Employed as poster hangers, The Stooges effortlessly sabotage a circus advertisement they were tasked with affixing to a billboard, leading to their dismissal by their boss, Herman.

Upon realizing their sole compensation is tickets to the circus, they seize the opportunity to profit by selling them at a discounted rate.

Facing imprisonment, Herman offers the Stooges an unconventional proposition: serve as human targets for the spear-throwing act performed by the "Sultan of Abudaba."

In a daring escape, the Stooges evade the perilous fate by leaping into a crater created by Curly's earlier mishap on the high wire.

Edwards, afflicted by alcoholism, garnered a notorious reputation at Columbia Pictures as one of the studio's least efficient directors.