Horses' Collars is the fifth short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges, released on January 10, 1935. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
The Stooges are detectives in the Old West. They have been sent out to recover an I.O.U. from Double Deal Decker (Fred Kohler), who plans to take possession of a ranch that is rightfully owned by Nell (Dorothy Kent). After an unsuccessful attempt at a saloon, the Stooges head to Decker's hideout.
Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villain's wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.
TRIVIA
This is the first of several Stooge shorts set in the Old West. The trio would return to this setting in GC6ENEZ Curly Howard: Goofs And Saddles, GC6G0J2 Curly Howard: Yes, We Have No Bonanza, GC7H262 Curly Howard: The Three Troubledoers, GC7BPBF It's A Shemp! Out West, Punchy Cowpunchers, Merry Mavericks, The Tooth Will Out, Shot in the Frontier, and Pals and Gals.
Curly has a violent reaction to the sight of a mouse. The only cure is for someone to feed him cheese (leading to the now-famous catchphrase, "Moe! Larry! The Cheese!"). This is similar to the device used in GC69NZ3 Punch Drunks, GC6BVDD Grips, Grunts And Groans, and GC8GMFZ Curly Howard: Tassels In The Air.
Double Deal's Five D Delight is a saloon that boasts Dice, Dames, Dancing, Drinking, and Dunking.
This is the first short and the second time where the Stooges sing "You'll Never Know What Tears Are" in barbershop music style.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
To obtain the coordinates for the final location of this cache, just answer this one trivia question obtained directly from this short, and then answer the bonus trivia question to get a clue for bonus cache GC6A8BH Moe Howard:
When the Stooges are trying to break into what they think is Decker’s safe to retrieve the IOU, they manipulate the dial and a radio station comes on. What are the call letters of that radio station?
WXYZ (N41 48.482 W088 00.804)
KABC (N41 48.571 W088 00.589)
WGN (N41 48.573, W088 00.894)
WCFL (N41 48.427 W088 00.609)
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: Record the number assigned to the letter below for usage in bonus cache GC6A8BH Moe Howard.
As the Stooges are rifling through Decker’s wallet, they pull out what they think is the IOU, and it simply states – ‘When in Chicago, call Stockyards ____ and ask for Ruby’. What is the number?
1234 (E = 6)
4144 (E = 2)
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Episode 5 Horses Collars