A Missed Fortune (1952)

Shemp Howard: Shemp

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Quotes 

• Moe : Boy, what a beautiful bed. And just what we need, a triple-decker.

  Shemp : I want the upper berth. You get less air up there. Uh, can I get up there? Where's a ladder?

  [seeing Moe bent over, he uses him as a springboard] 

  Moe : [holding the small of his back in pain]  Ooh!

  Shemp : How I love this pretty bed. Now I'll rest my weary head. Good night.

  [falling backward, the canopy and the bed collapse] 

  Shemp : [dazed]  What happened?

  Moe : [trapped under a beam]  Get this Henry VIII off my neck!

• Shemp : Look! A rowboat.

  Larry : A rowboat? You're crazy. That's a horse trough.

  Moe : Horse trough? Rowboat? In a hotel? You imbeciles. That's a bathtub. Go on, take a bath.

  Larry : Wait a minute. It ain't spring yet.

  Moe : Oh, yes it is. See the grass?

  Larry : Where?

  [looking into the bathroom] 

  Larry : You're crazy. That's a bathmat.

  [Moe kicks him in the butt; stumbling forward, he hits the opposite wall] 

  Larry : [with his top hat covering his eyes]  Oh! Help! Turn on the lights! I can't see anything. It's dark in here! Fellas, help me! I'm going blind!

  Shemp : [pulling the hat off]  I'll help you.

  Larry : I can't see. I can't see!

  Moe , Shemp : What's the matter?

  Larry : I have my eyes closed.

  Moe : [eye-poking him]  Go on, take a bath.

• Shemp : [at a swanky hotel]  Look at this room, fancy and clean. I feel like a king. If I just had a queen.

  Moe : [with an over-the-shoulder conk on the head]  Quiet.

• Hotel Manager : Gentlemen, if I can be of further service, please call me personally.

  Moe , Larry , Shemp : Thank you.

  Larry : Mr. Personally.

  Moe , Larry , Shemp : [bowing, they conk their heads together]  Ooh!

  Moe : You cement head.

  Shemp : Why, that's an insult with me. In my country, that's an insult.

  [taking a glove from his jacket pocket, he slaps Moe in the face] 

  Moe : On guard.

  Shemp : I got it.

  [they begin "sword fighting" with their cigars] 

• Shemp : I'm seeing gorillas!

  Moe : Don't look at me when you say that.

• Shemp : Roses are red, violets are blue.

  Moe : You crush his skull, I'll break him in two.