I've always enjoyed this episode but looking at it yesterday for the umpteenth time, I felt it could have been better, although - make no mistake - I had still had fun watching it. (Fans of the Three Stooges never seem to get tired of watching their films, no matter how many times.)
You can't go wrong with a Stooges story in which the boys create havoc at a snooty party of the hoi-polloi. I just wish they had created more of a scene. These snobs didn't seem to be as panicked as they should have been with mice in shoes, on shoulders, down dresses, etc. The same goes for the ants. Just when you thought "Oh, boy, here we go," the scene would quickly end. I would love to have seen total chaos at the party.
I did laugh out loud at "Professor Repulso" playing a song at the piano and the cats chiming in with loud meows whenever he hit certain keys, and I laughed out loud at the "Cossack Dance," with the Stooges imitating some poor guy wriggling and jiggling because rodent slipped down his collar!
The names of some of the people are pretty good, in addition to Mr. Repulso. For instance, the butler is "Gawkins" and the boys' boss is "A. Mouser, General Manager of the "Lightning Pest Control."
Curly, Larry and Moe made it over to this party at the suggestion of their boss, who was bemoaning the fact there isn't much business. "This rat-catching business is going to the dogs," he cries. He then tells his three worst employees - guess who? - they are fired unless they drum up some business. He tells them to get some mice and ants and ruin this big party so they will have to hire them to clean up. "Good idea, boss," says Moe, and off they go.
You can't go wrong with a Stooges story in which the boys create havoc at a snooty party of the hoi-polloi. I just wish they had created more of a scene. These snobs didn't seem to be as panicked as they should have been with mice in shoes, on shoulders, down dresses, etc. The same goes for the ants. Just when you thought "Oh, boy, here we go," the scene would quickly end. I would love to have seen total chaos at the party.
I did laugh out loud at "Professor Repulso" playing a song at the piano and the cats chiming in with loud meows whenever he hit certain keys, and I laughed out loud at the "Cossack Dance," with the Stooges imitating some poor guy wriggling and jiggling because rodent slipped down his collar!
The names of some of the people are pretty good, in addition to Mr. Repulso. For instance, the butler is "Gawkins" and the boys' boss is "A. Mouser, General Manager of the "Lightning Pest Control."
Curly, Larry and Moe made it over to this party at the suggestion of their boss, who was bemoaning the fact there isn't much business. "This rat-catching business is going to the dogs," he cries. He then tells his three worst employees - guess who? - they are fired unless they drum up some business. He tells them to get some mice and ants and ruin this big party so they will have to hire them to clean up. "Good idea, boss," says Moe, and off they go.