Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released November 28, 1936
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
21.2 min. (Short Subject)
21.2 min. (Short Subject)
The Palooka gang is out of money again, and Knobby and Johnny try to raise some quick cash by selling phony watches. Their first sale is their last, when a burly customer realizes he's been had. Next stop, Joe, Knobby and Punchy load up at a local diner, and Knobby has a scheme to skip out on the bill. Of course, the diner owner turns out to be their watch customer, and the boys make a hasty exit with the manager's waitress girlfriend in tow.
Knobby books Palooka into a local vaudeville house to put on some exhibition bouts. Of course, their friend from the diner is in the audience, with a bag of rotten tomatoes, and he's more than willing to come on stage when Knobby asks for a volunteer to box with Joe.
5th entry in the "Joe Palooka" series.
Shemp was paid $1500 for this short.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.00/10]
[7.00/10]
Robert Norton
Joe Palooka
Shemp Howard
Knobby Walsh
Johnny Berkes
Johnny
Lee Weber
Punchy
Harry Gribbon
Diner manager
Mary Doran
Marcy
Michael Dennis
Jack McSwat, archive footage
Alan Goode
Jim Perry, archive footage
Pat McClary
Strangler Chokeovitch, archive footage
Fred Harper
Referee, archive footage
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 3
Heckling customer
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 4
Vaudeville comics
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 5
Theater manager
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 6
Kid Muscles
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 7
Friend in audience
Unidentified THE BLONDE BOMBER 8
Watch customers
Lloyd French
Director
Eddie Forman
Story
A. Dorian Otvos
Story
Jack Henley
Story
Ray Foster
Photography
Ham Fisher
Characters
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