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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/EvenAsIOU42.jpg/220px-EvenAsIOU42.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/EvenAsIOU42.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Del_Lord" title="Del Lord">Del Lord</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Felix_Adler_(screenwriter)" title="Felix Adler (screenwriter)">Felix Adler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Del Lord<br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McCollum" title="Hugh McCollum">Hugh McCollum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moe_Howard" title="Moe Howard">Moe Howard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fine" title="Larry Fine">Larry Fine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Curly_Howard" title="Curly Howard">Curly Howard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Blystone" title="Stanley Blystone">Stanley Blystone</a><br />Ruth Skinner<br /><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_Moffett" title="Sharyn Moffett">Sharyn Moffett</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dent" title="Vernon Dent">Vernon Dent</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bud_Jamison" title="Bud Jamison">Bud Jamison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._William_O%27Connell" title="L. William O'Connell">L. William O'Connell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Borofsky" title="Paul Borofsky">Paul Borofsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 18, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-09-18</span>)</span> (U.S.)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">15</span>:<span class="s">37</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Even as IOU</b></i> is a 1942 <a href="/wiki/Short_film" title="Short film">short subject</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Del_Lord" title="Del Lord">Del Lord</a> starring American <a href="/wiki/Slapstick" title="Slapstick">slapstick</a> comedy team <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges" title="The Three Stooges">The Three Stooges</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moe_Howard" title="Moe Howard">Moe Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Fine" title="Larry Fine">Larry Fine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Curly_Howard" title="Curly Howard">Curly Howard</a>). It is the 65th entry in the series released by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a> starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Even_as_IOU&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stooges are fraudulent individuals engaged in the illicit sale of counterfeit racing forms, exploit unsuspecting patrons by peddling expired documents. This duplicitous endeavor culminates in a confrontation with a disgruntled customer, precipitating their flight from law enforcement. </p><p>Amidst their flight, a fortuitous encounter with a destitute mother and her daughter prompts a benevolent gesture, as they utilize funds from the child's piggy bank to alleviate their financial distress. </p><p>Buoyed by the success of their altruistic deed, the Stooges subsequently find themselves embroiled in a sequence of events revolving around a horse race. Following an unexpected triumph in the race, their newfound prosperity is short-lived as they fall victim to the machinations of two swindlers, who deceive them into purchasing a retired racehorse named <a href="/wiki/Seabiscuit" title="Seabiscuit">Seabasket</a>. </p><p>Undeterred by their misfortune, the Stooges assume responsibility for the care of the aged horse, with Curly inadvertently ingesting a Vitamin Z pill intended for the equine. Miraculously, this mishap results in Curly's ostensible birthing of a new <a href="/wiki/Equidae" title="Equidae">Equidae</a> entity, subsequently heralded as a promising racehorse. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Even_as_IOU&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Credited">Credited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Even_as_IOU&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Credited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moe_Howard" title="Moe Howard">Moe Howard</a> as Moe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fine" title="Larry Fine">Larry Fine</a> as Larry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Howard" title="Curly Howard">Curly Howard</a> as Curly</li> <li>Ruth Skinner as Mrs. Blake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Blystone" title="Stanley Blystone">Stanley Blystone</a> as Joe, ventriloquist<sup id="cite_ref-3net_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3net-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uncredited">Uncredited</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dent" title="Vernon Dent">Vernon Dent</a> as Man in car</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Jamison" title="Bud Jamison">Bud Jamison</a> as Cop</li> <li>Jerry Frank as Man posing as mannequin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_Moffett" title="Sharyn Moffett">Sharyn Moffett</a> as Mrs. Blake's daughter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinie_Conklin" title="Heinie Conklin">Heinie Conklin</a> as Turnstile guard</li> <li>Jack Gardner as Bud, ventriloquist's pal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bletcher" title="Billy Bletcher">Billy Bletcher</a> as Ventriloquist's voice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Ridgeway" title="Suzanne Ridgeway">Suzanne Ridgeway</a> as Woman at racetrack</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Davis" title="Lew Davis">Lew Davis</a> as Race announcer voice</li> <li>Bert Young as Betting window clerk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton_Chambers" title="Wheaton Chambers">Wheaton Chambers</a> as Dr. O. B. Stretrick</li> <li>Joe Garcio as Vet assistant<sup id="cite_ref-3net_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3net-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_notes">Production notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Even_as_IOU&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Filming of <i>Even as IOU</i> was completed April 18–22, 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-pauley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pauley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several references to <a href="/wiki/The_New_Deal" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Deal">The New Deal</a> instituted by President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>: </p> <ul><li>Curly's "FBI Loan" is ignorance pertaining to an <a href="/wiki/FHA_insured_loan" title="FHA insured loan">FHA insured loan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Federal_Housing_Administration" title="Federal Housing Administration">Federal Housing Administration</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Curly describes his taking the child's piggy bank as "only a lend-lease" referring to the <a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a> Law passed by Congress in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The idea of Curly swallowing Vitamin Z and hatching a colt generates from the use of synthetic vitamins as dietary supplements, which was both popular and experimental in the early 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moe requesting an operator patch him through to "<a href="/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not!" title="Ripley's Believe It or Not!">Ripley</a>, yeah, believe it or not." This is one of the earliest mentions of Ripley's in popular media.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "ma-ma" doll gag had recently been used by <a href="/wiki/Laurel_and_Hardy" title="Laurel and Hardy">Laurel and Hardy</a> in 1940's <i><a href="/wiki/Saps_at_Sea" title="Saps at Sea">Saps at Sea</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=threestooges.net%2F&rft.atitle=Even+As+IOU+%281942%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthreestooges.net%2Ffilmography%2Fepisode%2F65&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEven+as+IOU" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pauley-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pauley_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPauley2012" class="citation book cs1">Pauley, Jim (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.santamonicapress.com/index.php?page_name=threestooges&page_type=book&show=desc&hide0=excerpt&hide1=author&hide2=reviews&hide5=number5"><i>The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Solana_Beach,_California" title="Solana Beach, California">Solana Beach, California</a>: Santa Monica Press, LLC. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781595800701" title="Special:BookSources/9781595800701"><bdi>9781595800701</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Three+Stooges+Hollywood+Filming+Locations&rft.place=Solana+Beach%2C+California&rft.pub=Santa+Monica+Press%2C+LLC&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781595800701&rft.aulast=Pauley&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.santamonicapress.com%2Findex.php%3Fpage_name%3Dthreestooges%26page_type%3Dbook%26show%3Ddesc%26hide0%3Dexcerpt%26hide1%3Dauthor%26hide2%3Dreviews%26hide5%3Dnumber5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEven+as+IOU" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Solomon-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Solomon_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Solomon_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Solomon_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Solomon_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Solomon_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSolomon2002" class="citation book cs1">Solomon, Jon (2002). <i>The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion</i>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Three_Little_Pigskins" title="Three Little Pigskins">Three Little Pigskins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1935</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horses%27_Collars" title="Horses' Collars">Horses' Collars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restless_Knights" title="Restless Knights">Restless Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Goes_the_Easel" title="Pop Goes the Easel">Pop Goes the Easel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncivil_Warriors" title="Uncivil Warriors">Uncivil Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pardon_My_Scotch" title="Pardon My Scotch">Pardon My Scotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoi_Polloi_(film)" title="Hoi Polloi (film)">Hoi Polloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Little_Beers" title="Three Little Beers">Three Little Beers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1936</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ants_in_the_Pantry" title="Ants in the Pantry">Ants in the Pantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movie_Maniacs" title="Movie Maniacs">Movie Maniacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Shot_Shooters" title="Half Shot Shooters">Half Shot Shooters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disorder_in_the_Court" title="Disorder in the Court">Disorder in the Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Pain_in_the_Pullman" title="A Pain in the Pullman">A Pain in the Pullman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_Alarms_(film)" title="False Alarms (film)">False Alarms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoops,_I%27m_an_Indian!" title="Whoops, I'm an Indian!">Whoops, I'm an Indian!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slippery_Silks" title="Slippery Silks">Slippery Silks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1937</th><td 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loco_Boy_Makes_Good" title="Loco Boy Makes Good">Loco Boy Makes Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cactus_Makes_Perfect" title="Cactus Makes Perfect">Cactus Makes Perfect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_Matador%3F" title="What's the Matador?">What's the Matador?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matri-Phony" title="Matri-Phony">Matri-Phony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Smart_Saps" title="Three Smart Saps">Three Smart Saps</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Even as IOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sock-a-Bye_Baby" title="Sock-a-Bye Baby">Sock-a-Bye Baby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1943</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/They_Stooge_to_Conga" title="They Stooge to 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crash_Goes_the_Hash" title="Crash Goes the Hash">Crash Goes the Hash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busy_Buddies_(film)" title="Busy Buddies (film)">Busy Buddies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yoke%27s_on_Me" title="The Yoke's on Me">The Yoke's on Me</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idle_Roomers_(1944_film)" title="Idle Roomers (1944 film)">Idle Roomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gents_Without_Cents" title="Gents Without Cents">Gents Without Cents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Dough_Boys" title="No Dough Boys">No Dough Boys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1945</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_Pests_in_a_Mess" title="Three Pests in a Mess">Three Pests in a Mess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booby_Dupes" title="Booby Dupes">Booby Dupes</a></li> <li><a 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