Boobs in Arms

Boobs in Arms (1940)

*** (out of 4)

Classic Three Stooges short starts off with the boys trying to sell some greeting cards when they get mixed up with a married woman who wants their help in making her husband jealous. They end up on the run and duck into a recruiting office and soon they're in the Army and sent on a mission to deliver some laughing gas to the enemy but they end up with a dose of it themselves. If you want to show someone a Stooges short to make them fans than this here would be a good pick as it has just about everything you'd want from the boys. There's plenty of violent action, plenty of good one-liners and best of all is that Moe, Larry and Curly are at the top of their game and really deliver a memorable short. There are many good moments scattered throughout the short but one of the funniest happens once they've been captured and are delivered to the enemy but they're having so much fun that they don't mind laughing and smacking around the bad guys. Another funny bit involves the married woman who gets them in trouble to start with. All the violence Stooge fans have come to love is on display here including countless pokes to the eyes and punches to the face. Just watch the sequence where the boy's Sergeant decides to do some bayonet practice with the boys being the targets.