GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE-1943-2 STARS

12. May 2008 by Ria.

I am a big Dead End/East Side Kids fan, and I’ve followed them from one movie to the next, eventually stopping with the Bowery Boys, which was my least favorite group of guys and movies. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan were in most of the movies, with other cast members comin’ and goin’. Now I will be reviewing several of these movies over a period of time, ’cause these guys are funny as hell! All of them probably have a IQ of about 7, but that’s the best part!

We have Danny, Benny and the gang rehearsing for Glimpy’s sister’s (Ava Gardner) wedding, and I’m gonna tell you right now, they can’t sing worth a damn. Muggs is conducting this whole fiasco, then he has the nerve to criticize the gang about their singing. Let’s talk about Mugsy for a minute……….Now he can pull off a good joke every now and then, but he’s so retarded, who in the hell made him the leader?

Muggs is so stupid, he actually thinks that the suburbs are a place where poor people live, with no running water, or trolley cars. Oh, now I know why he’s the leader, ’cause he’s the dumbest, yes that makes sense. For a guy who stands only 5′6, Muggs sure likes to act all hardcore, now who in the hell would be scared of that shrimp boat? I’d take my size 12W shoe, and stomp his head into the ground, and that would be the end of him.

Okay, let me continue with the movie……..Scruno, and a couple of the other guys go and get flowers for the wedding, and lo and behold, they steal a Rest In Peace wreath, “Nice work guys.” After the wedding, Scruno throws rice, cooked rice, out into the crowd, and it hits one of his cronies in the face, now how dumb can a person get!

Now after hubbie and wife go on their low budget honeymoon, Muggs and the gang sneak out to their new home in order to decorate, but they’re so ridiculous, they end up going to the wrong house. Being the juvenile delinquents that they are, they steal furniture from the house next door (hubbie and wife’s home), and brings it to the house that they are trying to decorate.

Nazis (one of them played by Bela Lugosi) occupy the place to print their propaganda, and the last thing they need is for hoodlums to be hangin’ around. Now our east side gang start to decorate, while Muggs just stands around giving orders, saying he’s the supervisor. “Muggs, you’re such a lazy jerk, why don’t you put a broom in your hand, and start sweeping, instead of ordering people around like some dictator?”

So while they’re in this house, crazy stuff starts happening……… First, Scruno and Glimpy wig out over pictures that move, second, the whole gang start hearing noises, as the fearfully comb the house, looking for a sign of life, or death. Eventually the kids find the printing press, the Nazi guys and gals are arrested, and the kids can go back to being as crazy as they were before.

Now this East Side/Dead End Kids movie isn’t as good as the other ones, just keep your eyes open, ’cause I’ll be reviewing many more of them soon!

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