"Whoops, I'm an Indian!" falls short of being an "A+" Three Stooges comedy, but it still has its funny moments. Directed by Del Lord, it is one of a handful of Stooge films that casts the boys as scoundrels who run afoul of the law (whereas a majority of the time, the boys portray good guys out to help others).
Highlights from this short include the following (if you have not yet seen it, don't read any further). At the film's opening, Larry uses a concealed horseshoe magnet to the Stooges' advantage for their crooked roulette game, but they don't get away with it for too long. When Moe asks Curly what he did with all the money the Stooges won from their shady roulette game, Curly replies, "I threw it away so I could run faster." A bit later, when Moe spots Larry with a bundle of supplies, he asks Larry if he stole them. Larry answers, "What do you think I am, a crook? I just took it." During the fishing scene, Moe keeps catching fish that are not the requisite size for three men to eat ("What are you doin' out of bed? Go back and get your big brother....So you're the big brother, huh? Go fetch your old man!"). Also during this scene, Curly accidentally hooks himself and then gets clubbed by Moe when he suggests baiting the fish with chewing tobacco. And finally, the boys hop aboard a canoe and cross the lake with one paddle stroke.
"Whoops, I'm an Indian!" is not a big winner in the Three Stooges film library, but aside from the highlights mentioned above, this short benefits greatly from the appearance of Bud Jamison as a burly French-Canadian fur trapper named Pierre. Unshaven, with a thick accent and a hot temper, Pierre becomes a perfect foil for the Buckskin Stooges, who soon get themselves into more trouble with their Indian disguises and ultimately wind up in jail, where they belong.
Highlights from this short include the following (if you have not yet seen it, don't read any further). At the film's opening, Larry uses a concealed horseshoe magnet to the Stooges' advantage for their crooked roulette game, but they don't get away with it for too long. When Moe asks Curly what he did with all the money the Stooges won from their shady roulette game, Curly replies, "I threw it away so I could run faster." A bit later, when Moe spots Larry with a bundle of supplies, he asks Larry if he stole them. Larry answers, "What do you think I am, a crook? I just took it." During the fishing scene, Moe keeps catching fish that are not the requisite size for three men to eat ("What are you doin' out of bed? Go back and get your big brother....So you're the big brother, huh? Go fetch your old man!"). Also during this scene, Curly accidentally hooks himself and then gets clubbed by Moe when he suggests baiting the fish with chewing tobacco. And finally, the boys hop aboard a canoe and cross the lake with one paddle stroke.
"Whoops, I'm an Indian!" is not a big winner in the Three Stooges film library, but aside from the highlights mentioned above, this short benefits greatly from the appearance of Bud Jamison as a burly French-Canadian fur trapper named Pierre. Unshaven, with a thick accent and a hot temper, Pierre becomes a perfect foil for the Buckskin Stooges, who soon get themselves into more trouble with their Indian disguises and ultimately wind up in jail, where they belong.