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  • mudtiger
    MVP
    • Jul 2002
    • 3223

    #1

    Any Three Stooges Fans here?

    Finally! It's going to happen.

    Larry, Moe and Curly Are "N'Yuk, N'Yuk, N'Yuk"-ing it Up in a New, Definitive Volume of Classic Shorts

    THE THREE STOOGES COLLECTION
    VOLUME ONE: YEARS 1 - 3

    All 19 Digitally-Restored Two-Reelers from 1934 through 1936 Packaged in a Two-Disc DVD

    AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 30

    CULVER CITY, CALIF. (August 20, 2007) – Eye-gouging, nose-tweaking, stomach-poking, ear-pulling, head-slapping, pie-throwing, and seltzer-spraying can only mean one thing. The classic comedy trio of Larry, Moe, and Curly are back doing what they do best. On October 30, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will launch its definitive new series of Three Stooges DVDs with The Three Stooges Collection: Years 1-3. This first volume includes all 19 shorts from the boys’ first three years at Columbia. The two-reelers are chronologically organized by their original release date and painstakingly restored from the original negatives for the very best picture and audio quality. The DVD will be available in a two-disc package for the standard retail price of $24.96.

    The Three Stooges are one of the most significant screen comedy teams of the 20th century, on par with Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis -- an inspiration to generations of comics that followed. The trio’s film career began in the early 1930s, reached its slapstick peak during their tenure at Columbia (1934-1957), and lasted well into the 1950s. After their initial retirement, they were rediscovered by an enthusiastic new generation through the medium of television and have outstripped all their contemporaries in terms of lasting popularity. "The Three Stooges Collection: Years 1 - 3" finally pays the Stooges their due by tracing the evolution and development of their craft by presenting the films in progressive order.

    The Three Stooges Collection: Years 1 - 3 includes the following titles:

    1934 - WOMAN HATERS, PUNCH DRUNKS (only short actually written by the Stooges), the Oscar® nominated MEN IN BLACK, and THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS (featuring a young Lucille Ball).

    1935 - HORSES' COLLARS (their first Western spoof), RESTLESS KNIGHTS (first “triple-slap” in a Stooge short), POP GOES THE EASEL (first film for frequent director Del Lord), UNCIVIL WARRIORS (set during the Civil War), PARDON MY SCOTCH (first Stooge short to use “Listen to the Mockingbird” as its theme song), HOI POLLOI (remade as Half-Wits Holiday in 1947), and THREE LITTLE BEERS.

    1936 - ANTS IN THE PANTRY (features silent star Clara Kimball Young), MOVIE MANIACS (features Charlie Chaplin’s first wife Mildred Harris), HALF-SHOT SHOOTERS (first short in which the Stooges get killed), DISORDER IN THE COURT (features the famous “swearing in” scene with Curly), A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN (the longest short of the series), FALSE ALARMS, WHOOPS, I'M AN INDIAN!, and SLIPPERY SILKS (featuring the first Stooges cream dessert fight).

    The Three Stooges Collection: Years 1 - 3 has a run time of approximately 345 minutes and is not rated. Artwork is available at www.SPHEPUBLICITY.COM. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.

    DVD Catalog # 21104
    UPC Code: 043396211049
    Order Date: 09/27/07
    SLP: $24.96
    From what I read, new sets every 3 months or so covering about 20 to 25 shorts all in chronological order! Stooge Heaven on October 30
    Last edited by mudtiger; 09-03-2007, 12:17 PM.
  • SlimKibbles
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    • Apr 2004
    • 7276

    #2
    Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

    Awesome! I've been a Stooges fan my whole life. Never have been able to get a good set of films from VHS or DVD with just those three in them.
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    • SPTO
      binging
      • Feb 2003
      • 68046

      #3
      Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

      WOOHOO! I've seen some of their '40s shorts in the old DVD collection and they were ok. It'd be amazing to watch them right from the beginning. You bet your arse i'll be getting this!
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      • Altimus
        Chelsea, Assemble!
        • Nov 2004
        • 27283

        #4
        Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?



        YES!

        I have some mixed episodes on DVDS but this is what I have been waiting for.

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        • mudtiger
          MVP
          • Jul 2002
          • 3223

          #5
          Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

          I've kept a vcr just because I have so many shorts on vhs laying around. Now I can finally chuck it

          It's great that they are finally doing the Stooges right by putting the shorts in order, rather than the random 4 or 5 they were putting on dvds before.

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          • scourge
            Rookie
            • Aug 2005
            • 316

            #6
            Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

            Thats a purchase for me

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            • mudtiger
              MVP
              • Jul 2002
              • 3223

              #7
              Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

              Originally posted by scourge
              Thats a purchase for me
              I see you're in St. Louis, did you watch any of the stooge marathon on kplr today? While it's good to see them showing stooges again every once in awhile, boy the packaging on those are terrible. Packing 3 commercial breaks into a short is ridiculous.

              I wish they'd bring back the saturday night 3 hour block of stooges like they had in the 80s on kplr.

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              • rockchisler
                All Star
                • Oct 2002
                • 8290

                #8
                Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

                Comedic geniuses, They are the only shows that I love to watch that was in Black in white, I know I'm such a snob, Dont get me wrong but Laurel and Hardy was very good as well as Groucho Marx but Man the Stooges have me in tears.
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                • JayBee74
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 22989

                  #9
                  Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

                  I kind of liked them-when I was young they seemed depressing, but I watched them because there weren't too many choices back then. I remember first watching them on TV as a kid back in 1961 or '62, and I thought their shows were so OLD. AS it turns out many of the early Stooge films were actually 30 years old at that time.

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                  • capa
                    Banned
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 5321

                    #10
                    Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

                    Any NY area guys here who grew up in the 60's remember Officer Joe Bolton show at 3pm on Channel 11? All Stooges...all the time. Man, I am old...

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                    • SPTO
                      binging
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 68046

                      #11
                      Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

                      Originally posted by rockchisler
                      Comedic geniuses, They are the only shows that I love to watch that was in Black in white, I know I'm such a snob, Dont get me wrong but Laurel and Hardy was very good as well as Groucho Marx but Man the Stooges have me in tears.
                      You hold quite a contrarian view my friend. Most people put the stooges in the very bottom rung of comedic genius and talent back then. Most well versed people put the Laurel and Hardy at the top with the Marx Brothers running with them neck and neck. The stooges OTOH are treated like garbage.

                      Personally I find the Marx Brothers to be superior and L&H are right up there for me. Another comic team that I loved were Abbott and Costello. They were VERY good and the comedy network here in Canada used to show their '50s tv show during the weekends.

                      That being said, i'm still a huge fan of the Stooges. I grew up watching them on a local station along with the Little Rascals.
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                      • scourge
                        Rookie
                        • Aug 2005
                        • 316

                        #12
                        Re: Any Three Stooges Fans here?

                        Originally posted by mudtiger
                        I see you're in St. Louis, did you watch any of the stooge marathon on kplr today? While it's good to see them showing stooges again every once in awhile, boy the packaging on those are terrible. Packing 3 commercial breaks into a short is ridiculous.

                        I wish they'd bring back the saturday night 3 hour block of stooges like they had in the 80s on kplr.

                        I was just telling a friend the other day how I miss seeing the stooges late at night. They were always on and always entertaining.

                        Hell, I remember going to Blues games and they would play a Stooges game between periods sponsored by KPLR.

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