The Three Stooges: 'You Nazty Spy, 'I'll Never Heil Again': 3 Stooges Mocked Hitler Before Chaplin

[appalachiablue]

- The Three Stooges Collection: 1940-1942: You Nazty Spy.

- I'll Never Heil Again!

- 3 Stooges Mocked Hitler Before Chaplin ("You Nazty Spy!", 1940).

Charlie Chaplin's famous anti-war film "The Great Dictator" was released in October 1940. In it, he plays a ridiculous caricature of Adolf Hitler. But in January of that same year, the Three Stooges released "You Nazty Spy!"

In it, Moe became the first screen actor to lampoon Adolf Hitler......almost two years before America's entry into World War II. In 1941, the Stooges followed this up with "I'll Never Heil Again."

[David__77]

1. The three stooges is great.

I love how they mock the elitists.

[appalachiablue]

2. Brilliant comedians who gave us a lot of laughs and enjoyment,

around the world!

[Grokenstein]

3. We can (and should) appreciate both.

A big theatrical release takes a lot more time to complete than a short. It wasn't a race.

Aside: I think it's important to also note the sort of BS that isolationists spun to keep America out of the "Eurasian" war: here's a page from the infamous Fletcher Hanks' mindboggling Stardust the Super-Wizard, wavering between directly referencing Japan and citing the fictional "Capania" (probably a last-second re-lettering).



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[appalachiablue]

5. Different formats entirely, all helped expose the evils!

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Yeah, but Chaplin did it better...

As funny as the stooges are, Chaplin’s film is great art.