Phoney CroniesPhoney Cronies is a 1942 American comedy short by Columbia Pictures starring El Brendel, Tom Kennedy, Dudley Dickerson, and Monte Collins.PlotOley, Tom, and Petty Larsen, employees of a storage company, are tasked with bringing a crate of artifacts to a museum during the night. They are unaware that the crate secrets a thief who intends to rob the museum of its priceless Buddha statue.