The Big Idea
- IMDb link: 0024889
- IMDb rating: 5.4 (185 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Short, Musical
- Director: William Beaudine
- Cast: Ted Healy, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, The Three Stooges and others
- Release date: 12 May 1934
- Release year: 1934
- Runtime: 19 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: slapstick comedy, the three stooges series, machine gun, typist, trumpet, singer, saxophone, radio broadcasting, impersonation, french horn
Plot:
Ted Healy is the inept President and Author of the Big Idea Scenario Company, whose motto is, "Ideas While You Wait." His office is used more as a throughfare for others, including three stooges providing musical interludes and a few fountains, than it is as an office where he is working on his own Big Idea before going to meet his girlfriend Honey for a date. Relaying the scenario to the office cleaning woman, Ted imagines the idea as a radio show and its successful aftermath. Honey has a different perspective of what his Big Idea is.