My Episode Review on Even as IOU · 5:17pm Mar 28th, 2020
Greetings, my friends.
This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.
Today, for my 28th episode analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take of the Three Stooges's "Even as IOU".
Here's the summary of it:
After escaping from a cop, the Three Stooges meet a family consisting of a mother and daughter, who are broke and without a home. Determined to help them, the Stooges decide to surprise the family by betting on a horse and earn money for them.
Will the Stooges succeed? Or will they fail?
In all honesty, when I looked up what feedback this short received on IMDb, I was surprised to find how many were either neutral towards it or disliked it. I really can't understand why that's so, because I thought this was a fun one!
The direction by Del Lord, and the story by Felix Adler, were as entertaining as ever. I mean, yes, the plot may have been all over the place. But, the Stooges's goal to help the family tied everything together perfectly, and it was remarkably character-driven to a tee. Plus, the comedy throughout the episode was nonstop hilarious and brilliantly executed. The jokes revolving around Curly were definitely the best ones, that's for sure.
The performances of the cast and the characters were excellent too. Even though the Stooges did start out to be con men in this short, I love the softer side they showed towards the family and their willingness to help them. Along with that, the Stooge trio once again gave some of their best performances, being so into their material to the point of where their portrayals seemed so real.
In conclusion, "Even as IOU" is another Three Stooges short that I'm proud to have analyzed and come to know, and it's one of the trio's funniest as well. Based on what I've gathered so far, it's also one of the most underrated of the Three Stooges filmography.
So, I rate "Even as IOU" five out of five stars.
Really gonna have to try and see some episodes of this