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The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical, farce, and slapstick comedy.
The Three Stooges, American comedy team noted for violent anarchic slapstick and routines rooted in the burlesque tradition. Members included Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and ‘Curly Joe’ DeRita.
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- Moe Howard. The Ringleader. Instantly recognized by his signature bowl cut, Moe Howard was a consistent member of the Three Stooges for the entirety of the group’s existence.
- Larry Fine. The Middle Stooge. Larry Fine, known as “the middle Stooge,” sported a shock of frizzy auburn hair, sprouting from a point far back on his balding head.
- Curly Howard. The Silliest Member of the Stooges. After Shemp Howard decided to leave the Ted Healy act, he recommended that his brother Curly be brought in as a replacement.
- Shemp Howard. Moe and Curly's Brother. The oldest of the Howard brothers, Shemp Howard began performing on the vaudeville circuit at a young age alongside his brother, Moe.
- History
- Members
- Comedy III Productions, Inc.
- Television Broadcasts
- Chronological DVD Release and Public Reception
- Music
- Feature Motion Pictures
- Museum
- In Other Media
- References
Ted Healy and His Stooges
The Three Stooges started in 1925 as part of a raucous vaudeville act called 'Ted Healy and His Stooges' (a.k.a. 'Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen', 'Ted Healy and His Three Lost Souls' and 'Ted Healy and His Racketeers'—the moniker 'Three Stooges' was never used during their tenure with Healy). In the act, lead comedian Healy would attempt to sing or tell jokes while his noisy assistants would keep "interrupting" him. Healy would respond by verbally and physically abusing his stooges. Br...
The Columbia years: Moe, Larry and Curly
The same year, the trio (now christened The Three Stooges) signed on to appear in two-reel comedy short subjects for Columbia Pictures. In Moe's autobiography, he said they each got $600 per week on a one-year contract with a renewable option; in the Ted Okuda–Edward Watz book The Columbia Comedy Shorts, the Stooges are said to have gotten $1,000 between them for their first Columbia effort, Woman Haters, and then signed a term contract for $7,500 per film, to be divided among the trio. Accor...
Shemp returns
Moe Howard turned to his older brother Shemp Howard to take Curly's place. Shemp, however, was hesitant to rejoin the Stooges, as he had a successful solo career at the time of Curly's untimely illness. However, he realized that Moe's and Larry's careers would be finished without the Stooge act. Shemp wanted some kind of assurance that his rejoining was indeed temporary, and that he could leave the Stooges once Curly recovered. Unfortunately, Curly's condition declined he remained gravely ill...
Ted Healy Real Name: Clarence Ernst Lee Nash Born: 1, 1896(1896-Template:MONTHNUMBER-01) Died: 21, 1937 (aged 41) Stooge Years: 1922–1925, 1929–1934 Moe Howard Real Name: Moses Harry Horwitz Born: 19, 1897(1897-Template:MONTHNUMBER-19) Died: 4, 1975 (aged 77) Stooge years: 1922, 1926, 1929–1975 Larry Fine Real Name: Louis Feinberg Born: 5, 1902(190...
Throughout their career, Moe acted as both their main creative force and business manager. Comedy III Productions, Inc., formed by Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe DeRita in 1959, is presently the owner of all Three Stooges trademarks and merchandising. After a court battle with the grandsons of Moe Howard, the company is currently operated by DeRita's ste...
A handful of Three Stooges shorts first aired on television in 1949, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. It was not until 1958 that Screen Gems packaged 78 shorts for national syndication; the package was gradually enlarged to encompass the entire library of 190 shorts. In 1959, KTTV in Los Angeles purchased the Three Stooges films ...
On October 30, 2007, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934–1936 on DVD. 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 r...
You'll Never Know Just What tears are 1. Several instrumental tunes were played over the opening credits at different times in the production of the short features. The most commonly used themes were: 1.1. The verse portion of "Listen to the Mockingbird", played in a comical way, complete with sounds of cuckoo birds and such. This was first used in...
Template:DablinkThe Three Stooges also made appearances in many feature length movies in the course of their careers: 1. Soup to Nuts(1930) 2. Turn Back the Clock(1933) 3. Meet the Baron(1933) 4. Dancing Lady(1933) 5. Broadway to Hollywood(1933) -- Moe and Curly almost unrecognizable as Otto and Fritz, two clowns in makeup 6. Myrt and Marge(1933) 7...
Gary Lassin opened the Stoogeum in 2004 in a renovated architect's office in Spring House, Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Philadelphia. The museum-quality exhibits fill three stories (10,000 square feet or 929 square meters), including an 85-seat theater. Peter Seely, editor of the book Stoogeology: Essays on the Three Stooges said...
Television
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 Stoogeswhich ran from 1965 to 1966. This series featured a mix of thirty-nine live-action segments which were used as wraparounds to 156 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...
Comic books
Over the years, several Three Stooges comics were produced. 1. St. John Publicationspublished the first Three Stooges comics in 1949 with 2 issues, then again in 1953–54 with 7 issues. 1. Dell Comics published a Three Stooges series first as one-shots in their Four Color Comics line for 5 issues, then gave them a numbered series for four more issues (#6-9). With #10, the title would be published by Gold Key Comics. Under Gold Key, the series lasted through issue #55 in 1972. 2. Gold Key Comic...
Mobisode
A mobisode featuring CGIstooges has been announced, and a short trailer released. The theme involves the Stooges running for president.
Bibliography
1. Stroke of Luck, by Larry Fine and James Carone (Siena Publishing Co., 1973). (Larry Fine's autobiography, transcribed from interviews toward the end of his life) 1. Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard , (Citadel Press, 1977). (Moe Howard's autobiography, completed and released posthumously by his daughter) 1. The Stooges Chronicles, by Jeffrey Forrester , (Contemporary Books, Inc., 1981); reissued as The Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Most Popular Comedy Team...
The Three Stooges starred in over 200 pictures during their decades-long run. Larry Fine, Curly Howard and Moe Howard in 1937. This is a complete list of short subjects and feature films that featured The Three Stooges released between 1930 and 1970. Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard appeared in a single feature film with Ted Healy ...
Few faces are as instantly recognizable as the Three Stooges. Even over a half-century after the end of their careers, Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp's can still make even the stoniest faces crack. But behind all the laughs and fun were real people trapped in the messed-up world of Old Hollywood.
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Mar 27, 2019 · The Three Stooges comedy team consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard (1930-1932, 1946-1955), Curly Howard (1932-1946), Joe Besser (1956-1957), and Curly Joe DeRita (1958-1969) The Stooges made 190 short comedy films for Columbia Pictures released from 1932 to 1959.
