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sarastiles · 08-11-2005, 09:30 PM

I noticed that there wasn't a section for the Three Stooges! I loved that show! Who's your favorite? I loved Moe!!! He was awsome!!!

Adamantium · 08-11-2005, 09:35 PM

Technically it's not a TV show.

However, I LOVE the Three Stooges. Shemp's my favorite.

I have every Curly episode on tape and half of the Shemps. I also have a couple Joe Besser episodes. Curly-Joe DeRita was only in the movies and cartoon series, he never did the Columbia Shorts like the others. And I have some cartoon episodes and movies.

Stuck In The '70's · 08-11-2005, 09:37 PM

My absolute favorite is Curly. I used to love to imitate him. I like all the stooges except Joe and Curly Joe. I just didn't find them funny. Moe was great. He was the center of all the action.

Adamantium · 08-11-2005, 09:43 PM

Here's an extremely quick look at their career.

In 1934, Moe, Larry and Curly signed with Columbia Pictures to produce 15-20 minute "shorts". They aired in movie theaters before the actual films.

In 1946, Curly suffered a stroke and was replaced by his older brother Shemp. Curly died in 1952. Shemp had actually worked with Moe and Larry with Ted Healy in the 1920's. So technically, he was there before Curly. Just not in the Columbia Shorts. In 1955, Shemp died of a heart attack. At first, they just remade Shemp classics using stock footage and a stand-in, Joe Palmer. Then, in 1957, Joe Besser became the third stooge. In 1959, the final Stooge short was released. The Stooges were forced out of Columbia. Later in 1959, Moe and Larry added Curly-Joe DeRita as the third stooge and made a few movies. In the sixties they had a cartoon series. In 1975, Larry passed away. Later that year, Moe passed away. In 1989 (or 88) Joe Besser died. In 1993 (or 94), Curly-Joe DeRita passed.

190 shorts were made.

sarastiles · 08-11-2005, 09:53 PM

wow I got a lot of posts fast! lol! i have a book written by Moe that tells about their vaudeville days up until he himself died where the book stops. The originals were great, we have a few marathons on tape, I'd love to have them all! They should put them out on DVD, even if it's not technically a TV show. I know I'd buy it up until Shemp was replaced. After that, it just wasn't the same! I loved Curly and Shemp but the other replacements were just no Stooges. Moe was great!

Stuck In The '70's · 08-11-2005, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sarastiles

wow I got a lot of posts fast! lol! i have a book written by Moe that tells about their vaudeville days up until he himself died where the book stops. The originals were great, we have a few marathons on tape, I'd love to have them all! They should put them out on DVD, even if it's not technically a TV show. I know I'd buy it up until Shemp was replaced. After that, it just wasn't the same! I loved Curly and Shemp but the other replacements were just no Stooges. Moe was great!

I have about 30 shorts on tape that I recorded off AMC about a decade ago. I used to watch the stooges every day after school. They were great. Did you see that tv movie on the stooges produced by Mel Gibson that was on a few years ago. I wish I could buy that somewhere.

Adamantium · 08-11-2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sarastiles

wow I got a lot of posts fast! lol! i have a book written by Moe that tells about their vaudeville days up until he himself died where the book stops. The originals were great, we have a few marathons on tape, I'd love to have them all! They should put them out on DVD, even if it's not technically a TV show. I know I'd buy it up until Shemp was replaced. After that, it just wasn't the same! I loved Curly and Shemp but the other replacements were just no Stooges. Moe was great!

I have that book, too! I mentioned about having a bunch on tape. Now I'm starting my collection again on DVD. I only have about 63 shorts. Moe seemed like a really nice guy.

I remember years ago (probably in the late 1980's) watching the Three Stooges on Saturday morning on a show called "The Superguy Show". It was hosted by a guy, dressed up like Superman. They'd show a short of the Stooges, followed by a looney tune cartoon and concludes with a second Stooges' short. However, that was a local channel that eventually went away. I've never seen that show again.

In the early 90's I'd wake up and tape the Stooges on TBS at 6:05am. Years later, after I had bought a bunch on official tape, I taped the ones I didn't have, from AMC. That's how I was able to get every Curly short. The one hold-out for a couple years was "G.I. Wanna Home". I finally found it, last year. Now that I've started over on DVD, that's one of the first ones I got.

stoogedog · 08-11-2005, 10:24 PM

hi, i am a big 3 stooges fan. shemp is my favorite and i like curly. shemp had as big of a career solo as he did with the stooges. i have all the 3 stooges shorts, cartoons, and most of their movie appearances and tv appearances. have some very rare stuff. i also have a large collection of the solo work of the members of the 3 stooges as well. i don't like too much having everything that is out there on video. some of the films etc are losted forever because the film stock wasn't saved. so unfortunately i won't be able to ever have a complete collection. bummer. i also have all the comics relating to the 3 stooges and almost every book written on them. have a large collection of magazines relating to the stooges as well. i've been a card carrying member of the fan club since 1984. it is a very good fan club with a nice quarterly newsletter. this is the fan club run by a relative of larry fine and not the fan club by the comedy3 group. well so much for my boasting. i'm glad there are 3 stooges fans on this board. figured there might be. thanks

treky · 08-12-2005, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarastiles

wow I got a lot of posts fast! lol! i have a book written by Moe that tells about their vaudeville days up until he himself died where the book stops. The originals were great, we have a few marathons on tape, I'd love to have them all! They should put them out on DVD, even if it's not technically a TV show. I know I'd buy it up until Shemp was replaced. After that, it just wasn't the same! I loved Curly and Shemp but the other replacements were just no Stooges. Moe was great!

THE THREE STOOGES ARE on DVD and have been for a while now.

treky · 08-12-2005, 01:53 AM

I'm also a big 3 stooges fan, and have been for years! I must have about 5 or 6 books on them. I have "The Three Stooges Scrapbook" which is their biobraphy, ending with Moes death in 75, written by his daughter and two other guys, "Curly" a biography of him again written by Moes daughter, "The Three Stooges book of scripts" also written by Moes daughter, "Larry-the stooge in the middle" a biography of Larry written by his brother,& "Moe Howard & The Three Stooges" which tells the story of them up until Moes death, in his own words.

I also have two Three Stooges DVDs, one contains a rare pilot they did for their own TV series, in 1948 (the pilot wasn't picked up), some color film shorts they did in the 60s that are only about 5 minutes long and were used at the beggining and end of a cartoon series they had, a rare movie they made in 1948 called "Swing Parade of 1948", trailers for two movies of theirs in the early 60s "The Three Stooges in Orbit" and "Stop, Look, and Laugh" which starred Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smif and just used footage of them from the Curly shorts. It was made and released without their knowledge or permission in 1963, they filed a lawsuit against Columbia Pictures over it, and won.

My other DVD has a kinescope of a show they did in 1950 called "Camel Comedy Caravan". It was a variety show hosted by Ed Wynn, and they were guests one week.

stoogedog · 08-12-2005, 10:06 AM

hi, the 3 stooges are on dvd, but not all 190 shorts. most of what is available commerically on dvd is with curly and shemp and most of those are not complete sets. thanks

sarastiles · 08-12-2005, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by stoogedog

hi, the 3 stooges are on dvd, but not all 190 shorts. most of what is available commerically on dvd is with curly and shemp and most of those are not complete sets. thanks

Hmm...I guess I'll look for em next time I go to Wal Mart or Best Buy or Target lol!

Christopher · 08-12-2005, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sarastiles

Hmm...I guess I'll look for em next time I go to Wal Mart or Best Buy or Target lol!

Your best shot for getting them would be online like Amazon. They have a lot of Three Stooges DVDs.

tvfan 2 · 08-12-2005, 12:39 PM

three stooges comes on spike tv at 9:00am

08-11-2005, 09:30 PM	#1
sarastiles Frequent Poster Sara Bauer..Maverick Join Date: Aug 05, 2005 Location: TN Posts: 128	The Three Stooges I noticed that there wasn't a section for the Three Stooges! I loved that show! Who's your favorite? I loved Moe!!! He was awsome!!!

08-11-2005, 09:35 PM	#2
Adamantium Senior Member TVAdam No More Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 5,677	Technically it's not a TV show. However, I LOVE the Three Stooges. Shemp's my favorite. I have every Curly episode on tape and half of the Shemps. I also have a couple Joe Besser episodes. Curly-Joe DeRita was only in the movies and cartoon series, he never did the Columbia Shorts like the others. And I have some cartoon episodes and movies. __________________ -Adam Hauck Check Out My YouTube Channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/Adaweshau?feature=mhee The videos are numbered but the early ones aren't as good. #3 is where I really get going.

08-11-2005, 09:37 PM	#3
Stuck In The '70's Forum Legend Those were the days :( Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Behind the Couch Posts: 56,950	My absolute favorite is Curly. I used to love to imitate him. I like all the stooges except Joe and Curly Joe. I just didn't find them funny. Moe was great. He was the center of all the action. __________________ Sonny

08-11-2005, 10:24 PM	#8
stoogedog Forum Regular Member Join Date: Dec 18, 2003 Posts: 712	reply hi, i am a big 3 stooges fan. shemp is my favorite and i like curly. shemp had as big of a career solo as he did with the stooges. i have all the 3 stooges shorts, cartoons, and most of their movie appearances and tv appearances. have some very rare stuff. i also have a large collection of the solo work of the members of the 3 stooges as well. i don't like too much having everything that is out there on video. some of the films etc are losted forever because the film stock wasn't saved. so unfortunately i won't be able to ever have a complete collection. bummer. i also have all the comics relating to the 3 stooges and almost every book written on them. have a large collection of magazines relating to the stooges as well. i've been a card carrying member of the fan club since 1984. it is a very good fan club with a nice quarterly newsletter. this is the fan club run by a relative of larry fine and not the fan club by the comedy3 group. well so much for my boasting. i'm glad there are 3 stooges fans on this board. figured there might be. thanks

08-12-2005, 10:06 AM	#11
stoogedog Forum Regular Member Join Date: Dec 18, 2003 Posts: 712	reply hi, the 3 stooges are on dvd, but not all 190 shorts. most of what is available commerically on dvd is with curly and shemp and most of those are not complete sets. thanks

08-11-2005, 09:43 PM	#4
Adamantium Senior Member TVAdam No More Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 5,677	Here's an extremely quick look at their career. In 1934, Moe, Larry and Curly signed with Columbia Pictures to produce 15-20 minute "shorts". They aired in movie theaters before the actual films. In 1946, Curly suffered a stroke and was replaced by his older brother Shemp. Curly died in 1952. Shemp had actually worked with Moe and Larry with Ted Healy in the 1920's. So technically, he was there before Curly. Just not in the Columbia Shorts. In 1955, Shemp died of a heart attack. At first, they just remade Shemp classics using stock footage and a stand-in, Joe Palmer. Then, in 1957, Joe Besser became the third stooge. In 1959, the final Stooge short was released. The Stooges were forced out of Columbia. Later in 1959, Moe and Larry added Curly-Joe DeRita as the third stooge and made a few movies. In the sixties they had a cartoon series. In 1975, Larry passed away. Later that year, Moe passed away. In 1989 (or 88) Joe Besser died. In 1993 (or 94), Curly-Joe DeRita passed. 190 shorts were made.

08-11-2005, 09:53 PM	#5
sarastiles Frequent Poster Sara Bauer..Maverick Join Date: Aug 05, 2005 Location: TN Posts: 128	wow I got a lot of posts fast! lol! i have a book written by Moe that tells about their vaudeville days up until he himself died where the book stops. The originals were great, we have a few marathons on tape, I'd love to have them all! They should put them out on DVD, even if it's not technically a TV show. I know I'd buy it up until Shemp was replaced. After that, it just wasn't the same! I loved Curly and Shemp but the other replacements were just no Stooges. Moe was great!

08-12-2005, 01:53 AM	#10
treky Senior Member star trek fan Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 9,280	I'm also a big 3 stooges fan, and have been for years! I must have about 5 or 6 books on them. I have "The Three Stooges Scrapbook" which is their biobraphy, ending with Moes death in 75, written by his daughter and two other guys, "Curly" a biography of him again written by Moes daughter, "The Three Stooges book of scripts" also written by Moes daughter, "Larry-the stooge in the middle" a biography of Larry written by his brother,& "Moe Howard & The Three Stooges" which tells the story of them up until Moes death, in his own words. I also have two Three Stooges DVDs, one contains a rare pilot they did for their own TV series, in 1948 (the pilot wasn't picked up), some color film shorts they did in the 60s that are only about 5 minutes long and were used at the beggining and end of a cartoon series they had, a rare movie they made in 1948 called "Swing Parade of 1948", trailers for two movies of theirs in the early 60s "The Three Stooges in Orbit" and "Stop, Look, and Laugh" which starred Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smif and just used footage of them from the Curly shorts. It was made and released without their knowledge or permission in 1963, they filed a lawsuit against Columbia Pictures over it, and won. My other DVD has a kinescope of a show they did in 1950 called "Camel Comedy Caravan". It was a variety show hosted by Ed Wynn, and they were guests one week.

08-12-2005, 12:39 PM	#15
tvfan 2 Forum Regular Member Join Date: Jan 19, 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 334	three stooges three stooges comes on spike tv at 9:00am __________________ TVFAN 2

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