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by Jtigger on October 17th, 2007
It's from a Three Stooges movie, "Gents Without Cents" made in 1944. Curly says "Niagra Falls" and Moe (who was under some sort of post-hypnotic suggestion? I don't remember) turns on him and launches into the speech. (I dunno. Seemed funny when I was a kid.) See www.imdb.com for good sources of movie quotes, trivia, etc.
This was also from an Abbott and Costello movie entitled "Lost in A Harem".
Many of Bud and Lou's best-known routines were vaudeville and/or burlesque standards. The "Niagara Falls" bit ("Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...I took my revenge.") was performed by many vaudeville teams before becoming identified with Abbott & Costello.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9lQe2YoBs
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I just love the Three Stooges with Curly. I thought the words were from another movie that they quote?
by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on October 17th, 2007
Me too! They are so funny. I'm not sure about another movie. I know it was used in the early comedy acts on vaudeville, Abbot and Costello used it, as well as The Three Stooges. I think it was used in an episode of I love Lucy too.
by Jtigger on October 17th, 2007