Wee Wee Monsieur

Wee Wee Monsieur (1938) is the 29th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.

Plot

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The Stooges in a colorized publicity photo for Wee Wee Monsieur.

The Stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up accidentally joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard Captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves and try to rescue their captain.

Notes

• This is the first short in which the Stooges sing the "Lollipop Song", which they would sing in later shorts.
• This is the first short in which the Stooges are told they must don a disguise and they disguise themselves in Santa Claus outfits.

Quotes

(Landlord approaches apartment door and knocks.)

• • Open up! Zis is ze landlord."
  • Curly (inside): "There's nobody home!"

• • Moe: "We haven't got a dime and the landlord has threatened to throw us out!"
  • Curly: "What is he squawkin' about? We only owe him for eight months!"

• • Larry: "If we were back in America, at least we could join the WPA."
  • Curly: "Or the YWCA!"

• • [The Stooges are disguised in Santa Claus costumes.]
  • Curly (after pulling Moe and Larry to the ground): "What happened?"
  • Moe: "You almost killed us...that's what happened!"
  • [Moe slaps Curly, and Curly looks shocked.]
  • Curly: "Oh...you hit Santa Claus! Just for that, no toys!"