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Curly Howard: Three Smart Saps (redux) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/19/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Moving this one closer to home, as at the original location the cache has disappeared.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it is fairly close. Solve the simple puzzle below to get the coordinates for this cache.

 

Three Smart Saps is the 64th 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

The Stooges must get their future father-in-law (John Tyrrell) out of jail. Apparently, the father is a prison warden who has been overthrown and put behind bars by the local mafia. The Stooges manage to sneak into the prison, find the father-in-law to be, and start snapping as many incriminating photos of the mafia's party as possible. As a result, the real crooks are served justice, and the Stooges marry their sweethearts.

TRIVIA

Three Smart Saps was filmed on April 7–10, 1942. This is the seventh of sixteen Stooge shorts with the word "three" in the title.The film's title is a play on the 1936 musical comedy film Three Smart Girls.

The mobster party in prison is decorated with college-sports-style banners for well-known prisons of the day.

The scene featuring Curly's loosely basted suit that comes apart at the seams while he is on the dance floor was a routine borrowed from Hatold Lloyd's 1925 film The Freshman.

PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS

Quotable quote: The Stooges need to get into prison to save their future father-in-law. When Curly is told that they "are not arresting ordinary people", he says: "We're not ordinary people. We're morons".

You get to enjoy almost five full minutes of Rhumba music in this one, part of which is in the second clip below. Very catchy.

 

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.

Watch the following short Curly clips

Curly Breaks A Window: Episode 64 Three Smart Saps Clip1

SUBTRACT the price of a dozen eggs (in cents) from the Laski Groceries' address. ADD this result to the last three digits of the posted North coordinate.

Curly Does The Rhumba: Episode 64 Three Smart Saps Clip2

Using A=1, B=2, C=3, etc., equate the prison name seen on the pennant to a numeric value by ADDING up the letter values. ADD this result to the last three digits of the posted West coordinate.

 

Have fun! Get the family involved.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)