The Enduring popularity of Three Stooges

nixie said:
I don't remember ever seeing the three stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Norman Wisdom, Harold Lyodd and Charlie Chaplin are the ones I remember most. Albert and Costello, Marx brothers I have vague recollection of.
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The Stooges existed as act in some form or other from about late 1920's to about the Late 1960's Early 1970's . The best loved Store Combo is is Moe, Larry and Curry( Moe's younger brother Jerry ) .
 
AllanR said:
The Stooges formed in 1967 --yuk yuk yuk
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I don't recall ever see Iggy Pop in any Three Stooges Short . Hm, must have missed it . Must make note to self to rewatch Stooge shorts to see if he's in any of them. :unsure:
 
Then there the 1960 Stooge related film Stop Look and Laugh. :D
 
I haven't seen too much of their stuff (mainly a Laurel and Hardy fan) but the epsiode ' I Can Hardly Wait' has me crying with laughter, especially the doorknob/tooth gag.:ROFLMAO:
 
paranoid marvin said:
I haven't seen too much of their stuff (mainly a Laurel and Hardy fan) but the epsiode ' I Can Hardly Wait' has me crying with laughter, especially the doorknob/tooth gag.:ROFLMAO:
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A Classic.:D

Have you ever seen The Three Stooges mets Hercules ? Its a terrific send up of the Sword and Sandals movie. And Beware the terrible Siamese Cyclops. :D

The 2012 Stooge movie is worth checking out, its got some funny bits and the actors did marvelous impression of Stooges. My favorite bit Moe Howard on the reality tension series The Jersey Shore . :D
 
Okay. I'm always up to have my boundaries expanded*. I have the idea that I find the idea of watching The Three Stooges about as funny and as appealing as watching my toenails growing (or being extracted). But reading this thread I realised I have never actually seen a whole Stooges movie. I've seen plenty of clips of three sad faced men hitting each other about the face and squealing with pretend indignation but never a whole movie.

If any fans could point me at THE film that they think would convince me I am wrong I will happily go watch it with an open mind as possible.

EDIT: To be upfront I find Laurel and Hardy and Abbot and Costello incomprehensibly unfunny too. Buster Keaton and the Marx Bros on the other hand walk on water.



*“Try everything once, except folk dancing and incest.” ― Sir Thomas Beecham
 
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JunkMonkey said:
Okay. I'm always up to have my boundaries expanded*. I have the idea that I find the idea of watching The Three Stooges about as funny and as appealing as watching my toenails growing (or being extracted). But reading this thread I realised I have never actually seen a whole Stooges movie. I've seen plenty of clips of three sad faced men hitting each other about the face and squealing with pretend indignation but never a whole movie.

If any fans could point me at THE film that they think would convince me I am wrong I will happily go watch it with an open mind as possible.

EDIT: To be upfront I find Laurel and Hardy and Abbot and Costello incomprehensibly unfunny too. Buster Keaton and the Marx Bros on the other hand walk on water.



*“Try everything once, except folk dancing and incest.” ― Sir Thomas Beecham
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In the case of About and Costello , I recommend their comedy skit Who's On First.:)
 
BAYLOR said:
This is a great comedy and satire with sight gags galore. :cool::D
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I suspect I would find the missing Nixon Tape funnier. Sorry. I tried. The girl was a knockout but the rest was a laboured, plodding miserable waste of film. The only visual gag that I liked was the medals on the back of the uniform. That was a nice touch. Other than that? Tumbleweed.
 
One Laurel & Hardy short you might like to try is 'The Live Ghost'; for me this is them at their absolute peak, with Laurel in particular at his hysterical best.


I do think though that humour is one of the defining things that make us human, and what makes us laugh (and what doesn't) is one of the mysteries of life. I like a lot of slapstick/visual comedy, which 3 Stooges, Laurel & Hardy and (what little I've seen) of Abbot and Costello. As much as the visual gags are funny, the expressions on their faces are priceless. Whereas the 'silent era' of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd - whilst I can appreciate just how much skill (and often personal risk) went into their work, I just can't find funny at all. I do find Groucho funny, especially when he gets into one of his routines with waggling eyebrows and cigar, but the other Marx brothers I don't find humorous at all.


I've also never been a fan of Peter Kay; just couldn't see what the fuss was about. I had a couple of friends who got me to watch a few episodes of Phoenix Nights; whilst they rolled in laughter, I could barely raise a smile. Some comedians we find funny, others we don't - often without any particular reason we can define.

But life would be boring if we all liked/disliked the same things.
 
paranoid marvin said:
One Laurel & Hardy short you might like to try is 'The Live Ghost'; for me this is them at their absolute peak, with Laurel in particular at his hysterical best.


I do think though that humour is one of the defining things that make us human, and what makes us laugh (and what doesn't) is one of the mysteries of life. I like a lot of slapstick/visual comedy, which 3 Stooges, Laurel & Hardy and (what little I've seen) of Abbot and Costello. As much as the visual gags are funny, the expressions on their faces are priceless. Whereas the 'silent era' of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd - whilst I can appreciate just how much skill (and often personal risk) went into their work, I just can't find funny at all. I do find Groucho funny, especially when he gets into one of his routines with waggling eyebrows and cigar, but the other Marx brothers I don't find humorous at all.


I've also never been a fan of Peter Kay; just couldn't see what the fuss was about. I had a couple of friends who got me to watch a few episodes of Phoenix Nights; whilst they rolled in laughter, I could barely raise a smile. Some comedians we find funny, others we don't - often without any particular reason we can define.

But life would be boring if we all liked/disliked the same things.
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The Live Ghost , is classic :D

I loved them in Babes in Toy Land That film is absolutely psychotic :D
 
still funny if u leave out later versions, while Marx Bros. seem quite dated, you just can't beat a ...hey! NyaaAAAAAHHH!!!!
 
JimC said:
I'm a lifelong fan. Been watching them since the 1940s.
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The head of Columbia studio Harry Coen was both the best and worst thing to happen to the Stooges . On the plus side , he kept them employed for many years because kept doing Stooge shorts long after other studies ceased making short subject films . On the minus side , he paid them very little for their hard work.
 
Leslie Neilsen once hosted a Three Stooges television marathon. :)
 
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