Review of Ants in the Pantry

"Ants in the Pantry" is a 17.5-minute live action short film from 1936, so this one had its 80th anniversary last year. If you read the names Jack White and Al Giebler here, then you probably know right away that this is a Three Stooges short film if you have seen some of these or know your stuff in general about 1930s and 1940s in Hollywood. This is of course still from the days when Curly was with the gang and before they included political references in their works. The trio work as pest exterminators in here and they are a bit of scam artists one might say and also they are as incompetent as always, so really no need to worry about the cute little rat in here. Eventually, thanks to their shenanigans, the guests mistake them for hired entertainers. I wish I could say I was entertained as well as the guests of this party, but not really. Apart from one line about closed eyes, there was nothing too funny about this slightly longer than a quarter of an hour. I kinda like Moe, but stuff like the joke with a piano landing on him just doesn't cut the cake anymore by today's standards. Thumbs-down overall from me and this being one of the more famous Stooges shorts (that has also been remade later like many of their works, and even referenced in Breaking Bad) does not say anything good about their work. I don't recommend seeing it. Final side-note: This one apparently has a sequel, another short, and this is really uncommon for the Stooges.