As a kid Dan, I loved those three stooges. I remember that during the second world war they did one where they went out fishing in a dinghy. As they left the jetty, they knocked over a can of red paint which splattered all over a sail leaving an image not unlike the Japanese flag which is a red sun with red rays. Eventually a US fighter pilot spots them and thinking they are Japs, opens fire on them. One of them whisks an egg beater out of his pocket, leans over the stern and winds it like hell. The bow of the dinghy lifts out of the water and leaving a rooster tail of spray behind, heads back to shore.
Those old comedies were simple and funny.
Check out Abbott and Costello as they prove that 13 times 7 equals 28.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/129596...prove_13x7_28/