Uncivil Warriors is the eighth short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges, released on April 26, 1935. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
Set during the American Civil War, the short begins with a Northern General (James C. Morton) assigning Larry, Moe, and Curly (as Operators 12, 14 and 15, respectively) to sneak behind enemy lines and obtain secrets. Disguising themselves as southern officers and taking the names Lieutenant Duck, Captain Dodge and Major Hyde, they insinuate themselves into the mansion of southern officer, Colonel Butts (played by well known recurring actor Bud Jamison).
During preparations for a dinner party at the mansion, Curly, more interested in the Colonel's daughter, Miss Judith Butts (Phyllis Crane), manages to substitute a cake with a quilted potholder, resulting in a feather-coughing scene. The short concludes with an episode in which Larry and Curly disguise themselves as, respectively, Captain Dodge's father and wife. This leads to a controversial gag in which Major "Bloodhound" Filbert (Ted Lorch) inquires about Captain Dodge's baby. Moe runs off and brings in a swaddled infant, which is revealed to be black, thus giving away the Stooges' charade. (Some televised prints of this short edit out the scene where it's revealed that the baby that Operator 14 has found is an African-American infant).
The three goofs run for their lives and hide in a "log" — which turns out to be a cannon — which is fired by the Confederates. The Union General wonders aloud where these three spies are. At that moment, the trio promptly land on the General from the sky.
TRIVIA
The introductory music over the titles is a medley of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (most popular marching song of the Union Army) and "Dixie" (which had the same status in the Confederate Army).
This is the first short where the Stooges are going through a patch of trees. Two Stooges, usually Larry and Curly, push the tree limbs forward before letting them go. When they let go, the trailing Stooge, usually Moe, has to duck a tree branch whipping back toward him. This repeats until eventually he forgets to duck and is struck by the branch. This is a recurring joke in the Stooge shorts.
This is the first short in which the Stooges use "Good Time Charlie" gag. When the Stooges meet a guard, they often reference Charlie. The guard asks who Charlie is, and a Stooge replies that "everybody knows Charlie. He walks like this." The Stooges then demonstrate a silly walk until they get clear of the guard, at which point they take off running. This is a recurring joke in the Stooge shorts. In Uncivil Warriors, they actually meet a soldier named Charlie, who asks the Stooges, "Are you all looking for me?"
This short features a rather rare stroke of creative ingenuity on one of the Stooges' part; after Curly snags a letter meant for Colonel Butts pertaining to Duck, Dodge and Hyde being spies, he claims to not have his reading glasses on and tries to read the letter by candlelight. He intentionally holds the letter too close to the candle's fire and burns the letter up. He then gives the Colonel an improbable lie and runs off.
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:
In the Stooges first meeting with the Colonel behind enemy lines, Moe is prying for information from him and suggests that we should have about 75000 men down here. What is the Colonel’s response as to the actual number of men?
19000 (N41 48.425, W088 02.002)
10000 (N41 48.456, W088 02.421)
500 (N41 48.416, W088 02.999)
17000 (N41 48.449, W088 03.096)
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: Record the number assigned to the letter below for usage in bonus cache GC6A8BH Moe Howard.
In the same conversation as the trivia question above, Larry suggests that we should have about 350 pieces of heavy artillery. What is the Colonel’s response as to how many pieces of heavy artillery they actually have?
40 (H = 1)
18 (H = 2)
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Episode 8 Uncivil Warriors