Larry is a pet store dealer having an affair with Moe's wife, and trying to romance Joe's fiancee. After both become suspicious, Larry comes up with a plan to put himself in the clear, and frame Joe as a philanderer. The plan backfires, Joe kicks Larry into Moe's apartment, where Moe discovers the real rat. The Stooges play separate characters in this short and Larry has the main role. 1959
A remake of HE COOKED HIS GOOSE (1952), with some stock footage. In the sequence where Moe shoots a gun up the chimney, stock footage with Shemp's voice is used.