Moe, Larry and Shemp receive a telegram from their roommate\/landlord Bill that he just got married and they will need to move out. Rather than be upset by this abrupt eviction, the trio decide to surprise Bill and his new bride by cleaning the residence and installing a television that Bill ordered as a wedding gift. Needless to say, the best of intentions generates the worst possible results.
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A mini-masterpiece of feral mayhem, \u201cGoof on the Roof\u201d turns the most benign tasks \u2013 cleaning a floor, making a sandwich, setting up a television \u2013 into visceral acts of destruction. The multiple variations on a single concept, such as opening a Dutch door or installing a rooftop antenna, are breathtaking in their full-throttle execution, with each new mishap expanding the chaos with greater fury. <\/p>\n
This film personifies the notion of something that must be seen to be believed. The short\u2019s success is a credit to screenwriter Clyde Bruckman (sadly, his last script before his suicide), to the Three Stooges\u2019 genius for physical comedy and (yes) to director Jules White, who rarely receives his due for keeping the slapstick tradition alive in movies. Diminutive Frank Mitchell as Bill and zaftig Maxine Gates as his bride don\u2019t show up until the very end, but they offer the perfect denouement to this wild romp.<\/p>\n