Curly vs. the Oyster Soup

Curly Howard in one of the greatest Three Stooges moments, the oyster soup scene from "Dutiful but Dumb" 1941.

[@robertsimon2885]

Fun fact: Because of Curly's reactions, the crew had to retake the scene so many times due to them laughing at it.

[@theshinythunderclappokemon5830]

Really?

[@robertsimon2885]

@@theshinythunderclappokemon5830 Yep.

[@theshinythunderclappokemon5830]

Huh. Well, the more you know.

[@robertsimon2885]

@@theshinythunderclappokemon5830 Yup!

[@samedifference5504]

Guess you had to be there.

[@gregthompson3274]

Curly what a legend laughed at this as a kid still laughing 60 years later

[@TheMapleSyrupShow]

He's like a goddamn cartoon character come to life. It's incredible.

[@ElFreakinCid]

2:27 And there it is, the sound everyone familiar with the Three Stooges NES game version of this knows well!

[@DJeimaXe]

Yyyyyep!

[@dvdreview7956]

There was also the PS1 version & the GBA version of the Three Stooges

[@TheBreakingBenny]

Bobby Hill, turn that off.

[@sashakvasha1529]

As for Trog and dinos characters' and Mickey mouse's Qbert swearing language

[@Pashasmom1]

Curly didn't have to say anything, and still be hilarious. This has always been my favorite scene of his.

[@christophermarlowe1051]

And many others'! Curly was absolutely irreplaceable.

[@SommerPopstar]

I agree. This is his best & funniest moment!

[@terimariehertler514]

You are Absolutely Spot on!

[@robertmcowens6136]

Curly fighting the bottle is almost as funny as the oyster.. classic

[@robynvann735]

I love how curly is aiming the gun everywhere but at the soup. When he slaps the soup...it’s one of my all time favorite curly moments! 2021

[@aceretina]

I like him trying to part the soup with his hands early on.

[@mr.awesome6011]

Nobody cares what year you watched this in

[@Kirke182]

The comedic genius of Curly.

[@lancearnold54]

3:16 Pepper

[@patrickswayyyze1090]

Curly was funniest stooge in the group 🙌🏾🤣😂🥴 pure comedy 😂🤣

[@creatornat]

Ok, I know that this is considered a classic, and it is-but what get's me(besides it being funny), is how hard Curly must have worked to get this scene just right. The three guys were such pros, with a nice history of Vaudeville behind them. :)

[@evilwillhunting]

Word is they had to keep re-shooting this scene, mostly because the crew were laughing at Curly’s reactions

[@creatornat]

@@evilwillhunting I can only imagine how funny this would have been in person.

[@tkcdac]

HOW DID THEY FILM THIS? Was there a rubber gasket under it with some metal rods? amazing.

[@danielstone4555]

@@tkcdac Metal teeth 0:27

[@jeffcotten1081]

I love Curly's growl at 1:37.

[@DarkPaladin24]

This is just another definition of "The food doesn't agree with him."

[@philmann3476]

Any Stooges episode involving a fish, clam or oyster inevitably ends up with Curly getting squirted in the face. What a classic.

[@adkviking69shofner98]

Hehehe

[@AnvilMAn603]

moe fought the clam, larry fought the lobster, curly fought the oyster

[@lindacicosta6432]

Me gusta mucho los tres chiflllados

[@Kirke182]

Or duck.

[@foxmyx62]

Crabs, too lol

[@lisaowens5070]

This is comedy at its finest! The expressions alone are hilarious! It's a shame they don't make em like this anymore! If you need a laugh, a lift to your spirits, just watch this a few times! These are true gems!

[@DanK123]

Jim Carrey is the 4th stooge! He's very much like em.

[@maryammure5151]

Curley was a comedic genius. So damn funny and entertaining.

[@MovieguruThe]

2:27 The Infamous Grunt from both the NES Game and Smight's Arcade Pit 😂

[@ThePikachuKingRJ]

BOW WOW WOW!! I always thought that sound was funny.

[@grimefighter8867]

Lmao!

[@jessicamcneill2463]

3:35 Curly takes out a gun and shoots at the oyster stew🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLowest]

Him pulling hia gun out and shooting his soup really caught me off guard and made me laugh, what a great punchline

[@alexcarter6446]

Curly went all-out gangsta on that oyster.

[@bjharp55]

This brought tears to my eyes. Curley was my favorite one, 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrTheil]

2:27 There’s the sound from the NES lol

[@gregdolecki8530]

Absolutely one of the funniest gags ever.

[@johndoyle486]

Very few people can make me cry laughing, Curly and Shemp are among those very few.

[@modiggady]

When he slaps the soup after emptying 6 with the revolver😅🤣😂🤣😅😂😂 Rip Stooges🍻🍻🍻👏👏👏

[@blueheronsong1765]

He was a victim of circumstance

[@Bamaborn]

There will never be another talent like this!

[@maryraisch6648]

Curly was one of a kind! I Never tire of watching him!

[@isbusybeingborn]

I love the drinking noise!

[@happytappyslappy]

The tassels on that dippy hat makes it even funnier 😆

[@DrDespicable]

Playing with your food is one thing, but when your food plays with you...

[@devanhinskey9001]

I love the noise he makes at 2:27! XD

[@jennyaldrich7456]

I know it's all funny hahaha

[@stevenbaer5999]

Fresh oyster soup is fresh but yet Curly Howard oyster soup is actually too fresh. I love the part when Curly gave the oyster some pepper. The smart aleck fresh oyster soup actually sneeze and Curly said Gesundheit. He's my favorite character on the 3 Stooges.

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

"This is the soup with the fresh. But it is too much fresh."

[@ReginaOrgeron71361]

Me too that’s what you call real true comedy nothing like it I still watch them every Saturday ❤😂

[@JohnieCanine]

Best scene from 3 Stooges

[@teejay8769]

The best!!

[@NaomiGarcia1999]

My most favorite is curly I laugh and crying so hard when he spin the chair

[@NaomiGarcia1999]

@Mikey Alva you mean curly not clury lol

[@Christoph8]

Now I know where that minigame came from

[@dvdreview7956]

I played the PS1 version of The Three Stooges

[@cindygarcia6159]

This is still hilarious I laugh so hard every time I watch this! The hat with the tassels is the crowning touch! 🤣🤣🤣

[@anthonycurtis2774]

Brilliance never fades.

[@sheriffrobb3046]

Me and my dad watched this and laughed so hard, this was the last thing we watched together he died unexpectedly not too long after.

[@user-sv4uy5od5x]

he was truly a genius at his craft the greatest comedian who ever walked this earth no one can come close to his humour he was one of a kind a true original my late father and i use to laugh so hard at him and the rest of the stooges we had stomach cramps from the laughter no one except rickles could do this so sad he died way to young its like anyone special that enriches our life for the better they are taken away so young god bless him for the laughter he gave the world a true superstar and genius of comedy

[@myloupman2097]

I saw this part in 1970 when I was 6 years old as I was flipping through channels, my first look at Three Stooges. I rolled all over the floor laughing thinking, "This stuff is funny I want to see more." I was sold.

[@Bamaborn]

He is the father of physical comedy he started it all for the rest of them like Jerry Lewis and Dick van Dyke may he nuk nuk nuk in heaven making everyone laugh !

[@rcnelson]

One the funniest comedy bits of all time by anyone.

[@edgechan]

3:28 The fact he said "gesundheit" to the oyster after it coughed just killed me lol

[@naomibedek1701]

I laughed so hard the first time I watched this....especially when he takes out his gun and tries to shoot the oyster into submission.

[@KennethStone]

Man, never gets old.

[@thehonorablejiveturkey6068]

Every swallow makes Curly spin around🤣😅

[@dvdreview7956]

0:25 0:41 1:00

[@evilwillhunting]

0:23 funny, the Ultimate Margarita at Tiki Bobs had the exact same effect on me last Saturday.

[@sefir6]

When the oyster runs the entire line off of that spool plus the high pitched noise it just kills me, lolol!

[@mwi8743]

I love the slap into the soup at the end

[@kennybegeske8824]

Dinner with Curly Howard

[@paddy9449]

Curly would just walk into a room and make ya laugh.... then do his stuff!!!!! a TRUE talent!!!!

[@TKGIOIA]

I love Curly!

[@cmc5207]

When it took all the line out of the spool. LMAO

[@user-lr8qr1or8d]

CURLY GOT SPOOLED!!! M.O'B

[@cathylittleton7361]

So freaking funny curly will always be my favorite

[@skunkman9815]

0:29 love that sound effect

[@michaelmakes4883]

The tassels are the crowning touch

[@GHZoner]

Curly = genius

[@colinwilliams553]

The most iconic scene for the THREE STOOGES short.CURLY was the BEST!!

[@sonrouge]

Wish I knew how they did it. This'd be a hell of a gag to pull off in public.

[@robertmcowens6136]

And that sound effect when he drinks... lmao.. classic again

[@AlphaCrucis]

The clamping sound of the oyster is so satisfying.

[@Dallas_K]

Snap. Snap!

[@ribbs13]

One of the all time best scenes! Hands down! ✌🏼🤚🏼

[@ronmartin4212]

Abbott and Costello also had this routine with Lou,and of course,Billy Bevan.But Curly throws everything he has into it to make it the best example,period.

[@maryammure5151]

Hahaha I lost it when he brought out his gun and started shooting at the soup and he kept missing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Music-City-Mania]

Y’all, the sneezing oyster got me cackling! It even stuck its head out the bowl so it wouldn’t get the soup dirty!

[@chumpchange1846]

My favorite Curly skit of all time.

[@BritanniaPacific]

0:22-1:04 when you try alcohol for the first time

[@stephenconnors7380]

The funniest man who ever lived.

[@themopar426]

funniest man to ever lived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ReginaOrgeron71361]

I love when the food bites back lol😂

[@HooDatDonDar]

Never mind the stew, I want some of that beer. Powerful stuff.

[@DemonicAdj]

Just that "well, that was wild. .... Let's take another pull off that"

[@robertmcowens6136]

Curly going back and forth with a bottle is almost as funny as the oyster...

[@Dan.d649]

I never stopped laughing every time I watched this. Such a wonderful, and storied comedian like his other fellow Stooges, Curly was pure genius. He was the heart and soul of "The Three Stooges". Simply put: An all time classic that we never get tired of laughing at.😂😂😂😂

[@annonymousannonymous9586]

This gives a whole new meaning to the term "Food Fight"!

[@RobRivShowsLive01]

No Comedian Was Better Than Curly, No One!!!

[@terimariehertler514]

Curly Was THE Funniest of them ALL! 😂He had the Funniest Faces, timing &he NEVER Held back on The Humor!! 😂😂😂✨👌🏼✨ 💯% SUPERB!!!❤

[@jennyaldrich7456]

I couldn't stop laughing how funny he was a great actor and so funny too.

[@ThePikachuKingRJ]

2:27 BOW WOW WOW!!

[@jaytheinsider8301]

There is a difference between being funny and hilarious or just being plain ole utterly silly..The three stooges were all Three lol

[@MathMatt17]

Hahaha!! One of my favorite scenes with Curly!

[@somerandomguyfromtheintern480]

I remember laughing so hard I was crying as a kid when I first saw this skit, especially when he pulled the gun and started blasting

[@AdamFlorez]

That oyster Stu scene is so funny when he spins around in the chair and how the oyster spits out of it. The funny it's my favorite scene.

[@johnh2850]

No one has made me laugh harder than Curly. I think he’s the funniest man ever.

[@bralingii1635]

One of the best Curly scenes. Chester Conklin behind the counter!

[@LordLucario99]

nothing but talent

[@williamcrowe2576]

"Eee-YAAH! Chchch!"

[@williampalchak7574]

Surprised by the heavy editing during the oyster stew scene with Curly.

[@mual9524]

Look his performance 🎭! Just awesome 👏.

[@Bozohotep]

The six-gun climax is classic!

[@missbleach8767]

Yikes! Batboy 😱

[@erickort1987]

one of the best 3 stooges scenes ever next to disorder in the court episode

[@msgfrmdaactionman3000]

This was in the 3 Stooges game I had on the Sega, lol.

[@waikeonglim7703]

The clams are still alive

[@thomascarr8527]

i love this part

[@TheMrSugar]

I died @ 1:37!

[@jimnething1264]

one of my all time favorite stooge routines! every time I see it I can't stop laughing! bravo Curly!!! 😂

[@kachoo2135]

This is one of my favorite scenes

[@doctorwhofan-if7vx]

So are we gonna ignore the fact that Curley's first reaction to getting squirted by an oyster is to shoot it nonstop 5 consecutive times?

[@HooDatDonDar]

And miss, every time.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

You can't blame Curly for that. That oyster was stealing crackers all afternoon.

[@richierich5694]

I remember watching this scene over and over with my youngest. He would laugh and laugh. ( He once speculated maybe there was a puppy in the soup was eating those croutons ) Thank you Three Stooges. …And thank you for posting.

[@LeeShadow]

I had to rewatch this classic again after watching the Game Grumps play the video game.

[@coleparker]

I saw this version first and I thought Curly came up the Oyster Stew bit. But actually Billy Bevan, the English Comic did the bit in an old Silent Movie. But still this is my favorite.

[@adkviking69shofner98]

I still cry

[@theshinythunderclappokemon5830]

Considering if he had just told the chef that the oyster was a little too fresh, he could’ve avoided all this conflict and drama.

[@rubycollins714]

My favorite stooge by far, love Curly

[@esylvestre21]

He'll naw curly up pipe on the plate ...legend and never saw this one as a kid😂