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The Three Stooges: Yes We Have No Bonanza; We Want Our Mummy: Restless Knights
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302824476
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302824478
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: January 28, 1997
Running Time: 60 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1939
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Editorial Review:
"We Want Our Mummy" (1939, short number 37) is arguably one of the top Three Stooges shorts of the 190 the team made for Columbia. As were many of their early films, this one is loaded with shameless puns and one of their most imaginative entrances, this time as private detectives. There is also the priceless routine in which Curly is swimming in what he thinks is a pool out in the desert, and his body movements are so perfect that one can almost see the water. The influence of the Boris Karloff film The Mummy (1932) is obvious, even down to the mummy's slowly opening its eyes behind Curly's back. A real gem.
"Restless Knights" (1935, number 6) has such a flimsy plot that a good deal of the running time is taken up by only two routines. In the first, the boys stage a wrestling match; in the second, they try to knock out three guards by luring them away from a card game one at a time. Neither really works and the "punch line" in which they knock out the very queen they were sent to save is lame even for this series. Things are saved a little by the presence of Walter Brennan as their dying father, who lets us know the source of the boys' face-slapping genes.
"Yes, We Have No Bonanza" (1939, number 39) has the Stooges out West where they are singing waiters who go prospecting to get three attractive performers out of debt and into marriage. What they find is a bonanza of hidden money and bonds ("Ain't nature wonderful," one of them exclaims), which leads to the inevitable confrontation with the crooks and a chase on a wooden horse. Good vintage Stooging. --Frank Behrens
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A funny short, a boring short, and a decent short.
WE WANT OUR MUMMY is a funny short. The scene where the Stooges drive to Egypt in a cab is hilarious. The chase through the tomb is also very funny.
RESTLESS KNIGHTS is a pretty boring short. Five minutes is taken up from unimportant wrestling scenes. None of this is very funny.
YES WE HAVE NO BONANZA, a decent short. Some of this is funny, but other scenes are not funny enough. The ending was pretty funny though.
Decent tape. The quality comes out too dark.
Rating:  - A high quality choice
We Want our Mummey is easily one of the best shorts in the entire series. A classic for stooges fans and a great intoduction for those unfortunate few who do not know the stooges. From the taxi to the "this is dangerous" line the fun flys. *****
Restless Knights is an uneven choice. It is funny but poorly plotted. Walter Brennan is very funny as the father, however it is unclear exactly what they are doing and why they are doing it (Even for the stooges.) It is funny but likely ... Read More
Rating: - YES, WE WANT OUR RESTLESS KNIGHTS
WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939) - Great short. The Stooges' opening entrance, with them donning backwards detective outfits is fall-out-of-your-chair hilarious. Their taxi ride to Egypt, which ends up costing a fortune is great, and the scenes in the mummy's tomb are great, too.
RESTLESS KNIGHTS (1935) - The wrestling scenes are a hoot, and the second half is good, too. One of the Stooges earlier shorts.
YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA (1939) - One of the few good Western-themed shorts the Stooges did. ... Read More
Rating: - Stooge fans will enjoy this tape
Here's a trio of Three Stooges comedies (with Curly) that Stoogeaholics will enjoy. YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA (the one in which they sing "Red River Valley") and WE WANT OUR MUMMY (the one with "King Rootentooten's tomb") date from their peak period. Both are very amusing, both feature the same villain, and best of all, both are presented here in sparkling prints. RESTLESS KNIGHTS is an early costume piece with the Stooges rescuing the kidnapped "Queenie." It's more obscure ... Read More
Rating:  - Hysterical Stooges.
Some of their funniest shorts: YES WE HAVE NO BANANZAS; WE WANT OUR MUMMY; and WRESTLESS KNIGHTS.
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