The Sitter-Downers

The Sitter Downers
Directed by	Del Lord
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Marcia Healy June Gittelson Betty Mack James C. Morton
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	November 26, 1937
Running time	15' 34"
Country	United States
Language	English

The Sitter Downers is the 27th 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

The Stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law (James C. Morton) refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts from fans, including a lot and materials for a house. The Stooges win the strike and get married, but now they must build their house. Their wives decree that they will have no honeymoon until the Stooges finish the job. An example of their building skill is a short set of stairs on a wall that Larry says are shelves, and a bathtub he installed on a wall.

Notes

• The Stooges' wives are named Florabell (June Gittelson), Corabell (Betty Mack), and Dorabell (Marcia Healy, sister of the Stooges' former boss, Ted Healy).
• A colorized version of this film was released in 2004. It was part of the DVD collection entitled "Goofs on the Loose."

Quotes

• • [The Stooges are drawing names of their girls out of a hat. Larry reaches into the hat and draws a name.]
  • Larry (reading): "I've got Florabell."
  • [Moe reaches into the hat and draws a name.]
  • Moe (reading): "I've got Corabell."
  • [Curly reaches into the hat and rips out the hat liner.]
  • Curly (reading): "I get...Stetson! Which one is she?"

• • Moe: "We ain't gonna build nothin'! We're on our honeymoon!"
  • Curly: "Soiteny! I got married so I could retire!"

Further reading

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
• The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon [2], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [3](Citadel Press, 1994).
• The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [4](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
• One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [5], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).