Crash Goes the Hash (1944) User Reviews

Another hilarious Curly short

[KMM · 9/10 · 22 February 2004]

This one falls into my top 5 favorites featuring Curly. The Stooges play laundrymen who are mistaken for rival reporters by an editor. He sends the Stooges to go and cover a pressing story. This particular episode is famous for an ongoing gag where Curly can't seem to smoke a cigar without getting it smashed prior to lighting. It also has the classic "parrot in the turkey" gag which was seen in a few other Stooge shorts.

Some other moments that come to mind in this one for me are when Larry gets a scalding hot turkey platter placed on his back by Moe. Perfectly timed to occur when he bends over after getting gum on his shoe. This one has so many great moments, so many great one liners. Everytime Moe sings that song to the turkey in the sink, "Nice little turkey, getting its bath at 7:30 and will be well cooked by 8 o'clock" I roll on the ground laughing my head off. As if it would only take half an hour to cook one. Watch this one if it ever runs on TV or on video. It's a classic!

better written and one of the best

[SnoopyStyle · 9/10 · 31 December 2019]

Newspaper editor Fuller Bull calls in his reporters. He's angry that they can't get the story while the Star Press reporters always scoop them. He mistakes Larry, Curly, and Moe for Star Press reporters. In reality, they're Star Cleaning & Pressing Co workers. Whether it's "Don't you know what bonus is?" or "You remind me of The Three Stooges." The dialogue seems to be better written. Curly Howard is simply magic. This one has big laughs from start to finish. It's also a great mix of word play, the usual physical humor, some surprises, and an interesting story.

The Stooges Strike Again

[StrictlyConfidential · 7/10 · 4 July 2021]

"Crash Goes The Hash" was originally released back in 1944.

Anyway - As the story goes - After they are mistaken for reporters, the Stooges go undercover as a cook and two butlers to get the scoop on an heiress's engagement to a prince.

"Oh, The Help These Days.....It's Deplorable!"

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 14 February 2008]

Don't you just love it when the Stooges totally trash a high-society party? That's just one of the many crazy scenes in this one. This particular Three Stooges film might have more gags per minute than any of the many they made. It's unbelievable; non-stop lunacy, led by Curly's antics, for 17-and-a-half minutes.

It may have been near the end of the great Curly's career but he was never more energetic and full of all his physical slapstick and silliness as he was here. He did about physical bit he was famous for, from the snapping fingers on his face, to slapping his head, to all the step dances. I was exhausted after watching this guy. He was fantastic.

Symona Boniface was perfect as the rich socialite Mrs. Van Bustle. If you can't recall what this woman looks like, try to think of Margaret Dumont, the Marx Brothers foil. That's her quote at the top of this review.

Another actor who always was playing either a butler (as in here) or a crook in the Stooges films was Bud Jamison. He was hilarious in many Three Stooges efforts.

All the boys - including the now-very baggy-eyed Moe - seemed to be at the top of their game in this feature. All of them do what they do best, and many times over here in this story in which the boys pretend to be newsmen out to get a scoop.

I have no idea how many gags were in here, there were so many. This is simply great stuff: one of the Three Stooges' best films.The underrated Larry also made me laugh a number of times, with just the look on his face. I don't want to leave him out.

P.S. I never seem to get tired of the bird-in-the-bird sight gags, which the Stooges used many times. They always make me laugh out loud. Here, a parrot winds up inside a turkey.

Excellent Three Stooges Film

[stooge60540 · 11 July 2001]

An excellent, hilarious short. The writing and direction was superb, as well as the performances. Symona Boniface is hilarious as Mrs. Van Bustle (she was always typecast as a rich socialite, but always did a great job carrying that role). Vernon Dent is great as usual as the Stooges boss, and Bud Jamison gives in a great last performance in a Stooge short (he died shortly afterwards due to diabetes) as the butler.

There is no real ending - just hilarious slapstick between the Stooges, and it has them at their best. The funniest part is Larry - pay attention to him in the background, while Curly and Moe are beating each other up. His reactions and expressions are funnier than the focused action going in the actual scene.

One of the Stooges' best shorts.

classic, classic, classic!

[spiders-man2099 · 10/10 · 28 April 2003]

If I had to pick a favorite stooge film, this would be it. Nonstop chuckles from the start to finish. And I also believe this to be the first time the stooges use the timeless "bird walkin' inside a turkey" gag, that would be hilariously reused in another classic "Three Dark Horses".

10/10

Curly's last performance before his series of strokes is one of his best

[elisereid-29666 · 10/10 · 1 March 2020]

The Three Stooges often took potshots at high society, and this was their best attempt at doing so. To do this, not only did the Stooges themselves need to act like crass buffoons, but just as necessary were the supporting parts of upper class people to react to the Stooges' antics. Watch their reactions in the lemonade and turkey scenes (which are too funny to spoil here!), and you'll see what I mean. I almost lost it when the butler told the boys that they "reminded (him) of The Three Stooges".

As noted in the trivia section, Curly suffered the first of his disabling strokes toward the end of production of this short, and it shows in the scene he filmed after (the opening scene). But he did some great work elsewhere, and you would never guess how sick he was. It just shows what a genius he was, right up to the end.

Great one!

[Movie Nuttball · 10/10 · 10 September 2003]

This has become one of My favorite Three Stooges shorts with Curly! I really like Vern Dent as Fuller Bull. Dick Curtis and Bud Jamison was really good! The entire little film is hilarious! Good story and entertainment! I recommend it!

You remind me of the Three Stooges

[markm-00775 · 8/10 · 1 February 2020]

Actually not one of their best, but certainly not their worst either. Curly in his last role pre-strokes (all but one scene anyway), and the last short with the "4th Stooge" Bud Jameson. While never a Stooge, Jameson, along with Christine McIntyre, Vernon Dent, and Emil Sitka were just as vital to the Stooges success over the years as the 6 Three Stooges themselves. One of the few shorts where they actually are heroes and not running away. A common theme for the boys is to get into trouble via a case of mistaken identity, cause trouble for high society, and anytime the bird in a bird gag is on screen, you're bound to laugh out loud. Definitely worth the time to watch.

Hilarious Short by the Stooges

[Michael_Elliott · 10 August 2016]

Crash Goes the Hash (1944)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Here's an often hilarious short, which finds the Three Stooges being hired as reporters and their job is to sneak into the home of a rich woman and snap a picture of the Prince who is rumored to be about to propose. Of course, with Moe, Larry and Curly nothing is going to go right.

I'm a little surprised that this short doesn't have a much better reputation because it contains non-stop laughs from the opening sequence to the final seconds. There's really not a minute that goes by that doesn't feature at least one laugh and there are several very big ones scattered throughout the running time. One of the most hilarious sequences comes with the boy's cook a turkey, which comes back to life when a real bird gets inside it. Another terrific joke deals with Curly "picking up" some ice. Fans of the series will certainly love this one.

"You remind me of the Three Stooges."

[slymusic · 2 September 2009]

"Crash Goes the Hash" is a wonderful Three Stooges comedy directed by Jules White. Curly, Larry, and Moe are laundrymen mistaken for reporters and are asked by a newspaper editor (Vernon Dent) to cover the elopement of Prince Shaam (Dick Curtis) and the wealthy Mrs. Van Bustle (Symona Boniface). To that end, the boys sneak in as servants for a dinner party in the couple's honor.

My favorite scenes: The Stooges and the party guests are horrified at the sight of the cooked turkey standing on its legs and walking (a parrot wandered inside it). Larry tries to sneak a photograph of Prince Shaam & Mrs. Van Bustle, but a piano lid drops down on him. Chef Moe accidentally trips and plasters a guest (Victor Travers) with mashed potatoes; as Moe wipes off the irate man's face, he reassures him, "Don't worry, buddy. We can do without mashed potatoes." The Stooges have trouble figuring out the term "canapes".

"Crash Goes the Hash" teaches all of us a lesson: Don't hire the Stooges as servants at YOUR next party!

Great Stooge Farce

[Sargebri · 28 March 2003]

This is definitely one of the all time great Stooge shorts. I especially loved the fight scene at the end. The gag where one Stooge gets caught in the sleeve of one thug while the other keeps punching his partner is always a great gag. Also, does Curly ever get to smoke a cigar without it getting crushed in his face?

The Stooges as Reporters

[kaizerboy · 2 July 2001]

The 2nd funniest short besides Disorder in the Court and You Nazty spy. Curly, Larry and Moe portray three Reporters working for Fuller Bull and for a $100 bonus. To get a review of the Prince of Ubeedarn, The stooges pretends to be Cooks and Butlers. Only to find out the prince is a crook and has him arrested. The widowed socialite chooses to marry Curly instead of the Prince.