EPISODEGIGents in a Jam1952
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Gents in a Jam
From The Three Stooges
A 17-minute short subject episode from The Three Stooges, Season 19, Episode 5.
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Series Progress: Episode 77 of 18641% Completed
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A remake of an earlier Columbia short, Hot heir (1947) with Hugh Herbert, this Three Stooges 2-reel comedy has the boys rescued from eviction by the arrival of Shemp's rich Uncle Phineas (Emil Sitka), whom he is supposed to inherit. Unfortunately, Phineas and the boys' landlady, Mrs. McGruder (Mary Ainslee), fall in love and get married, leaving the boys out of the money. Considered one the the Stooges' best later shorts, Gents in a Jam was the final Stooges short to be directed by the able Edward Bernds, who left the Columbia short subject department in the wake of the ouster of producer Hugh McCollum.
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How long is Gents in a Jam?
Gents in a Jam runs for 17m for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under short subject, comedy.
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This series currently shows 186 episodes across 26 seasons.
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Episodes (186)
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- S01E01 - Woman Haters
- S01E02 - Punch Drunks
- S01E03 - Men in Black
- S01E04 - Three Little Pigskins
- S10E01 - They Stooge to Conga
- S10E10 - A Gem of a Jam
- S10E02 - Dizzy Detectives
- S10E03 - Spook Louder
- S10E04 - Back from the Front
- S10E05 - Three Little Twerps
- S10E06 - Higher than a Kite
- S10E07 - I Can Hardly Wait
- S10E08 - Dizzy Pilots
- S10E09 - Phony Express
- S11E01 - Crash Goes the Hash
- S11E02 - Busy Buddies
- S11E03 - The Yoke's on Me
- S11E04 - Idle Roomers
- S11E05 - Gents Without Cents
- S11E06 - No Dough Boys
- S12E01 - Three Pests in a Mess
- S12E02 - Booby Dupes
- S12E03 - Idiots Deluxe
- S12E04 - If a Body Meets a Body
- S12E05 - Micro-Phonies
- S13E01 - Beer-barrel Polecats
- S13E02 - A Bird in the Head
- S13E04 - The Three Troubledoers
- S13E05 - Monkey Businessmen
- S13E06 - Three Loan Wolves
- S13E07 - GI Wanna Home
- S13E08 - Rhythm and Weep
- S13E09 - Three Little Pirates
- S14E02 - Fright Night
- S14E03 - Out West
- S14E04 - Hold That Lion
- S14E05 - Brideless Groom
- S14E06 - Sing a Song of Six Pants
- S14E07 - All Gummed Up
- S15E01 - Shivering Sherlocks
- S15E02 - Pardon My Clutch
- S15E03 - Squareheads of the Round Table
- S15E04 - Fiddlers Three
- S15E05 - Hot Scots
- S15E06 - Heavenly Daze
- S15E07 - Mummy's Dummies
- S15E08 - I'm a Monkey's Uncle
- S15E09 - Crime on Their Hands
- S16E01 - The Ghost Talks
- S16E02 - Who Done It?
- S16E03 - Hocus Pocus
- S16E04 - Fuelin Around
- S16E05 - Malice in the Palace
- S16E06 - Vagabond Loafers
- S16E07 - Dunked in the Deep
- S17E01 - Punchy Cowpunchers
- S17E02 - Hugs and Mugs
- S17E03 - Dopey Dicks
- S17E04 - Love at First Bite
- S17E05 - Self-Made Maids
- S17E06 - Three Hams on Rye
- S17E07 - Studio Stoops
- S17E08 - Slap-Happy Sleuths
- S17E09 - A Snitch in Time
- S18E01 - Three Arabian Nuts
- S18E02 - Baby Sitters Jitters
- S18E03 - Don't Throw That Knife
- S18E04 - Scrambled Brains
- S18E05 - Merry Mavericks
- S18E06 - The Tooth Will Out
- S18E07 - Hula La La
- S18E08 - The Pest Man Wins
- S19E01 - A Missed Fortune
- S19E03 - Corny Casanovas
- S19E04 - He Cooked His Goose
- S19E05 - Gents in a Jam Viewing
- S19E06 - Three Dark Horses
- S19E07 - Cuckoo on a Choo-Choo
- S02E01 - Horses Collars
- S02E02 - Restless Knights
- S02E03 - Pop Goes the Easel
- S02E04 - Uncivil Warriors
- S02E05 - Pardon My Scotch
- S02E06 - Hoi Polloi
- S02E07 - Three Little Beers
- S20E01 - Up in Daisy's Penthouse
- S20E02 - Booty and the Beast
- S20E03 - Loose Loot
- S20E04 - Tricky Dicks
- S20E05 - Spooks
- S20E06 - Pardon My Backfire
- S20E07 - Rip, Sew and Stitch
- S20E08 - Bubble Trouble
- S20E09 - Goof on the Roof
- S21E01 - Income Tax Sappy
- S21E02 - Musty Musketeers
- S21E03 - Pals and Gals
- S21E04 - Knutzy Knights
- S21E05 - Shot in the Frontier
- S21E06 - Scotched in Scotland
- S22E01 - Fling in the Ring
- S22E02 - Of Cash and Hash
- S22E03 - Gypped in the Penthouse
- S22E04 - Bedlam in Paradise
- S22E05 - Stone Age Romeos
- S22E06 - Wham Bam Slam
- S22E07 - Hot Ice
- S22E08 - Blunder Boys
- S23E01 - Husbands Beware
- S23E02 - Creeps
- S23E03 - Flagpole Jitters
- S23E04 - For Crimin Out Loud
- S23E05 - Rumpus in the Harem
- S23E06 - Hot Stuff
- S23E07 - Scheming Schemers
- S23E08 - Commotion on the Ocean
- S24E01 - Hoofs and Goofs
- S24E02 - Muscle Up a Little Closer
- S24E03 - A Merry Mix-up
- S24E04 - Spaceship Sappy
- S24E05 - Guns a Poppin'
- S24E06 - Horsing Around
- S24E07 - Rusty Romeos
- S24E08 - Outer-Space Jitters
- S25E01 - Quiz Whiz
- S25E02 - Fifi Blows Her Top
- S25E03 - Pies and Guys
- S25E04 - Sweet and Hot
- S25E05 - Flying-Saucer Daffy
- S25E06 - Oils Well That Ends Well
- S26E01 - Triple Crossed
- S26E02 - Sappy Bullfighters
- S03E01 - Ants in the Pantry
- S03E02 - Movie Maniacs
- S03E03 - Half-Shot Shooters
- S03E04 - Disorder in the Court
- S03E05 - A Pain in the Pullman
- S03E06 - False Alarms
- S03E07 - Whoops I'm an Indian
- S03E08 - Slippery Silks
- S04E01 - Grips, Grunts and Groans
- S04E02 - Dizzy Doctors
- S04E03 - Three Dumb Clucks
- S04E03 - 3 Dumb Clucks
- S04E04 - Back to the Woods
- S04E05 - Goofs and Saddles
- S04E06 - Cash and Carry
- S04E07 - Playing the Ponies
- S04E08 - The Sitter-Downers
- S05E01 - Termites of 1938
- S05E02 - Wee Wee Monsieur
- S05E03 - Tassels in the Air
- S05E04 - Flat-Foot Stooges
- S05E05 - Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
- S05E06 - Violent Is the Word for Curly
- S05E07 - Three Missing Links
- S05E08 - Mutts to You
- S06E01 - Three Little Sew and Sews
- S06E03 - A Ducking They Did Go
- S06E04 - Yes, We Have No Bonanza
- S06E05 - Saved by the Belle
- S06E06 - Calling all Curs
- S06E07 - Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
- S06E08 - Three Sappy People
- S07E01 - You nazty Spy
- S07E02 - Rockin Through the Rockies
- S07E03 - A-Plumbing We Will Go
- S07E04 - Nutty but Nice
- S07E05 - How High Is Up?
- S07E06 - From Nurse to Worse
- S07E07 - No Census, No Feeling
- S07E09 - Boobs in Arms
- S08E01 - So Long, Mr. Chumps
- S08E02 - Dutiful but Dumb
- S08E03 - All the Worlds a Stooge
- S08E04 - I'll Never Heil Again
- S08E05 - An Ache in Every Stake
- S08E06 - In the Sweet Pie and Pie
- S08E07 - Some More of Samoa
- S09E01 - Loco Boy Makes Good
- S09E02 - Cactus Makes Perfect
- S09E04 - Matri-phony
- S09E05 - Three Smart Saps
- S09E06 - Even as IOU
- S09E07 - Sock-a-Bye, Baby
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