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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HOWARD,MOE
Fabric Type: 0043396257993
Graphics Memory Size: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Manufacturer Labor Warranty Description: 25
Maximum Color Depth: Sony Pictures
Maximum Focal Length: EnglishOriginal Language
Metal Type: Sony Pictures
Pearl Type: 25799
Publisher: 2
Total Firewire Ports: Sony Pictures
Total Metal Weight: 99
Total Parallel Ports: May 27, 2008
Total S Video Out Ports: 415 minutes
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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 27-MAY-2008
Media Type: DVD
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By 1937, where Volume Two of this long overdue chronological collection picks up, Moe, Larry, and Curly had been performing together for over a decade, and appeared in several feature films and 19 short subjects for Columbia. They were just getting warmed up; there is nary a clunker among the 24 shorts on this two-disc set. Several rank in the Stooges pantheon, including "Grips, Grunts and Groans" (with Bustoff the wrestler), "Violent is the Word for Curly" (with "Swinging the Alphabet"), and "Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb" (the Stooges live the hotel high life after Curly wins a radio contest). These comedies must have been a great escape for Depression-era moviegoers, particularly the ones in which the rich are reduced to food-throwing goofs ("Three Sappy People"). For the Stooges, it's not prosperity that's around the corner, but more often, con men on the lookout for "suckers" to swindle ("A Ducking They Will Go," "Playing the Ponies"). Reflecting America's can-do spirit, the Stooges are nothing if not resilient. These shorts may find them down, but they are never out. The boys are ungainfully employed as Calvary spies ("Goofs and Saddles"), janitors ("Three Missing Links"), dog washers ("Mutts to You"), firemen ("Flat Foot Stooges"), traveling salesmen ("Saved by the Belle"), and vets ("Calling all Curs"). Some of the best shorts turn on mistaken identity: They are confused for college professors in "Violent is the Word for Curly," high society escorts in "Termites of 1938," and famous decorators in "Tassels in the Air." For all the hair-tearing, eye-poking, and shovel-clobbering, the Stooges surprise with the odd musical grace note, such as their rendition of the silly "The Lollipop Song" in "Wee Wee Monsieur," and their music box-accompanied pas-de-trio with pilgrim lasses Faith, Hope, and Charity in "Back to the Woods." One also does not ordinarily look to the Stooges for pathos, or, for that matter, heartwarming happy endings, but "Cash and Carry" delivers both as the boys set out to raise $500 for a crippled boy's operation. "Flat Foot Stooges" is something of a milestone. It marks the debut of "Three Blind Mice" as the Stooges new theme song, which would replace the twittering "Listen to the Mockingbird." The shorts are presented complete and uncut, which means the PC police are standing by to issue citations for such egregious stereotypes as the grunting, shrieking "savages" in the colonial comedy, "Back to the Woods," and the Stooges' turn as Yiddish-speaking Chinese launderers in "Mutts to You." --Donald Liebenson
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I bought this DVD Vol 2 set for myself disguised as a birthday present for my 14 yr old son after having bought Vol 1 for him (me) for Christmas. I remember many hours of hilarity watching these guys with my brother when we were kids, and then going to school and emulating some of the slapstick gags that are a hallmark of these classic comedy shorts. Of course they are stupid and rediculous. I always thought that was the whole point anyway. The episodes I have watched so far have been expertly ... Read More
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I think the 3 stooges has to be the oldest show that is still on TV today. A true classic to pass on from generation to generatiom
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Three years after their 1934 Columbia debut, the Three Stooges were hitting their stride in the two-reel comedy field - due in part to the slapstick mastery of director Del Lord. The short subjects in this 1937-39 DVD collection showcase Moe, Larry and Curly at the height of their knucklehead powers. "Dizzy Doctors," "Wee Wee Monsieur," "Three Little Sew and Sews" and "We Want Our Mummy" remain among the all-time Stooge classics. A few Columbia two-reelers from this period were directed by the underrated ... Read More
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If you love the Three Stooges, you will love this collection.
The only problem with their act is that it is repetitive and predictable. (Moe in the middle, Curly to his left, and Larry to his right -- now let the slapping begin. In every film.)
The Marx Bros. were more creative and interesting.
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I tried to order this from the Official Website and it was back-ordered until November but, I needed it within a week's time. So, I searched Amazon and found the same DVDs that cost less AND were delivered just in time for my father's birthday. It was his favorite gift and he wants a few more for Christmas...I'll definitely be ordering them from Amazon, again!!
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