Crash Goes The Hash is the 77th short subject starring the American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
Fuller Bull (Vernon Dent), the head of the ailing Daily News, confronts the reporters he hired for not getting him a story to keep up with a competing newspaper called the Daily Star Press. Fuller Bull catches three shirtmen (the Stooges) outside; thinking they are reporters from the Daily Star Press, he immediately hires them to get a picture of visiting Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn (Dick Curtis). Word has it that Shaam has plans to marry local wealthy socialite Mrs. Van Bustle (Symona Boniface). The trio disguise themselves as servants, and work their way into a party being held at Mrs. Van Bustle's home in the honor of the prince.
The Stooges all but sabotage the festivity by serving hors d'oevres consisting of peas and dog biscuits, along with a turkey stuffed with a live parrot. The prince leaves in disgust, with the butler (Bud Jamison) following close behind. Undaunted, the Stooges manage to expose both the prince and butler as crooks who were planning to rob the house.
The next day, the Stooges tells Fuller Bull that a man claiming to be Prince Shaam is not a prince and they had both him and the butler arrested. As a result of their findings, Bull becomes overwhelmed with joy, and tells the people printing the paper to stop the presses for an extra. He gives the boys a large bonus, and Mrs. Van Bustle thanks the boys for preventing her from marrying Shaam.
TRIVIA
Crash Goes the Hash was filmed October 11-13, 1943. It would be supporting actor Bud Jamison's final appearance in a Stooge film. A type 2 diabetic in his later years, Jamison appeared in 16 more films before his untimely death in September 1944. As he was a devout Christian Scientist, Jamison refused to take insulin when the symptoms of his diabetes acted up. As a result, he went into diabetic shock and died at age 50.
The parrot's "Jeepers creepers! What a night!" exclamation combines the 1930s slang euphemism from "Jesus Christ" (made into the Johnny Mercer 1938 song " Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers?") and the parrot's "What a night!' from the Stooges' 1936 entry GC6BJKP Disorder In The Court.
Even though the story and screenplay is credited to Felix Adler, this film borrows considerable dialogue, situations, and even shot set-ups from the 1937 Columbia Short New News, starring Monte Collins and Tom Kennedy, which was written by Al Giebler, Elwood Ullman and Searle Kramer.
The Stooges made many public appearances during the height of World War II in support of the war effort. The demands of the heavy touring took its toll on Curly in particular, whose timing and energy began to deteriorate. In Crash Goes the Hash, Curly's speech is slightly slower and his falsetto had begun to lose its crisp high pitch. The dialogue spoken at the lemonade table where he covertly tells Larry to take a picture of Prince Shaam features Curly talking in his normal speaking voice, which is noticeably deeper than Moe's or Larry's.
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
I kind of disagree with the assessment of Curly's decline above. The scene at the lemonade table reflects Curly's ability to act in a different manner, becoming covert with his voice. Still, slight declines in his performance are noted.
Very sad to read about Bud Jamison. From the very first Stooges short (GC69MMP Woman Haters) to this one, I did not realize his career with the Stooges ended so soon. In this last episode for him, it's fitting that he utters the line when revealing his disgust with the boys: "Such levity! You remind me of The Three Stooges". To which Curly responds: "Hey! That's an insult!"
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
Watch the following short Curly clips
Curly The Star Reporter: Episode 77 Crash Goes The Hash Clip1
Curly Serves Can O'Peas: Episode 77 Crash Goes The Hash Clip2
WXYZ = Star Cleaning & Pressing Co. license plate numerals.
Let NNN = (W * X * Z) – (Z * Y) - 9. ADD NNN to the last three digits of the posted North coordinates.
Using A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, compute the value of each word of the three word brand name of the base ingredient of the Can O’ Peas.
W1 = The computed value of the first word
W2 = The computed value of the second word
W3 = The computed value of the third word
Let WWW = (W3 * 5) + W1 – W2 + 1. SUBTRACT WWW from the last three digits of the posted West coordinates.
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