Half Shot Shooters is the 14th 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.
THE PLOT
1918 - After getting medals for "Wounds in action" (being beaten up by their sergeant after sleeping through an attack), the Stooges are discharged from the army immediately following the end of World War I, whereupon they rough up Sgt. MacGillicuddy (Stanley Blystone) in retribution for his poor treatment of them.
1935 - The Stooges are traveling the streets hungry and are tricked into signing up for the army again. Naturally, MacGillicuddy is again the sergeant in charge. They are assigned to coast artillery and begin practicing their skills, such as they are. They first hit a smokestack, then a house, next a bridge, and lastly, a battleship, which just happens to be the admiral's flagship. Sgt. MacGillicuddy and some officers rush up to investigate, and the Stooges point fingers at each other in mutual blame. The frustrated sergeant asks them to line up a photo shoot. The Stooges agree, glad to be awarded for their sharp shooting, and pose as Sgt. MacGillicuddy swings the gun at them and fires, leaving three pairs of smoking boots behind.
TRIVIA
Half Shot Shooters was filmed on March 18-21, 1936. The film's title is a pun on Half Shot at Sunrise (1930), an RKO Radio Pictures movie with Wheeler & Woolsey.
Half Shot Shooters marked the inaugural appearance of Vernon Dent, who appeared in more Stooge shorts than any other supporting actor. It also marked the final appearance of the old Columbia Pictures "torch lady" during the credits.
QUOTES
- Officer: "Where were you born?!"
- Curly: (unable to hear him) "He says your pants are torn!"
- Moe: "I ain't got any horn!"
- Larry: "No, not warn! Corn!"
- Curly: "What?"
- Larry: "CORN!"
- Curly: "Oh, corn! I got two on both dogs!" (to the officer) "Can you tell where I can get a corn plaster, shorty?"
- Officer: "Were you born in this country?"
- Larry: "What?"
- Officer: "Were you born in this country?!"
- Larry: "No, Milwaukee."
- Officer: "Would you fight for this great republic and-"
- Moe: "Republican? Naw, I'm a Democrat!"
- Curly: "Not me! I'm a pedestrian."
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
To obtain the coordinates for the final location of this cache, just answer the two trivia questions obtained directly from this short and translate the answer into the coordinates for the final location. Finally, answer the bonus trivia question to get a clue for bonus cache GC6B619 Larry Fine:
North Coordinates: in 1935, the Stooges are broke, and are admiring a man eating dinner through a cafeteria window (Vernon Dent’s first appearance in Stooges’ shorts). There is a three word company name in the background of the outside shot of the Stooges looking in. Using those three words (ignoring punctuation) and A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, the north coordinates for the final location are N41 46.(W3L3)(W2L2)(W1L3-W1L6).
West Coordinates: After the Stooges go partially deaf from a “hearing” test, they are being questioned. The Officer remarks: “Fine soldiers for the coast artillery. Wouldn’t know a shell from a boat!” What seven word response does Moe translate that last sentence into for Larry? Using those seven words, and A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, the west coordinates for the final location are W088 22.(W2L3-W3L3)(W4L3)(W7L1).
(For example, W1L1 = the value of Word 1, Letter 1)
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: Record the number assigned to the letter below for usage in bonus cache GC6B619 Larry Fine.
After the Stooges sign up for the Army a second time, and after their question and answer session with the Major, they are given food to eat for the first time. What type of food are they given?
Tomatoes (D = 0)
Potatoes (D = 5)
To watch this short, use the following link :
Episode 14 Half Shot Shooters
For a checksumm value of the six missing coordinate digits, see the hint.