The Three Stooges
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 8:59 PM
Are you a fan? Are you not a fan? Why? I make no pretense about it: The three stooges were and are the greatest comedy act in history. Slapstick is an incredibly difficult comedy medium, and no one has come close to them in almost 100 years. They were on from 4 - 5:00 p.m. weekdays when I was in High School, and we all pretty much blew off sports to smoke weed and watch them after school. They always stood up for the little guy. My wife and I can do the dialogue from about 40 episodes. A couple of interesting things I have noted over the years: 1) Every woman in their lives is bigger, taller and mean to them. 2) In every pie fight the locale is a fancy dinner, fashion show, art gallery etc., never a common person's home. 3) Christine Macintyre (pretty blond who sings) signed on with the stooges after a career in opera. In a scene where she beats the shit out of "Cousin Basil" (Shemp) he got her to make it so realistic that the slaps sound like rifle shots and she broke his nose. Last time we watched them was Sunday Morning (walla, walla) along with coffee and wake n' bake. What say you?
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