All the World's a Stooge

All the World's a Stooge
Directed by	Del Lord
Produced by	Hugh McCollum Del Lord
Written by	John Grey
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Lelah Tyler Emory Parnell Richard Fiske Olaf Hytten Bud Jamison Symona Boniface Ethelreda Leopold
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Editing by	Art Seid
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	May 16, 1941 (U.S.)
Running time	16' 03"
Country	United States
Language	English

All the World's a Stooge is the 55th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Wealthy Mr. Bullion (Emory Parnell) is up in arms when his eccentric wife (Lelah Tyler) informs him that she wants to adopt a refugee, the latest socio-political movement. After taking a trip to his dentist (Richard Fiske), Mr. Bullion meets the Stooges, inept window washers who act as interim dentists when Bullion enters the office demanding medical attention. After pulling his tooth out completely ("you stripped his gears!", Larry comments), they try to put it back into his mouth with cement. However, the cement hardens before they have a chance to put the tooth back in, so they decide to blast. The dentist arrives back in his office as the dynamite is lit. He calls out to the Stooges, who notice him and run off. The dynamite goes off and Mr. Bullion wakes up, noticing that the pain in his tooth is gone. He heads back to his car and notices the Stooges hiding inside. He inquires as to what they are up to, and Moe says that they are "refugees." Mr. Bullion then has a very nasty idea to disabuse his wife of her philanthropic notion: pass these three nitwits off as refugee children.

Mrs. Bullion is naturally thrilled at the sight of the Stooges (who are dressed as children, in large sailor suits and moptop curly wigs), but she ends up regretting their adoption after a party is thrown in their honor — and Mr. Bullion is beginning to regret concocting this scheme to begin with. The festivities are interrupted when an angered Mr. Bullion chases after the Stooges with an axe.

The Stooges act their age in All the World's a Stooge.

Notes

• The title of the film parodies William Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage."
• Adopting refugees from European countries was a common event amongst society people during World War II.

External links

• All the World's a Stooge at the Internet Movie Database
• All the World's a Stooge at AllRovi
• All the World's a Stooge at threestooges.net