Men in Black is the third short subject starring the American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges and was released on September 28, 1934. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
The trio play medical school graduates whose only credentials are that they had the highest temperatures in their class. They are hired as doctors at the "Los Arms Hospital" only because they have been in their senior class for too many years. The new graduates at the hospital are warned by the superintendent that all three of them (the Stooges) are "not overly bright," but it is promised that their identities will be concealed as long as they promise to devote their lives to "the glorious cause of duty and humanity", which prompts the three to step forward and thank him profusely for not being able to let their identities be known. The superintendent has told the Stooges to rush and answer the loudspeaker whenever their names are called. The short consists of a series of skits in which the Stooges go from one patient to the next, making mistakes ranging from drinking a patient's medicine to sewing their tools inside a man on the operating table.
Each time the Stooges rush and answer the loudspeaker, a different scenario takes place, and a different form of transportation is used each time.
After dealing with various patients, the superintendent tells them that 20 men have been injured in an accident at the oil well and they need the uranium out of the safe to save their lives. However, he accidentally swallowed the combination. The Stooges perform an operation on the reluctant superintendent and retrieve the combination. But they mistakenly leave their tools inside him.
They finally get fed up with the persistent loudspeaker and smash it to pieces. They pull out guns and destroy the continually still-working part of the loudspeaker. The short ends with the trio raises their gun and proudly proclaiming: "For duty and humanity!"
TRIVIA
Filming for Men in Black took place from August 28 to September 1, 1934. It holds the record of being the Stooge short released the fastest after its filming concluded at just 27 days.
The Stooges have several off-the-wall dialogues with nurses, particularly the "hiccuping nurse" played by Jeanie Roberts, who affects a girlish Betty Boop-like voice.
The film is a spoof on the Clark Gable and Myrna Loy 1934 movie Men In White, released earlier that year. The Stooges, in fact, wear mostly white outfits for this film. The short is also significant in that it was the only time that the trio would be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject - Comedy.
Men in Black also represents an early use of what has come to be described as "hammerspace". The Stooges go to the storage closet to acquire modes of transportation to get them to their patients. They are seen riding a three-man bicycle, a horse, and then individual go-carts out of the closet. These items would not likely fit in the storage closet's space.
The opening title music is a jazzy, big band style melody that is unique to both Men in Black and the previous film, GC69NZ3 Punch Drunks.
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To obtain the coordinates for the final location of this cache, just answer this one trivia question obtained directly from this short, and then answer the bonus trivia question to get a clue for bonus cache GC6A8BH Moe Howard:
The Stooges receive a telegram from an old girlfriend Nellie. How much will it cost them to read it?
25 Cents (N41 48.553 W087 59.135)
50 Cents (N41 48.725 W 087 58.958)
75 Cents (N41 48.605 W087 59.165)
90 Cents (N41 48.713 W087 59.158)
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: Record the number assigned to the letter below for usage in bonus cache GC6A8BH Moe Howard.
What is the doctor’s name that appears on the lowest position on the right side of the doctor’s switchboard?
Dr. James (C = 8)
Dr. Carew (C = 2)
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Episode 3 Men In Black