Like a lot of Three Stooges shorts, the story is divided in two stories. Here, the first half involves gags concerning the restaurant business and the second half is a horse racing farce. Both are entertaining. The best lines are in the first half; the best slapstick in the second.
The first thing we see is a sign in the boys' restaurant: "Todays double feature - Lobster and Frog Legs 35 cents." Wow! I wonder what that price would be today?! Anyway, a couple of classic Three Stooges lines in this part still made me laugh, even though I've heard them many times. Things such as....
A dog growling at one of the customers trying to eat his meal, and the response, "Oh, don't mind him, mister; he's mad because you're eating out of his plate."
Or this exchange:
Larry, at the cash register: "How'd you enjoy your meal?"
Customer: "The soup was watery, the steak was tough and the coffee was just like mud."
Larry: "Glad you liked it. Don't forget to tell all your friends!
The Stooges get fed up with the complaints and wind up getting into the horse racing business, buying a washed-up nag named "Thunderbolt." You see, two crooks who own a washed-up racehorse happened to be in the restaurant and are heard saying "Only a sucker would buy Thunderbolt." Hmmm, I wounder who that would be?
Without ruining things, just remember Curly and the "peanuts" and "chili pepperinos." That's in the first four minutes and is the key to the second half of the story, the horse racing part which is totally insane, but that's what makes the Three Stooges fun to watch - few things ever make sense.
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