In September 1936's "Whoops, I'm an Indian!" the politically correct crowd has labeled this as the threesome's most offensive short. The Stooges go back in time to the Old West as dishonest gamblers. Woodsman Pierre (Bud Jamison) catches on to their cheating ways, and vows to teach them a lesson. Running away from the law, the Stooges unknowingly seek shelter in Pierre's cabin, and disguise themselves as Native Americans. Their costumes create quite a bit of confusion when Pierre returns and sees the three Indians in his cabin.
The title was based on a popular Fanny Brice song at the time, "I'm an Indian," from the 1918 hit play 'Why Worry?' The tune was reprised in her part-talkie 1928 film 'My Man.' In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was a connection between America's natives and the newly-arrived Jewish population to the United States, who both were trying to preserve their traditions of their vanishing cultural state. The ties between the two were prominent in many early film comedies, and the Stooges contributed to this body of work. As Ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin wrote, "The comic side of the Indian-Jewish connection is a vein richly worked throughout the history of Jewish-American and mainstream entertainment, down through Hollywood films of the 1970s such as 'Blazing Saddles' and 'The Frisco Kid.'
The title was based on a popular Fanny Brice song at the time, "I'm an Indian," from the 1918 hit play 'Why Worry?' The tune was reprised in her part-talkie 1928 film 'My Man.' In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was a connection between America's natives and the newly-arrived Jewish population to the United States, who both were trying to preserve their traditions of their vanishing cultural state. The ties between the two were prominent in many early film comedies, and the Stooges contributed to this body of work. As Ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin wrote, "The comic side of the Indian-Jewish connection is a vein richly worked throughout the history of Jewish-American and mainstream entertainment, down through Hollywood films of the 1970s such as 'Blazing Saddles' and 'The Frisco Kid.'