# List of Three Stooges recycled shorts

In the later years of The Three Stooges shorts, a tactic was used to cut costs by recycling footage from previous shorts. A typical example consists of using wrap-arounds: new footage is used for an opening, old footage is used for the middle, and new footage is used at the end to wrap things up.
One example involves the short Husbands Beware. Moe and Larry are shown enduring the agony of married life. As such, they feel that Shemp should be married too. They decide to trick him into getting married. Cut to footage from Brideless Groom where Moe falsely tells Shemp he will inherit $500,000 if he is married by the end of the day. Shemp is married, and the short then ends with new footage of Moe and Larry telling Shemp it was all a lie because he let Moe and Larry marry his two overweight sisters and got divorced.
This was mostly done with shorts featuring Shemp Howard as the previous third stooge Curly Howard was no longer involved in production. There are, however, exceptions, especially when Joe Besser came on board, and far-away shots of Curly could sort of pass for a shot of Joe. After Shemp's death in November 1955, four entries even went so far as to use recycled footage, and a double posing as Shemp ("Fake Shemp") in his place.
The following is a list of what shorts were recycled into new shorts, followed by a list of what new shorts used old footage.
| Title of Original Short | Production Order | Date of Release | Title of New Short | Production Order | Date of Release | Notes |
| Pardon My Scotch | 9 | August 1, 1935 | Dizzy Detectives | 68 | February 5, 1943 | carpenter sequence |
| Hoi Polloi | 10 | August 29, 1935 | In the Sweet Pie and Pie | 58 | October 16, 1941 | dance lesson scene |
| Ants in the Pantry | 12 | February, 1936 | Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | plot only; no stock footage |
| 3 Dumb Clucks | 22 | April 17, 1937 | Up in Daisy's Penthouse | 144 | February 5, 1953 | plot only; minimal stock footage |
| Goofs and Saddles | 24 | July 2, 1937 | Pals and Gals | 155 | June 3, 1954 | saloon escape scene |
| Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise | 42 | October 6, 1939 | Oil's Well That Ends Well | 188 | December 4, 1958 | some plot reused; only stock shot is Curly riding the oil gusher |
| Boobs in Arms | 52 | December 27, 1940 | Dizzy Pilots | 74 | September 24, 1943 | drill sergeant sequence |
| In the Sweet Pie and Pie | 58 | October 16, 1941 | Beer Barrel Polecats | 88 | January 10, 1946 | cell block footage |
| In the Sweet Pie and Pie | 58 | October 16, 1941 | Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | minimal pie fight footage |
| What's The Matador? | 62 | April 23, 1942 | Sappy Bull Fighters | 190 | June 4, 1959 | minimal stock footage used |
| Idiots Deluxe | 85 | July 20, 1945 | Guns a Poppin! | 179 | June 13, 1957 | minimal stock footage used |
| Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | pie fight scenes |
| Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | Scheming Schemers | 173 | October 4, 1956 | pie fight scenes |
| Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | Pies and Guys | 185 | June 12, 1958 | minimal stock footage used |
| Fright Night | 98 | March 6, 1947 | Fling in the Ring | 159 | January 6, 1955 | |
| Out West | 99 | April 24, 1947 | Pals and Gals | 155 | June 3, 1954 | |
| Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | Booty and the Beast | 145 | March 5, 1953 | second half of film remade |
| Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | Loose Loot | 146 | April 2, 1953 | first half of film remade |
| Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | Tricky Dicks | 147 | May 7, 1953 | filing cabinet sequence |
| Brideless Groom | 101 | September 11, 1947 | Husbands Beware | 167 | January 5, 1956 | |
| Sing a Song of Six Pants | 102 | October 30, 1947 | Rip, Sew and Stitch | 150 | September 3, 1953 | |
| All Gummed Up | 103 | December 18, 1947 | Bubble Trouble | 151 | October 8, 1953 | |
| Shivering Sherlocks | 104 | January 8, 1948 | Of Cash and Hash | 160 | February 3, 1955 | |
| Pardon My Clutch | 105 | February 26, 1948 | Wham Bam Slam | 164 | September 1, 1955 | |
| Squareheads of the Round Table | 106 | March 4, 1948 | Knutzy Knights | 156 | September 4, 1954 | |
| Fiddlers Three | 107 | May 6, 1948 | Musty Musketeers | 154 | May 13, 1954 | |
| The Hot Scots | 108 | July 8, 1948 | Scotched in Scotland | 158 | November 4, 1954 | |
| The Hot Scots | 108 | July 8, 1948 | Hot Ice | 165 | October 6, 1955 | Scotland Yard sequence |
| Heavenly Daze | 109 | September 2, 1948 | Bedlam in Paradise | 162 | April 14, 1955 | |
| I'm a Monkey's Uncle | 110 | October 7, 1948 | Stone Age Romeos | 163 | June 2, 1955 | |
| Crime on Their Hands | 112 | December 9, 1948 | Commotion on the Ocean | 174 | November 8, 1956 | Newspaper room scene |
| Crime on Their Hands | 112 | December 9, 1948 | Hot Ice | 165 | October 6, 1955 | |
| The Ghost Talks | 113 | February 2, 1949 | Creeps | 168 | February 2, 1956 | |
| Who Done It? | 114 | March 3, 1949 | For Crimin' Out Loud | 170 | May 3, 1956 | |
| Hokus Pokus | 115 | May 5, 1949 | Flagpole Jitters | 169 | April 5, 1956 | |
| Fuelin' Around | 116 | July 7, 1949 | Hot Stuff | 172 | September 6, 1956 | "Fake Shemp"; filmed after Shemp's death |
| Malice in the Palace | 117 | September 1, 1949 | Rumpus in the Harem | 171 | June 21, 1956 | "Fake Shemp"; filmed after Shemp's death |
| Vagabond Loafers | 118 | October 6, 1949 | Scheming Schemers | 173 | October 4, 1956 | "Fake Shemp"; filmed after Shemp's death |
| Dunked in the Deep | 119 | November 3, 1949 | Commotion on the Ocean | 174 | November 8, 1956 | "Fake Shemp"; filmed after Shemp's death |
| Love at First Bite | 123 | May 4, 1950 | Fifi Blows Her Top | 184 | April 10, 1958 | |
| Corny Casanovas | 139 | May 1, 1952 | Rusty Romeos | 181 | October 17, 1957 | |
| He Cooked His Goose | 140 | July 3, 1952 | Triple Crossed | 189 | February 2, 1959 | |
| Title of New Short | Production Order | Date of Release | Title of Original Short | Production Order | Date of Release | Notes |
| In the Sweet Pie and Pie | 58 | October 16, 1941 | Hoi Polloi | 10 | August 29, 1935 | Dance lesson scene |
| Dizzy Detectives | 68 | February 5, 1943 | Pardon My Scotch | 9 | August 1, 1935 | Carpenter scene |
| Dizzy Pilots | 74 | September 24, 1943 | Boobs in Arms | 52 | December 27, 1940 | most drill sergeant sequences |
| Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | Ants in the Pantry | 12 | February, 1936 | plot only; no stock footage |
| Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | In the Sweet Pie and Pie | 58 | October 16, 1941 | pie fight footage |
| Pest Man Wins | 136 | December 6, 1951 | Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | pie fight footage |
| Up in Daisy's Penthouse | 144 | February 5, 1953 | 3 Dumb Clucks | 22 | April 17, 1937 | minimal stock footage used |
| Booty and the Beast | 145 | March 5, 1953 | Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | second half of film remade |
| Loose Loot | 146 | April 2, 1953 | Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | first half of film remade |
| Tricky Dicks | 147 | May 7, 1953 | Hold That Lion! | 100 | July 17, 1947 | filing cabinet scene reused |
| Rip, Sew and Stitch | 150 | September 3, 1953 | Sing a Song of Six Pants | 102 | October 30, 1947 | |
| Bubble Trouble | 151 | October 8, 1953 | All Gummed Up | 103 | December 18, 1947 | |
| Musty Musketeers | 154 | May 13, 1954 | Fiddlers Three | 107 | May 6, 1948 | |
| Pals and Gals | 155 | June 3, 1954 | Goofs and Saddles | 24 | July 2, 1937 | saloon escape footage |
| Pals and Gals | 155 | June 3, 1954 | Out West | 99 | April 24, 1947 | |
| Knutzy Knights | 156 | September 4, 1954 | Squareheads of the Round Table | 106 | March 4, 1948 | |
| Scotched in Scotland | 158 | November 4, 1954 | The Hot Scots | 108 | July 8, 1948 | |
| Fling in the Ring | 159 | January 6, 1955 | Fright Night | 98 | March 6, 1947 | |
| Of Cash and Hash | 160 | February 3, 1955 | Shivering Sherlocks | 104 | January 8, 1948 | |
| Bedlam in Paradise | 162 | April 14, 1955 | Heavenly Daze | 109 | September 2, 1948 | |
| Stone Age Romeos | 163 | June 2, 1955 | I'm a Monkey's Uncle | 110 | October 7, 1948 | |
| Wham Bam Slam | 164 | September 1, 1955 | Pardon My Clutch | 105 | February 26, 1948 | |
| Hot Ice | 165 | October 6, 1955 | The Hot Scots | 108 | July 8, 1948 | Scotland Yard scenes |
| Hot Ice | 165 | October 6, 1955 | Crime on Their Hands | 112 | December 9, 1948 | |
| Husbands Beware | 167 | January 5, 1956 | Brideless Groom | 101 | September 11, 1947 | |
| Creeps | 168 | February 2, 1956 | The Ghost Talks | 113 | February 2, 1949 | |
| Flagpole Jitters | 169 | April 5, 1956 | Hokus Pokus | 115 | May 5, 1949 | |
| For Crimin' Out Loud | 170 | May 3, 1956 | Who Done It? | 114 | March 3, 1949 | |
| Rumpus in the Harem | 171 | June 21, 1956 | Malice in the Palace | 117 | September 1, 1949 | “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Hot Stuff | 172 | September 6, 1956 | Fuelin' Around | 116 | July 7, 1949 | “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Scheming Schemers | 173 | October 4, 1956 | Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | pie fight footage; “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Scheming Schemers | 173 | October 4, 1956 | Vagabond Loafers | 118 | October 6, 1949 | “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Commotion on the Ocean | 174 | November 8, 1956 | Dunked in the Deep | 119 | November 3, 1949 | “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Commotion on the Ocean | 174 | November 8, 1956 | Crime on Their Hands | 112 | December 9, 1948 | newspaper room scene; “Fake Shemp”; filmed after Shemp Howard’s death |
| Guns a Poppin! | 179 | June 13, 1957 | Idiots Deluxe | 85 | July 20, 1945 | |
| Rusty Romeos | 181 | October 17, 1957 | Corny Casanovas | 139 | May 1, 1952 | |
| Fifi Blows Her Top | 184 | April 10, 1958 | Love at First Bite | 123 | May 4, 1950 | minimal stock footage used |
| Pies and Guys | 185 | June 12, 1958 | Half-Wits Holiday | 97 | January 9, 1947 | |
| Oil's Well That Ends Well | 188 | December 4, 1958 | Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise | 42 | October 6, 1939 | some of plot reused; only stock shot is Curly riding the oil gusher |
| Triple Crossed | 189 | February 2, 1959 | He Cooked His Goose | 140 | July 3, 1952 | |
| Sappy Bull Fighters | 190 | June 4, 1959 | What's The Matador? | 62 | April 23, 1942 | |