The indolent Stooges, roused from their slumber by the persistent demands of their spouses to seek gainful employment, serendipitously encounter Dr. Bright, the president of a company in dire need of salesmen for his novel concoction, Brighto. Marketed with the promise of rejuvenating aging bodies, Brighto is mistakenly perceived by the Stooges as a polish, prompting them to embark on an enthusiastic street-side campaign to showcase its purported efficacy to potential clients.
Their fervent demonstrations regrettably yield calamitous outcomes: Larry inadvertently soils a policeman's attire, Moe damages a passerby's footwear, and the application of Brighto strips the paint from a gentleman's pristine automobile. Incensed by the trio's bungling antics, the aggrieved parties initiate a relentless pursuit, compelling the Stooges to seek refuge back at Dr. Bright's premises, where they voice their grievances about their near-capture. Despite Dr. Bright's rebuke, elucidating that Brighto is intended as a medicinal remedy rather than a polish, he accedes to grant the Stooges another opportunity to prove their salesmanship. Emboldened by this second chance, the Stooges infiltrate Los Arms Hospital, endeavoring to peddle Brighto to the ailing patients. Their entrepreneurial zeal, however, is met with further misfortune when they inadvertently confront the superintendent, who recognizes them as the culprits behind the vehicular paint damage and resumes the chase.
In a bid to evade their pursuer, the Stooges ingeniously manipulate an elevator, dispatching the superintendent to an unintended destination before hastily absconding via a hospital gurney transformed into an improvised conveyance. Their flight culminates in a chaotic collision on the streets, prompting a precipitous retreat to the familiar comforts of home, where they seek solace in their beds, promptly resuming their interrupted repose.
Filming of Dizzy Doctors was completed between December 9 and 12, 1936.[2] The footage of the Stooges sailing on a gurney through the city streets would be reused in From Nurse to Worse.[3]
The Stooges try to sell their medicine in the Los Arms Hospital; this is the same hospital seen in Men in Black.[3]
This is the first of three Stooge shorts with the word "dizzy" in the title.
When Moe hits each of the skulls in turn each sounds a different note. The tones are a parody of the G-E-C pattern used for the NBC Chimes.[3]
A colorized version of this film was released in 2006. It was part of the DVD collection entitled "Stooges on the Run".
^ abcSolomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 103. ISBN0-9711868-0-4.
