cutie honey : tears is a 2016 japanese film directed by asai takeshi .

the film is based on the manga series cutie honey written and illustrated by go nagai and stars mariya nishiuchi as the title character .

it was released in japan by toei company on october 1 , 2016 .

cutie honey : tears

toei will release cutie honey - tears - in japanese cinemas on october 1st .
mariya nishiuchi stars as the latest incarnation of go nagai’s cutie honey in the new movie cutie honey - tears - . photo courtesy of toei co . , ltd . © 2016 “”cutie honey - tears - ” film partners
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cutie honey : tears is a live action film in the cutie honey franchise . the film debuted in japanese theaters on october 1 , 2016 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
theatrical poster for the film . image courtesy of toei co . , ltd . © 2016 “cutie honey - tears - ” film partners
nicole ishida as sister jill . photo courtesy of toei co . , ltd . © 2016 “”cutie honey - tears - ” film partners
in april , the cutie honey - tears - website updated with a 60 - second teaser trailer and several stills , which you can check out below .
over the past four decades , cutie honey has been featured in manga , film , television and animation , much to the delight of generations of fans . now the “warrior of love” is reimagined for the upcoming live - action film , cutie honey - tears - .
earlier today , the official cutie honey - tears - website started streaming a new teaser trailer . the 90 - second teaser is set to opening theme believe by mariya nishiuchi .
in october 1973 , akita shoten’s weekly shonen champion began serializing cutie honey ( キューティーハニー , kyuutii hanii ) , a new manga by go nagai . that month also saw the debut of the cutie honey anime series by toei . both followed the adventures of honey kisaragi , an android girl who could transform into the beautiful super heroine cutie honey with the words “honey flash ! ”
the adventure of cutie honey , a super heroine who can transform into anything using her necklace to switch on and say
honey flash !
.
cutie honey - tears - is a live - action film based on go nagai’s cutey honey manga . the feature is being directed by asai takeshi is helming the project , while shirogumi inc . ’s ryo higuchi serves as visual effects director .
cutie honey - tears - liv . . .
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the official website for cutie honey - tears - , the upcoming new live - action film adaptation of go nagai ' s classic sci - fi action manga in the mid - 1970s , has updated with a teaser visual featuring 22 - year - old fashion model / actress mariya nishiuchi as the title role . the tagline is written as
wake up ! cutie honey♡
based on manga series
cutie honey
by go nagai ( published october 1 , 1973 to april 1 , 1974 in manga magazine weekly shonen champion ) .
in addition , the site updated with a photo of nishiuchi in - character as the titular cutie honey and a poster visual . you can check these out below :
at the end of the 21st century , the world is plagued by a mysterious virus and unusual weather . genius scientist dr . kisaragi creates an android with the code name “cutie honey” ( mariya nishiuchi ) . the android is unique in that it possesses human emotions . to save mankind , cutie honey goes up against an evil organization .
at the end of the 21st century , the world is plagued by a mysterious virus and unusual weather . genius scientist dr . kisaragi creates an android with the code name “cutie honey” ( mariya nishiuchi ) . the android is unique in that it possesses human emotions . to save mankind , cutie honey goes up against an evil organization .
staff directors : a . t . ( takeshi asai ) , ryo higuchi original story : cutie honey by go nagai screenplay : yoshinori nakazawa , yasuhiko tanaka producer : kentaro koike
cutey honey ' s creator , go nagai , has a cameo as the man sitting in the car honey lands on after being thrown from the twister .
the official website of cutie honey - tears - , the upcoming new live - action film adaptation of go nagai ' s classic sci - fi action manga in the mid - 1970s , today posted a 100 - second full trailer including honey ' s transformations that are revealed for the first time . the video also features the theme song for the film ,
believe ,
performed by the star nishiuchi herself .
when the first teaser for asai takeshi ' s cutie honey : tears - the big screen revival of the iconic nagai go character last seen in anno hideaki ' s 2004 adaptation - arrived back in april it provoked some fairly strong ( and split ) reactions among fans surprised by its slick , digital feel and overall darker take on the charcter . and those splits are likely to only deepen nw that the full theatrical trailer has arrived .
honey flash ! ! ! without actual flashing seems , well . . . . not very flashy at all
avex ' s official youtube channel has posted a three - minute music video for 22 - year - old actress / fashion model mariya nishiuchi ' s 6th single
believe
to be released on september 21 . it is used as the theme song for cutie honey - tears - , the upcoming new live - action film adaptation of go nagai ' s classic sci - fi action manga in the mid - 1970s . she also stars the film as hitomi kisaragi / honey . she , who has also performed as a singer - songwriter , wrote the lyrics of the song by herself .
it is the end of the twenty first century and the planet is a victim of a conspiracy involving death , disease and environmental degradation . doctor kisaragi designs and operationalizes a cyborg called cutie honey . the creation can feel , sympathize and take action . the rich and powerful and the corporation have an adversary .
hoping to shake up the status quo , a scientist named dr . kisaragi creates a new type of ai… one with human emotions . implanted with the memories of kisaragi’s daughter , the beautiful android cutie honey ( mariya nishiuchi ) confronts the oppressive forces led by another android , sister jill ( nicole ishida ) .
in hibernation for years , the body - shifting android cutey honey is brought out of her self - imposed stasis to fight the evil dolmek and his minions of monsters .
the movie ' s release date is the exact same day as honey ' s first ever appearance in issue 41 of weekly shonen champion , premiering on the 43rd anniversary in 1973 .
the film is set in an alternate future , where ai technology reigns supreme . in this world , the wealthy elites live in gleaming cities , which tower over the slums and ghettos that the rest of the world calls “home . ” cutie honey is a special android , capable of human emotions and imbued with the memories of genius scientist dr . kisaragi’s daughter . she’s driven to confront the corruption of humanity that resides within the city .
filming for the movie began on november 23 , 2015 . [ 4 ] as this was mariya nishiuchi ' s first action role , she spent a whole month training before filming . [ 5 ] cutie honey ' s battlesuit took a different approach compared to other incarnations , adopting a mainly black look to go along with the character ' s outlook and personality . [ 6 ] the shooting had ended on december 28 , 2015 . [ 7 ]
honey kisaragi is professor takeshi kisaragi ' s daughter . she studies at a religious school from which she likes to escape frequently . her father orders her to come home one day through a . . . see full summary »
offering a much larger and more detailed look both at the character and the world of the film this new trailer serves to reinforce the first impressions made by the teaser . while anno presented a bubblegum pop take on the cutie honey character - a fashionable android battling evil - asai is definitely pushing in a very different direction . production values and scale on this new trailer look significantly better than on the previous teaser - and a pretty firm notch above the mean for most japanese productions these days - but time will tell whether the glossy finish is enough to win people over to this take on the character .
the film is directed by asai takeshi and will feature high quality cgi special effects produced by vfx director ryo higuchi ( space battleship yamato film ) . mariya nishiuchi has been cast as honey kisaragi . filming wrapped up in december of 2015 , with the production wrapping up later in june of 2016 . nicole ishida has been cast as sister jill , described as being the ruler of evil . [ 3 ]
the film received mixed to negative reviews . the costumes and special effects were praised including the use of honey ' s outfit design and use of contrasting colors . one of the main criticisms was unlike the source material , the film paints a bleak and dimmed future without the colorful humor the franchise is known for . the plot was also criticized for being interchangeable with other known sci - fi films in dystopian settings . [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
one man from the upper area , dr . kisaragi , plans to change the world for the better by creating an android with a . i . and emotions indistinguishable from a human using the brain memory patterns of his deceased daughter . the android hitomi kisaragi is brought down to lower areas at the cost of dr . kisaragi ' s life . on the surface , honey pairs up with reporter seiji hayami and the resistance leader kazuhito uraki to fight against the oppressors of this world , controlled by the evil android sister jill .
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in the near future , the wealthy live on the upper floors of skyscrapers and the poor live below . after a beautiful android with human memories falls to the ground , she decides to help protect people against a crisis .
i am not much of a fan of sci - fi movies but i tried this one since mariya is the lead . i never imagined that i ' d cry at a sci - fi movie . the acting was great , the costumes , the effects , the story is also interesting . somewhat predictable like other movies of the same theme and yet you wouldn ' t be bored watching this . so if you love sci - fi movies , or those saving earth themed movies , this one is a good watch .
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the late 21st century has become a jet - black world dominated by ai . the city has been divided by class , with the wealthy literally living above the poor . life is a daily struggle for the lower class , who must deal with dirty rain and pollution from those on top .
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takeshi asai ( ghost in the shell : stand alone complex op movies ) , aka a . t . , co - directs the film with ryo higuchi ( it all began when i met you , my hawaiian discovery vfx supervisor ) . the film is set to release on october 1 , 2016 , distributed by toei .
the story is set in near future , when the world ' s population has decreased dramatically because of abnormal weather and an unknown virus . people are divided into two classes : the rich and poor . the world is now dominated by ai , and the poor people have to work to maintain the economy and everyday
lives of the rich who live in the upper part of the city . one day , an android named hitomi kisaragi , who is
created by professor kisaragi and has his daughter ' s memories , falls down to the lower part of the city .
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i 'll never heil again is the 56th short subject released by columbia pictures in 1941 starring american slapstick comedy team the three stooges ( moe howard , larry fine and curly howard ) .

the comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959 .

i ' ll never heil again

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l ' ll never heil again is the fifty - sixth columbia pictures short subject starring the three stooges .
i ' ll never heil again - wikipedia . i ' ll never heil again is the 5 . columbia pictures in 1 . americanslapstick comedy team the three stooges ( moe howard , larry fine and curly howard ) . the comedians released 1 . at the estate of king herman the 6 .
i ' ll never heil again is a part of the colorized stooges film , as a part of the dvd collection entitled hapless half - wits .
the title of the short parodies the song title
i ' ll never smile again
, written by ruth lowe in 1940 .
reaching between the lines : moe somehow did this with an eye poke in
false alarms
, and his shaving brush in
i ' ll never heil again
.
“…i guess we’ll never know . it’s like a kind of torture to have to watch the show ! ”
the three stooges in one of their world war ii - era shorts , this one involving the fascist dictator of moronica , in
i ' ll never heil again
( 1941 ) .
i ' ll never heil again is the 56th 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 short 1941 three stoges film
i ' ll never heil again ,
which also lampooned nazi germany , was twice banned by argentine president juan peron , whose sympathies lay with the axis powers .
the three stooges in i ' ll never heil again ( columbia , 1941 ) . one sheet ( 27
x 41
) . this hilarious short has the three stooges taking on the dictat… | pinteres…
any other stooge :
i ' ll make a note of it .
king herman the 6⅞ is a caricature of kaiser wilhelm ii in his appearance and especially his hobby of chopping wood .
i ' ll never heil again
was released 5 weeks and 2 days after the real wilhelm ii died in exile .
back in 2007 , i took a trip to vietnam . upon leaving , i swore i’d never go back . the only way i’ll give this place a second chance is if i meet a girl who really wants to go to vietnam or if some business trip takes me .
i ' ll never heil again premiered in argentina in february 1942 ( along with the other south american countries ) , but it was banned during the governments of juan perón ( 1945–1955 , 1973–1974 ) because perón was a sympathizer of the nazi doctrine .
this is a pool game , not a blitzkreig . . . i think i ' ll invade you !
( moe )
there’s been a lot of serious subject matter recounted here , so i’ll close with a humorous , light - hearted anecdote . during the filming of i’ll never heil again , moe’s daughter celebrated her birthday . not wanting to be late or miss it , he left the set in full costume , complete with black tape moustache . the lapd received several calls reporting hitler speeding through hollywood running red lights .
in january , 1940 , the stooges came out with
you nazty spy ,
beating chaplin by nine months . in july , 1941 , they released
i ' ll never heil again ,
a more pointed jab at hitler . at that time , making hitler look bad was highly controversial .
several years ago , there was a question about renaldo working in a couple of columbia shorts with the three stooges . he may have portrayed a japanese envoy in i ' ll never heil again ( columbia , 1941 ) as well as a bullfight announcer in what ' s the matador ? ( columbia , 1942 ) . three stooges researcher brent seguine came to the rescue and advised that renaldo never appeared with the zany trio . brent adds that the short - statured ' japanese envoy ' in i ' ll never heil again was played by nick arno ( 5 ' 4
tall ) and paul ellis is the ' announcer ' in what ' s the matador ? .
indeed . i greatly enjoyed this disc . i hope the second is just as good .
poland in mid - september , and the countries had treaties of economic assistance and cooperated in military research . however , just one month before i ' ll never heil again was released , germany invaded the soviet union . king herman the 6 . three years after this short was released , there really was such an attempt to kill hitler .
most of this review has concerned you nazty spy ! , so i’ll add a few interesting tidbits on i’ll never heil again . the 56 th short , produced , directed , and written by the same cast . a soviet union representative is present at moe’s conference of his “axel powers . ” a month before the july 11 , 1941 release germany invaded the soviet union . during the reigns of juan peron in argentina ( 1945 - 1955 , 1973 - 1974 ) , nazi sympathizer peron banned the short .
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production notes . it begins with moe hailstone firmly ensconced as the hitler - like dictator of moronica . curly howard plays field marshal herring ( a parody of hermann g . larry plays minister of propaganda pebble ( a combination parody of joseph goebbels and to some extent also foreign minister joachim von ribbentrop ) . i ' ll never heil again was the first short to be filmed in 1 . filmed on april 1 .
i ' ll never heil again was the first sequel in the stooge film canon . it begins , unlike you nazty spy ! , with moe hailstone firmly ensconced as the hitler - like dictator of moronica . curly howard plays field marshal herring ( a parody of hermann göring ) , who has so many medals that he wears them on both the front and back of his coat . larry plays minister of propaganda pebble .
there’s references made to the beer hall putsch of 1923 as a way to oust the king in you nazty spy ! in i’ll never heil again , king herman 6 7 / 8 is a spoof of kaiser wilhelm ii , including his famous hobby of chopping wood . there’s also a plan to leave a bomb in moe’s conference room , and three years later this actually took place in an unsuccessful attempt to kill hitler .
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i don’t want to do that because if you haven’t figured it how important mel brooks is , i can only assume you’ve never seen a mel brooks film . but for those of you who have , this one’s for you !
in 1940 , the hays code censored american films . it discouraged or flat out prohibited political statements and messages along with satire . regardless of who or what a film dealt with , the code called for everyone to receive “fair” treatment . short subjects didn’t receive the same attention from censors as feature films . this practice enabled you nazty spy ! and i’ll never heil again to turn out the way they did , as chaplin’s the great dictator kept running afoul of the censors .
in 1943 . in both shorts , curly and larry again take the roles of his henchmen .
i ' ll wipe out greece !
wait a minute . . . . chissolini tried it , and look what happened !
( larry and curly )
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honorable mention : moving body features of which the bearer is unaware : the hump in young frankenstein ( “what hump ? ” ) and the mole in robin hood ( “i have a mole ? ! ) . i’ll let you find those on your own , kiddos .
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i ' ll never heil again is the only ( semi - ) sequel in the stooge film canon . the movie begins , unlike you nazty spy ! , with moe hailstone ( moe howard ) firmly ensconced as the hitler - like dictator of moronica . curly howard plays field marshall herring ( a dig at hermann göring ) , who has so many medals , that he wears them on both the front and back of his coat . larry fine plays minister of propaganda pebble ( a dig at joseph goebbels and to some extent also foreign minister joachim von ribbentrop ) .
i just can ' t do the curly shuffle ,
solomon says . then he pauses and his face brightens :
but i can do this .
the soviet union may have easily been considered a
silent partner
of the axis . it was never a signatory to the pact of steel ( the original
axis pact
) , and obviously inimical to the anti - comintern pact . yet its relationships with nazi germany were – at least at the surface – if anything more friendly than either country ' s with the us . the ussr had joined germany ' s september 1 , 1939 invasion of poland in mid - september , and the countries had treaties of economic assistance and cooperated in military research . however , less than two weeks after i ' ll never heil again was released , their relationship changed drastically when germany declared war on the ussr .
i think i ' ll invade you !
roflmao ! slightly better than you nazty spy ! in my opinion , but still not a real classic . i do think this does a fairly good job of combining political satire and slapstick , definitely better than its predecesor . the one big fault is the map being onscreen for nearly two minutes . rating : 8 / 10
i was probably like most other young guys . . . i loved the three stooges . every time one of their shorts came on television , i ' d be there howling away and becoming more - and - more hyper until it was over and i could go outside to play and let some steam off . for as many stooge shorts i have seen - i never remember seeing the one that eddie deezen has written about . his article is very fascinating ! i watched a little of the video on neatorama ' s site , and noticed that the stooges appear so much shorter than the others in the film . was that some sort of gimmick to make them seem even more vulnerable and funny ? thanks eddie !
we now hear the axis partners , chizzilini , and the bay of rum saying betwixt themselves as they are now in their little huddle : {
we ' ll get the world from those dictators , we ' ll fight them for it
} .
larry : ( after receiving an eye poke ) i can ' t see ! i can ' t see ! moe : what ' s the matter ? larry : ( smugly ) i ' ve got my eyes closed . ( gets slapped by moe )
chizzilini is now somewhat standing up and regaining conscienceness and his balance as we now see field marshal herring kicking the world and is hittin chizzilini hard on his coconut causing him to fall once again to the floor and is again totally knocked out .
it’s no secret that brooks constantly makes fools of nazis . as a jewish man and a ww2 vet , he has said that he has made it his life’s goal to ridicule hitler and the nazi ideology so much that it can never be taken seriously again .
we now see field marshal herring running for his life once again as he is being chased by the thoroughly demented dictator hailstone .
now i don’t know if it’s just him cutting off the word “necessary” that’s what’s so funny about this , or the fact that it’s delivered by an eccentric old german man determined to be right , but it doesn’t matter , i giggle every time . i like the silliness .
dubbed - in lines when mr . ix - nay says ã¢â‚¬å
may we be struck down on this spot ! ã¢â‚¬ , his mouth isn ' t moving . the same thing when moe says ã¢â‚¬å
we must study this map very carefullyã¢â‚¬ and when curly says ã¢â‚¬å
i ' ll hit that 13 ball so hard , it ' ll fly in a million pieces ! ã¢â‚¬
debate all you want if to be or not to be should be considered a mel brooks film , but because the essential idea and comedy is extremely brooks - like , i’ll count it . in the 1968 version of the producers , the hippy version of hitler played by lorenzo st . dubois ( aka lsd to his friends ) has a “heil , baby” moment , with the same idea of making fun of hitler .
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the law firm of dewey , cheatem and howe , ( president i . fleeceum ) among others .
curly joe derita , larry fine and moe howard in the three stooges ' last feature ,
the outlaws is coming
( 1965 ) . in an interview excerpted in
the three stooges scrapbook ,
derita said he enjoyed working with the team but added ,
i don ' t think the stooges were funny . i ' m not putting you on , i ' m telling the truth - they were physical , but they just didn ' t have any humor about them . take , for instance , laurel and hardy . i can watch their films and i still laugh at them and maybe i ' ve seen them four or five times before . . . . i was with the stooges for 12 years and it was a very pleasant association but i just don ' t think they were funny .
: in the 2012 movie , the stooges never left the orphanage until they were adults and had no knowledge of things like iphones , facebook and twitter .
a tragic inversion of the trope occurs midway through half - wits holiday when curly walks off camera and is never seen nor referenced again , even during the short ' s climactic pie fight . this is due to curly suffering his stoke between scenes and the decision being made to complete the short without him .
curly : hey wait a minute , that ' s a real one ! i ' m no fool .
thought bubble : a rare live - action one in i can hardly wait , while curly is dreaming .
impressions : this short reminds me of half - shot shooters , but that short was better . sometimes it isn’t about having a foil , but having a good one . the ending scene is one we’ll see again to close another short . for anyone who’s seen dr . strangelove or : how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb it might conjure memories of a famous scene . that’s a great film , this short isn’t .
in both you nazty spy ! and the follow up i’ll never heil again , the stooges keep the same roles in spoofing various high ranking nazis . moe howard is moe hailstone , dictator of moronika in the role of hitler . in the follow up , he even dons a black tape moustache for the entire short . in the original , he wears one once applying it by “accident . ” larry fine is minister of propaganda pebble and affects a limp to accurately capture his nazi counterpart joseph goebbels . curly howard , in an army uniform with medals decorating both front and back , is field marshal herring . a lampoon of hermann goring . the jewish stooges inserted yiddish words or phrases as inside jokes for jewish audience members who understood the language . even more irony as jewish actors play nazi leaders and have them speak yiddish .
as the axis partners , the bay of rum , were fighting with dictator hailstone , chizzilini was standing there giving the hitler salute three times as he was saying ' heil ' , after each one .
turkey , which he represents , was never a member of the axis , and remained carefully neutral throughout much of world war ii . but turkey was the center of the ottoman empire , which was a major part of the central powers in world war i , as was the german empire . it was never a signatory to the pact of steel ( the original . yet its relationships with nazi germany were . the ussr had joined germany ' s september 1 , 1 .
in some sans serif typefaces , the uppercase letter i , ' i ' may be difficult to distinguish from the lowercase letter l , ' l ' , the vertical bar character ' . in serifed typefaces , the capital form of the .
what i’m writing about right now is the jokes that are perhaps recycled , because , well , they’re funny so why not use it again ? or maybe they’re used as less apparent nod to previous films . either way , here are my arbitrarily ranked top 5 reused gags in mel brooks’ movies…
you either love it or hate it ,
solomon responded .
it ' s like the stooges .
in unison , everyone on the room said ,
i love the stooges ,
or
i hate the stooges .
do you have anything on tonight ?
no , not a thing .
you ' ll catch cold .
[ rowrff ! ] ( mary ainslee & curly )
all hail his brilliant light ! never will he be overthrown . like mountains and sea . his bloodline immortal and pure . all hail britannia ! so let his wisdom guide our way .
a later curly - era short has the boys kissing and hugging a trio of women . at one point , larry pauses , looks directly at the camera and exclaims ,
this i like — and i get paid for it , too !
once again we turn to high anxiety . i almost forgot about this one , but as i was going back to watch the probing camera bit , i rediscovered a great bit of silly word play at 15 : 25 , when brooks’ character , dr . richard thorndyke is reconnecting with his old mentor professor lillolman . they’re discussing thorndyke’s mental state and that he may be suffering from a condition called high anxiety ( oh , they said it ! ) . lillolman insists that he helps thorndyke overcome this with psychoanalysis starting the following day . then this gem happens :
the great dictator ,
a 1940 film by charlie chaplin that ' s a thinly veiled mockery of adolf hitler , was , not surprisingly , never permitted to be shown in nazi germany .
the interview
may not be much of a film , but then again , it doesn ' t take much to put a hollywood movie on one or more countries ' blacklists .
a sequel to you nazty spy , with the three stooges again poking fun at the axis leaders of world war two . directed by jules white , who made so many stooges ' shorts .
step forth , seek glory ! hoist your swords high into the clouds . hail britannia ! our emperor stands astride this world . he ' ll vanquish every foe ! his truth and justice shine so bright .
false reassurance : in
rumpus in the harem
, larry is afraid that the villain , a dreaded cutthroat , will cut his throat . moe says it ' ll just look like he has two mouths .
i ate what ? : a running gag had the characters , whether a stooge or a supporter , to drink brown paint instead of coffee .
screw this , i ' m outta here : a lot of episodes end with the stooges fleeing in the commotion caused by their latest escapades .
this isn ' t something i talk about a lot . i rarely put it on my resume ,
solomon says . ( he furthered his renegade image in february by appearing on
60 minutes
and criticizing the university of arizona for not requiring professors to teach more . )
another curly classic ! as much as i love
you natzy spy !
i think i like this one just a bit more . this is a great blend of slapstick , one liners and excellent political satire . i love the pool game antics , curly removing moe ' s hitler mustache
give me back my personality !
and the whole meeting with the axis partners is just hilarious , esp when the fight it out over the globe . it was sureal seeing the stooges die and their heads stuffed and mounted on the king ' s trophy wall ! a truly awesome stooge short .
trademark favorite food : burnt toast and a rotten egg :
i ' ve got a tapeworm and it ' s good enough for him .
it’s no secret that i love mel brooks . i spend every january , starting on new year’s day watching his movies all month long . i call it “mel brooksuary” ( which inspired our very own sean to try his own “denzel marchington” ) . i could spend this entire blog telling you why brooks is a brilliant filmmaker that turned the parody genre into an art form . i could tell you about how he was a ww2 vet that diffused landmines and blasted the nazis with pop music just to piss them off , or how he’s one of eleven people to ever egot , or how he belongs to an elite group of renowned comedy writers that all wrote your show of shows together ( including carl reiner , neil simon , and mel tolkin ) .
: curly , again . he ' d usually say this in response to a question moe asked , and moe would either just be annoyed and ignore it , or in some cases , slap curly . example :
in
oil ' s well that ends well ,
joe besser silently mouths the words
i hate him
after moe is mean to him .
many minor characters have ones related to their profession . for example , the dentist in all the world ' s a stooge is named i . yankum .
possibly inspired by a real - life incident : when moe tried to teach shemp how to drive , shemp crashed the car through the glass storefront of a barbershop . shemp was too terrified to ever try driving again .
we see this gag again in history of the world , part 1 , in the ancient rome vignette . as comicus and his friends escape caesar’s palace after a bad stand up show , they follow miriam to safety . at 40 : 30 , she says to them , “now hurry ! walk this way . ” she sashays off like a girly girl , and comicus , josephus , and swiftus sashay with as much feminine attitude as the vestal virgin . again , it’s silly , it’s a throwaway gag , but damnit , gregory hines is amazing , and i adore this moment in the movie .
paper - thin disguise : this trope is quite commonplace in stooges ' shorts . in one , the boys end up cooking / catering at a party for a judge who wants to send them up the river . moe :
oh , he ' ll never recognize us in these outfits !
( apparently , just wearing a white jacket and chef ' s hat renders you totally unrecognizable . ) in another western - themed short , curly masquerades as a justice of the peace , but is not recognized by christine mcintyre until he lifts the tiny ( and i mean tiny ) little toupee off his head , points at his face , and mugs .
impressions : i don’t think the title has anything to do with this short . if it does , i don’t understand . regardless , this is an enjoyable short . first the stooges fail at one business and moe sings a catchy jingle , then they go into a business they have no business being in due to a misunderstanding .
we now see field marshal herring looking at dictator hailstone with a wicked look on his face as he has now stuck his tongue out at him once again and has reached over and pulled off his moustache in a state of madness .
impressions : a sentimental short , and i’m not a fan of those . vernon dent is back in this one . this time he’s aligned with the stooges instead of being on the receiving end as their foil . not that this is uninspired as much as i didn’t like it . this was a hard one for me to watch .
i study their world war ii - era shorts as propaganda films ,
he says .
that carries a lot more weight than looking at belly poking .
however , this joke first appeared in to be or not to be ( 1893 ) at 9 : 20 into the movie . this movie is not as well - known as say blazing saddles and it was not written or directed by mel brooks . it does star him , alongside his beloved wife and mrs . robinson herself , anne bancroft . it’s set in poland at the time of the nazi invasion , and mel and anne play actors who , among other things , satirize modern politics . mel , playing fredrick bronski , has a sketch called “naughty nazis” in which he plays hitler . as he enters , everyone says , “heil hitler ! ” and he calls back , “heil myself ! ” and the audience in the movie laughs along with the audience at home . again , simple humor , but sharp and it plays on the bravado that is expected in a dictator .
surrounded by idiots : moe . possibly the trope namer , though moe usually said
i ' m surrounded by morons
instead . played with because moe was an idiot too .
and the last time that we see this joke is , once again , robin hood : men in tights . robin has just been arrested after the archery contest , and marian offers herself to the sheriff of rottingham in order to prevent robin from begin hanged . the sheriff still takes robin away at 1 : 41 : 42 and says again , “walk this way . ” he swishes his hair and walks away with pomp and arrogance . robin and the guards shrug to each other and follow , mocking his attitude .
hitler , he sneaks in another yiddish sexual semi - obscene expression in
in pupik gehabt habit ,
which translates to
i ' ve had it in the belly button .
black comedy : happens occasionally , such as in an ache in every stake when moe tells larry to fill a cake with gas to make it look bigger . larry misinterprets the command ,
take the gas pipe ,
to mean he himself should suck on the gas pipe . moe , naturally , gets annoyed and ends his scolding with ,
i ' ll kill you later . personally !
larry actually looks scared ; he believes moe might actually do it !
we all know that the best of the best in comedy are bound to reuse a joke or two , and mel brooks is no stranger to that . when there’s a sight gag , a play on words , or just a fun bit of music that works , one can be expected to maybe use it again . now i’m not talking about a deliberate , self - referential callback to an earlier film , like “it’s good to the king” from history of the world , part 1 and mentioned in spaceballs , robin hood : men in tights , and as a lyric in “king of broadway” in the producers musical , or “a black sheriff ? ” from blazing saddles , referenced again in robin hood . those are easy .
flower pot drop : curly ends up on the receiving end of one in
nutty but nice
, apparently as a result of someone becoming annoyed with his yodeling . he ' s reluctant to yodel again afterwards , fearing something bigger might be in store for him .
impressions : “hey , this fish looks like moe . ” i think i might enjoy this short more than most people . don’t confuse this with the 1945 feature film rockin’ in the rockies starring the stooges , but often it is . that film is on the “lost treasures” volume included in the ultimate collection . this is enjoyable from start to finish with the fishing scene as the highlight .
the “heil myself” line is most prominently remembered from the producers ( 2005 ) because it’s a whole damn song in the hitler musical . of course , in this case it’s roger debris , replacing the author / actor franz liebkind , playing hitler and being as flamboyantly gay as possible . it’s a delightful , traditional broadway jam , with lyrics like
the
bey of rum
character ' s presence in the comedy short may refer to the historical sultanate of rûm , which occupied much of asia minor for nearly three centuries in the middle ages . turkey , which he represents , was never a member of the axis , and remained carefully neutral throughout much of world war ii . but turkey was the center of the ottoman empire , which was a major part of the central powers in world war i , as was the german empire .
metaldams : - - - quote from : xraffle on september 24 , 2008 , 06 : 43 : 33 pm - - - she ' s sending me pms as well . i just got another ridiculous one from her now . she wants to refrain from posting but yet she pms every member to annoy them . i ' m so infuriated right now that i ' ve added her to my block list . what the hell has gotten into her ? - - - end quote - - - you guys can tell diane if she pm ' s you one more time , she ' s banned .
chizzilini to the axis partners and the bay of rum : ( as chizzilini is reading the manifesto and is saying in a serious tone of voice ) :
i personally thinks this is fantastico .
oh , good ,
replied curly ,
i just love blintzes , especially with sour krieg .
blintzes with sour cream is a popular ashkenazi jewish dish ( all the stooges were ashkenzai jews ) .
obviously evil : the villains of the ww2 - shorts , who were usually japanese spies , fifth columnists and nazis . even the ones who didn ' t think it was a good idea to run around in full uniform on american soil , still walked around doing the heil hitler salute in broad daylight , and one nazi spy in particular wore a giant iron cross medallion .
disorder in the court introduces a gun as evidence . curly is told to try to pull the incredibly rusty trigger , after being told
never fear , it ' s not loaded .
after one harmless click , he then accidentally shoots off the baliff ' s toupee when his finger gets stuck in the trigger guard .
xraffle : - - - quote from : justin t on september 24 , 2008 , 11 : 18 : 26 am - - - that angry post was bad enough but the pm ' s she sends to culrysdame were even worse and totally uncalled for . thanks for posting that for us . - - - end quote - - - she ' s sending me pms as well . i just got another ridiculous one from her now . she wants to refrain from posting but yet she pms every member to annoy them . i ' m so infuriated right now that i ' ve added her to my block list . what the hell has gotten into her ?
the major
axle
partners shown in the conference room sequence are parodies of the major axis powers of the time—with one and a half exceptions . turkey was never a member of the axis , and in the event , remained carefully neutral throughout much of world war ii . ( however , turkey was the center of the ottoman empire , which was a major part of the central powers in world war i . germany was also part of the central powers . ) the soviet union , on the other hand , although never a signatory to the pact of steel ( and , obviously , inimical to the anti - comintern pact ) could be , due to its friendly relations with germany up until june 22 , 1941 , considered a
silent partner
of the axis with its previous co - invasion of poland after germany on september 1 , in mid - september 1939 .
this was actually a large part of what made the stooges likeable . they ' re all incredibly stupid jerks ( moe just happens to be the biggest one ) , but underneath it , they never display any malice to anyone . not even toward their antagonists , until they start actively doing something incredibly underhanded or hurting someone helpless .
impressions : when i said it would be difficult to choose a favorite stooge short , my mistake . this is my favorite stooge short . while several can compete and come close , this one always comes out on top . this short is a satire of nazi germany with moe in the role of adolph hitler . this short has so many historical film firsts and is important not only to the history of american film , but america in general i can’t possibly list them all here . i think in fact this short warrants its own review . in a way it reminds me of another famous satire film by another famous comedy team , the marx brothers duck soup .
we hear dictator hailstone saying to the minister of propaganda and field marshal herring as they are in their little huddle : {
we ' ll fight them for it and the winner get the world ; ' heekata , heefa , heefa , feef , feef , fife , fife , hukabada , hukabada , tryketda , henka !
} .
poisoned chalice switcheroo : used in multiple shorts . in one notable instance , shemp and the villainess take turns distracting each other and swapping their wine glasses . the villainess , however , simply taps the glasses together when it ' s her turn , causing shemp to swap the glasses around again and give himself the poison .
not quite as good as you nazty spy - i guess moe ' s resemblance to adolf was too close not to milk for a couple of shorts . all ' comedy map ' scenes in stooge shorts go on way too long ; the map scene in this one is the worst yet ( the camera just stares at that map for over a minute ! ) . also , curly joking about bombing hospitals & orphanages is weirdly . . . . weird - it ' s humor from an area that the stooges usually steered clear of . ( the world the stooges inhabit may be populated with gangsters and bad - tempered cops , but it ' s innocent of genocide and civilian bombing - nobody ' s that evil . ) on the other hand , some of the slapstick is great and never heil is from their all - time peak period , the early 40s , so there ' s lots of pluses offsetting the few minuses . but nazty spy was funnier .
mr . amscray to king herman the 6 and 7 / 8 ' s : ( as mr . amscray is looking at king herman the 6 and 7 / 8 ' s in pride and accomplishment as he is saying to him in a happy and respectful tone of voice ) :
you are again our king !
in this satire of the nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of moronica . when evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king , they decide to make moe the new ruler as he ' ll be stupid enough to follow their orders . moe becomes dictator , curly is a field marshal and larry becomes minister of propaganda . after successfully preventi . . .
mr . amscray to mr . umpchay : ( as he is now nodding his head at him as he is saying to him in a happy and agreeable tone of voice ) :
i shall be delighted , mr . umpchay !
a handful for an eye : in
studio stoops
, done to a henchman by shemp with ashtray sand after getting grabbed and asked ,
who ' re you ?
. his reply ?
i ' m the sandman .
ha ! horny men are funny . and i love that essentially the same joke plays out in a completely different way , proving that context is everything in comedy . keep that insight for the next time your anecdotes fall flat at a party .
butt monkey : the worst things would usually happen to curly . then again , contrary to the public perception of the stooges , moe often seemed to get the worst of the beatings , mostly due to accidents caused by himself or larry and curly ' s stupidity , and he ' d then take it out on them whether it was their fault or not .
bottomless magazines : played with in
three pests in a mess
. curly hits a bolt action rifle against the wall and it fires . he hits the rifle against the wall a second time and it fires again . bolt action rifles only fire one shot at a time ; one must use the bolt to eject the empty cartridge and load in another bullet .
it was here i swear : should a short have some sort of paranormal or mystery theme , curly and shemp will usually be the first to come across something frightening , which conveniently disappears when moe gets involved . moe will eventually witness it himself , however .
phil krasne was the key figure in resurrecting cisco yet again , this time at united artists . renaldo came back to the role , shaving off his mustache , and made the first clean - shaven cisco a do - gooder rather than a carefree bandit . leo carrillo ( 1881 - 1961 ) , who had already had a long career in films , became the new and best - known pancho .
as in
you nazty spy
, the comedic focus is more on the verbal than the physical , but the boys are again up to the task . again , the satire cuts sharply , making for a good combination of wicked chuckles and belly laughs . the axis summit was a howler , especially the rhumba scene and curly ' s attempts to smoke the water pipe . watch for a young duncan ( cisco kid ) renaldo playing the
japanese
envoy . also noteworthy was the underrated mary ainslee , as princess gilda / seeress of roebuck ; although she is usually not mentioned in the same breath as christine mcintyre or dorothy appleby , mary avoids the inevitable comparisons with a fine performance ( it ' s doesn ' t hurt that she also stacks up well in the looks dept . ) .
sony says it will distribute
the interview
someday , and when it does , we ' ll see which members of the axis of evil forbid it from being shown within their borders . in the meantime , here are a few of the more notable instances of films being banned for their political content , courtesy of the jones media center at dartmouth college , hunter duesing of letterboxd and other astute observers , as noted below :
princess gilda to mr . amscray : ( as she is now holding the ' loaded billiard ball ' and is looking at him with a really devious look as she is saying to him in a really nasty tone of voice ) :
i won ' t fail , amscray !
where we see the lovely princess gilda , king herman the 6 and 7 / 8 ' s , mr . amscray , mr . ixnay , and mr . umpchay all with joyful smiles on theri faces as they are now getting positive proof that dictator moe hailstone and his henchmen will never return and rule the country of moronika . we see the king ' s trophy wall with the following different trophy heads mounted on different shapes of boards .
princess gilda ; { seeress of roebuck } to dictator hailstone : ( as she is standing by him with a really mischievous look on her face as she is saying to him in a really wicked tone of voice ) :
very bad news , i feel your axis partners plan treturey .
all just a dream : most of
i can hardly wait
, though the audience is shown that it ' s curly ' s dream when it starts in a thought bubble .
heavenly daze
, and its stock footage reworking ,
bedlam in paradise
, are examples featuring shemp .
pretty good follow - up to
you nazty spy !
its very funny and ridiculous that moe , larry , and curly play a football game with that stupid globe against the others because they want it . the only short i have ever seen when one of the stooges was smoking something other than tobacco .
suspiciously similar substitute : three actually — joe , then curly - joe , and finally emil . joe and curly joe were curly subs and larry was replaced by emil ( whose stage name was to have been harry . ) curly - replacing - shemp - replacing - curly was an aversion since shemp and curly were fundamentally different characters . the two joes were subversions as well , as they had their own style and never tried to parody curly , despite looking like him .
work off the debt : in the short
oily to bed , oily to rise
, the stooges accidentally damage a farmer ' s saws ; he orders them to work for him until they can pay for new saws . however , in the next scene , they aren ' t shown doing said work and are back out wandering the countryside . it ' s never established if they did work off their debt or ran off when the farmer wasn ' t looking .
minister of propaganda to dictator hailstone : ( as he is standing there with his hands on his waist and has a wicked look on his face as he is saying to him in an evil tone of voice ) :
as minister of propaganda , i want to report that the people . . . . . .
then in 1993 , this joke was reused in robin hood : men in tights , on a significantly less relevant level . in fact it’s not relevant to the genre or source material at all . at 23 : 12 , it starts again with an exterior shot , but this time of a castle , and we hear maid marian for the first time singing a cheesy song about searching for her love . it zooms in closer for a bit , then cuts again to an exterior shot of the closed stained glass windows on marian’s balcony , coming in even closer to the window . then it cuts away to marian in the bath brushing her hair and singing some more , and then right at 23 : 58 , you hear glass shatter and marian turns to see a camera has broken through her window . probably the best part about this is that she acknowledges it , looks confused for a split second then goes back to hopefully singing .
. . . after several previous failed attempts to find him in the 1930 california census , i hit pay dirt . by varying spellings of his name i found him listed as duncan renalds , possibly a writing error by the census official . his age is given as 25 , as it should be , and it says he was married at age 20 but by 1930 was divorced . his occupation is listed as ' actor / motion pictures ' . he was living at 1737 north whitley ave . , los angeles , as were many other unrelated people . i assume this was a hotel or large boarding house . he was paying $ 100 per month rent , pretty hefty for the depression . best of all , he told the census taker he was born in new jersey , and that one parent was also born in new jersey and the other in spain . of course , he may have fibbed but if not , his jailing on immigration charges would seem to have been a bogus conviction .
fast - paced gag - laden satire among the stooges finest . has anyone mentioned the part where curly says to camera
they ' re nuts !
in ref . to moe and larry ? cracked me up ! extra kudos to only pool game in a three stooges film . darn , i can ' t think of a signature !
any resemblance . . . a short opens with a disclaimer that says something like
any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons , living or dead , is a miracle .
also used in : you nazty spy ! · back from the front · i ' m a monkey ' s uncle · don ' t throw that knife
you nazty spy is a brilliant film & i take nothing away from it when i say this one is better . the map bit goes too long but that ' s why we have fast forward buttons . favorite parts : larry & curly ' s goosestep when entering moe ' s office , the wild & hilarious turkey keep away from moe & of course the ending fight over hailstone ' s world . jules , felix , & clyde deserve a uniform for putting together such a great short . those stooges ain ' t bad either . did we take the dykes of holland ? sotainly ! and the van dykes of amsterdam , the up - dykes of rotterdam , and the hunchback of notre dame !
when you think about it , the stooges goofing on hitler in the 1940 ' s the way they did was pretty ballsy to say the least . . . especially with moe being jewish . i ' m sure it went over with hitler like a lead zepplin ( no rock band pun intended ) . great piece eddie . your posts are awesome !
one episode wonder : jerks of all trades , a 1949 tv show that never went past the pilot stage . columbia had stipulated in the stooges ' contract that they were not to perform in a tv series that could compete with their short subjects , and threatened to cancel their contract and sue them if they tried to sell the show . as a compromise , columbia sold a package of 30 shorts to abc ( the network the pilot was intended for ) , making it the first time the shorts would air on television .
france , spain , the united kingdom , finland and germany banned
battleship potemkin ,
a celebrated but
rabble rousing
silent film from the fledgling soviet union , in the years between world war i and world war ii for fear it would incite marxist revolution . as it happens , their problems came from the opposite end of the ideological spectrum .
mr . ixnay to king herman the 6 and 7 / 8 ' s : ( as mr . ixnay is saying to him in a really gleeful tone of voice as he has a mischievous and happy smile on his face as he is saying to the king in a joyful tone of voice ) :
i ' m positive , your majesty , look !
princess gilda to mr . umpchay : ( as she is standing there looking at him with a really devious look on her face as she is saying to him in a really evil tone of voice ) :
don ' t worry umpchay , when i get through giving hailstone an astrology session , he won ' t know which end his axis is standing on !
king herman the 6 and 7 / 8 ' s to the axis partners : ( as the king is now looking at mr . amscray , mr , ixnay , and mr . umpchay with a wicked look on his face as he is saying to them in a mad and evil tone of voice ) :
you betrayed me once , how can i believe you now ?