You Natzy Spy! (1940)

Larry Pebble, Minister of Propanganda: We will now pause for station identification.
Curly Gallstone, Field Marshal: This is N-U-T-S.
Larry Pebble, Minister of Propanganda: When you hear the conk on the dome, it will be exactly 3 o'clock.
[whacks Curly on the head]
Larry Pebble, Minister of Propanganda: 3 o'clock Bolonia watch time.
Curly Gallstone, Field Marshal: 3 o'clock Bolonia watch time.

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Moe: What do you mean by reading a book? Suppose you learn something. Loyal Moronikans shouldn't read. Take your troops out and have them burn every book in Moronika.

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Mr. Ixnay: No, no, no. You're through with papering. My partners and I are going to make you Dictator of Moronica."

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The Stooges, who were all Ashkenazi Jews, occasionally worked a word or phrase of Yiddish into their dialogue. In particular here, the Stooges make several overt Jewish and Yiddish cultural references: The exclamation "Beblach!" used several times in the film is a Yiddish word meaning "beans". "Shalom Aleichem!", literally "Peace unto you" is a standard greeting in Yiddish meaning "hello, pleased to meet you". "Moe: We'll start a 'Blintzkrieg' (Blitzkrieg). Curly: I just love blintzes especially with sour krieg." This is a reference to the Ashkenazi Jewish dish blintzes with sour cream. In Moe's imitation of a Hitler speech, he says "in pupik gehabt haben" (the semi-obscene "I've had it in the bellybutton" in Yiddish). These references to the Nazi leadership and Hitler speaking Yiddish were particularly ironic inside jokes for the Yiddish-speaking Jewish audience.
Was the first Hollywood film to spoof Adolf Hitler, released nine months before Charles Chaplin's more famous The Great Dictator.
This was 'Larry Fine''s favorite short.
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