You Nazty Spy (1940) is an 18-minute short subject by the Three Stooges that satirized Nazi Germany. Shot in only seven days, it was the 44th Three Stooges comedy. It was followed in 1941 by the sequel I'll Never Heil Again. See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ... The Three Stooges were an American comedy act in the 20th century. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... See also: 1940 in film 1941 1942 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress...

You Nazty Spy is significant because it satirized the Nazis and helped publicize the Nazi threat in a period when America was still neutral about World War II, and isolationist sentiment was prevalent among the public. During this period, isolationist senators such as Burton Wheeler and Gerald Nye objected to Hollywood films on grounds that they were anti-Nazi propaganda vehicles designed to mobilize the American public for war. According to the Internet Movie Database, You Nazty Spy was the first Hollywood film to spoof Hitler. It was released nine months before the more famous Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator. The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies and, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Time magazine, June 18, 1923 Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882–January 6, 1975) was an American politician. ... Gerald Nye Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892–July 17, 1971) was an United States legislator and political activist, serving in the U.S. Senate from the 1920s to the 1940s. ... For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer); for the artist and printmaker, see Charles Chaplin (artist). ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ...

The film and its sequel are set in the fictional country of Moronica. Moe Howard's character Moe Hailstone represented Hitler, and Curly Howard played a character based on Hermann Göring. You Nazty Spy was reportedly Howard's favorite Three Stooges short. Perhaps most famous for his black sugar-bowl haircut and prominent eyebags, Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)--born Harry Moses Horwitz--was the leader of the Three Stooges. ... â–¶(?) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. ... Curly Howard, as featured in the 1940 film, Nutty But Nice. ... Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was an early member of the Nazi party, founder of the Gestapo, and one of the main leaders of Nazi Germany. ...

The Hays code discouraged or prohibited many types of political and satirical messages in films, requiring that the history and prominent people of other countries must be portrayed "fairly"; but short subjects may have been subject to less attention than feature films. The Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) was a set of guidelines governing the production of motion pictures. ...

Trivia

This was reportedly the first short in which the Three Stooges changed their theme music from a variation of "Listen to the Mockingbird" to "Three Blind Mice."

According to the Internet Movie Database, I'll Never Heil Again was the only Three Stooges sequel.

External links

• The Three Stooges vs. Hitler
• Moe, Larry and Curly: Premature Anti-Fascists
• You Nazty Spy at the Internet Movie Database
• I'll Never Heil Again at the Internet Movie Database
• You Nazty Spy at StoogeWorld.com