"Brighto! Brighto! Makes old bodies new!" "We'll sell a million bottles!" "Woo woo-woo-woo woo woo woo!" Ah yes, these words are a familiar chant of three overly enthusiastic salesmen hired to sell the miracle medicine Brighto. It's the Stooges, of course, and their irate spouses demand them to get a job selling the stuff or they will divorce them. Long-term Stooges supporting actor Vernon Dent makes his third appearance with the boys in "Dizzy Doctors," and by this time his reputation as a heavyset foil for the Stooges has been tightly established.
Highlights from this wonderful short include the following (but make sure you watch the film first before reading further): Hospital superintendent Dr. Harry Arms (Dent) and two of his assistants chase the Stooges around the hospital corridors (you will notice, though, that the scene is a bit sloppy). Moe, Larry, and Curly take a moment to invade the hospital's intercom system; their fooling around with their voices on the loudspeaker naturally causes concern for the staff. Before they even enter the hospital, the boys try to sell Brighto, not knowing it's medicine, as an all-purpose household cleaning fluid; among other damages, it burns a hole in a policeman's uniform and removes paint from the car belonging to Dr. Arms. Perhaps the funniest scene in the picture is that of Larry trying to sell a bottle to the cop ("If you have a knick-knack with a nick in it, we'll knock the nick out of the knick-knack with Brighto"); a nearby dog spots Larry trying to trick the cop (Bud Jamison) into believing he's a cripple, and the dog chews on Larry's "missing" leg.
In conclusion, "Dizzy Doctors" is well worth seeing, if only to enjoy witnessing all the trouble the Stooges get into.
Highlights from this wonderful short include the following (but make sure you watch the film first before reading further): Hospital superintendent Dr. Harry Arms (Dent) and two of his assistants chase the Stooges around the hospital corridors (you will notice, though, that the scene is a bit sloppy). Moe, Larry, and Curly take a moment to invade the hospital's intercom system; their fooling around with their voices on the loudspeaker naturally causes concern for the staff. Before they even enter the hospital, the boys try to sell Brighto, not knowing it's medicine, as an all-purpose household cleaning fluid; among other damages, it burns a hole in a policeman's uniform and removes paint from the car belonging to Dr. Arms. Perhaps the funniest scene in the picture is that of Larry trying to sell a bottle to the cop ("If you have a knick-knack with a nick in it, we'll knock the nick out of the knick-knack with Brighto"); a nearby dog spots Larry trying to trick the cop (Bud Jamison) into believing he's a cripple, and the dog chews on Larry's "missing" leg.
In conclusion, "Dizzy Doctors" is well worth seeing, if only to enjoy witnessing all the trouble the Stooges get into.