No Census, No Feeling (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Del Lord |
| Producer(s) | Del Lord, Hugh McCollum |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Short Films |
| Top Topics | |
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No Census, No Feeling (1940) was a Black-and-white - Short Films Film directed by Del Lord and produced by Del Lord and Hugh McCollum.
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Moe:
Where were you born?
Curly: Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moe: How do you spell that?
Curly: W-O... woof! Make it Lake Erie I got an Uncle there!
Moe: What was your family decomposed of?
Curly: Well, I'll tell ya! There was a litter of three, and I was the one they kept! N'yuk n'yuk n'yuk!
Moe: [not realizing he is getting replies from Larry] Pardon me sir, but I'm taking census, where were you born?
Larry: Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moe: Lake Winnip-how many in the family?
Larry: I was one of a litter of three.
Moe: Now don't tell me you're the one they kept!
Larry: Nah, I was the one they threw away!
Moe: Good morning, sir, I'm the census taker. Are you married or happy?
Henry's wife: Hen-ry!
Moe: [Henry ducks just a vase is thrown by his wife, hitting Moe and knocking him down the stairs] Married.
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Curly: Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moe: How do you spell that?
Curly: W-O... woof! Make it Lake Erie I got an Uncle there!
Moe: What was your family decomposed of?
Curly: Well, I'll tell ya! There was a litter of three, and I was the one they kept! N'yuk n'yuk n'yuk!
Moe: [not realizing he is getting replies from Larry] Pardon me sir, but I'm taking census, where were you born?
Larry: Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moe: Lake Winnip-how many in the family?
Larry: I was one of a litter of three.
Moe: Now don't tell me you're the one they kept!
Larry: Nah, I was the one they threw away!
Moe: Good morning, sir, I'm the census taker. Are you married or happy?
Henry's wife: Hen-ry!
Moe: [Henry ducks just a vase is thrown by his wife, hitting Moe and knocking him down the stairs] Married.
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Facts about
Near the beginning when Moe explains to the boys that they're working for the Census, Curly asks, "Will Hays?" This is an inside Hollywood joke as Curly must have thought Moe said "censors" who enforced the Hays Code, started by the first president of the Motion Picture Association of America, William Harrison Hays.
The "litter of three" joke was more or less an "in-joke" dealing with the fact that Larry was the only one of the main three (Moe, Larry, Curly) who was not a Howard/Horowitz. Curly says he was one of the ones "kept" (being a Howard), while Larry says he was the one "they threw away" (not being a Howard).
Just before the boys go to the football game, they hear a commotion in the distance. Curly says, "Maybe it's the Fourth of July!" Moe says, "The Fourth of July in October?" Curly replies, "You never can tell. Look what they did to Thanksgiving." This reference is lost on most people today. Before 1939, Thanksgiving was not a fixed date, but relied on a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation each year. Lincoln began the national holiday in 1863 and most people were used to Thanksgiving being the last Thursday of November. In 1939 (the year before this short was released), President Roosevelt changed the date of the national holiday, much to the disagreement of many of the states' governors and their citizens. This change added an extra week of holiday shopping, which pleased the leaders of big business. The move was quite controversial and it wasn't until the end of 1941 that Congress passed a law to settle the dispute and establish the "fourth Thursday" of November as our Thanksgiving Day.
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The "litter of three" joke was more or less an "in-joke" dealing with the fact that Larry was the only one of the main three (Moe, Larry, Curly) who was not a Howard/Horowitz. Curly says he was one of the ones "kept" (being a Howard), while Larry says he was the one "they threw away" (not being a Howard).
Just before the boys go to the football game, they hear a commotion in the distance. Curly says, "Maybe it's the Fourth of July!" Moe says, "The Fourth of July in October?" Curly replies, "You never can tell. Look what they did to Thanksgiving." This reference is lost on most people today. Before 1939, Thanksgiving was not a fixed date, but relied on a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation each year. Lincoln began the national holiday in 1863 and most people were used to Thanksgiving being the last Thursday of November. In 1939 (the year before this short was released), President Roosevelt changed the date of the national holiday, much to the disagreement of many of the states' governors and their citizens. This change added an extra week of holiday shopping, which pleased the leaders of big business. The move was quite controversial and it wasn't until the end of 1941 that Congress passed a law to settle the dispute and establish the "fourth Thursday" of November as our Thanksgiving Day.
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