Three Little Sew and Sews was filmed on March 21–24, 1938, and was the last entry to utilize "
Listen to the Mockingbird" as the Stooges' official theme song. It was filmed directly after
Violent Is the Word for Curly but before
Flat Foot Stooges, the latter being the first film to employ "
Three Blind Mice" as the Stooges' official theme song. The title
Sew and Sew is a pun on "so and so", a softly worded insult for a person one finds unimpressionable, or a euphemism for "son-of-a-bitch".
Three Little Sew and Sews is one of several Stooge shorts in which a sofa spring manages to become attached to someone's backside. This gag was also used in
Hoi Polloi,
An Ache in Every Stake,
Hugs and Mugs and
Have Rocket, Will Travel. In addition, footage of war scenes were later used in
Boobs in Arms and
They Stooge to Conga. The short is also the fifth of sixteen Stooge shorts with the word "three" in the title. Unlike most Stooge films,
Three Little Sew and Sews ends with the trio being killed. This plot device was only used in a handful of their shorts, among them being
You Nazty Spy!, ''
I'll Never Heil Again and Half Shot Shooters''. ==References==