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Soup to Nuts is an American Pre-Code feature film written by Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff, which marks the film debut of the original four members who would later, minus Ted Healy, go on to become known as The Three Stooges comic trio. Goldberg made a cameo appearance in the film as himself, opening letters in a restaurant.
The Stooges are children and Ted Healy is the father. Unable to sleep, the Stooges ask Healy to tell them a bedtime story. He proceeds to tell them of the "Ride of Paul Revere" as well as the "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe". Briefly veering away from the slapstick, there are two musical interludes pertaining to the stories.
Turn Back the Clock is a 1933 American Pre-Code MGM comedy-drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn, written by Edgar Selwyn and Ben Hecht, and starring Mae Clarke and Lee Tracy (while under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). The film also stars Mae Clarke. The Three Stooges featuring Curly Howard appear in an uncredited straight role as wedding singers.
Ted Healy and his Stooges are entertainers. But because Healy is much more interested in women than he is in performing, they are thrown out of the Happy Hour Theatre. Unable to keep a job anywhere else, they are reduced to waiting tables at a high-class restaurant. This, of course, ends up being a disaster as the restaurant is thrown into chaos because of them. So, yet again, they are thrown back out on to the streets.
Broadway to Hollywood is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features many of MGM's stars of the time, including Frank Morgan, Alice Brady, May Robson, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Brothers Moe Howard and Curly Howard of The Three Stooges appear—without Ted Healy and without Larry Fine—almost unrecognizably, as Otto and Fritz, two clowns in makeup.
Jack Haley and Shemp Howard play pickpockets Elmer and Wilbur, who lift an antique pocket watch from a Navy Admiral. On the lam, they run into a Naval recruiting office and wind up enlisting. Failing in their attempts to convince the recruiting doctor that they're 4-F, our heroes wind up in the platoon of CPO Lambert (Lionel Stander). The bumbling recuits are soon banished to the recruits' center, where they mistakenly give a reluctant haircut and shave to a visiting European naval dignitary. Again banished, this time to garbage detail, the boys encounter the dignitary once more, but unknown to them, he's actually a foreign spy.
A theater producer (Healy) is trying to stage an elaborate musical revue. His efforts are constantly interrupted by demanding back stage personalities: a flaky musician (Henry Armetta), a woman who keeps try to ask him something (Bonnie Bonnell), and his raucous sons (the Stooges in children's costumes).
He is able to get the show ready for presentation, but during the main number, the Three Stooges slip beneath the enormous hoopskirt costume worn by the leading vocalist. They emerge on stage during the performance, ruining the show.
Stage Mother is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Alice Brady and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film is about a frustrated vaudeville performer who pushes her daughter into becoming a star dancer; selfishness, deceit and blackmail drive mother and daughter apart until a reconciliation at the end of the film. The film's screenplay was written by John Meehan, based on the 1933 novel Stage Mother by Bradford Ropes.
Ted Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines.
The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. While giving a speech at a college, the "Baron" falls for a pretty girl, gets tangled up with a trio of nutty janitors and faces being exposed as a phony.
Two sailors have shore leave. They both plan on spending it with the same girl, Lulu. Lulu is the kind of girl who has a boyfriend on every ship and a husband on the side.
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
Myrt and Marge is a 1933 American Pre-Code Universal Studios feature film, starring Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel. The film is noteworthy today because it co-stars Ted Healy and his Stooges, shortly before the trio split from him and became the Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine). The team included Bonnie Bonnell, who was a short-lived female Stooge.
Fugitive Lovers is a MGM feature film starring Madge Evans and Robert Montgomery, Nat Pendleton, C. Henry Gordon, Ruth Selwyn and Ted Healy and His Stooges.
King Henry the Eighth's new wife, Queen Annie, discovers that Henry doesn't know the first thing about the "facts of life", so she turns to the king's adviser, Sir Thomas.
Three good-for-nothings overhear a movie producer and his partners offering a grand sum if someone will present him with a sure-fire movie idea. The leader of the three dopes, Gus Parkyakarkus, barges into the meeting with his cohorts and proceeds to rattle off spiels for several inane prospective movies. The three are delighted to be told they've made a sale, but the producers turn out to have a surprise in store
Songwriters Mack Gordon and Harry Revel mingle on a soundstage's nightclub set with various celebrities, while bartender Ben Turpin provides refreshments.
Numerous sources list this short incorrectly as being from 1932, and Curly's 1st on-screen appearance. This short was released on March 30, 1934, and was the Stooges' final on-screen appearances with Ted Healy. The tavern setting with everyone drinking beer and celebrating the repeal of Prohibition shows that this was filmed sometime after December 5, 1933, the passage date of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
In the early days of television, Paramount sold its 1932 - 1934 HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE series, 26 one-reel shorts, to a syndicator called Criterion. Criterion placed its own company credit in the opening titles, and recycled that same revised opening title credit on all 26 shorts. Hence, the source of the erroneous 1932 copyright notice that appears on this short. The short's B-9 sub-title refers to the 9th release of the second release season (1933 - 1934).
Two hobos try to make a dishonest buck by selling axle grease as 'Happy Foot Salve', a corn remover. They soon cross paths with a cop, and circumstances have them mistaken by the cop's wife as his visiting nephews.
Like other shorts Healy and the Stooges filmed at MGM, stock footage was utilized to fill out the 20 minutes of time. For The Big Idea, MGM used musical numbers edited out of the feature film Dancing Lady, which ironically had a supporting role by Healy and a cameo by the Stooges.
This is one of the last films and the fifth and final musical-comedy short subject in which the Three Stooges appeared with their longtime partner, Ted Healy. The Big Idea was edited from footage of Healy and the Stooges filmed for the unfinished MGM variety film The March of Time (1930), which later became the title of a long-running newsreel series. By the time of the release of The Big Idea, the Three Stooges had signed a new contract with Columbia Pictures to do a series of comedy short films without Healy, beginning with Woman Haters (1934).
Hollywood Party, also known under its working title of Hollywood Revue of 1933 and Star Spangled Banquet,[1][2] is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film starring Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez and Mickey Mouse (voiced by an uncredited Walt Disney). It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is notable for several disconnected sequences that have little connection with each other. Each sequence featured a different star with a separate scriptwriter and director assigned.
Colorized version of Curly is a waiter at a diner where Larry has a job playing music. Moe is a fight manager enjoying a lunch break with his boys. The manager of the diner starts shoving Curly around. Larry starts playing ""Pop goes the Weasel"" and Curly KO's everyone in the diner, resulting in his boss up on a ceiling fan, and Moe as his fight manager. On the night of the big fight, a crisis ensues when Larry's violin is broken during a crucial point in the fight.
Colorized version of Larry, Moe and Curly are working at a hospital ""For duty and humanity"". They respond to each call only to find the hospital has a few more nuts than expected, from a man who sees things to a nurse with the hiccups. Later, their boss is in need of surgery to get the combination of a safe out, so the boys decide to operate. Comedy ensues through every mode of transportation, every glass broken, and every response from the PA system.
A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a Grand Hotel-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly.
A half-blind minor league pitcher meets, and nicknames, Dizzy and Daffy Dean, who go on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Firefighter "Smokin'" Joe falls for the aggressive wiles of Daphne and marries her, and this does not set well with a fellow-fireman, who had designs of his own on Joe's new bride. Joe invents a new fire-extinguishing power, and sets a fie in his own house to demonstrate it. But his bitter-rival has switched powder on Joe.
Colorized Version: The Stooges paint themselves into a corner when they hide from a cop in an arts school. Accused of stealing brooms from a shopkeeper, they're actually innocent of that crime... but guilty of creating some really bad art. Directing debut for famous Stooge director Del Lord. The girls playing hopscotch on the sidewalk are Moes daughter, Joan Howard Maurer, and Larrys daughter, Phyllis Fine Lamond. Only Stooge short to use "Pop Goes The Weasel" as its musical theme song. (SLAP COUNT: 17) (EYE POKES: 4 - another 1 blocked) (Moe, Larry, Curley)
Shemp and Rosco are husbands who married sisters and all live with the wive's mother. The husbands have been out late at night drinking and are trying hard no to make any noise as they slip back into the house, where the mother-in-law is guarding the door armed with a rolling pin. But they get into a neighbor's house and the lady in that house has a very large, jealous husband.
Colorized version of Larry, Moe and Curly are working as garbage men and accidentally bury a man's car in the trash. The man has just made a bet with a rival that he can take an ordinary nit-wit and turn him into a gentleman within a month. So, rather than calling the police, he takes the boys and tries his best, to no avail, to turn them into gentlemen. The Stooges mis-behavior become contagious to everyone at the party.
A boy, attracted by the same confectionery display that attracts a fly, goes inside and starts eating. A cherub, threatened by him, offers a wish, and the kid asks to live in candyland full time. A train takes him there, where a cupcake king greets him and we see a lavish parade of various goodies, including another group of three cherubs that parody the Three Stooges.
Among the regular conventioneers, "Babe" LaVal is the most-in-demand "convention girl" among the Atlantic City hostesses, plying their trade on the famed Steel Pier or in the vicinity of the Ritz-Carlton Terrace. She is especially favored by Atlantic City casino-owner Dan Higgins, and Ward Hollister, a Philadelphia soap manufacturer, who isn't as squeaky clean as his product. She also has time to monitor the relationship between her weird-looking, tap-dancing nephew, Tommy LaVal, and sweet Daisy Miller who, may or may not, be pure as the driven snow. Tommy poses no threat to her purity.
Note that about 30 seconds of the film were edited out. The scene in question is when Larry and Curly are making hand gestures for the actor and actress. Larry pulls out a dollar from the actor's wallet. Curly snatches it and stuffs it down the lady's dress. This version of the episode is complete.
Colorized version of Gail Tempest is accused of murdering Kirk Robbin. She is taken to court where the only ones who can help her, are the Three Stooges and a bird who keeps chanting ""Find the letter."" Chaos fills the courtroom as the Stooges try to prove the lady innocent and get the bird to behave.
Colorized version of Gail Tempest is accused of murdering Kirk Robbin. She is taken to court where the only ones who can help her, are the Three Stooges and a bird who keeps chanting ""Find the letter."" Chaos fills the courtroom as the Stooges try to prove the lady innocent and get the bird to behave.
Two little boys "battle" their toy pirate ships in a pool. The crews of both sea vessels are made of caricatures of such 30's era stars as Charles Laughton (as Captain Bligh), the Three Stooges, Wallace Beery, Jimmy Durante, Laurel & Hardy, and the Marx Brothers.
Colorized version of "Dizzy Doctors". The Stooges are lazy-bum husbands, inept salesmen, and misfit fugitives in a hospital.
Colorized version of The Stooges make what they think is a good swap, their restaurant for a rundown race horse.
Colorized version of "The Sitter-Downers".The Stooges propose to their girlfriends for the 100th time, but when their father won't let them marry his daughters, the Stooges go on a sit-down strike. After 3 weeks, the father finally gives in, and allows them to marry. After they are married, their new brides won't let them start the honeymoon until their build-it-yourself house is finished.
Start Cheering is a 1938 musical motion picture starring Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly and Joan Perry. It is best remembered today for a cameo appearance by The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine), who were Columbia Pictures' short subject headliners at the time, as Campus Firemen. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.
Colorized Version of The stooges work as gas station service men who end up running away from three professors on an ice cream truck. After thawing Curly out from sitting in the back of the ice cream truck the boys put on the professors clothes from their stolen luggage. The stooges are mistaken to be the professors by the college who is expecting them and they poorly pose as the professors and sing their famous ""Alphabet Song"". The real professors show up, but the ladies in the ""girls-only"" college end up getting their athletic program thanks to the stooges.
Colorized version: The stooges run a pet hospital and get an important patient, Garcon, a rich ladies poodle. When dognappers posing as reporters steal the poodle, the boys are in a tough spot.
Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.
A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
Colorized version of You Nazty Spy! The King of Moronica is overthrown and the Three Stooges are chosen to take his place. The King of Moronica is overthrown and the Three Stooges are chosen to take his place. When three politicians from a small country discover there is no money in peace, they decide to hire a paperhanger (Moe) as a puppet dictator. Classic Stooge short was the first Hollywood film to satirize the Nazis and Fascists from World War II (predated Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” by 9 months). Due to its historical significance, this was known as the favorite Stooge short of Larry, Moe and Jules White. Much of the short reflects the American Public’s knowledge of affairs in Germany at that time. First Stooge appearance by Stooge supporting player John Tyrrell.
Andy and Shemp guard a mine's payroll at a train depot.
Andy's annoying brother-in-law (Shemp Howard) gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy (Andy Clyde) and his wife (Esther Howard).
A young fighter discovers that the money he has been saving for college has been stolen by his rival.
Colorized Version of Three gung-ho census-takers let nothing stand in the way of an accurate count,whether it be crashing a fancy bridge party,spiking drinks or invoking a riot at a professional football game.
Kitty Brown, the maid of Frances Lewis, a nightclub star, gets after Frances' fiance forbids her to apear in the club, a Hollywood contract.
Colorized Version: A follow up to "You Nazty Spy", the stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. The former king's daughter gets into their headquarters and plants a bomb which Curly detonates. All ends well as the king regains control of the country and the stooges wind up as trophies on the wall
Colorized version of When the Three Stooges agree to help Mrs.Lawrence prepare a fancy birthday party,their particular specially-an exploding,gas-filled cake - goes off with a bang.
This cartoon, featuring a running-gag throughout of a John Barrymore caricature being mobbed by fan for an autograph, is a burlesqued tour of Hollywood. The narrator conducts a tourist tour all around the town of Hollywood Boulvevard, Malibu Beach, Santa Anita Race Track, the Brown Derby, and Grauman's Chinese theatre.
A Universal Army enlistment promotion, produced as a musical showcase for Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Lewis, and Donald O'Connor & Peggy Ryan. The film's thin plot has James drafted, and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame. Shemp Howard steals the film whenever James and the Andrews aren't performing. As Sgt. Snavely, he's effectively teamed with Mary Wickes as his shrewish fiancée, trying desperately to keep her away from the attentions of nightclub comic and USO performer Lancelot Pringle McBiff (Joe E. Lewis). Shemp also has the opportunity to clown onstage with the Andrews Sisters during a musical finale, as they perform Don't Sit Under the Appletree. Arguably, Shemp's best solo feature film credit.
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
Two vagrants get hired as plumbers' assistants. On their first job, they proceed to destroy a house while searching for a lost ring.
Shemp's wife complains that he cares more about his lodge meetings then he does about her.
Shemp, dejected over the breakup of his engagement, hires a ganngster to rub him out.
Rockin' in the Rockies (1945) is a musical western full-length movie starring the Three Stooges (not to be confused with their 1940 short subject Rockin' Thru the Rockies). The picture was one of the Stooges' few feature films made during the run of their more well-known series of short subjects for Columbia Pictures, although the group had appeared in supporting roles in other features. It is the only Stooges feature with the act's most famous line-up (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard) in starring roles.
Shemp, in an obvious attempt to get closer his neighbor's wife, Mrs. Batts (Christine McIntyre) that does not go unnoticed by his towering-wife (Rebel Randall), volunteers to help Mrs. Batts and her husband (Tom Kennedy) in all their domestic chores, indoors and out.
Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.
Colorized Version: The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a cop. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a keg of beer Curly has hidden under his coat explodes while the boys are being photographed. In prison the stooges get into more trouble with the warden and wind on the rockpile when they try to escape. Released as old men with long gray beards, the first thing Curly wants is a bottle of beer.
Singer Carol Lawrence (Gale Storm) gets more than she bargained for when she walks into a nightclub looking for a job in this musical romance. Carol finds herself caught up in a feud between club owner Danny (Phil Regan) and his disapproving father (Russell Hicks). Despite the family fights, Carol and Danny fall in love. The Three Stooges serve up hilarious hijinks as waiters, and bandleaders Louis Jordan and Will Osborne get the joint jumpin'.
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
Shemp Howard knows many ways to get into trouble with his wife, and one he opts for here is stay out late playing poker with the boys and then tell his wife he has been working.
Mrs. Allen's husband has left her in a lurch for a society party and she decides a call a date bureau for an escort. She calls the wrong number and gets Shemp Howard, the rat exterminator, who, mistaking her intentions, accompanies her to the party, and plies his trade...to a fault.
Joe is a dim-witted husband who is superstitious about Friday the 13th, so he stays at home rather than going to work and encountering any bad luck. At home, where he is safe from bad luck, he destroys the kitchen, innocently gets caught with another woman, his wife leaves him, and he's caught trying to sneak into a woman's hotel to get his wife to return home.
Colorized version Shemp's Uncle Dies and leaves him 500,000 dollars but to inherit the money Shemp must wed by 6:00 or he gets no money.
Alternative colorized version. Shemp's Uncle Dies and leaves him 500,000 dollars but to inherit the money Shemp must wed by 6:00 or he gets no money.
Colorized and 3D version. Shemp's Uncle Dies and leaves him 500,000 dollars but to inherit the money Shemp must wed by 6:00 or he gets no money.
Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.
Shemp Howard finds himself in a love nest with the wrong woman, while his bride-to-be is waiting, none too happy, at the church.
The Stooges run a tailor shop that is about to be repossessed by the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation. When the Boys hear about a big reward for fugitive bank robber Terry "Slippery Fingered" Hargan (Harold Brauer), they think that catching him might end their financial woes. Hargan conveniently ducks into their shop as the officer (Vernon Dent) enters and leaves a suit with a safe combination in its pocket. After his girlfriend (Virginia Hunter) fails to retrieve the combination, Hargan returns with his henchmen, and a wild mêlée follows. The Stooges miss out on the reward but wind up with the crook's bankroll to pay off their debts.
Colorized and 3D version of "Sing a Song of Six Pants"
The third of four Columbia shorts starring Joe DeRita, made across a period of 15 months from late 1946 to early-1948, has newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran) and brother (Charles Williams) show up and give every indication of becoming permanent free-loading guests. Dick (William Newell) gives Eddie a plan that will cause his unwanted guests to vacate the premises, by having Dick and his wife, Ruby (Dorothy Granger), move in as Eddie's relatives, and even bigger pests, thereby causing Betty's relatives to move out. The plan works and Eddie and Betty are pleased until Dick announces that he and Ruby have intentions of staying on. A Spanish-language subtitled version was released as "La Suegra Intrusia."
Joe and his band practice for their big break in musical commercials. Joe also has a theory that music can cure the mentally imbalanced, and when he learns that his girlfriend Myrtle (Christine McIntyre) is a nurse for the rich, eccentric Mr. Lark (Emil Sitka), the boys head off to the Lark mansion to give a concert.
Heavenly Daze is the 109th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges.
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. After encounters with lion tamers, giant apes and a wild river, Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator.
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond.
Colorized and 3D version of "Malice In the Palace"
Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines.
Television pilot for a Three Stooges sitcom, where the Stooges are painters and paperhangers and completely wreak havoc on a hapless couples home.
Colorized Version: The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. After declining the opportunity to supply a stooge-head for the experiment, they find the girl and escape, only to wind up in a car driven by the headless robot.
Joe is in the army, and his sergeant is determined to make a soldier out of Joe if he has to kill him to do it.
Gold Raiders is a 1951 comedy Western film starring George O'Brien and the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The picture was O'Brien's last starring role and the only feature film released during Shemp Howard's second tenure with the trio.
Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.
Sinatra's program, broadcast live from Hollywood, featured a good mix of well-known celebrities, as well as ample amounts of singing from the future Chairman of the Board. It's New Year's Eve at the Sinatra house, and the Stooges are hired as servants for Frank's annual holiday party.
The Stooges succeed in wreaking havoc, messing up simple tasks such as taking coats from the partygoers, and torture poor Mr. Mortimer (Vernon Dent) in an attempt to mix a cocktail. Musical interludes are provided by Louis Armstrong and Yvonne DeCarlo, with impersonations by George DeWitt.
Later, the cast spoofs the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp. Aladdin's (Sinatra) genie makes him rich so he can court Princess Fatima (Yvonne DeCarlo), against the wishes of her Grouch Marx-like father the Sultan (George DeWitt). Her father has betrothed her to Ali Ben Hogan (Shemp), who arrives with his viziers (Moe and Larry), ready to kill Aladdin.
Joe and his sergeant fall for the same girl.
Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a wanted bank-robber, and tells Joe she needs $2500 herself and can not help him. Between them they capture the bank robber and split the $5,000 reward.
Joe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is involved, don't go well and they are captured and about to be executed. The girl drops her cape to reveal she is scantily clad (the high point), the enemy is confused and she and Joe escape.
You will need the Green/Magenta lens 3D glasses to view this 3D version of Spooks.
The Stooges are auto mechanics who need money in order to marry their sweethearts. While working in their auto garage, some escaped convicts pull in with a damaged fender. While the trio are working on the vehicle, they hear a news flash over the radio about some escaped convicts. They put the pieces together and realize that the baddies are right in their garage. The boys capture the crooks, collect the reward, and marry their sweethearts. You will need the Green/Magenta lens 3D glasses to view this 3D version of Pardon My Backfire.
Hospitalized Eric Loudermilk Potts tells his story to a golddinging nurse. He's a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing fire trucks. Fiancee Mae breaks up with him to marry milksop Wilber at her father's insistence. But Eric's butler Simmons is determined to help true love, and arranges for Eric to crash the wedding and win Mae back.
Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, finds the sergeant is his NCO and not adverse to taking revenge. When some documents are missing, the commanding officer offers a promotion to anyone who finds the. Joe and the sergeant get into a fight in the kitchen, and Joe discovers the paper. He is promoted to sergeant and the sergeant is busted to a private.
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
Joe is drafted into the army of Starvania, and falls in love with Olga, a beautiful Starvanian WAC, but Joe's sergeant also has his eyes on Olga. But Joe wins her hand when he captures two spies in the Colonel's office.
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil twins of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.
Stop! Look! and Laugh! is a 1960 feature-length Three Stooges compilation featuring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard. Eleven of the Stooges shorts were shown and bridged together with segments featuring Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Near the end of the film, the Marquis Chimps perform a version of Cinderella narrated in rhyme by Winchell with June Foray providing female voices (and Alan Reed providing the male ones) as part of Knucklehead's bedtime story. New York Stooges TV host Officer Joe Bolton (a staple of WPIX-TV through the early '70s) has a cameo as a customer in a cafe.
Based on the classic fairy tale, Larry, Moe, and Curly Joe (the Three Stooges) substitute for the Seven Dwarfs while the princess Snow White (Olympic figure skating champion Carol Heiss) is forced to flee from her jealous stepmother, the queen (Patricia Medina), who takes drastic steps to insure that Snow White never gains the throne
Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.
The Three Stooges have a show to do, but since the rehearsals require cooking, they manage to get themselves thrown out of every hotel they can find. They finally find room and board at the home of the goofy inventor, Professor Danforth, but that home has it's own problems. Namely, the Professor is working on a new all-terrain, flying, space worthy submersible. With some persuading, the Stooges agree to help him finish his invention and demonstrate it to the military. However, the Martians are interested in the vehicle as well and when they learn of its perfection, they plan to steal it and destroy the Earth. Like it or not, the fate of the world rests on the courage of Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe
Phileas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great grandfather's famous trip around the world in response to a challenge made by Randolph Stuart III, the descendant of the original Fogg's nemesis. Unbeknownst to anyone, However, "Stuart" is the infamous con man Vicker Cavendish who made the bet in order to cover up his robbing the bank of England by framing Fogg for the crime. This makes for a dangerous journey for Fogg and his servants (the stooges) and Amelia Carter, whom they rescue from thugs during a train ride. Can they make it back to England in time ?
4 for Texas is a 1963 American western comedy starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, and featuring screen thugs Charles Bronson and Mike Mazurki, with a cameo appearance by Arthur Godfrey and the Three Stooges (Larry Fine, Moe Howard and Curly Joe DeRita). The film was written by Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich, who also directed.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast, about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers.
Larry, Moe, and Curly Joe work for an editor at a Boston wildlife conservation magazine. They make such a mess of the pressroom that their publisher gets rid of them by sending them out west to stop the slaughter of buffalo. Upon their arrival they find themselves being sought after by every notorious gunslinger in history, including Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickcock, and Jesse James. Luckily, pistol-packing Annie Oakley, who has fallen in love with the handsome editor, agrees to protect them against the bad guys.
After Danny Thomas ended his long-running situation comedy series, he returned to television in a series of comedy-variety specials for NBC from 1964 - 1967. Thomas went weekly with this format during the 1967 - 1968 television season, as The Danny Thomas Hour.
Exploring the nature of comedy, Danny Thomas welcomes a star-studded cast of comics and comedians for a series of sketches and black-out gags.
The Three Stooges are introduced while making a ruckus in the audience, attempting to move patrons from their seats and "helping someone with his toupee. Arriving on stage, the boys refuse to perform comedy, informing Danny that they've moved on to serious acting and Shakespeare. Later, Moe, Larry & Curly Joe demonstrate a new, unbreakable glass plate to a pedestrian. The Stooges then attempt to assist Martha Raye with her fur coat, and run afoul of a gorilla in the process. Tim Conway's lecture on visual humor devolves into a wild burlesque-style farce, with the Stooges and other cast members running amuck across the stage in a series of sight gags.
A 1968 short film produced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promote the sale of Savings Bonds.
The film, directed by Norman Maurer, stars Howard Morris as a movie studio clerk who is assigned to get his colleagues interested in enrolling a payroll plan that is tied to the purchase of savings bonds.
The film included guest appearances by Milton Berle, Carol Burnett, The Three Stooges, Carl Reiner, Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Tim Conway, Rafer Johnson, and Hogan's Heroes stars Werner Klemperer and John Banner.
After nearly 50 years of eye-poking and face-slapping, the Stooges decide to retire and tour the world with their dog, Moose. They start by touring America's national parks, however, with the stooges, it is truly a "kook's tour". This especially proves to be the case, for Larry, who despite his best efforts, simply cannot seem to catch a fish. Larry is driven to the height of frustration as he is continually outfished by Moe, Joe, Moose, and even his own hat!
:60 second home movie clip of Moe Howard at his home on Saturday, July 28th, 1973.
From mid 1975, an NBC Nightly News segment in which John Chancellor intros a new piece about the classic comedy trio, "The Three Stooges" which discusses their impact on the generation of the 1970s, most fans of which weren't even born when the original reels first aired in theaters back in the early 1930s. Moe Howard, (who it is mentioned died right after this piece was completed) gives what has to be his final interview, albeit brief.
This look back at The Three Stooges is part documentary, part mockumentary, and includes interviews with former Stooge Joe Besser, man-on-the-street interviews, film clips, and comedy sketches showcasing fan loyalty.
Narrated by Steve Allen
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.
The object is to be the first player to get rid of all your cards, thereby ending the round. At the end of five rounds, the player with the lowest score is the winner.
Direct-to-video production inspired by The Stoogephile Trivia Book. This actually deals little with trivia, and primarily presents a showcase of film, trailer and TV footage, mostly public domain, from The Three Stooges' performing career. Interviews with actors and crew who worked with the Stooges are also shown. From many of the people who gave us 50 YEARS WITH THE THREE STOOGES: THE FUNNIEST GUYS IN THE WORLD (1983), this 1-hour tribute hosted by Jeff Forrester is, in format and content, essentially a sequel to that earlier production.
Film clips are taken from A PEACH OF A PAIR (1934), DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), SWING PARADE OF 1946 (1946), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), AFRICA SCREAMS (1949), the television pilot JERKS OF ALL TRADES (1949), CAMEL COMEDY CARAVAN (1950), THE FRANK SINATRA SHOW (1952), STAR SPANGLED SALESMAN (1968), and trailers from HAVE ROCKET WILL TRAVEL (1959), 4 FOR TEXAS (1963) and THE OUTLAWS IS COMING! (1965). In addition, there's Moe's solo turn on the TV pilot STRICTLY FOR LAFFS (1962), Healy replacement stooges "The Gentlemaniacs" in SWING IT PROFESSOR (1937), and video footage taken at the dedication of The Stooges' star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame (Aug. 30, 1983).
For six decades, the Three Stooges ran amuck in a riotous frenzy of eye-poking, ear-slapping, kicks, jabs, punches and frying pans to the cranium. Now Laughsmith Entertainment and A&E offer fans of the Moronic Maestros a chance to relive the Golden Age of Stoogery. Through rare recordings, exclusive interviews and outtakes of behind-the-scenes antics, "Stooges: The Men behind the Mayhem" tells the pure, uncensored Stooge story--from the early vaudeville years with Shemp and Ted Healy, through the golden years at Columbia Pictures with Curly, to the final feature films with Curly Joe DeRita, "the last Stooge." Whether you're fascinated by the unrestrained id, or just enjoy the good, clean humor of pliers applied to the nose, you'll find something to love in this in-depth look at America's most beloved madcaps The Three Stooges!
What better way to give a long-overdue tribute to the 3 Stooges than by giving them their own "mock" awards show. Hosted by Martin Short, this hilarious look at the geniuses of comedy combines everything you could want from great clips to never-before-seen home movies, to the ultimate award given to the Stooges a massive pie fight involving the entire awards' show audience.
The Three Stooges Family Album goes behind the cameras to look at America's favorite comedy trio. Includes film clips, home movies, vacation pictures and never-seen-before footage that show how hilarious The Three Stooges can be on and off the screen.
Mel Gibson Producer. In the late 1950's, Moe Howard, the leader of the Three Stooges is at a low point of his life with his film career apparently over, and he won't earn a dime from the impending big profits when his films are shown on TV. In addition, he is being pestered by a young TV exec who wants his team for a live show at his city. Amidst all this, Moe can't help but think back to the past starting from the beginning of the team's career with Ted Healy and their break from him to eventually having a successful film career in shorts. Yet that can't obscure the tragedy of Jerome "Curly" Howard's stroke and death or the death of his other brother, Shemp. While he reminisces, Moe must decide whether to gamble on whether there will be a new generation of fans who will let the team to enter a new phase of their career.
These vintage clips were shot in 1965 during a period of renewed popularity for the Stooges. Intended to accompany their new animated television show, the excerpts feature Moe, Larry and Curly Joe clowning around in a series of skits. The full-color, rarely seen footage finds the trio bungling their way through camping trips and golf games; cleaning a dusty old mansion; playing checkers with a chimp; and much more.
The Three Stooges are zanier than ever in this second volume of their "funniest moments," a compilation of color footage that was originally filmed to run between animated segments on the 1960s TV series "The New Three Stooges." Over the course of these hilarious short skits, the incomparable Larry, Moe and Curly don a variety of disguises and personas, acting as soldiers, sailors, salesmen -- and even dentists.
This must-see collection of rare footage, television appearances and never-aired film clips is aimed directly at diehard Three Stooges fans. Highlights include "Hollywood on Parade," the Stooges' first film with Curly; "Nertsery Rhymes," a little-seen MGM short originally released in 1933; "Jerks of All Trades," the Stooges' ABC television pilot from 1949; and one of their final TV appearances in 1965 on "Danny Thomas Presents the Comics."
Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are feature film clips, ultra-rare shorts, solo appearances, andTV performances, rare home movies, and interviews with Stooge family members and special guest stars. A must for any Stooge fan? Why soitenly!
Take a rare look behind-the-scenes with these interviews, specials and classic TV appearances by The Three Stooges.
In a perfect marriage of commentator and subject, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" hosts Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy pull out all the stops as they skewer this offbeat musical comedy that features the legendary Three Stooges. While waiting tables at a hip nightclub, Curly, Larry and Moe lend a hand to pair of star-crossed lovers, played by Gale Storm and Phil Regan. The Tympany Five, led by Louis Jordan, provides music.
In May 2009, during his interview with Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron, Howard learned that as a teenager in the 70’s, Bergeron had the chance to actually interview two of the original Three Stooges, Moe Howard and Larry Fine. Bergeron noted that he even recorded the conversations but didn’t know the exact location of these precious tapes. Howard responded to Tom that if he could find these sacred recordings, he would create an exclusive special to showcase the interviews on his channels at Sirius XM Radio.
Tom Bergeron went home and found the tapes.
On Saturday February 4th, 2012 , and by telephone hook-up, Joan Maurer was the special guest at the REPS Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Joan Maurer is the daughter of the late Moe Howard of the legendary Three Stooges. The purpose of the Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound is to Celebrate those Golden Days of Radio. While the Three Stooges were on film and not on radio, their work was contemporary with many of the classic radio shows of the period that we all love and we very much enjoyed our time with Joan and learning about the history of Moe Howard and the Three Stooges.
With a new movie released, Moe, Larry and Curly seem poised for a comeback. Martha Teichner looks back at the original Three Stooges, and looks at how the Farrelly Brothers - directors of the new film - have updated this classic comedy team.
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
After clips of Stooge Conventions, take a journey back to the 1890s and learn about the Horowitz Family.
From Vaudeville to movies, Moe meets Helen & the Shemp leaves the act.
In the 1930's Curly's off-screen antics leave the Stooges just a pratfall away from disaster as their shorts hit a high note.
Paul witnesses Curly's downward spiral as a child. Success takes them abroad to Europe and around the world.
The nitwits nix the Nazis during WWII and Curly takes his final curtain call.
Shemp re-joins the act as Television invades the entertainment world.
Enter Joe Besser and Exit the Comedy Short after 24 years. Paul tells of the growing tension in the family.
TV captures millions of new fans for the Stooges and their movie career takes off again, this time in features and TV appearances.
After the world bids farewell to Moe and Larry, their fame marches on with TV, conventions, home video and the internet.
Half-hour, morning series featuring interviews, human-interest stories and variety from the Los Angeles area, hosted by Jack Linkletter.
From Plummer Park in Hollywood CA (taped March 25, 1960), Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita are interviewed while attending a picnic with their families. In addition to the Stooges, Jack Linkletter talks to the family members. Topics discussed include real-life personalities, the origin of the haircuts, pre-Stooges entertainment careers, the effect of television on their popularity, and injuries suffered as a result of their screen antics. Moe discusses the recent elimination of violence from the act, particularly in regard to production of an upcoming live-action/animated, television series. Although the title is not mentioned, Moe refers to The Three Stooges Scrapbook, the boys' unsold color, television pilot produced in 1960. Following the Stooges, a brief segment on a therapist for exceptional children is shown.
Filmed, half-hour comedy series presenting Eddie Cantor doing all his trademark routines and musical numbers, and featuring guest stars in playlets hosted by Cantor.thumb|right|178px|The "A Night in U.S Mint" sketch
Eddie's wife and staff inform him that he should consider viewers' requests for show ideas, but instead of letters in his filing cabinets, he finds The Three Stooges. The Stooges star in the skit, "A Night in the U.S. Mint," as inept bank robbers Butch (Moe), Lefty (Larry), and Spike (Shemp), who attempt to tunnel into a bank vault, but wind up instead in the U.S. Mint... but are too dumb to realize where they are!
A collection of segments from The Mike Douglas Show with Moe Howard from 1973.
"The New Three Stooges" was produced in 1965. It featured the animated adventures of Moe, Larry, & Curly Joe. The cartoons were introduced by live-action inserts with the real Stooges. These inserts were some of the only Stooges material ever filmed in color, and they also feature long-time Stooge collaberator Emil Sitka. "The Three Stooges - Color Craziness" is an hour feature comprised of these rare color Stooge comedy bits. You'll see the Stooges as wacky chefs, clueless contractors, zany dentists, and many more. They feature Moe Howard, Larry Fine, & "Curly" Joe Derita.
Shorts filmed in color that were used along with "The New Three Stooges" cartoons in the 1960's.
Same as Color Craziness?
Comedy III Productions presents the 75th Anniversary Series to celebrate the best of The Three Stooges. Join host Dave "Curly" Knight as he brings together some of the best work of The Three Stooges, including the complete and unedited orginal version of the classic short "Disorder in the Court", a history of the career of the Stooges, three original cartoons featuring Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe and also join the friends and family of the Stooges from the world over as they celebrate 75 years of everlasting fun and frivolity from the greatest comedy team of all time.
This anniversary video traces the history of the Three Stooges from their early start in vaudeville to feature length movies. Include little-known facts.
Hosted by Alan Thicke, and narrated by Gary Owens, this syndicated television special marked the 60th anniversary of The Three Stooges' first film appearance. Primarily using public domain film and television clips, Thicke hosts a history of the Stooges. Trivia and discussions of the comedy team's film sound effects, etc., are joined by several segments starring comedians Wil Shriner and Jeff Altman, MTV host Julie Brown, and game show hostess Janice Pennington. Emil Sitka appears as himself, to discuss some of his experiences with the Stooges. The TV special contains the complete music video of THE CURLY SHUFFLE (1984), and is capped off with a garishly colorized version of MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949).
Steve welcomes guests Diana Dors, Chuck McCann, Perez Prado & His Orchestra and The Three Stooges. Diana Dors sings "Give Me the Simple Life," the Prado Orchestra performs "Patricia Pop" and a medley of songs, and Chuck McCann participates in comedy sketches as Jackie Gleason.
The Three Stooges appear in "The Doctor" sketch, with Moe as Larry's inept surgeon, and Curly Joe as an equally inept nurse in drag. Their first television appearance after their 1959 resurgence in popularity.
In the "Stand-In" skit, Moe plays the director of a feature film, while Larry is the film's star and Curly-Joe is his stand-in. Each time a wild action scene was about to be filmed, Moe would yell, "Cut!" Larry would be replaced with Curly-Joe, who would then get the brunt of everything from saloon fights to pies in the face. Moe's wife Helen once recalled that Moe came down with pneumonia just hours before he was set to appear on the show. Helen's recollections were captured in the book, The Three Stooges Scrapbook. "Moe had rehearsed all day for the The Steve Allen Show and returned to the hotel to go to bed. There he was with no voice and a high fever and dictating the entire "Stand-In" routine to a script girl... Moe's voice cracked and squeaked throughout the show. And those who loved him - and there were untold numbers - suffered with him." The Stooges first performed the "Stand-In" skit in the Broadway stage show, The George White Scandal of 1939. Matty Brooks and Eddie Davis, who occasionally supplied material to the boys, wrote the original skit.
Larry Fine joins the "The Nutley, Hinkley, Butley, Winkley Report," which focuses on art in the news.
Steve welcomes comedian Lenny Bruce, singers Connie Russell and David Allen, and The Three Stooges. Connie sings "Caravan" and "You've Changed", David sings "Get Out of Town," and then the two duet with "The Cigarette Song." Lenny Bruce performs a stand-up routine.
The Three Stooges appear in "The Maharaja" sketch, with a little help from Steve Allen.
Steve welcomes comedian Lenny Bruce, singers Connie Russell and David Allen, and The Three Stooges. Connie sings "Caravan" and "You've Changed", David sings "Get Out of Town," and then the two duet with "The Cigarette Song." Lenny Bruce performs a stand-up routine.
The Three Stooges appear in "The Maharaja" sketch, with a little help from Steve Allen.
Frances Langford hosts a Mothers Day celebration of stars, in this holiday special with segments aired in both color and black & white, saluting the mothers of Hollywood stars. The entire cast appears in rocking chairs singing Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair," before boarding a jet to Hollywood singing original lyrics to Charlie Barnet's instrumental "Skyliner". One skit features the Stooges bemoaning that they never had a mother, while the orchestra plays "My Mothers Eyes". Singer Mary Costa's rendition of "Holiday For Strings" is interrupted and broken-up by the Stooges, who prance onstage in drag as ballerinas. When the cast members serenade the Hollywood stars' mothers, the Stooges come out to sing "Que Sera Sera" to Doris Day's mother.
In a switch from their 1959 "Stand In" performance on The Steve Allen Show, Larry Fine takes on the role of 'Pedro the Mexican,' allowing him to engage in slapstick punishment on the hapless stand-in, Curly Joe. After this performance, the Stooges were served with a lawsuit from Broadway producer George White, who owned the sketch's copyright... it was written for The George White Scandal of 1939, costarring Moe, Larry & Curly. The case was settled out of court for a nominal fee, and the Stooges continued to use "Stand In" in their live performance repertoire. Ed Sullivan blooper... he introduced the Stooges as "The Ritz Brothers".
When Moe (the doctor) hits Joe (as the nurse) in the face with a wet sponge, Joe's wig is knocked off his head and he scrambles to put it back on. A classic moment in live television, as Moe breaks up over Joe's predicament.
To celebrate the completion of Ed's 15th year on CBS, the show was expanded to 90-minutes for this retrospective tribute, featuring performance highlights of 1948 - 1963.
Among the honored clips, The Three Stooges appear in a segment of their "Stand-In" sketch from May 14, 1961.
Moe Howard, Larry Fine & Joe DeRita (The Three Stooges) performing their classic "Maharajah" routine.
The Three Stooges perform "Niagara Falls" routine
A woman is introduced to The Three Stooges. After some brief clowning around by the boys, Moe explains the art of pie throwing, and the woman is blindfolded. She's instructed to hit Moe in the face with a pie, but unseen by her, her husband has been brought on stage in Moe's place.
Mike Douglas and co-host Ted Knight discuss the pitfalls of auditioning, and present audio bloopers of Ted narrating The Super-Friends cartoon series. Guests include author & nutritionist Gary Null, singer Arlene Fontana who performs "I Am Woman," Washington insider and The Kidner Report author John Kidner, and The Three Stooges' Moe Howard.
Moe recounts a brief history of Ted Healy and The Three Stooges, detailing the story of how he, Shemp and Larry originally joined Healy. The cream puff fight from Slippery Silks (1936) is screened, and then Moe instructs Mike and Ted on the art of pie throwing, resulting in a pie fight melee.
In Mike Douglas' 1999 autobiography I'll Be Right Back, he writes that arriving at the studio at 8AM, waiting alone in the lobby was Moe Howard, ready with a list of comic bits for consideration in that day's show, and ready to rehearse. Mr. Douglas has said that Moe Howard may have been the most conscientious performer he ever worked with.
Mike Douglas and co-host Soupy Sales introduce Playboy fashion critic Robert L. Green. As Mike and Soupy fashion display the latest in footwear, Moe Howard makes an unrehearsed entrance, holding his nose and spraying a can of air freshener. British actor Laurence Harvey discusses his latest project, and acting experiences in America (*). Bob Warren & The Creep perform a musical spoof of the ongoing Watergate scandal, "Haldeman, Erlichman, Mitchell and Dean." Ronald J. Fields, grandson of W. C. Fields, talks about his grandfather's legacy, with anecdotes, presenting the (then) rarely seen tooth-pulling sequence from Fields' The Dentist (1932). Ron reveals that his grandfather was always afraid to follow Healy and the Stooges' stage act, and Moe reciprocates with the same sentiment.
Introduced with a clip from Micro-Phonies (1945), Moe Howard tells of his childhood and the invention of his sugar-bowl haircut. Mike, Soupy and Moe perform the Stooges' classic "Maharaja" routine, ending in a pie fight and a surprise appearance by Helen Howard when Moe runs into the audience and pushes a pie in her face!
Mike Douglas and country singer co-host Roger Miller discuss Roger's voiceover work in Disney's Robin Hood (1973). Roger reciprocates by presenting a clip of Mike's singing voiceover as "Prince Charming" in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959). Comedian Charles Fleischer (the voice of "Roger Rabbit") talks about his talent of "using" buildings as musical instruments, and performs harmonica alongside Miller's guitar strumming. Julie Newmar discusses dance as exercise, entertainment and art, her love of ballet, and performs an interpretive dance. Author Norman Mailer promotes his photographic book of Marilyn Monroe, A Novel Biography.
Moe is introduced in the "Niagara Falls" sketch, performed with Mike, Roger and Julie. In his interview, he recounts Curly as a slow script study, and the invention of the eye-poke gag. In Moe's earlier appearance on the The Mike Douglas Show, he hit his wife with a pie, but it was never fully explained to viewers who she was. The details are revealed, and when Moe goes to audience to kiss his wife... she smacks him with a pie! Very briefly, Larry's brother Moe Feinberg can be seen in the audience, a few seats to Helen's left.
Mike Douglas and co-hosts Al Freeman Jr. & Ellen Holly (One Live to Life) wrap up a weeklong salute to soap operas. They were joined for this show by Leonard Nimoy and comedian Milt Kamen, both of whom appeared on soap operas early in their careers. Author Richard Lamparski promotes the 4th edition of his Whatever Became Of...? book series. Calypso singer Steve DePass serenades the hosts and guests with his extemporaneous style, inventing lyrics as he performs, paying tribute to the careers of his subjects.
During Lamparski's interview, questions are taken from the audience about the whereabouts of celebrities. The final question comes from a gentleman who asks, "Whatever happened to The Three Stooges?" The man is none other than Moe Howard himself!
During the closing credit sequence, Steve DePass performs again, and is joined by Moe, who is honored with several lyrics.
The current owner of The Mike Douglas Show library reports that no record of this show's videotape can be found in their archives. An audio recording of Moe Howard's sequences survives in a fan's personal library' it was transcribed in The Three Stooges Journal # 87 (Fall 1998).
Mike Douglas and co-hosts Donny & Marie Osmond welcome guests Moe Howard and Jon Voight. Moe Howard discusses his childhood experience in show business, detailing his entry into film at Brooklyn's Vitagraph Studios. Moe talks about his first job as a studio gopher, and as a child actor in shorts starring silent film stars Flora Finch, John Bunny, and others. Donny's inquiry of the eye-poke technique results in a personal demonstration from Moe.
Moe, Mike and Donny perform the Stooges' "Operation" sketch, with Moe as the doctor, Mike in drag as his nurse, and Donny as the hapless patient. Jon Voight joins the sketch, and receives a pie in the face for his trouble. During Voight's interview, he reveals his wife's (Angelina Jolie's mother) talent for impersonating Curly Howard.
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A look at the early works of Moe, Larry, and Curly (before they were The Three Stooges), mostly from MGM; where they worked alongside their boss, Ted Healy. Includes complete shorts such as "Nertsery Rhymes," and "Beers and Pretzels," as well as scenes from other films including "Plane Nuts," and "Meet the Baron." Narrated by Leonard Maltin.
Welcome back to the Angry Video Game Nerd's second part of his Christmas-themed wishlist, going back to reviewing terrible games hoping in vain he may find a good one - just maybe. In this 2/2 episode, the Nerd jumps straight in, starting with the first review at A Boy and His Blob (NES), and continuing along with (in chronological order): The Three Stooges (NES); Home Improvement (SNES); Pit Fighter (SNES); Bubsy 3-D (PlayStation); and Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage (SNES). This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 117.
James and Mike discuss who is the best (and worst) of the Three Stooges. Which do you pick? Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe DeRitaor or Joe Besser? This is an outtake from James & Mike Mondays Sonic 2 Part 2
On this episode of Rental Reviews we'll take you back to the past, before rental stores, to the early 20th century... for a Three Stooges Retrospective! If you don't already know, The Three Stooges were a comedy team (american vaudeville) that created tons of shorts from 1922 until 1970. In their almost 200 film run, there were a ton of classic physical farce and slapstick moments that are still funny to this day. James, Tony, and Kieran will talk about Moe, Larry, and Curly... plus the other more forgotten members of this titanic comedy tour de force.
