Goofs and Saddles

Goofs and Saddles (1937)

Set in the old west, the stooges are spies for US Calvary; "Buffalo Bilious", "Wild Bill Hiccup" and "Just Plain Bill". Sent by General "Muster" to catch a gang of cattle rustlers, they wind up in a saloon where the boss of the gang hangs out. The boys disguise themselves as gamblers and get into a card game with the villain, but must flee when their identities are discovered. They hole up in a cabin, fighting off the bad guys, until the calvary arrives.

Date of release
1937-07-02
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (12)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy, Western
Director
Del Lord

Casting

Interesting facts

Goofs and Saddles is a 1937 American Western short subject film directed by Del Lord and starring the slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 24th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

The title Goofs and Saddles is a spoof of the term "hooves and saddles". Filming was completed on April 14–19, 1937.

The Stooges' names in this short are Buffalo Billious (Curly), Wild Bill Hiccup (Moe), and Just Plain Bill (Larry). The cultural references are to, respectively, American Old West figures Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok, and Just Plain Bill, an iconic radio soap opera of the era.

General Muster is a spoof on famous American Civil War and American Indian War General, George Armstrong Custer.

The chase sequence on horseback would be recycled in 1954's Pals and Gals.

This short has the smallest slap count. Moe smacks Curly softly on his head and he slaps Larry when he thought Larry pulled them off the horses after hitting a tree branch.

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