This is one of the "fake Shemp" shorts, aka the Stooges owed four shorts to Columbia with Shemp when Shemp passed away. So those four shorts are remakes of earlier Shemp shorts with some new footage of Moe, Larry, and a "fake Shemp" who usually has his back to the camera and leaves the scenes he's in very quickly. This one is a remake of Fuelin' Around. They change the story a bit so the Three Stooges are spies sent to steal the rocket formula unlike the original where they're just.regular guys who get caught up in mistaken identity and espionage (aka Larry is mistaken for a professor with a formula for rocket fuel). This remake, like all the "fake Shemp" remakes, is kind of pointless, but a new scene where 2 beautiful spies put the boys in their place for being fresh is hysterical and makes the short worth watching.
Plot summary
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.
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Pretty good remake...
Not as good as the original.
HOT STUFF is the second of four shorts shot after Shemp's death in 1955. Joe Palma, with his back to the camera, doubled for Shemp in a few scenes. HOT STUFF is a remake of FUELIN' AROUND, and nowhere near as good.
Starting in 1953, director Jules White took footage from old shorts and added in new footage of the stooges, with a minor new story line. The doubles of Shemp are too obvious in this film. For one thing, Joe Palma turns around for a minute and you can see his face.
The new scenes were shot in early 1956. I think the Three Stooges should have quit after Shemp died. None of the later Joe Besser shorts are very funny. They should have let FOR CRIMIN' OUT LOUD be their last film. It's the last one Shemp's alive in.
If you really want to see anything funny from HOT STUFF, watch FUELIN' AROUND instead. The funniest part of the new footage is a woman in the office biting Larry on the nose.
**1/2 out of 5 stars!
Good one!
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!
This is one of My favorite Three Stooges shorts with Shemp! All Appearing in this short are Jock Mahoney, Emil Sitka, Vernon Dent, Christine McIntyre, Philip Van Zandt, Tiny Brauer, Andre Pola, Connie Cezan, Evelyn Lovequist, Joe Palma, and Gene Roth! This one is so hilarious! Shemp has a great performance here and in My opinion its one of his best. There is a similar one like this called Fuelin' Around and I strongly recommend both of these Three Stooges shorts!