A Review of

Wee Wee Monsieur

starring The Three Stooges

Summary

Overall Rating: (on a scale of 1 to 5 stars)

Wee Wee Monsieur is a short (approximately 15 minutes in length) film that is usually packaged on the same tape or disk as other Three Stooges episodes. The four-star rating Shira gave this episode applies only to this one episode and does not apply to other episodes that may be on the same tape or disk. No belly dancer's video party could be complete without showing the harem scene of Wee Wee Monsieur, starring Larry, Moe, and Curly dressed up as harem girls and dancing with the women of the harem.

What Shira.net Users Think

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

The above poll includes responses submitted since October 28, 2002.

Fact Sheet

Subject Matter	The Three Stooges join the French Foreign Legion.
Overall Rating
Year Released	1938
Star(s)	Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Curly Howard
Dancer(s)	Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Curly Howard
Total Length	17 minutes
Time Devoted to Dance Scenes	2 minutes

Description

As the video opens, the Three Stooges are starving artists scraping for money. They accidentally join the French Foreign Legion and are put in charge of guarding their Captain, with the expected unsuccessful results.

In their attempt to rescue their Captain, they stumble into the local bad guy's harem and dress up as harem women to escape detection. About 14 minutes into it, the harem women (including the three new additions) do a dance for the man of the house.

The Stooges appearing in this video are Larry, Moe, and Curly. It was released in 1938, and portrays the harem in a 1938 Three Stooges kind of way. It's definitely a scene worth showing at a video party for belly dancers.

Is It Right for You?

You Will Probably Enjoy This Movie If

• You would enjoy seeing the Three Stooges dressed up as harem women and dancing for the lord of the harem.
• You're a passionate fan of the Three Stooges.
• Slapstick amuses you.

This Movie Probably Isn't Right for You If

• You've outgrown the Three Stooges and their style of humor.

What I Liked, What I Didn't

What I Liked:

• The harem scene with the Three Stooges dressed up in women's clothes and dancing.

What I Didn't Like:

• The more violent slapstick gags.

In Conclusion

The first time I saw this show was at a party at a fellow dancer's house, and I thought the dance scene was hilarious. But I'll readily admit that the Three Stooges are sort of a specialized humor, and they're not for everybody.

Disclosure

There is nothing to disclose. I have never had any contact with anyone involved in making this movie.

Where to Get It

Via Amazon Stores

VHS edition:

DVD edition:

Copyright Notice

This entire web site is copyrighted. All rights reserved.

All articles, images, forms, scripts, directories, and product reviews on this web site are the property of Shira unless a different author/artist is identified. Material from this web site may not be posted on any other web site unless permission is first obtained from Shira.

Academic papers for school purposes may use information from this site only if the paper properly identifies the original article on Shira.net using appropriate citations (footnotes, end notes, etc.) and bibliography. Consult your instructor for instructions on how to do this.

If you wish to translate articles from Shira.net into a language other than English, Shira will be happy to post your translation here on Shira.net along with a note identifying you as the translator. This could include your photo and biography if you want it to. Contact Shira for more information. You may not post translations of Shira's articles on anybody else's web site, not even your own.

If you are a teacher, performer, or student of Middle Eastern dance, you may link directly to any page on this web site from either your blog or your own web site without first obtaining Shira's permission. Click here for link buttons and other information on how to link.