwing climax is very unrealistic. Anyhow, the Stooges appear to be doing their best with what they are given to do, and in spite of their ages, they effectively behave like children. Also, do not ignore the small but colorful list of supporting players who appear in "Quiz Whizz".
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