Line #28 Film/ICanHardlyWait


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[BlatantLies I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid.]] [[LampshadeHanging What a liar I am.]]"'']]
3	''I Can Hardly Wait'' is the 73rd short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Film/TheThreeStooges, released August 13, 1943. In it, the stooges, who are defense workers, break into someone's house late at night and raid their refrigerator for food. After several cooking antics they finally sit down and eat, and Curly breaks his tooth on a ham bone. Moe suggests they go to sleep, and after several mishaps with a three-tiered bunk bed, Curly dozes off. The rest of the episode takes place in Curly's dream, where Moe and Larry try several tricks to remove Curly's tooth before taking him to the dentist.
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7	* AllJustADream: But the audience is made aware of this.
8	* ButtMonkey: Curly.
9	* ComicallySmallBribe: Moe and Larry offer Curly an egg shell and a bone if he agrees to shut up and let them eat breakfast, as Moe and Larry split up one egg, one big ham steak and 1 thick loaf of bread. Curly at first doesn't fall for it, but Moe [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates Curly]] into thinking he's getting the better deal by getting a "whole" bone and a "whole" eggshell while Moe and Larry can only get half an egg and half a ham.
10	-->'''Moe''': We get a half a slice of ham and half an egg a piece. You get a ''whole'' bone and a ''whole'' eggshell, '''''[[SuddenlyShouting and you're squawkin'!]]'''''\
11	'''Curly''': I'm sorry, Moe. Gee, you fellas are swell to me.\
12	'''Moe''': That's more like it.
13	* DemotedToExtra: Larry barely has a minimal role in this short compared to Moe and Curly.
14	* DepravedDentist: What Curly is afraid the dentist is, especially after hearing that his previous job was a butcher.
15	* FatBastard: During breakfast, Curly keeps trying to wrest the food all for himself.
16	* InsultBackfire: At the dentists' office, Larry (who's given a supporting role in this short) asks the secretary if she wants to come over to his place tonight.
17	--> '''Larry''': Say, sugar, how'd you like to come over to my house tonight and see my coffee?\
18	'''Secretary''': Fresh!\
19	'''Larry''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, yeah, ground today.]]
20	* ItsAllAboutMe: During breakfast, Moe and Larry take the food for themselves while Curly gets only the bone and eggshells. Curly objects this isn't fair to him, even though he's really fat and needs to diet anyways.
21	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Moe's portrayed showing more sympathy towards Curly when in the latter's dream. On example is where Moe apologizes for when Curly gets hit by the door that Larry opens.
22	* LiteralAssKicking: Larry kicks Curly there after Moe stepped on the latter's foot to get his mind off his tooth ache.
23	* MurphysBed: The Stooges always let Curly take the top bunk, which never ends well.
24	* NonFatalExplosion: Moe and Larry try to extract Curly's tooth with a fire cracker, but Curly gets scared and tosses it, and it ends up in the back of Moe's pants. The resulting explosion only scorches his behind.
25	* PunnyName: The dentist office is run by Dr. Y. Tug and Dr. A. Yank.
26	* TeethFlying: Curly mistakenly thinks Moe has knocked all of his teeth out after a harebrained scheme involving tying Curly's tooth to a chandelier and having him jump off a ladder goes awry, filling his mouth with bits of drywall instead when the chandelier was ripped from the ceiling. Curly spits them out and thinks he's "bald-headed in the mouth".
27	** Moe eventually removes Curly's tooth by punching him after the bunk beds collapse.
28	* TitleDrop: Curly says the title as Moe is opening the fridge, which is fitted with a dial like a safe.
29	* TheToothHurts
30	* ThoughtBubble: A rare live-action one appears when Curly first starts dreaming.

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