The Three Stooges

Starring:Three Stooges
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Still funny
Good value
The Stooges at their best !!
A nice collection!!
NOW APPEARING "THE THREE STOOGES" AT AMAZON

The Three Stooges DVD Collection (Curly Classics / Spook Louder / All the World's a Stooge)
Starring: Curly Howard , Larry Fine , Moe Howard , Stanley Blystone , and Lew Kelly
Director: Del Lord , and Ray McCarey
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Laurel & Hardy (Sons of the Desert/The Music Box/Another Fine Mess/Busy Bodies/County Hospital)

ASIN: B00005M2C1
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Product Description

Includes 3 Classic Stooges DVDs:

Curly Classics : Fun with The Three Stooges in six zany episodes: "A Plumbing We Will Go", "Men In Black", "Micro-Phonies", "Punch Drunks", "Three Little Pigskins" and "Woman Haters."

All the World's a Stooge: Includes these hilarious episodes: "Grips, Grunts and Groans", "All the World's a Stooge," "3 Dumb Clucks," "Three Little Pirates," "Uncivil War Birds," "Back to the Woods" and "Violent is the Word for Curly."

Spook Louder: Digital mayhem ensues in this spooktacular selection of the trio's six funniest fear fests: "Spook Louder", "Mummy's Dummies", "Shivering Sherlocks", "The Ghost Talks", "Hokus Pokus", and "Fright Night."

Customer Reviews:

Still funny.......2007-01-31

Some people think this stuff is silly, but it always makes me laugh. I am starting a dvd collection of varioius movies and old tv shows, this is the perfect addition. Works out to about 5 dollars an episode, can't beat that.
I would like to collect all of them, the ones with Shemp Too!

Good value.......2007-01-19

The DVD's aren't the same quality as something that was filmed 2007 but for 1940's film it is great and very enjoyable to watch.

The Stooges at their best !!.......2007-01-16

I loved the Curly Classics, A plumbing we will go, and Micro-phonies, and men in black are the best, and the others are great too

In Micro-Phonies when the Stooges flip the cherries into the man mouth, it gets me every time, I fall over with laughter !!

And a Plumbing we will go, this is just a CLASSIC!

A nice collection!!.......2007-01-03

For the money, a very nice collection of authentic Stooge shorts! I remember watching these guys when I was a kid, and wanted to introduce my 4 & 6 year olds to the Stooge style of comedy - I was not disappointed with the results this set provided!! Most included shows feature Curly, a few with Shemp, which was my preference. If you enjoyed the Three Stooges when you were younger, this set will bring back lots of good memories!!

NOW APPEARING "THE THREE STOOGES" AT AMAZON.......2004-02-09

FIRST LET ME SAY THIS SET IS WORTHY OF 5 STARS.I ONLY GAVE IT 4 BECAUSE OF THE FORMAT AND NOT THE ACTUAL SHORTS.AFTER EACH SHORT IS DONE YOU HAVE TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU TO SELECT THE NEXT SHORT.THE SET IS A GREAT DEAL AT AMAZON'S PRICE.I JUST PURCHASED 4 OTHER STOOGE TITLES SEPARATELY AT OVER $100 SO THIS REALLY IS A BARGAIN.NOW AS FAR AS COLUMBIA AND THEIR RELEASE OF THE STOOGES.I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE DISCS ONLY HAVE 5-6 SHORTS ON THEM.WE ALL KNOW THAT A DVD CAN HOLD MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE PUT ON THEM,SO THIS REALLY IS ABOUT MAKING MORE MONEY FOR COLUMBIA AND GOUGING THE CONSUMER.IF WARNER CAN PUT OUT GILLIGAN'S ISLAND ON 3 DOUBLE SIDED DISCS WITH 36 EPISODES IN RUNNING ORDER, THAN COLUMBIA SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF DOING BETTER.I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT UNIVERSAL HAS DONE WITH ABBOTT AND COSTELLO,THEY HAVE A 2 DISC SET WITH 8 MOVIES FOR $22 COMING OUT.COLUMBIA SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF WHAT THE OTHERS ARE DOING AND GIVE US STOOGE FANS MORE FOR OUR MONEY!.

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Hysterical Stooges
Early Stooge Madness
An interesting selection
Feel Good In Laughter
Great Stooges

The Three Stooges: Curly Classics
Starring: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Curly Howard , Jeanie Roberts , and Arthur Rankin
Director: Ray McCarey , Edward Bernds , and Lou Breslow
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: 076782184X
Release Date: 1999-02-02

Product Description

Fun with The Three Stooges in six zany episodes:

A Plumbing We Will Go(1940): Three would-be plumbers mistake pipes filled with wires for water pipes. Dudley Dickerson's battle in the kitchen is a highlight.

Men In Black(1934): Medical malpractice is an understatement when describing what the Stooges do to the Los Arms Hospital, where they dispense unorthodox advice, flirt with the nurses and battle a babbling intercom system. With: Dell Henderson, Jeannie Roberts and Billy Gilbert.

Micro-phonies (1945): When Curly is mistaken for an opera diva, the Stooges find their calling on the stage as Senorita Cucaracha (Curly) and Senors Mucho and Gusto (Larry and Moe). With: Christine McIntyre, Symona Boniface and Gino Corrado.

Punch Drunks(1934): Larry's rendition of Pop Goes The Weasel transforms Curly from a harmless cream puff into a vicious contender, but when Larry's violin breaks, it threatens Curly's boxing career with a TKO. With: Dorothy Granger and Al Hill.

Three Little Pigskins (1934): When the Stooges are mistaken for star football players, they not only find themselves running for goals but running for their lives when they get mixed up with the gorgeous girlfriends of a group of mobsters. With: Lucille Ball, Gertie Green and Phyllis Crane.

Woman Haters(1934): When Larry breaks his oath to the Woman Haters Club by marrying, he is treated like a traitor by his fellow members. But getting out of the marriage may be even more harmful than anything his friends could ever do to him. The Stooges' first short was done entirely in rhyme. With: Marjorie White.

Customer Reviews:

Hysterical Stooges.......2007-02-13

I got this for my kids. My 8-year-old watches it over and over. He loves Curly, even though he doesn't get all his dialogue and dialect humor. The Stooges were just plain funny.

Early Stooge Madness.......2006-08-23

The "Curly Classics" DVD focuses primarily on the Three Stooges' earliest Columbia two-reelers from 1934. Regardless of uneven material and revolving directors, Moe, Larry and Curly find their slapstick niche in "Punch Drunks," "Three Little Pigskins" and the Oscar-nominated "Men in Black." However, the highlights are two later releases that display the Stooges at full comic throttle: "A Plumbing We Will Go" (1940) and "Micro-Phonies" (1945). The weak link is "Woman Haters" -- a misguided "musical novelty" that emerged as the Stooges' inauspicious Columbia debut. "Curly Classics" remains an enjoyable compilation, but not the total knockout it should have been.

An interesting selection.......2006-03-03

Since the plots of these shorts have already been described by a number of other reviewers, I'll just give my opinions on them and on the DVD overall.

'Woman Haters' is one of those shorts that most fans either love or hate. I didn't care for it that much the first time I saw it, but I do agree that it does get a little better with repeated viewings. It probably would have been a better film if the entire thing hadn't been spoken in rhyme; that device gets old and tired after about a minute. Although I'm confused as to why it was seen fit to be included here. It's not really a Curly classic because Larry is the one who gets the most lines and the leading role!

'Punch Drunks' is a big step up and should have been the first short they released at Columbia. Though it's one of their very early ones, it has a great plot and lots of great comedy. Until about sometime in 1935, they didn't really have their formula down pat yet, but this is one of the early ones that shines and deserves to be called a classic.

I actually think 'Men in Black' is somewhat overrated. It's a really odd short, and there are moments of humor, but nothing I found really that hilarious. I fail to see why this would get an Oscar nomination and is considered by many people to be one of their best. The problem might be that the comedy style is all over the map, like they weren't yet sure what type of humor they wanted to do--verbal, physical, or just plain absurd humor. If this weren't one of their very first shorts, it probably wouldn't have such an important reputation. Although that doesn't mean I think it's one of their worst shorts (far from it).

'Three Little Pigskins,' their fourth short, is another of their very early classics, though taken in comparison to all of their other work, I wouldn't necessarily consider it one of their all-time classics. There's a good solid plot and lots of good humor, and I liked seeing the great character actor Walter Long and how the opening scene reflected the time period of the Great Depression. I also noticed that the middle section of this short borrows from the earlier 1928 Laurel and Hardy short 'We Faw Down.' Once again we see a lovely young lady's hat being blown off of her head and underneath a car, and when our hapless heroes go to retrieve it, they get soaked by a passing street sweeper and are invited back to the home of the woman and her friends. While they're waiting around for their clothes to dry and are wearing clothes given to them by the women, and flirting with them, the ladies' mobster boyfriends show up. The ending is kind of in media res, but everything that came before was so good it doesn't matter that much.

'Micro-Phonies' and 'A-Plumbing We Will Go' are bona fide classics and really deserve their place on this collection. They both have strong plots and lots of great slapstick. They were made at a point in their career when they had long developed their screen personalities and had been at their creative peak for some time.

Overall, this is a pretty good collection, but as aforementioned, I am curious as to why their first four shorts were included as Curly classics. At this point, he hadn't really perfected his screen persona yet (such as in how you can hear him talking in a voice closer to his real off-camera voice instead of the high-pitched baby-like voice he later developed), and you can also tell the other two hadn't gotten their own screen characters down pat either. It seems like it would have made more sense to have included shorts from a wider time range instead of having their first four shorts (all from 1934) and then having the other two be from 1940 and 1945. It's a little curious as to why some of these shorts were included on here, but generally speaking, it is a collection I would recommend getting.

Feel Good In Laughter.......2006-03-02

...Not much to say...just enjoy and have lots of laughs. The Stooges...they're the Best.No doubt; "sointly"!

Great Stooges.......2006-02-24

This is a great collection of Three Stooges shorts. It is rightly called "Curly Classics." "A Plumbing We Will Go" is probably my favorite three stooges short - the boys really make a mess of that house!

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Five out of six isn't bad
VERY SOLID THREE STOOGES DVD
Another collection of slapstick
Another great Stooges DVD
great dvd

Three Stooges- Nutty But Nice
Starring: Curly Howard , Larry Fine , Moe Howard , Evelyn Young , and John Tyrrell (II)
Director: Jules White , and Del Lord
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B00004XOO1
Release Date: 2000-11-14

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Back when the "Blondie" comic strip was very young, Dagwood wanted to marry a flapper against the wishes of his rich family and staged a hunger strike for her sake. This is the basic premise of "The Sitter Downers" (1937, short number 27 in the Columbia series) in which the boys want to marry against a father's wishes and camp out in his living room. The second half is concerned with the now married Stooges trying to build a home for their brides with predictable disastrous results. Very funny at the start, stale material in the second section.

"Nutty but Nice" (1940, number 47) has the boys trying to help a melancholic girl by finding her kidnapped father. It starts interestingly with the boys as a team running a musical restaurant, but it turns to more familiar material as they try to escape from an apartment using the dumbwaiter. (They will never learn not to send Curly down first.) What makes this entry more interesting is that Vernon Dent gets to play a straight, sympathetic part that calls upon him actually to laugh at the Stooges' routines.

"Slippery Silks" (1936, number 19) starts with the boys as "fine" woodworkers--destroying a precious Chinese box brought in by Vernon Dent for reproduction--and then finding they have inherited a gown shop. After they reason that designing furniture and gowns is all the same, the results are truly funny as Larry's cabinet-like creations are displayed by attractive models who play it straight. However, the director (Preston Black) decided that the script needed a good pie throw (or cake throw in this instance) ending, and the last sequence offers nothing new along those lines. --Frank Behrens

Customer Reviews:

Five out of six isn't bad.......2006-07-28

This disc contains 6 shorts, five of which are of excellent quality even if not all of them might be considered top bona-fide classics. The other one had the makings of a great short, but sadly is marred by the black cloud looming over it. Since a number of other reviewers have already described the plots, I'll skip the redundancy and go straight to my opinions on each.

'Hoi Polloi' (1935) is an absolute bona-fide classic, probably one which just about every fan has in his or her personal Top 10 favorites list. There's not a dull or wasted moment in here, and none of the numerous remakes of this short could ever come close to topping the classic original. This was their tenth short made at Columbia, and right around the time when they'd finally really perfected their screen characters, their comedy style, and their screen relationship. From this point on out they only got better and better.

'False Alarms' (1936) is another of my personal favorites. There are also too many great scenes in here to list; the entire thing flows so perfectly, with nary a dull or wasted moment in sight. To give just one example, I love the scene where, for one brief moment, you're made to believe that Moe actually stuffed Larry down the drain of the sink! I also love the scene near the end where Curly and Minnie (June Gittelson, his girlfriend Maisie's fat friend) are slapping one another back and forth, though if it were any other actor I'd be horrified and would view it as a shocking and unacceptable act of violence against a woman.

'A-Ducking They Did Go' (1939) is yet another perfect and hilarious classic, from their prime period. Perhaps it's not one of their top-notch classics, but I would consider it a strong second-tier classic. Among my favorite scenes are when Moe eye-pokes the inflatable duck and when Curly points a rifle at his own head so he can shoot a duck on top of it. However, the ending is recycled footage of the ending of 'A Pain in the Pullman' (1937), and feels really bizarre and out of place, particularly since it doesn't really have anything to do with everything else that just happened.

'Nutty But Nice' (1940), the title track, has a plot similar to that of 'Cash and Carry' (1937). A lot of fans don't really like either because they don't feel it's very funny or believable for the boys to be shown as chivalrous do-gooders, but it's nice to see a softer side of them, particularly knowing how much they did for disadvantaged children in real life. And seeing them as noble heroes is certainly a better fit than seeing them as cowboys in all of those Westerns they did, a role that never really fit their screen characters. Even if one doesn't care for how they're cast as do-gooders, at least one can appreciate the great fight they have with the bad guys. (On a side note, the line about the horse they encounter on the street possibly being the reincarnation of Betty's father was a bit disconcerting, since it calls to mind the premise of those unspeakably awful Besser-era shorts 'Hoofs and Goofs' and 'Horsing Around'; the less said about those, the better!)

'Higher Than a Kite' (1943) is a war-themed short, with some classic slapstick in the car repair shop and then some great satirising of the Nazis. It's much easier to watch WWII-era movies making fun of the Germans as opposed to the Japanese because the Germans were only made fun of for their horrible government, not on account of their race. The first half of the short is particularly great because we don't often see Moe getting so much physical abuse and punishment as opposed to being the one doling it out in spades. Although there is one small detail that begs for an answer, even though comedies aren't always supposed to make sense: How did that Bulldog from the US Marine Corps get behind the German lines?

'Half-Wits' Holiday' (made in 1946, though released in early 1947) is a remake of the far superior 'Hoi Polloi,' and actually could have been a pretty good short in its own right. There are some pretty good scenes, like the pie fight at the end and the dinner scene. It also was the wonderful Emil Sitka's debut as a supporting actor for the Stooges. However, it's incredibly hard to watch, heartbreaking even, knowing that Curly had his near-fatal stroke during filming (although at least he doesn't look or act as sick in this as he did in, say, 'Beer Barrel Polecats' or 'Three Loan Wolves'). It's hard watching him take physical abuse in this one regardless, knowing how sick he was. And when he walks offscreen shortly before the pie fight begins, it's a really sad feeling, knowing we'll never see him again except as in a brief cameo in 'Hold That Lion!' a few shorts later, that moments later he slumped out of the director's chair, unable to move, and crying because he was unable to speak. It's even more disconcerting to watch the pie fight, knowing that Harry Cohn, the slavedriver who ran Columbia, actually made Moe and Larry continue filming instead of going with him to the hospital. It must have taken their all to not show their real feelings during the final scene. The ending itself is also really sudden, like the director just decided to call it a day and end the film then and there, even though the ending was kind of in media res. I'm surprised the studio didn't just use stock footage of an earlier pie fight, given how enamoured they were of stock footage. Watching this short feels like being kicked in the stomach, and leaves a very heavy depressing feeling.

Still, apart from how difficult it is for most people to sit through the final short, the previous five are awesome, making this disc very recommendable.

VERY SOLID THREE STOOGES DVD.......2005-02-04

Nutty but nice is a very strong compilation Stooges DVD. It features one bona fide classic with Hoi Polloi and several more great early Curlys.

"Hoi Polloi" - 1935 - the Classic Stooges plot with A professor betting that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. a plot Used many times, this one is the best!

"Half-Wits Holiday" - 1947 - This is a complete remake of Hoi Polloi and unfortunately Curly suffered a stroke while filming this one and he's not even seen during the last half of this short making it bittersweet.

"Higher than a Kite - 1943 - The stooges are mechanics working for the in England. After wrecking an officers car they hide out in a sewer pipe which turns out to a bomb. They are dropped over Germany and Find themselves behind enemy lines. Moe and Curly disguise as German officers and Larry dresses as a seductive fraulein. While General Bommel chases after Larry, Moe and Curly steal the secret plans from the high command.

"False Alarms" 1936 - The stooges are firemen who are constantly getting in trouble, they've been warned that one more incident will cost them their jobs. Curly sneaks out anyway to visit his girlfriend. She has two friends who need dates, but the only way Curly can get Moe and Larry out of the station is to pull a fire alarm. The firetruck leaves without Moe and Larry, so they steal the captains new car to make it to the call first. They manage to get Curly and get back to the station, but in doing so wreck the car and must leave on the run.

"Nutty But Nice" 1940 - The stooges are waiters who are enlisted by a doctor to try and cheer up a little girl. The girl's father is a banker who was kidnapped with $300,000 worth of bonds. Failing to cheer up the girl, the stooges go out looking for the father and by a series of coincidences wind up in the bad guys hideout. The villains return and after a wild fight the boys free the missing man.

"A Ducking they Did Go" -1939 - The stooges are tricked by some con men into selling memberships to a phony Canvas Back duck hunting club. They end up selling all the memberships to the police department causing the con-men to skip town. The stooges are stuck at a hunting lodge full of cops and the mayor but no ducks!

Hoi Polloi is certainly one of the most famous stooges shorts and A Ducking they Did Go and False Alarms are both excellent as well. VEry good Stooges DVD!

Another collection of slapstick.......2004-05-21

Moe,Larry and silly Curly are performing their slapstick routines as usual in this collection. In HOI POLLOI,the Stooges are sanitation workers who volunteer to be transformed into "gentlemen". Well,more dignified and sophisticated gentlemen. In NUTTY BUT NICE,the Stooges search for a missing bank cashier whose child daughter is sickened by his disappearance. In A-DUCKING THEY DID GO,the Stooges join a duck-hunting club,which is bogus because it was initiated by swindlers. In THE SITTER-DOWNERS,the Stooges' weddings to their girlfriends are postponed until the Stooges build their fiancees their dreamhouse. In FALSE ALARMS,the Stooges are firemen who steal the captain's new auto. HALF-WITS HOLIDAY,a remake of HOI POLLOI,was Curly's last as a Stooge. He became ill during filming of the last scene. He lived five years and eight months after this film was made. Also,when the Stooges are told to do what the professor's daughter does,Curly applies the lipstick to his lips just like she did. After Moe applies the cosmetic to Curly's tongue,he eats it,entirely! Also that film would be re-used for the following shorts with Shemp(Moe's and Curly's brother who replaced Curly after this film):PEST MAN WINS and SCHEMING SCHEMERS. There was a second re-make entitled PIES AND GUYS with Joe Besser,made after the deaths of Curly and Shemp.

Another great Stooges DVD.......2003-12-30

Nutty but Nice is a great DVD containing six Stooges shorts, all of them with Curly. "A Ducking They Did Go" has the Stooges selling memberships to a phony duck hunting club with a great ending. "Hoi Polloi" and "Half-Wits Holiday" are virtually the same short as the trio are used to see if environment or heredity determines your social behavior. "Higher Than A Kite" has the Stooges as mechanics who end up hiding in a bomb and landing in a Nazi headquarters. "False Alarms" has Moe, Larry, and Curly as firemen trying to get out of work to meet up with their girls. "Nutty but Nice" has them searching for a little girl's kidnapped father. All six of these shorts are very funny with several classic Stooge routines like AMA, Amalgamated Morons Association, and two classic pie fights. All of the shorts are cleaned up and look great so don't miss Nutty but Nice.

great dvd.......2003-08-10

this a great dvd.half-wits holiday is curly's last stooge short although he did make a cameo later on in hold that lion.

Average customer rating:

Better quality than previous releases plus some new material
Heavenly Daze is finally here!!!
Some great Stooges material finally sees the light of day

The Three Stooges: Extreme Rarities
Starring: Three Stooges
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Little Rascals in COLOR! Box Set (3pc)

ASIN: B000LP5D6A
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Description

Extreme Rarities - Extremely rare routines in color for the very first time.

Customer Reviews:

Better quality than previous releases plus some new material.......2007-05-01

In addition to the excellent reviews below I just wanted to ad that any duplication of material here from previous Goodtimes & Anchor Bay DVD releases is superior to the earlied versions. Genius Entertainment has taken the time to do some computer clean up.

Most noticable clean up is in the Screen Snapshots short, only the Stooges footage has been cleaned up & colorized, it jumps back to a scratchy B&W picture for all non-stooge segments. I wish they did it all one way. This could be an indication that Genius was only going to include the Stooges footage but decided to put the complete short in at the last minute. It is better to see it complete as Good Times only used the Stooges footage un-restored.

Unlike some of their other DVDs, this one is colorized or B&W only and not offered in both versions (except for Heavenly Daze) but you can always turn down the color on your TV.

Heavenly Daze is finally here!!!.......2007-04-14

First off I must say that this is worth buying for a rare short called "Heavenly Daze" which for some reason has been left off of any of the official dvds from sony and is considered a verey memorable shortwhere Shemp dies and becomes a ghost,it's presented in both color and b&w,the rest of the dvd had some very rare stuff not seen on any of the past "Goodtime" dvd's,some colorized some not,curly is only in it briefly,it's mostly larry moe and curly joe,again the latter ones from the 60's aren't colorized because they were filmd that way,now I must say that I was thrilled to see a Joe Besser interview since that time period has always been ignored,also for the most part the interviews and t.v. appearances are complete,with the exception of the danny thomas show,the bonus featues were kind of odd,basically half of it was just excerts from the "Three Stooges story" released by "Goodtimes" video,the other half of the bomus features consists of unedited interviews and commercials,which is neat to see,I suggest you buy the box set...

Some great Stooges material finally sees the light of day.......2007-04-04

The Three Stooges recorded so much material during their decades in show business, it's no wonder that plenty of it has remained elusive, even in the DVD era. The release of The Three Stooges: Extreme Rarities delves into this vault of material to offer up a little bit of something for everyone.

This DVD contains shorts, live appearances on talk/variety shows, interviews, movie trailers, home movies, commercials and many other materials which defy categorization. If there's a Stooge lover in your life, they'll definitely enjoy this DVD, and it may be the one to turn the non-Stooge lover around. I find myself firmly among the first group, so the abundance of entertainment on this collection that I had never seen before proved quite enjoyable.

Most of the rarities that comprise the Main Feature of the movie were either recorded originally in color or have been colorized, whereas the bonus features have not been colorized. Those of you who dislike the colorization you may have seen before, I can assure you that this job has been done well. In fact, the colorized footage looks even better than some of the footage that was shot in the early days of color TV.

The Main Feature of the DVD includes:

-Hollywood on Parade (A short with the Stooges and other stars of the day)
-Screen Snapshots (Another short with the Stooges and other stars of the
day)
-Heavenly Days (Stooges Short)
-Joe Besser Interview (Very interesting, about how Joe became a Stooge)
-The Stooges on the Steve Allen Show (Moe, Larry and Curly Joe perform three separate times on the show)
-Stop! Look! and Laugh! Trailer (Trailer for a Stooges movie)
-Simoniz Commercial (Stooges shill for Simoniz car wax)
-Snow White and the Three Stooges (Trailer)
-Danny Thomas Presents Comics (Live appearance on his show, the Stooges try to "go legetimate", funny stuff)
-Star Spangled Salesman (Promo short for The US Treasury department)
-Dickies Jeans Commercial

The bonus features include:

-Heavenly Days in Black and White (the short from the main feature in its original B&W)
-Larry Fine Interview (A rare interview after his stroke)
-Knife of the Party (Shemp Documentary and footage)
-Three Stooges Hand Puppets
-Three Stooges on Stage with Curly (rare home movie footage)
-Gentlemaniacs (Clips of Stooge impersonators, very interesting)
-Celebrity Charity Baseball Game (The Stooges go to Wrigley Field)
-On Stage with Curly Joe (A rare home movie clip)
-Three Stooges Arthritis Commercial (funnier than it sounds)
-Strictly for Laughs (Clips from a talk show pilot)
-Four for Texas (Movie Trailer)
-On The Go (Tv Show with Jack Linkletter)

Average customer rating:

A somewhat mixed bag
You stupid idiots!
Uncle Mortimer and the fountain pen
Classic Stooge Comedy.
GREAT DVD!!!

Three Stooges - Healthy Wealthy & Dumb
Starring: Curly Howard , Larry Fine , Moe Howard , Bud Jamison , and Lucille Lund
Director: Del Lord , and Jules White
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B00005O5BM
Release Date: 2001-10-16

Product Description

Includes 3 hilarious episodes:

Disorder in the Court (1936): The Stooges are key witnesses in a murder trial, and create havoc when reconstructing the crime.

Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (1938): When Curly wins $50,000 in a jingle contest, the Stooges check into a swank hotel and begin living the high life...at least until they get the lowdown on exactly how much money they are left with after taxes.

Pardon my Scotch(1935): During Prohibition, the Stooges are asked to mix spirits for a bootlegger.

Customer Reviews:

A somewhat mixed bag.......2006-08-02

It's unclear if this disc is supposed to be organised around a specific theme, the way most of the other discs in this series are. There are three Western-themed shorts, with the other three covering a wide variety of subjects. One wishes that Columbia would just get their act together and either start releasing these discs with shorts that all actually have something to do with the self-proclaimed theme, or start over from scratch by releasing the shorts in chronological order (and with a "Play All" feature; it's very annoying how you have to select the shorts one by one instead of having at least the option to play them all back-to-back). That said, the shorts included are:

'Whoops, I'm an Indian!' (1936) This short has some funny moments, like the fishing scene, Bud Jamison's French accent, and the opening fixed gambling scene, but other than that it's one of their weaker entries from 1936. It's solid and entertaining enough, just not anything really special or memorable. There's also far too little slapstick or punishment, and the ending also is pretty weak and abrupt.

'Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb' (1938), the title short, is a classic. I can't believe some people feel that the remake, 'A Missed Fortune' (1952), was actually better and funnier. Everything flows so well, with not a wasted scene or gag, and there are too many funny and classic scenes to mention. As a animal lover, I also loved the gold-diggers' cute little pet monkey. The only somewhat weak spot in this short is the ending, which didn't provide any resolution to their troubles with the hotel manager.

'Rockin' Thru the Rockies' (1940) is a Western-themed short, though at least it doesn't find the boys playing a bunch of dopey cowboys. This makes it funnier and quicker-paced than most of their other Western shorts. I did cringe a bit at how the Native Americans were portrayed, but frankly I've seen much, much worse in films of this period, so it's not like this is the most offensive and inaccurate depiction of Native Americans ever set to film. And they're not even in that many scenes, so they're not the main focus of this short. Maybe not one of their topmost classics, but this is a nice little gem that's one of their oft-overlooked second-tier classics.

'Phony Express' (1943) is a real Western, which means it's not as funny or fast-paced as most of their other shorts. The beginning is pretty good, but it really slows down from that point on. In addition to the fact that I already don't like Westerns, the boys just never really seemed believable as slow-witted cowboys or in an Old West setting. Of course they were already pretty dumb, but underneath that outward veneer of stupidity, we know that they're actually quite witty and smart. The Old West setting also gave these shorts a much slower pace, which isn't very good for slapstick. We also see another ending that doesn't really have the greatest resolution of the situation. Still, at least it's one of their better Western shorts, and it is better than the dreadful remake 'Merry Mavericks' (1951).

'Gents Without Cents' (1944) is a bona-fide classic, even if only for the "Niagara Falls" skit. It also demonstrates how entertainers in those days really had to be able to do it all (singing, dancing, acting, the whole nine yards), particularly since many of them got started in vaudeville, as opposed to entertainers today who only can do one thing. However, I do agree that it kind of slows down with the dancing routine the girls do at the show put on at the shipyard (although at least they cut into less time than in the similar 'Rhythm and Weep' [1946]). Still, it's nice to get a glimpse of what their vaudeville act must have been like.

'If a Body Meets a Body' (1945) is a remake of 'The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case' (1930), and officially ushers in the sick Curly era. It's shocking to see how different he sounds and looks from how he did in the classic 'Idiots Deluxe,' the short that came out just prior to this. Still, this is one of the few enjoyable shorts from this painful era, since here he has significantly more energy than in something like 'Three Loan Wolves' or 'A Bird in the Head.' He also still has a lot of physical coordination and dexterity in this short. So it's not one of those later shorts where you're really distracted by how he looks, sounds, and acts like a sick man (though there are a few eerie moments here when his cries of pain actually sound real and not just like he's acting). Overall, a pretty good short and a nice spoof of horror movies.

These shorts might not all be of the same consistently great quality, but there are enough good ones here to recommend it.

You stupid idiots!.......2005-07-08

Don't pay any attention to the reviews about the DVD version. This is the VHS version, and it contains three episodes--Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb, Disorder in the Court, and Pardon my Scotch. The first and last are both classics, some of the stooges best work. Disorder in the Court is very funny too, but part of the public domain, and every stooge fan already has it.

As for those idiots who thought this was the DVD version, you all are the real stooges.

Uncle Mortimer and the fountain pen.......2004-03-20

Nice DVD, but can anyone remind me: What was the title of the episode with Shemp and the fountain pen that wrote under whipped cream? Has anyone released this yet? If so, what collection? Thanks.

Classic Stooge Comedy........2004-01-22

HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND DUMB is a collection of six classic Stooge shorts. The films all star the original stooges: Larry, Moe, and Curly. The films are unbelievable clear and crisp and are of the highest quality. The six films on this DVD are:

"Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb"--Curly wins a fortune in a jingle contest. The stooges decide to live it up in style. Three gold diggers find out about their good luck and attempt to steal the boys away, but just for their money. However, the stooges learn that Uncle Sam isn't very generous.

"Gents Without Cents"--in this story, the Stooges are a bunch of comedy performers trying to get their break in show business. They team up with girls in the apartment below and put on a great showstopper for the armed services. This film contains the famous "Niagra Falls" vaudeville bit.

"If a Body Meets a Body"--the boys spend a night in a house that appears to be haunted. This film seems like something Abbot and Costello would make, but the Stooges pull it off brilliantly. It makes me wish they would have made more comedies like this.

"Rockin' Thru the Rockies"--the Stooges are supposed to be guides and escorts for Nell's Belles, but on their way find themselves lost in the woods. They have to watch out for Indians and a snowstorm.

"Phony Express"--the Stooges are vagrants, but a town desperate for some law and order uses their wanted poster to make them into marshalls. Things go great until the bad guys discover the truth.

"Whoops, I'm an Indian"--the Stooges disguise themselves as Indians to hide out from a big man who has a big temper.

This is a great collection of classic, Stooge comedy. I specifically bought this DVD for "Gents Without Cents" (the Niagra Falls routine has haunted me all my life) and "If a Body Meets a Body", but the other features are just as great to watch.

GREAT DVD!!!.......2002-06-30

I love this DVD. All episodes are really clear. It's so clear that the shorts look like they were made yesterday. It's hard to believe that these shorts were made 60 years ago. They haven't aged a bit. All shorts are in wonderful condition. They couldn't be better. And another thing. Columbia used a magnificent print for the short "Healthy, Wealthy, And Dumb". The VHS version gave me a headache because it was too bright. But this DVD offers all 6 shorts in its best material ever. All 6 shorts are Curly. That's another good thing about this DVD. So go ahead. Take it from a major stooge fan. Buy this DVD. I guarantee 100% that you won't be sorry.

Product Description

Includes three classic Three Stooges DVDs:

3 Smart Saps:Another hilarious compilation of Stooge classic shorts! Includes; "Three Arabian Nuts", "Three Little Bears", "Three Smart Saps", "Three Dark Horses" and "Three Loan Wolves".

Cops & Robbers : Six new-to-DVD two-reel shorts starring Columbia's classic slapstick trio. Starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard. Includes, "Calling All Curs", "Disorder in the Court", "Dizzy Detectives", "Flat Foot Stooges", "Crime on their Hands", and "Who Done It?"

GI Stooge: Fun with The Three Stooges in six zany episodes: "Boobs in Arms", "Back from the Front", "G.I. Wanna Go Home", "Wee Wee Monsieur", "No Dough Boys" and "Dizzy Pilots."

Customer Reviews:

Too bad Sony/Columbia doesn't respect the Stooges.......2007-01-03

My middling rating does not reflect on The Three Stooges, who are, of course fantastic, but as a criticism of Sony/Columbia, which by releasing the Stooges on DVD in the manner it does, shows a tremendous lack of respect for their brilliance, as well as for their commercial success. We all know about how Columbia treated the Stooges so shoddily while they worked for the studio, underpaying them despite the fact that they were one of the studio's most valuable properties; sadly, this disrespect even continues on.

Columbia should be releasing DVD's that honor the Stooges work, not just exploit it. They could easily have made these DVD's into tributes to the Stooge's work at the studio, as historical records of their years of great work. They should have arranged the shorts chronologically, instead of by these bizarre 'themes', often based more upon the titles than the actual content of the shorts. As an example, the 'Three Smart Saps' disc contains five shorts that have the word 'three' in their titles, while 'G.I. Stooges' contains episodes where the Stooges serve in the military (not necessarily the US military, I might add!, OR the merchant marine(BACK FROM THE FRONT), OR just wear enemy uniforms (NO DOUGH BOYS).

This approach makes little sense, and it really breaks down on the 'Cops and Robbers' disc, which includes shorts where the Stooges are private detectives, reporters, firemen AND veterinarians!

Others have pointed out better than I can the other shortcomings of these discs (no special features, only five shorts per disc, etc...).

I would add another complaint that on several of the shorts, there are small snippets of scenes missing, which tells me that Columbia did VERY little work in compiling these discs. The prints ARE excellent, and the sound is good, but it seems that the studio just used the prints they had available, and made no effort to seek out others that were more complete. I KNOW that more complete prints exist, because like all of you, I have seen them for years shown on TV. How miserly and uncaring of Columbia to not put some effort into fully restoring these shorts. It could have been done, but apparently they did not think it worth bothering.

Columbia, SHAME ON YOU!

Despite this, a Stooges fan MUST buy them, because these discs are the only way to get decent-looking copies of these comedic geniuses' work. So, yes I have bought them, and yes, I will buy more of them. But every time I do, I will bear a grudge against Columbia.

Columbia, SHAME ON YOU!

3 stooges 2.......2006-09-02

a knockout funny funny collection. Moe Larry Currley and Shemp at thier absolute best. A MUST HAVE.

My 1st Three Stooges Boxed Set........2005-12-30

I got this last Christmas.

Great item.......2005-10-25

This is the perfect companion to the other Three Stooges DVD collection here, the one that includes the following DVDs: "Curly Classics," "Spook Louder," and "All The World's A Stooge."

This set features the DVDs "G.I Stooge," "Cops and Robbers," and "Three Smart Saps."

The picture quality varies from short to short, but generally falls into the acceptable range, as does the audio quality. Buying these sets of three will save you a few dollars over buying each release individually.

The short "Who Done It?" is included here, via "Cops and Robbers," and is the highest rated short the Stooges EVER did over at ThreeStooges dot net, a popular Stooges fan site.

Average customer rating:

Pretty Good Stooges
Brenda's Product Review
Stooges at Work
A rather nice selection
Wonderful Restoration

The Three Stooges: Stooges at Work
Starring: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Curly Howard , Rebel Randall , and Vernon Dent
Director: Del Lord , and Jules White
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B0000VCZLQ
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Product Description

Five Three Stooges shorts, including:

Bobby Dupes(1945): The Stooges find out what that sinking feeling really feels like when they decide to increase the profits of their fish business by catching the fish themselves. Things are going swimmingly until Captain Curly goes overboard using an ax on his catch.

Crash Goes the Hash(1944): When an editor mistakes laundrymen Curly, Moe and Larry for rival reporters, he hires them to get the scoop on a pressing story. As they iron out the details, the Stooges cook up more trouble than can be foung in the paper's headlines.

Dutiful but Dumb(1941): When the editor of Whack magazine sends photographers Larry, Moe and Curly to Vulgaria, which prohibits cameras under penalty of death, nothing but problems develop and they're the ones who wind up almost being shot - literally.

How High is Up? (1940): Fix-it men Larry, Moe and Curly find themselves in a riveting situation when they get hired as riverters for a constuction company. Assigned to a skyscraper, they reach new lows in safety while working on the 97th floor.

Three Missing Links(1938): The Stooges aren't exactly leading man material, but that's why they call it acting! When Curly is cast as a gorilla and Larry and Moe as cavemen, they go to Africa to shoot the film, where a real gorilla teaches them the "method" to the madness.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Good Stooges.......2007-05-14

A nice collection of Vintage Stooges. Only drawback is there is no play all option.

Brenda's Product Review.......2006-12-26

The Three Stooges At Work DVD is a must have for every Stooges fan especially if you are a Curly fan.

1. Booby Dupes: A very good episode in which the boys work for a fish business and in order to increase profits they decide to buy their own boat and catch all the fish themselves. 5/5

2. Crash Goes The Hash: I liked this episode very much. The Stooges are mistaken for reporters and are hired to get the scoop on a big story. 4/5

3. Dutiful But Dumb: This one was ok not great. My favorite scene is when Curly goes nuts and starts shooting at a bowl of oyster stew. The Stooges are photographers who are sent to Vulgaria to get some pictures but they soon find out that shooting pictures in Vulgaria is a crime. 3/5

4. How High Is Up: A real good Stooge Short. The Stooges are fix-it men who get hired as riveters for a construction company. They are assigned to a skyscraper to work on the 97th floor of a new building. 4/5

5. Three Missing Links: Not one of my favorites but tolerable. The boys are casted for a movie set in Africa, Curly as a gorilla & Moe & Larry as cavemen. They later encounter a real gorilla. 3/5

All in all this Stooge DVD is a must have for Stooge fans.

Stooges at Work.......2006-08-28

Wow, this sucks.

I spent my teen years in Tampa, Florida, avoiding all three networks in favor of WTOG, 44, an independent station which had extremely good taste in oldies. Back before cable, folks. Very little color and nobody gives a flying fig. Great stuff. Including, little brother Barry and me laughing our butts off at Three Stooges reruns. Well, um, we never saw any of this. It really sucks. Badly. Curly was getting his routine together, but it wasn't there yet. My weak Curly imitations are far far funnier than anything on this DVD. It's so old that the slapstick wasn't funny yet, and they knew it, so they were doing verbal humor.

Yep, you read right. The Stooges tried to be verbal. Ahem. This is so lame. Just to make it worse, I can't even show it to my students whilst I sleep on the windowsill, because the language is too difficult for an ESL class. Difficult language in The Three Stooges? Yep, difficult language in The Three Stooges. I'm so incredibly freaked right now that I can't even talk. Mr Bean does Hamlet and Michael hangs himself from a shower rod.

It's only 90 minutes of my life that I'll never get back, so I guess that counts for something. But damn, it sucks. No redeeming qualities whatsoever, and it is hell on a FAN of these guys to see that something like this exists. Gawd, I pass myself off as an intelligent guy, but choose to defend The Three Stooges from time to time, and this here DVD is indefensible. Sheeyit. What a bummer. Stick my head in a steam press as if I were wrinkled laundry and hear me go "Woo woo woo woo woo!" Haha, so funny! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

A rather nice selection.......2006-08-11

As on the 'Stooges and the Law' DVD, this disc too includes a "Play All" button, which is a welcome relief from their past discs, which required the viewer to manually select each short one by one. However, as on that disc, here too there are only five shorts included. Given the length of these films, it's ridiculous that there aren't twice as many. However, at least none of the shorts here are bad. The plots have already been described by other reviewers, so I'll just add my thoughts on each one.

'Booby Dupes' (1945) is a bit above average. The plot is somewhat similar to the 1932 Laurel and Hardy short 'Towed in a Hole,' which has never been one of my favorites of theirs. However, this short isn't a carbon copy of it, as there are numerous original gags and plot twists. Overall, this is probably the weakest one included here, as there are several spots where there are long awkward pauses and a slower pace. The scene on the beach also seems a bit out of place, like it should have been put in another short. It's solid and funny, just not one of their most memorable or classic.

'Crash Goes the Hash' (1944) is a classic, or at least a strong second-tier classic. There's a lot of awesome violence in this one, and you know that there's going to be a lot of hilarious antics when the boys are at a dinner party and are trying to prepare food! There are so many great scenes and gags in this one, like the "canapes," the scenes in the kitchen, and "Prince" Shaam of Ubeedarn and his accomplice (Bud Jamison) getting knocked out, accomplished via the oft-used one-sleeve-in-the-coat gag. However, there are some down points to this short--Curly uses his real voice at one point, when he's talking to Larry at the table with the bowl of ice and the drinks, which is kind of jarring, and Bud Jamison isn't looking, or even sounding, that good. Sadly, this was Bud's last short with the boys, and it's obvious by his appearance that he was already sick when it was made.

'Dutiful But Dumb' (1941) is often praised as a classic, though I personally only find it above average. Of course, there are some great scenes in it, like Curly's battle with the oyster soup (previously done by Billy Bevan in the 1926 short 'Wandering Willies'), but overall I just think it's not one of their all-time greatest. It kind of seems slow in places, and the ending doesn't make any sense or provide any resolution to the main plot. It almost seems like one of their very early shorts, being more freewheeling and absurd, with the humor and plot all over the map, as opposed to having a strong tight plot and a satisfying resolution.

'How High Is Up?' (1940) is a very good short, though it's not one of my personal top favorites. The opening scenes and the ending scene are incredibly great and funny, though the middle section does seem a bit slow. It's just one of those shorts that is great and funny enough, just not ultra-memorable or one of their top-notch classics. However, they made enough classics during this golden era of the late Thirties and early Forties that some lesser-memorable shorts here and there isn't really a big deal.

'Three Missing Links' (1938) is absolutely hysterical, even considering that most modern viewers would find it silly and unbelievable for someone who is so obviously a person in a gorilla suit to be passed off as an actual gorilla, a "gorilla" whom grown men are supposed to be deathly afraid of. This was also the short in which Jules White made his debut as a director for the Stooges. There are a few moments that are slower than others, but overall it's a fast-paced riot, with a lot of great scenes and gags.

Overall, not all of the shorts on this disc are classics or among their utmost greatest, but they're all solid, funny, and high-quality in their own separate ways. One only wishes that Columbia would see fit to release more shorts per disc, instead of asking the consumer to pay more for less, or better yet to just start over again and release the shorts in chronological order, the way most fans want, instead of doing all of these "themed" discs.

Wonderful Restoration.......2005-08-22

Whoever restored these shorts loves the Stooges.

It's clear that they went frame-by-frame, filling in scratches, blips and sound drops. And where frames have been missing in every version I've ever seen, they (somehow) extrapolated the material to create velvety, smooth action from highly compromised source material.

The special features are nice, too. But mostly here you get some wonderful Curly material, restored to such quality that it's like being in a Depression-era theatre, laughing along with all these other people so much in need of a laugh.

Enjoy!

Average customer rating:

Never looked better
keep on suckin' til you do succeed
Sony, will not give us anything new..just recycled shorts with a colorized twist
Three Stooges deserve much better respect than this DVD
SUPERB BLACK AND WHITE & GORGEOUS COLOR

The Three Stooges - Hapless Half-Wits
Starring: Three Stooges
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000LP5CY8
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Product Description

The Three Stooges: Hapless Half-Wits includes three classic Stooges DVDs, I'll Never Heil Again, Beer Barrel Polecats, Dopey Dicks and Brideless Grooms.

Customer Reviews:

Never looked better.......2007-05-15

I agree it would be nice to see more shorts on one disc, but I must applaud the producers of this DVD for making raising the bar on quality. Being a fan, I've seen these shorts at least a hundred times before, but the picture and sound was so remarkable, it felt like I was watching it for the first time. I think the research and development of these shorts kind of justifies the price. They don't just pick a color. They actually look things up to see what color various clothing and props were at the time and make things as accurate as possible. The color is amazing.

keep on suckin' til you do succeed.......2007-05-04

As one of the biggest Three Stooges fans around, I'm puzzled as to why so many of the reviews for these "colored" series are so harsh.

When VHS tapes came out, we paid $30 for three shorts. Then the price dropped to $15 for three titles.

With these current DVD's, there are four titles with impecible restored quality for the same price as the latter VHS format. Each short on the new DVD comes to $5 per episode. No more low contrast, dust, lines, muffled sound. While I will always prefer the original black and white format to the color (which looks good with the exception of the skin tones), if all we had to choose from was the color version, I could see what all the fuss is about. These prints look like they were filmed this morning. The quality is amazing!

As most Three Stooges fans would want a comprehensive set that chronicles the shorts in order (and I'll include myself in this desire), I'd rather have four shorts that look and sound beautiful to earlier releases. Compare these restored shorts to the quality of the prints on earlier DVD releases like "Curly Classics". It's like night and day.

As for another "Brideless Groom" entry, it's really like seeing it for the first time. In all past releases (including its previous DVD premiere), the scene with Shemp shaving always had an abrupt blackout which has been corrected here.

It seems to me that people are reviewing these discs without actually viewing them ( or as Curly might say, "I've got my eyes closed".) You have the choice to view these episodes in restored black and white or with the computerized color.

Until there is a proper chronilogical ordered release, the current series should be getting higher praise. The care that has gone into restoring these 70+ year old shorts is nothing less than breathtaking.

Sony, will not give us anything new..just recycled shorts with a colorized twist.......2007-04-14

Two of the shorts on this disc....have already been released on OTHER Columbia/Sony DVD's. The only difference is that these shorts are colorized and the others are not. So...that justifies Sony's hefty price tag on the DVD's right? I dont think so.

First off..I dont mind the colorized shorts, in fact..I think that they look decent..and is a new way to enjoy your stooge shorts. BUT..us stooge fans have been waiting..for the other 100+ stooge episodes..that have not been released...not the same stuff that has been recycled for the past 5 years or so. The colorization is fine, but at least..give it to us with NEW Content...not the same old..stuff..that we already have on DVD.

Clearly, the people in control at Sony...dont know what they are doing, and furthermore they dont understand their market. They key is here: NEW SHORTS that have NOT been released on DVD already. The colorization is fine, but it is not..what makes me want to buy this DVD..it would be a nice accent..to NEW SHORTS...but..it is not the decisive factor for me, when buying a TS DVD. Even if Sony were to pick the sucky ones...AT least...it is new..DVD content..and not something we already have.

This DVD is a joke, and only a sap or a lamebrain would produce this..or buy it. Hopefully...they dont decide to garbagize their supposed upcoming "Box sets". I hope, that it is a chronological set of EVERY stooge short...but..I have a feeling..its going to be somewhat of a tragedy. But time will tell.

I only give this one star...because there is ONE new short on this DVD, "I'll never heill again"..which is good, and a good choice. Too bad..it had to show up on this mess of a dvd as a debut.

DONT BUY..this overpriced messterpiece!!

Three Stooges deserve much better respect than this DVD.......2007-04-05

The Three Stooges made 190 short films. Rather than putting care into complete, chronological sequenced box sets, Sony keeps dumping a random 4 shorts on overpriced discs. Skip this.

SUPERB BLACK AND WHITE & GORGEOUS COLOR.......2007-03-27

"purists" moan and groan about coloring old movies.Don't they realize that you can watch this DVD in perfect black and white restorations AND/OR amazing colorized versions by simply clicking your remote. These people need to realize that these processes are quite expensive to carry out. A large new audience has been drawn in by the color versions which helps defray the restoration expense. The new colorizing process is a VAST IMPROVEMENT over the washed-out, vapid colors that were the rule in the old Turner process used in the 1970s and 1980s!!! I frankly beg my purist friends to watch the miracle with open minds. PLEASE !!! BRAVO SONY !!! ORDER THESE DUAL RESTORED VERSIONS TODAY.

Average customer rating:

The Three Stooges
A pretty good selection
Nice Restorations...
A NICE ALL CURLY SET WITH ONE CLASSIC!
Solid DVD

The Three Stooges - Stooges and the Law
Starring: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Curly Howard , Phyllis Crane , and Leo White
Director: Del Lord , Jules White , and Edward Bernds
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ASIN: B00018D3QY
Release Date: 2004-03-02

Product Description

Five Three Stooges shorts:

Idiots Delux: Testifying from the witness stand, Moe defends himself against Larry and Curly's accusations that he attacked them while camping out in the woods, claiming they were responsible for frazzling his already frazzled nerves.

Pop Goes the Easel: The Stooges paint themselves into a corner when they hide from a cop in an art school. Accused of stealing brooms from a shopkeeper, they're actually innocent of that crime...but now they're guilty of creating some really bad art.

The Three Trouble Doers: The Old West wilder than ever when the Stooges are enforcing the law. After Blackie kidnaps Nell's pappy to force her to marry him, Sheriff Curly and Deputies Moe and Larry will have only until sundown to save the day.

Yes, We Have No Bonanza : Larry, Moe and Curly strike pay dirt - literally - while prospecting for gold to pay off their girlfriends' father's debt to Maxey, the wicked saloon owner they all work for. But when they find out the money is Mazey's stolen loot, it's payback time.

In the Sweet Pie and Pie: The Mushroom Murder Mob - Larry, Moe and Curly - are to be hanged in twenty-four hours, and three lovely ladies have a midnight deadline to marry or lose a $10 million inheritance. But even though the Stooges are pardoned after the nuptials, they're not exactly free.

Customer Reviews:

The Three Stooges.......2007-01-19

We gave this DVD to our 46 year old son for Christmas per his request.

He has always been a big fan of The Three Stooges and this lived up to his expectation. I'm sure he has seen this before, but he wanted to add this to his DVD collection.

A pretty good selection.......2006-08-10

The good news about this DVD is that finally there's a "Play All" button. The bad news is that there are only five shorts included here. It's ridiculous how Columbia doesn't see fit to include a lot more shorts on these discs, particularly considering how these films are under 20 minutes long. They could easily include twice that amount, but then again, this studio was never exactly known for having a lavish budget like MGM or Paramount. However, the paltry five shorts included are all pretty good.

'Pop Goes the Easel' (1935) was their seventh short at Columbia. In these very early shorts one can see that they hadn't quite gotten the magic formula down pat just yet, though they are getting there slowly but surely (their screen characters are more developed by this point than they were in, say, 'Men in Black'). It would only take but a few shorts more for them to finally get that magic formula down pat. Though this is one of those early shorts, it is one of the best ones, though not one I'd consider one of their absolute all-time greatest. It seems as though a lot of these early shorts have been declared classics and totally great simply because they were done so early in their career, and not because of any other factors, like a solid plot or truly memorable lines. There are great moments, like the clay fight at the end and when Larry speaks Yiddish to the cop (since I love hearing them use Yiddish words and Jewish references), but overall it's not paced as tightly and quickly as their shorts would be just a short time later, instead having a more improvised feel to it. (This one is also notable because Larry's daughter Phyllis and Moe's daughter Joan are featured in a brief scene.)

'Yes, We Have No Bonanza' (1939) is actually one of their best Westerns, though like in their other Westerns, this one too has a slower pace to it. It starts out kind of slow (particularly because of the musical number), but quickly picks up the pace. Maybe not one of their all-time greatest, but as far as their Western-themed shorts go, this one is terrific.

'In the Sweet Pie and Pie' (1941), which has a similar plot to the old Charley Chase short 'Long Fliv the King' and has one gag that was previously done in the Buster Keaton short 'Convict 13,' is a classic. It's pure entertainment all of the way through, with not a dull moment or wasted scene. Everything about it is great, although I can't quite grade this one as a 5-star short due to the unnecessary recycled footage of the dancing instruction scene from 'Hoi Polloi.' I think this was the third time that one of their shorts contained recycled footage, although at least here it's mercifully for only one short scene as opposed to how heavily stock footage was used by the mid-Fifties.

'Idiots Deluxe' (1945) is another great classic, perhaps a bit slower-paced than usual, but great nonetheless. It's also an interesting perspective to have the meat of the short be a flashback, since usually these shorts have an episodic structure to them. The cabin that most of the action takes place in and around was used in several of their later shorts (even into the dreadful Besser era), and without fail, there was always a lot of violence that broke out in that cabin. However, as incredible and perfect as this short is, it's kind of sad to realise that this was the last short made before Curly got sick. He did turn in a few more great performances after this, but he'd never look or sound this good again.

'The Three Troubledoers' (1946) is another Western, and expectedly has a slower pace. This one is the weakest of the lot, though at least Curly puts in a pretty good performance in this one despite being sick. However, that may be more due to the fact that these Western shorts had a slower pace anyway, and so his illness wasn't as immediately noticeable because he wasn't called upon to do any frenetic slapstick or anything else that requires rapid-fire energy. It's overall a mediocre short, but still not what I'd consider the bottom of the barrel.

One mediocre short out of five isn't bad, even though it wouldn't kill Columbia to put a lot more shorts on these discs. And once again we see that not all of these shorts really relate to the supposed theme (e.g., the opening and closing scenes of 'Idiots Deluxe' take place in a courtroom, but the main body doesn't; the beginning of 'In the Sweet Pie and Pie' has the boys in jail, but the majority of the short finds them as free men). It's also a bit too close to one of the previously-issued discs, 'Cops and Robbers.' And these supposed themes are that different because...?

Nice Restorations..........2005-08-22

The quality of these retorations is pretty good, but not as top notch as some of the other releases.

This set's irresistable for seeing as much of Curly as you might need, though.

Given technology today, why could the studio not load a high number of all-Curly shorts onto one or a few DVDs? It would surely be a boon to Stooge lovers...

A NICE ALL CURLY SET WITH ONE CLASSIC!.......2005-01-05

This set of five stooges shorts all feature Curly in some excellent shorts including one bonafide classic.

"The Three Troubledoers" 1946..a late Curly where he clearly is not at the top of his game. Set in the old west The boys set out prevent a marriage between the villain Blackie and the heroine Nell (Christine McIntyre).

"Idiots Deluxe" 1945. Moe is on trial for assaulting Curly and Larry with an ax. Moe relates how Curly and Larry took him on a hunting trip for his nerves and how be came to go nuts.

"In the Sweet Pie and Pie" 1941 - The stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit. The day before the execution they are tricked into marrying three rich girls who need husbands to collect a legacy. At the last minute the real murderers confess and the stooges are pardoned. The girls are now stuck with the stooges so they plot to get rid of them by making them become gentlemen. One of the many takes on a common Stooges plotline.

"yes we Have no Bonanzas" 1939 - Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope to marry. The owner of the saloon is a crook who has buried $40,000 of stolen money. The boys go prospecting and dig up the stolen money, which the crooks recognize as their loot and abscond with. A wild chase ensues, ending with the bad guy's car crashing into the Sheriff's office.

"Pop Goes the Easel" 1935 The Classic of the set. The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film. Features the hilarious line when Moe says "My old Man used to draw" and Curly says, "yeah, he drew 20 years with one stroke of the pen!" Awesome!

Solid DVD.......2004-11-23

I could tell you which shorts are on this DVD and the like, but you already know all that. That said...

Video Quality: Considering these shorts range from 58-69 years old, they look pretty good. There's no major problems with the visuals - they're certainly better than the VHS versions.

Audio Quality: Mono is about as good as we'll get with these shorts. It's far from ideal, but it's decent enough.

Etcetera: I'm tired of these themes, especially this one, which is all too close to the "Cops and Robbers" DVD. I'd like to see the DVDs released by year - the Stooges usually made 6-9 shorts per year. Also, I wish there more than 5 shorts here, but Stooge VHS/DVD collections have always been short-changed. The old VHS tapes usually had 3 shorts on them, when they could have had a fe w more.

Average customer rating:

The Three Stooges~8 dvd set~40 episodes
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ATI Distributor DVD Poor Quality
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The Three Stooges-8 Dvd Set-40 Episodes

Manufacturer: ATI
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

The Three Stooges-8 Dvd Boxed Set-Volume Two
The Three Stooges DVD Collection 2 (Three Smart Saps / Cops and Robbers / G.I. Stooge)
Three Stooges Volume 4!-40 More Stooges Shorts!
The Three Stooges: Stooges at Work
The Three Stooges - Stooges and the Law

ASIN: B000BOWDOQ

Product Description

DISC 1: WOMAN HATERS THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS HORSE'S COLLARS RESTLESS KNIGHTS POP GOES THE EASEL DISC 2: UNCIVIL WARRIORS PARDON MY SEARCH HOI POLLOI THREE LITTLE BEERS ANTS IN THE PANTRY DISC 3 MOVIE MANIACS HALF SHOT SHOOTERS A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN FALSE ALARMS WHOOPS IM AN INDIAN DISC 4 SLIPPERY SILKS GRIPS GRUNTS & GROANS DIZZY DOCTORS DUMB CLUCKS BACK TO THE WOODS DISC 5 GOOFS & SADDLES CASH & CARRY TERMITES OF 1938 WEE WEE MONSEIUR TASSELS IN THE AIR DISC 6 FLAT FOOT STOOGES THREE MISSING LINKS MUTTS TO YOU HEALTHY WEALTHY & DUMB THREE LITTLE SEW DISC 7 WE WANT OUR MUMMY A DUCKING THEY DID GO YES WE HAVE NO BONANZA SAVED BY THE BELLE CALLING ALL CURS DISC 8 OILY TO BED OILY TO RIDE THREE SAPPY PEOPLE ROKIN THRU THE ROCKIES A PLUMBING WE WILL GO NUTTY BUT NICE

Customer Reviews:

The Three Stooges~8 dvd set~40 episodes.......2007-03-29

The person that I purchased this for, loved it b/c it has so many of the episodes that he didn't have. It made a wonderful birthday gift.

much is missing.......2007-03-09

This 5 volume set is a bit disappointing. 19 of the Stooges classics are missing. Volumes 1 & 2 consist of Curly shorts and are fine, quality-wise. Volumes 3-5 are of Shemp and Joe, but the picture quality in the last two is pretty bad - obvious copies of copies. Other annoying features are the repeat of 14 shorts from Vol 3 on Vols 4 & 5, and poor labelling. This really seems like a home-made or rushed attempt at a short-of-complete set! However, it is a fair collection at a reasonable price.

ATI Distributor DVD Poor Quality.......2006-12-13

This DVD set it awful. Don't buy any DVD's from ATI distributors. Some of the shows pause occasionally during play. Overall quality questionable at best.

Boot.......2006-10-29

Terrible bootleg that Amazon should not be listing. It's amazing that the 2 studios that own the rights to these 40 shorts haven't stopped this. On the other hand, boots like this wouldn't be around if the studios would just release a nice box set or two of the stooges for the legions of fans that want them.

Don't buy this DVD set!.......2006-04-19

Buying this set was a terrible mistake. Most DVDs freeze up mid-disc. There are no menus, the video quality is poor, and the packaging is cheap. A shameful product.

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