Throughout the s, The Three Stooges were one of the most popular and highest-paid live acts in America. From the feature film Snow White and the Three Stooges. The trio also filmed 41 short comedy skits for The New Three Stooges , animated cartoons produced for television. The Stooges appeared in live-action color footage, which preceded and followed each animated adventure in which they voiced their respective characters.
In , the Three Stooges filmed a pilot episode for a new TV series titled Kook's Tour , a combination travelogue - sitcom that had the "retired" Stooges traveling around the world, with the episodes filmed on location. On January 9, , during production of the pilot, Larry suffered a paralyzing stroke , ending his acting career, as well as plans for the television series.
A minute version of Kook's Tour was edited together from usable material and initially only made available for the home movie market years before the popularity of home video ; it has subsequently been released to DVD , in an unrestored version. Larry Fine suffered another stroke just before Christmas The following month, he suffered a more serious one, and slipped into a coma. He died on January 24, , at the age of Devastated by his friend's death, Moe nevertheless decided that the Three Stooges would continue, and longtime Stooge supporting actor Emil Sitka would replace Larry, and be dubbed "The Middle Stooge".
Sitka later said he accepted the offer after receiving Larry's blessings. Several movie ideas were considered, including one called Blazing Stewardesses according to Leonard Maltin , who also uncovered a pre-production photo the film was ultimately made with the last surviving Ritz Brothers.
However, Moe fell ill from lung cancer , and died on May 4, The final incarnation of the Three Stooges. With Moe gone, it was inconceivable that the Three Stooges would continue without a Howard. Emil Sitka died on January 16, , making him the last "Stooge" to die though Sitka never performed on film as a member of the trio, but did appear in a few publicity shots.
Curly takes it in the ear in 's Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb. This photo remains one of the most popular publicity shots of the team. Joe DeRita. Emil Sitka [11]. Throughout their career, Moe acted as both their main creative force and business manager. Lugosi and Larry Fine's grandson, majority owner Eric Lamond. Comedy III has also, since , authorized and provided the services of veteran actors Jim Skousen, Alan Semok, and the late Dave Knight as Moe, Larry, and Curly respectively for numerous "personal appearances" by the Stooge characters for a variety of merchandising and promotional events.
This latter day trio has also provided voices for the characters in a variety of radio spots, merchandising tie-ins, and most recently for the first new Three Stooges short in fifty years It was not until that Screen Gems packaged 78 shorts for national syndication; the package was gradually enlarged to encompass the entire library of shorts.
In the late s, AMC had held the rights to the Three Stooges shorts, airing them with host Leslie Nielsen , in the format of a college instructor for NYUK New Yuk University of Knuckleheads , with several shorts often grouped by a theme, such as similar schticks used in different films. By , the network had discontinued airing the shorts. Spike TV had begun airing Stooges shorts again, this time every Sunday morning at As of late April , Three Stooges has disappeared from the network's schedule entirely.
Since the s Columbia has preferred to license the Stooge shorts to cable networks, precluding the films from being shown on local broadcast TV.
Stations in Chicago and Boston, however, signed long-term syndication contracts with Columbia years ago and declined to terminate them. Some of the Stooge films have been colorized by two separate companies. The two-disc set contains shorts from the first three years the Stooges worked at Columbia Pictures. This is the first time ever that all 19 shorts have been released in their original theatrical order to DVD.
Every short was remastered in high definition, a first for the Stooge films. One critic states "the Three Stooges on DVD has been a real mix'n match hodge-podge of un-restored titles and illogical entries. This new The way that the Three Stooges have been presented on home video has been a real slap in the face and poke in the eye to fans. Highly recommended. Remastered in High Definition and presented in chronological order, these short films now give fans the chance to appreciate the development of one of the most successful comedy teams in history.
The chronological series has proven very successful. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment wasted little time preparing the next set for release. Volume Two was released on May 27, , [17] followed by Volume Three three months later on August 26, Template:Dablink The Three Stooges also made appearances in many feature length movies in the course of their careers:.
Gary Lassin opened the Stoogeum in in a renovated architect's office in Spring House, Pennsylvania , 25 miles 40 kilometers north of Philadelphia. The museum -quality exhibits fill three stories 10, square feet or square meters , including an seat theater. Puppets, dolls, coloring books, paper dolls and toys are displayed in his Long Island home. A film about the Three Stooges, simply titled The Three Stooges , is scheduled to be released in The Farrelly Brothers are still attached to the project, [22] even though their Warner Bros.
First Look Studios , working with C3 Entertainment , will distribute the motion picture. The plot of the episodes are said to be an adventure that revolves around the Stooges characters. Its unflattering portrayal of Ted Healy led Healy's son to give media interviews calling the film inaccurate. In addition to the unsuccessful see "History" section, above television series pilot, Jerks of All Trades and the incomplete Kook's Tour , the Stooges appeared in a show called The New Three Stooges which ran from to This series featured a mix of thirty-nine live-action segments which were used as wraparounds to animated Stooges shorts.
That cartoon program became the only regularly scheduled television show in history for the Stooges. Unlike other films shorts that aired on TV like the Looney Tunes , Tom and Jerry , and Popeye , the film shorts of the Stooges never had a regularly scheduled national television program to air in, neither on network nor syndicated. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe, Larry, and Shemp," among other lineups.
Curly Howard replaced brother Shemp, who later returned when Curly suffered a debilitating stroke in After Shemp's death in , he was replaced by comedian Joe Besser, after the use of stuntman Joe Palma to record several "Shemp" shorts after his death.
Larry suffered a serious stroke in , and was unable to continue performing. Emil Sitka, a longtime actor in Stooge comedies, was contracted to replace Larry, but no film was ever made with him in the role, although publicity photographs exist of him with his hair combed similarly to Larry's, posing with Moe and Curly-Joe.
However, Larry's paralyzing stroke in effectively marked the end of the act. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Photos Top cast Edit. Joe Besser. Larry Fine. Curly Howard. Moe Howard. Shemp Howard. More like this. Storyline Edit. The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from until , best known for their short subject films by Columbia Pictures that have been regularly airing on television since
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