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''Punch Drunks'' is the second short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. ==Plot== Struggling boxing manager Moe is having lunch with several associates when he notices their shy waiter (Curly) goes into a violent fugue whenever he hears the song "Pop Goes the Weasel". Moe also takes notice of a fiddler (Larry) who happens to be playing the potent tune at the restaurant. Seeing dollar signs in the uncontrollable waiter, Moe quickly recruits the two unsuspecting cohorts and preps them for the boxing world. Curly's boxing handle becomes "K.O. Stradivarius", and with Larry in tow—playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" at every boxing match, Curly becomes the number one contender for the heavyweight championship. All goes well until the night of the highly anticipated World Championship match with Killer Kilduff (Al Hill). Only a few moments into the first round, Kilduff plants a left hook at Curly, sending him into the crowd, landing on Larry and crushing his violin. Frantic, Larry scurries the streets, looking for anything that is playing "Pop Goes the Weasel," while Curly is being battered by the boxer. Larry finds a radio playing the tune, takes it and heads back to the arena. Larry arrives at the arena a few minutes later with the radio. The song ends moments later just as Curly is about to knock out Kilduff. Moe sends Larry back out to find something else playing "Pop Goes the Weasel". Larry manages to come across a politician's campaign truck blaring the tune from its speakers and "race-drives" it to the arena, crashing through a side wall. Curly is just about ready to throw in the towel until he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel". The wobbily boxer comes to his feet with renewed energy, and knocks out Kilduff in a matter of seconds, winning the fight. The song continues, however, and as they celebrate in the ring, Curly knocks out Larry and Moe and begins to advance on the camera as the short ends. A side-gag for this short involves a boy sitting ringside and the bell-ringer. When Larry rushes out to find the song, Moe looks around for something to stop the round. He sees the bell-ringer has fallen asleep. He offers the house bet to the child in exchange for a piece of candy he's eating. The kid takes the deal, and Moe tosses a piece of candy onto the bell, ringing it. The kid finds it funny and gets into a battle with the bell-ringer over who can ring the bell first. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Punch Drunks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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