Question #147107. Asked by BAMBOOMANIA.
Last updated Oct 16 2019.
Originally posted Oct 16 2019 8:45 PM.
LARRY: [picking up the toupee with the bow] Stand back, it's liable to bite ya.https://threestooges.net/filmography/episode/15
[Moe grabs the toupee with his hands because he realizes it's not a tarantula after all]
MOE: Tarantula? Shot five holes in a divot. Get out. [slaps Larry in the head] Go on. [looks at the toupee] Wasted five good slugs in a---
[The court clerk walks up to Moe, grabs the toupee and puts it on his head]
COURT CLERK: I'll sue you for this.
MOE: Oh superstitious eh?
CURLY: Oh, vici kid!
JUDGE: Gentlemen, you must control your killing instincts. Proceed with the testimony please.
MOE: Proceed!
Vici kid was a fine soft leather used mainly for gloves and shoes. So apparently Curly was commenting on the fine, soft leathery quality of the court clerk's toupee.https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/alt.comedy.slapstick.3-stooges/zZwtT-0p4_w
Based on the transcript posted at threestooges.net, Curly's line, and
the proper spelling thereof, is "Oh, vici kid!"
Vici kid was a fine soft leather used mainly for gloves and shoes. So
apparently Curly was commenting on the fine, soft leathery quality of
the court clerk's toupee.