Curly flip off

[stillayl]

Back in those days, thumbing your nose at somebody was considered outrageous and probably obscene.

There was a comedian who got booted (and I think banned) from the Ed Sullivan show for doing exactly that.

[FightForUtopia]

That gesture is old, but it was obscure at the time. It was always obscene. In ancient Greco-Roman, it meant "You take cock up the ass". From generations of parents not teaching it to their kids, it would become obscure. So obscure, most people at this time wouldn't get it. Of course the Stooge's knew, they were savvy to rare cool things such as this, and this is done intentionally, as a sort of inside joke to the savvy few who would "get it".

[longfootbuddy]

he was flipping that bastard judge off, not moe

[ryansaif]

That Gailey chick in this short was so hot!!!!!

[breanntheartist1989]

Is this real?

[bol316]

@breanntheartist1989 Yes its from the Stooges short "Disorder In The Court"

[BandakaKush]

Curly flips off the judicial system.

[larcenyinc]

The body part which the French proposed to cut off of the English after defeating them was, of course, the middle finger, without which it is impossible to draw the renowned English longbow. This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and so the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking yew". Thus, when the victorious English waved their middle fingers at the defeated French, they said, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

[larcenyinc]

Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since "pluck yew" is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'f', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter.

[larcenyinc]

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird".

[thesufferersinc]

Did anyone actually read his lips?!?

[neilpete]

omg i never realized that before!!!!!!!

[kdb2099]

alot of they're hand jestures were curse words in sign language.

[MrROTD]

It's just a finger, it looks like a penis and testicles, that the origin I believe of the finger!

[TexDad1971]

@MrROTD I've always thought that too.

[chanisco]

Actually it went all the way back to wars in old england. When english soldiers were captured the enemy cut off their middle fingers to make it impossible to fire a crossbow. So it was a gesture to show they were still able to fight and fire their weapons.

[TexDad1971]

@chanisco alot too many ppl have this wrong....and yes I know there are sites on the net that will tell you this. They need to be changed. People are confused. The story you refer to is the origins of the TWO finger salute in the UK. The bowmen used the index and middle fingers TOGETHER to draw back the bow....is why it was these 2 fingers that were cut off when captured. Not too many Americans know that the 2 fingers held up like a reverse peaces sign is considered offensive in the UK.

[TexDad1971]

@TexDad1971 yikes, take out the first word of my comment lol. Doesn't go there. And furthermore, we Americans think the 2 finger salute is something you must flash when someone is taking your picture. I don't know why.

[Ghaz3k]

@TexDad1971 I always learned that because people fired with either the middle and index OR the middle and Ring, that they cut off the middle finger too get rid of the common factor, never heard the cutting off of the 2 fingers, but alas history is history and doesn't really matter where it came from.

[KEVWARD63]

@TexDad1971

Correct ,

Both the 1 & 2 ( sometimes both together for extra effect ! ) salutes are used here in the UK as offensive signals. The 2 finger knuckle-front gesture is from the many wars against France , used by bowmen.

[choosing2lookeast]

@chanisco Goes even further back than that...Ancient Rome.

[MrSluggo666]

@chanisco That is a cool story, but wouldn't all strength reside in the first finger? in England when you flip someone off they use the first and middle fingers!

[defysquirrel189]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[1983parrothead]

Back then, Fred and Barney smoked Winston cigarettes, Tom (Tom & Jerry) put a cigar in his mouth, the word "gay" meant "happy", and I've seen some old people (then and now) using the middle finger in place of the pointer/index finger for certain things like pointing, picking, and like what Curly is doing: licking.

Nowadays, smoking became inappropriate for family-friendly television, the word "gay" often means either "lame" or "homosexual", and the middle finger is often used as a hand gesture.

[jww112093]

It slips right by the censors.

[ymistillavirgin]

drop the vernacular. ITS A DOYBEE

[JunkYardDog8113]

I keep trying to think, but nothing happens.

[aixacharles]

0:05 is my new cellphone screesaver!

[mnister17]

The middle finger gesture wasn't a negative gesture during that time, that is why it was allowed.

[TexDad1971]

@mnister17 Google "Old Hoss Radbourn Finger" and you'll find that it was considered rude even in 1886 in American culture that is. In other cultures, it goes back as far as 2,500 years.

[HerrEllsworth]

Ah, the classic "Disorder in the Court". This was one of my favorites.

[kangadillo]

Go Curley! I always wondered why he and Larry never hit Moe back and why they let him boss them around. He deserved to get the finger!!!

[zombieturd7]

he sayin f u to joe and curly joe for ruining the stooges

[potatoelover95]

nyuk nyuk nyuk

[mm1435]

.............WOOOOOW

[rockinian100]

that was so fuckin gay

[metal0737]

@rockinian100 Are you homophobic?

[JKAFinal]

@metal0737

Teens think everything is gay in this generation.

[101Volts]

@JKAFinal It tires me every time I hear some teen or pre teen say the word in that way. So why the heck do I not say anything about it when I hear it?

[JKAFinal]

@101Volts

I agree.

[rasndyznani]

thats teppible something as funny as the three stooges and someonea gotta be that immature

[mariomishaps]

sit on this moe ya bastard nuke nuke nuke

[linkfan160]

LOL That looks unintentional.

[Vegas01973]

Cool! I doubt that was a mistake.

[TomBarristerX]

Karl Malden vaguely does the same "flip" thing in the Disney classic "Pollyanna", during the scene in which Pollyanna approaches him in the meadow. However, it wasn't intentional on Malden's part, and for some reason, the censors at Disney never edited it out.

[cartoongameshowfan76]

Disorder in the Court is so funny!

[potheticman]

i could almost bet the farm he was paid off to use that jester lol

[d123456789100]

loser

[WanagiAkicita]

I think this is about the time it was first becoming a "thing", and this was intentional, knowing that most people wouldn't get it, especially the censors.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

I forget the name of the episode, but in a Dragnet-themed Three Stooges episode, Larry also unintentionally shoots people the bird.

[McSwan1]

Disorder in the court.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

The one I was referring to was a Shemp short.

[WanagiAkicita]

It wouldn't have been unintentional. The ancient Romans invented the bird, it meant the same then as it does now. The extended finger, between a pair of slightly raised knuckes represents a cock and balls, and it meant "fuck you", which is a phrase the Romans are also responsible for. Most "proper" Americans in the 30's and 40's were naive to such things. The Stooge flip offs were no accident. They were meant as a secret bonus joke to the few viewers savvy enough to know what it meant.

[RegistrationCop]

Yeah they used to worship the God of Giant Penis and thought that was the be all and end all to everything.

[musicmanregina]

up yours mr censor!

[oldblubblub]

Hey, Moe. I got something in my pocket for ya'. (Flip's off.)

[coolberri1]

LOL sit on it and rotate

[TheDabeavis]

He Was Chewing Gum In the Middle of the short Disorder In The Court

[clinch44]

I NEVER NOTICED THAT!

[vegitoth]

I don't think the middle finger meant "f-you" in the 1930's

[PrinceMushkin]

I don't think that four letter word was around in the 30's

[Sharkey9883]

The familiar use of the middle finger and the f-word have been around for centuries.

[magicmaker15]

The middle finger meaned nothing bad until at least the mid 1980s

[Jadip811]

I think it dated back before then.

[magicmaker15]

Nooooo.... Definately after Y2K

[randypcole]

"Meaned"?....Wow, there's some good English.

[keithhyman]

Meaned?

Meant!

And you're wrong both ways.

[GrantBernard1]

why do people have to say what they 'think' when they don't know anything? if you'd do 5 seconds of reserch you'd know that the middle finger as an insult has been around for thousands of years. plus if you watch the stooges second short Punch Drunks they used some stock footage of a crowd and in the audience you can see two guys giving the camera the finger.

[rockguitarist946]

yeah rap sucks. i like RUN DMC, but thats when rap was good.

[purplegill10]

oh yeah! see rock band beatles!

[TL250Rider]

Great Posting Curly is thinking all the Old Oldies Radio's Station Plays 70's Disco Music.

No Good

Thank you for the listing

[TTSmp]

haha thats great

[topdeeni]

KLASSIK... can U say "added to favorites"

[cx1designs]

Too funny!

"Stop chewing that gum!"

"Certainy."

"Will you throw that gum away!!"

"Look I got rid of it. Nyuk nyuk nyuk..." LOL.

[hockeygirl1031]

lol

[CyborgGreyFox]

disorder in the cort, i remember that one. One of curlys finest

[TexDad1971]

He was displaying his true contempt for the court. Oh yes.

[tokyodave1982]

@TexDad1971 Gentlemen you must control your killing instincts! Best line ever!

[jennylover456]

@TexDad1971 hahahahahahahah

[FireDevel]

oh A wise guy huh, well have a bird

[ManaFaerie]

good catch to milk a second into 11 more lol

[SkinnedLynryd]

I watched another video the other day and it ended with Moe saying "give him the bird" then it cut to this with a niuck niuck niuck in the background lmfao.

[TexDad1971]

What's the name of the vid? I'd love to see it. Sounds funny lol

[SkinnedLynryd]

I forget what it was :(

[linkfan160]

@TexDad1971 The episode is called "Disorder in the court" everyone agrees that is one of the funniest stooge episodes ever made.

[mackhine]

Nice! (print screen, edit) Thanks for my new background picture :D

[s7o0a0p]

So when they asked him if he swore and he said no, but I know all the words i guess he knew all the guestures, too!

[AceripXF]

YOU TELL EM CURLY! LOL