The vaudeville act began in the 1920s and over time included a total of six men in teams of three. They were Moses Horwitz, Samuel Horwitz, Jerome Horwitz, Louis Feinberg, Joe Besser, and Joseph Wardell. These guys (Moe, Shemp, Curly, Larry, Joe, and Joe) were more popularly known as the Three Stooges. The Stooges made a total of 190 "short subject" episodes, six feature films, and 156 cartoons. They had short parts in at least 20 feature-length films and numerous television shows, ranging from a five-second non-speaking part in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, to semi regular appearances on the Ed Wynn Show and the Frank Sinatra Show.

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Three Stooges Videos On CD

This newly-redigitized CD features three full length episodes:

• Disorder in the Court: (Larry, Curly, Moe, Susan Karoan, Dan Brady, Tiny Jones, Bill O'Brien, Bud Jamison, Harry Semels, Edward LeSaint, Hank Bell, James C. Morton) The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the day when they discover the real murderer's identity.

• Brideless Groom: (Larry, Shemp, Moe, Emil Sitka, Dee Green, Christyne McIntyre, Doris Colleen) To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries before the deadline, but wishes he was still a free man.

• Sing a Song of Six Pants: (Larry, Shemp, Moe, Vernon Dent, Virginia Hunter, Dee Green, Harold Baur) The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to their problems. The bank robber conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit with a safe combination. After his girl friend fails to retrieve it, the robber returns with gang and a wild fight ensues. The boys miss out on the reward but wind up with the crook's bankroll and can pay their creditors.

The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Knuckleheads Guide to Stoogedom—From Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller, Zeller, and Zoller

This guide by Robert Kurson, who also authored The Official Three Stooges Cookbook, is a treasure trove of the timeless humor and slapstick comedy that has made the Three Stooges comic legends.

With more than 300 pages and 200 action-packed photos, this reference is an exhaustive and vastly entertaining compendium of all things Stooge. There is a handy cross-referencing system that allows you to look up every hotel the Stooges ever ransacked, every set of girlfriends they ever wooed, and every crook they ever collared.

Hilarious and authoritative, The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia is every Stooge fan's bible.