Playing the Ponies

Infobox Film
name = Playing the Ponies


caption =
director = Charles Lamont
writer = Irv Frisch
Al Giebler
Will Harr
Charlie Melson
Elwood Ullman
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Nick Copeland
Lew Davis
Billy Bletcher
William Irving
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
cinematography = Allen G. Siegler |
editing = Charles Hochberg
producer = Jules White
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US November 26, 1937
runtime = 17' 07"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:143729
imdb_id = 0029408
preceded_by = "Cash and Carry"
followed_by = "The Sitter Downers"

"Playing the Ponies" is the 26th 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.

Plot

The Stooges are tricked into trading their restaurant for Thunderbolt, a washed up racehorse. But when Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he runs like crazy towards the nearest water. The Stooges try to win their money back by entering Thunderbolt in a big race.

Notes

*The title "Playing the Ponies" is a straightforward slang expression meaning "betting on racehorses."cite book
last = Solomon
first = Jon
authorlink = Jon Solomon
coauthors =
title = "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"
publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc
date = 2002
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*The Stooges' restaurant is The Flounder Inn.
*A colorized version of this film was released in 2004. It was part of the DVD collection entitled " [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002A2WFY Goofs on the Loose.] "

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clupOUnAWU&feature=related Watch colorized "Playing the Ponies" - first half.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX-KS6zhlsI&feature=related Watch colorized "Playing the Ponies" - second half.]

References

Further reading

*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806509465] (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0767905563] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1581823630] , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).