The Filmography : Film and TV Tributes to the Stooges

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Show/Film	Station/Studio	Air Date/Released	Host/Star
1992 Toyota Paseo	Toyota commercial	1992-01-00
In early 1992, Toyota's TV campaign for the Paseo included a handful of pop culture images humorously edited among the ad copy narrative. A brief clip of Moe and Larry from DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936) was used.
1993 MTV Movie Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award	MTV	1993-07-13	Mel Gibson
The Three Stooges received The Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1993 MTV Movie Awards. The Stooges' tribute video and award were hosted by Mel Gibson, who also paid tribute by whacking himself and Danny Glover in the head with a wrench. Film clips included in the video tribute to "Jerome Lester Horwitz, Louis Feinberg and Moses Horwitz" (and Shemp) were taken from THREE LITTLE PIRATES (1946), HALF-WITS HOLIDAY (1947), NO CENSUS NO FEELING (1940), A PLUMBING WE WILL GO (1940), MEN IN BLACK (1934), WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939), RESTLESS KNIGHTS (1935), YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA (1939), YOU NAZTY SPY! (1940), SOME MORE OF SAMOA (1941), WHO DONE IT? (1949), PHONY EXPRESS (1943), IF A BODY MEETS A BODY (1945), THREE LITTLE BEERS (1935), MOVIE MANIACS (1936), CASH AND CARRY (1937), VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY (1938), HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND DUMB (1938), ALL THE WORLD'S A STOOGE (1941), HOLD THAT LION! (1947), PARDON MY SCOTCH (1935), FUELIN' AROUND (1949), WHAT'S THE MATADOR? (1942), SO LONG, MR. CHUMPS (1941), CRIME ON THEIR HANDS (1948), DUTIFUL BUT DUMB (1941), IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE (1941), THREE SAPPY PEOPLE (1939), TASSELS IN THE AIR (1938), OILY TO BED, OILY TO RISE (1939) and THREE LITTLE SEW AND SEWS (1938). Mel Gibson, Danny Glover Bruce Gowers (Director), Michael Dugan (Writer), Judy McGrath, Rick Austin, Leslie Kolins Small, Russell Bates, Joel Gallen, Doug Herzog, Greg Johnson, Sherrie Kays (Producers)
ALL IN THE FAMILY - The Dinner Guest	CBS / Tandem Productions	1978-03-12
Racist and lower-middle class family man Archie Bunker deals with the changing times of the 1970s, along with his naive, devoted and kind-hearted wife Edith. Daughter Gloria and her left-wing activist husband Mike bring conflict to Archie's life. While waiting for their move to a new life in California, Mike, Gloria and Joey temporarily move back into the Bunker household. Edith prepares a farewell dinner for the Stivics, and is heartbroken to learn that Mike's accepted a dinner date with the dean of his new college. Sharing a cramped bathroom, Archie and Mike fight over the shaving mirror, and argue over the prior night's TV selections. Archie watched [fictional] THE THREE STOOGES MEET FRANKENSTEIN, while a stooge-hating Mike watched HAMLET. Touting the virtues of "three damn funny guys," Archie performs the nostril pull on Mike. Part 2 of 3, "The Stivics Go West" Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker), Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker), Rob Reiner (Mike Stivic), Sally Struthers (Gloria Stivic) Paul Bogart (Director), Norman Lear, Mort Lachman (Exec. Producers), Milt Josefsberg (Producer), Bridget Jensen-Drake (Assoc. Producer), Larry Rhine, Mel Tolkin (Writers, Story Editors), Milt Josefsberg, Mort Lachman (Script Supervisors), Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller (Script Consultants), Norman Lear (Series Development)
ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING	Warner Brothers	1949-11-26
Rising comic Kip Cooper (Milton Berle) becomes ruthless in his quest for stardom, not thinking twice about stepping on coworkers and friends, and stealing material from other comedians to achieve his goal. When legendary clown Eddie Eagan (Bert Lahr) becomes seriously ill, will his advice to Kip be ignored or taken to heart? When Kip visits Eddie in the hospital, Eddie reminisces about all the comedy greats that have passed on, including W. C. Fields, Ted Healy and Willie Howard. In real life, Milton Berle considered Ted Healy his idol. One of the country's most popular TV stars as this film was being made, Berle had a say in its production, hence the reference to Healy. Milton Berle (Kipling 'Kip' Cooper), Bert Lahr (Eddie Eagen), Virginia Mayo (Nancy Eagen), Ruth Roman (Fay Washburn), Alan Hale (Sam Washburn), Grace Hayes (Mrs. Gracie Kennedy Washburn), Jerome Cowan (Elliott Montgomery), Lloyd Gough (Monte Wilson), Ransom M. Sherman (Henry 'Hank' Richards), Iris Adrian (Julie Adams), Wally Vernon (Wally Vernon), Iphigenie Castiglioni (Madame Rosee), Marian Colby (Ethel), Bill McLean (Phil), Sid Melton (Harry, Clurman's janitor), Charles Meredith (Dr. Finley), Milton Parsons (Tony, dishwasher), Harry Tyler (Oswald, dishwasher), Danny Rogers (Joe), Julius Tannen (Mr. H. Clurman), Cecil Stewart & His Royal Rogues, O'Donnell & Blair, The Moroccans (Specialty acts), Arabella (Strippers), Mary Castle, Lorraine Crawford, Lynn Davis, Flo Farmer, Nita Talbot, Alice Wallace (Showgirls), Carmen Clifford, Lonnie Pierce, Camille Williams, Phyllis Young (Chorines), Jeanne Determann (Elsa in show), Duke Johnson (Juggler), Howard Negley (Police Captain in show), Eddie Parks (Irish tenor), William Reeves (Gregario in show), Raymond Roe (Young comic), Max Showalter (Comet Pen Salesman), Murray Alper, Leo Sulky (New Haven electricians), George Bruggeman (Electrician), Edward Biby (Smoker), Leonard Bremen, Michael Ross (Tough guys), Karl 'Killer' Davis, Ben Jade, Sammy Menacker (Bouncers), Kit Guard, Sid Kane, Robert R. Stephenson (Canal Street Boys Club hecklers), Creighton Hale (Hotel Clerk), Edwin Max (Newark Stage Manager), Al Hill (Newark Assistant Stage Manager), Mike Lally (New Haven Stage Manager), Stuart Holmes (Subject of Kip's bald jokes), Charles Kisco (Piano player), Al Lackey (Passenger), Frank Marlowe (Photographer), Sam McDaniel, Emmett Smith (Porters), Francis McDonald (Wounded messenger in Newark musical), Art Miles (Owner), George Offerman Jr., Rod Rogers (Elevator boys), Paul Panzer, Lottie Williams (Newark audience extras), Joe Ploski (Clurman waiter), Larry Rio (Waiter), Ralph Sanford (Entertainment chairman), Frank J. Scannell (Photographer), Bert Stevens, Nick Stuart (Men in audience), Mark Strong (Station agent), Garrett Craig, Richard Avonde, Eileen Howe, Robert H. Purcell, Claudette Thornton Roy Del Ruth (Director), Jerry Wald (Producer), Max Shulman, Richard Mealand (Story), Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose (Screenplay), Arnold Horwitt, Sylvia Rosales (Sketches), Ernest Haller (Director of Photography), Clarence Kolster (Film Editor)
AMAZING STORIES - Fine Tuning	NBC / Amblin Entertainment	1985-11-10
Steven Spielberg's light-hearted anthology series, focusing on tales of fantasy, imagination, and science fiction. A high school student's science project to build a long-range radio receiver tunes in signals from another planet. Aliens 10 light years away are broadcasting TV series copied on I LOVE LUCY and BONANZA, signals they received from Earth 20-30 years earlier. An interstellar newscast alerts the boy and his two friends that the aliens are arriving on Earth, to visit Hollywood and bring entertainers to their planet. The high school students visit the aliens' spacecraft as they are watching The Three Stooges in DIZZY PILOTS (1943). A group of retired vaudevillians visit the ship to entertain the aliens; among them is former Ted Healy stooge Paul "Mousie" Garner. Matthew Laborteaux (Andrew), Gary Riley (Jimmy), Jimmy Gatherum (George), Milton Berle (Himself), Debbie Carrington, Daniel Frishman, Patty Maloney, Kevin Thompson (Aliens), Paul "Mousie" Garner, Vance Colvig, Don Davis, Happy Hall, Jack Spoons, Whitey Roberts, Angelo Rossito (Vaudevillians), Tom Amundsen (Tour guide), Charlie Cirillo (Tourist), Bryon Gordon (Father), Starr Hester (Waitress), Peter Kwong (Weatherman), Titus Napoleon (Used car salesman), Ray Walston (Caveman in opening credits) Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall (Executive Producers), Bob Balaban (Director), Story (Steven Spielberg), Earl Pomerantz (Teleplay), Joshua Brand, John Falsey, David E. Vogel (Producers), Steven Spielberg, Joshua Brand, John Falsey (Series Developers), Robert Stevens (Director of Photography), Joe Ann Fogle (Film Editor), John Williams (Theme), Jonathan Tunick (Music)
Arby's Restaurants - Curly Fries	Arby's commercial	2010-03-00
15-second commercial that premiered in the Spring of 2010. An Arby's customer raves about the fast food restaurant's curly fries, accompanied by the image of Curly Howard and the sound of his trademark "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk."
ARMY OF DARKNESS	Dino DeLaurentis / Universal	1993-02-19
A time-warp transports Ash back to medieval times, and a castle under attack by demonic forces. He learns that he is prophecized to find the Necronomicon book and dispel the evil. But he screws up the magic chant with a sneeze and unleashes the demons' full army of Deadites, led by his Deadite look-alike. The third entry in Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD series. Raimi, and star Bruce Campbell, are avid Three Stooges fans and have a running joke in their films with extras being cast-credit ID'ed as "Fake Shemp," a reference to Joe Palma's role as Shemp's stand-in for the four 1956 shorts produced after Shemp's death. Rather than list each relevant Raimi/Campbell film in this Tribute Filmography, ARMY OF DARKNESS stands out as the best example due to its inclusion of Stooge-style slaps, eyepokes and head bonks during the fight scenes; Sam and Bruce had the sound effects staff incorporate Three Stooges sound effects during these scenes. Bruce Campbell (Ash), Embeth Davidtz (Sheila), Marcus Gilbert (Lord Arthur), Ian Abercrombie (Wiseman), Richard Grove (Duke Henry the Red), Timothy Patrick Quill (Blacksmith), Michael Earl Reid (Gold Tooth), Bridget Fonda (Linda), Patricia Tallman (Possessed Witch), Ted Raimi (Cowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk), Deke Anderson (Mini-Ash #2), Bruce Thomas (Mini-Ash #3), Sara Shearer (Old Woman), Billy Bryan (Pit Bitch), Micheal Kenney (Henry's Man), Andy Bale (Lieutenant #1), Robert Brent Lappin (Lieutenant #2), Rad Milo (Tower Guard), Brad Bradbury (Chief Archer), , J Michael Briggs (Horseback Warrior), Shiva Gordon (Pit Deadite #1), Nadine Grycan (Winged Deadite), Bill Moseley (Deadite Captain), Eric Clarke, Kevin O'Hara, Courtney Pakiz (Deadite), Angela Featherstone (Girl in S-Mart), Patricia Anne Isgate (Peasant Woman), Sam Raimi (Knight in sweatshirt and sneakers), Monique Yates Jr. (Graveyard Wench), Sol Abrams, Lorraine Axeman, Josh Becker, Sheri Burke, Don Campbell, Charlie Campbell, Harley Cokeliss, Ken Jepson, William Lustig, David O'Malley, David Pollison, Ivan Raimi, Bernard Rose, Bill Vincent, Chris Webster, Ron Zwang (Fake Shemps) Sam Raimi (Director), Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi (Screenplay), Bruce Campbell, Dino De Laurentis, Robert G. Tapert (Producers), Bill Pope (Cinematography), Sonny Baskin, Bob Murawski, Sam Raimi (Film Editors), Gary Boggess, Lance Brown, Tim Gedemer, Lewis Goldstein, Larry Goodwin, Jason King, Jack Levy, Roger Mende, Paul Menichini, William Mings, George Nemzer (Sound Effects / Editors)
BARNEY MILLER - The Doll	ABC / Four D Productions	1981-03-26
The detectives of NYC's 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village solve their cases, while dealing with the predominantly eccentric victims and crooks that cross their paths. A valuable antique doll is held for ransom, a man swindled into buying a phony passenger ticket on the space shuttle causes problems at a regional NASA office, and Luger decides to leave his life savings to Barney. In the episode prologue, Levitt is surprised to learn that intellectual Dietrich is a fan of the Three Stooges and Curly. When Levitt reveals his love of Shemp, Dietrich decides they have nothing more to talk about. Hal Linden (Capt. Barney Miller), Ron Glass (Sgt. Ron Harris), Max Gail (Sgt. Stan Wojciehowicz), Steve Landesberg (Sgt. Arthur Dietrich), Ron Carey (Officer Carl Levitt), James Gregory (Insp. Frank Luger), Dee Croxton (Christine Lawson), A Martinez (Joseph Montoya), Phil Bruns (Elvin Swift), Oliver Clark (Eugene Corbett) Noam Pitlik (Director), Tony Sheehan, Nat Mauldin, Jordan Moffett (Writers), Danny Arnold, Roland Kibbee (Exec. Producers), Tony Sheehan, Noam Pitlik (Producers), Danny Arnold, Theodore J. Flicker (Creators)
BEANY & CECIL SHOW, THE - The Capture of the Dreaded Three-Headed Threep	ABC / Bob Clampett Productions	1962-10-06	Beany & Cecil
Beany, Cecil the Serpent and Capt. Horatio Huffenpuff set sail on the Leakin' Lena for a south seas jungle island, to capture the dreaded three-headed threep. Jungle dangers, including a lovesick serpent-eating plant, don't stop the adventurers from finding a very familiar looking three-headed monster. For his tribute to The Three Stooges, Bob Clampett recycled the goon he created for his Looney Tunes cartoon PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938). Irv Shoemaker (Cecil the Sea-Sick Serpent), Jim MacGeorge (Beany, Capt. Horatio Huffenpuff, Crowy) A. C. R. Stone (Executive Producer), Bob Clampett (Producer, Writer), Jack Hannah, Dick Kinney (Directors), Eddie Maxwell, Al Bertino, Dale Hale, Jack Bonestell (Writers), Lou Appet, Carl Bell, Frank Gonzales, Harry Hester, Bill Nunes, Art Scott, Bill Southwood, Al Stotter, Jeanne Thorpe, Marie Reed (Animators)
BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE - A Pound of Flesh	CBS / MTM Enterprises Inc.	1975-01-25	Bob Newhart
Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley, and his wife Emily, deal with day to day life and the eccentrics that pass through their personal and professional lives. Jerry loses his shirt in the stock market, and hits Bob up for a $1500 loan to buy a motorcycle. Bob turns him down and possibly loses a friendship, but Jerry then goes to Howard. Before long, Jerry and Howard's sharing of the bike sours that relationship too. A scene in the Hartley living room has Bob and Emily watching CELEBRITY SOCCER, with contestants The Three Stooges... "I never knew the Three Stooges were that coordinated. Nice kick Moe!" Ironically, this episode aired one day after Larry Fine's death. Bob Newhart (Bob Hartley), Suzanne Pleshette (Emily Hartley), Peter Bonerz (Jerry Robinson), Bill Daily (Howard Borden), Marcia Wallace (Carol Kester), Merrie Earle (Mrs. Loomis / Bernice), Dick Wilson (Mr. Berry) Alan Rafkin (Director), Jerry Mayer (Writer), David Davis, Lorenzo Music (Exec. Producers), Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Michael Zinberg (Producers)
BON BON PARADE	Columbia Color Rhapsody	1935-10-09
A street waif accidentally breaks the window of a sweet shop while admiring all the candy inside. Dazed, he imagines a candied cupid come to life, who offers to take him to Candytown aboard a miniature candy train. Once in the fantasy town, the candied citizens celebrate the boy's arrival with a musical parade, and among the citizens are a cupcake Santa, and The Three Stooges as Valentine candy cherubs. Ben Harrison (Director), Charles Mintz (Producer), Manny Gould (Animator), Ben Harrison (Writer), Joe De Nat (Music)
BUDDY'S LOST WORLD	Warner Bros. Looney Tunes	1935-05-18	Buddy
Buddy and his dog Bozo embark on an ocean voyage in search of the "lost world," landing on a prehistoric island. A man-eating plant swallows Buddy, who travels thru its roots to an underground city populated by unfriendly cavemen. The Three Stooges are cannibals who try to cook Buddy in boiling water, before he is rescued by a friendly brontosaurus. Featuring Warner's 2nd Looney Tunes star, the bland Buddy... who would disappear later in the year to make way for breakout star Porky Pig. Jack King (Director), Rollin Hamilton, Sandy Walker (Animators), Norm Spencer (Music)
BULLWINKLE SHOW, THE - Aesop and Son: The Fox and the Minks	NBC / Jay Ward Productions	1962-07-09	Rocky & Bullwinkle
The off-the-wall, satirical, pun-filled, animated adventures of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, foiling the evil schemes of foreign spies Boris Badenov and Natasha. The series had several title and network incarnations, beginning in 1959 on ABC Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS. It moved to NBC's Sunday primetime schedule in 1961 as THE BULLWINKLE SHOW, and then back to ABC on Sunday afternoons for its final (1964-1965) season. Each episode featured two serialized installments of Rocky and Bullwinkle's latest storyline, and two cartoons from the recurring features "Aesop and Son," "Fractured Fairy Tales," "Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties" and "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History." Between the toons were interstatial gags starring Bullwinkle and Rocky in "Mr. Know-It-All," "Bullwinkle's Corner" and others. In the "Aesop and Son" fable "The Fox and the Minks," Aesop teaches his son about teamwork in the tale of three minks who outwit a fox hunting them for their pelts. The three minks are loosely based on The Three Stooges, engaging in slaps and bonks, and a derby-wearing mink who laughs with a "n'yuk, n'yuk." This "Aesop" toon was again featured in the BULLWINKLE episode that aired on 2/22/1965 on ABC. Charlie Ruggles (Aesop), Daws Butler (Aesop Junior, Mink #1, Mink #3), Bill Scott (Mush-head Mink, Shakespearian Fox) Jay Ward, Bill Scott, Ponsonby Britt (Producers), Gerard Baldwin, Frank Braxton, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, Paul , Jim Hiltz, Bill Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, Gerry Ray, Dun Roman, Bob Schleh, George Singer, Ernie Terrazas, John Walker, Rudy Zamora (Directors), George Atkins, Al Burns, Jim Critchfield, Chris Hayward, Chris Jenkyns, Jim MacGeorge, John Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Jack Mendelsohn, Bill Scott, Larry Tucker, Lloyd Turner (Writers), Sheldon Allman (Music)
Burger King - Are You Hungry?	Burger King Whopper commercial	1985-07-12
Burger King used The Three Stooges in its 1985 "Are You Hungry?" campaign, specifically this 30 second commercial to promote changes to its Whopper sandwich. "Some people were a little upset"... followed by Curly having a fit from TASSELS IN THE AIR (1938). "Some even took it out on their friends"... with Moe delivering punishment in clips from MICRO-PHONIES (1945) and THREE LITTLE BEERS (1935). "But when they heard that the new Whopper had more beef than Big Mac and Wendy's Single, they changed their tune"... cue the Stooges dancing in CALLING ALL CURS (1939). "They naturally took off for Burger King!"... fade to the closing gag from BOOBS IN ARMS (1940), and the commercial fades out with the Stooges riding a blockbuster into the clouds.
Carl's Jr. Restaurants - We Didn't Invent Messy Food	Carl's Jr. commercials	1998-11-00
November 1998 Carl's Jr. fast food charbroiled burger restaurants launched 4 30-second commercials featuring The Three Stooges. The boys' antics are climaxed with Carl's slogans "We didn't invent messy food, we just perfect it," and "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face." The commercial for the Super Star sandwich features the food/pastry fight from THREE SAPPY PEOPLE (1939), plus a montage of quick clips from others. In addition to THREE SAPPY PEOPLE (1939), the Super Star spot features clips from G. I. WANNA HOME (1946), TERMITES OF 1938 (1938), DIZZY DOCTORS (1937), HOI POLLOI (1935), SPOOK LOUDER (1943), FALSE ALARMS (1936), THREE PESTS IN A MESS (1945), UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS (1946), BUSY BUDDIES (1944), MUTTS TO YOU (1938) and MOVIE MANIACS (1936). In The Three Stooges Journal # 137 (Spring 2011), in an interview with Adrian Booth Brian (aka Lorna Gray), she mentions this commercial. After it began airing, she filed a grievance with the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and received a few thousand $ for her appearance.
CAROL BURNETT SHOW, THE - Ken Berry and Eydie Gorme	CBS / Punkin Productions Inc.	1973-02-24	Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett's long-running (1967 - 1978), Saturday night variety show. Guests, comedy skits and musical performances... but, best-remembered for its recurring character sketches such as "The Family," "Mrs. Whiggins," "As the Stomach Turns," and the hilarious moments featuring the interplay between Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. Guest Ken Berry joins Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman as [respectively] Curly, Larry and Moe, founders of The Three Stooges National Bank. The "Stooges" engage in typical slapstick antics as they argue over who will be the bank's President. Lyle Waggoner appears as an executive who informs them that they will be replaced by three with more sophistication... The Marx Brothers. Other show segments feature an installment of the "Carol and Sis" sketches, and a musical salute to the RKO Studios. Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Eydie Gorme Dave Powers (Director), Joe Hamilton (Exec. Producer), Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan, Robert Wright (Producers), Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Gail Parent, Heywood Kling, Roger Beatty, Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Robert Hilliard, Arnie Kogen, Buz Kohan, Bill Angelos (Writers), Bob Mackie (Costumer Design)
CHEERS - Is There a Doctor in the Howe?	NBC / Paramount	1993-02-11
Cheers, the Boston bar where everybody knows your name. Ex-Red Sox relief pitcher, and recovering alcoholic Sam Malone owns the watering hole, and his eccentric employees and regulars help supply the laughs. Frasier receives a letter from Lilith, asking for a divorce. The gang won't allow him to fall into depression, and throw a surprise party for him at the bar. After a few drinks, Rebecca drives Frasier home and the two friends find themselves falling into a night of passion. But before Frasier can join her in the bedroom, Sam pays a surprise visit with 6 hours of Three Stooges movies, guaranteed to keep Frasier happy. Unaware that Rebecca is upstairs, Sam is soon joined by Carla, Norm and Cliff, and the frustrated Frasier tearfully accepts their company. Ted Danson (Sam Malone), Kirstie Alley (Rebecca Howe), Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli), Woody Harrelson (Woody Boyd), George Wendt (Norm Peterson), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lilith Crane), Paul Willson (Paul Krapence), Tim Cunningham (Tim), Alan Koss (Alan), Peter Schreiner (Pete), Tera Hendrickson (Audrey) James Burrows (Director, Executive Producer), Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon, Dan Staley, Rob Long, Glen Charles, Les Charles (Executive Producers), Tim Berry (Producer), Kathy Ann Stump (Writer)
CHEERS - Suspicion	NBC / Paramount	1986-01-16
Cheers, the Boston bar where everybody knows your name. Ex-Red Sox relief pitcher, and recovering alcoholic Sam Malone owns the watering hole, and his eccentric employees and regulars help supply the laughs. Diane orchestrates an elaborate joke on the bar regulars, for a Psychology class experiment in paranoia. The gang isn't amused and vows to get even. As the days go on, Diane herself becomes a classic case of paranoia, waiting for the retaliation. Carla and Sam are excited to see THE THREE MUSKETEERS in the TV listings, and Diane is impressed with their interest in the classics. At least, until she realizes that the film is an adaptation starring The Three Stooges. Diane is dismissive of the Stooges, and Carla snidely comments that she "probably likes Shemp." Ted Danson (Sam Malone), Shelley Long (Diane Chambers), Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli), Woody Harrelson (Woody Boyd), George Wendt (Norm Peterson), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Hamilton Camp (Martin Gallagher), M. C. Gainey (Irving), Joseph Paz (Customer), Al Rosen (Al) James Burrows (Executive Producer, Director), Glen Charles, Les Charles (Executive Producers), Peter Casey, David Lee, Heidie Perlman, David Angell (Producers), Tom Reeder (Writer)
CHEERS - What's Up, Doc?	NBC / Paramount	1989-03-30
Cheers, the Boston bar where everybody knows your name. Ex-Red Sox relief pitcher, and recovering alcoholic Sam Malone owns the watering hole, and his eccentric employees and regulars help supply the laughs. The Cranes' psychiatrist colleague arouses Sam's desire, and when he sets out for the conquest, she quickly shoots him down. Not deterred, he arrives in her office feigning her help to cure impotence. She sees thru his scheme, but finally agrees to a date, where she criticizes him as an aging lothario with sex and women as his only interests in life. Rebecca to the rescue, reminding Sam that he loves The Three Stooges, and since women don't, he must love them for themselves... and not as a way to impress women. Sam thanks her with a classic Moe Howard nose-tweek, but Rebecca's retaliation isn't as classic. CHEERS background actor Al Rosen worked with The Three Stooges in UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS (1946) and BEER BARREL POLECATS (1946). Uncredited, he was one of Curly's doubles for the 1940s shorts. Ted Danson (Sam Malone), Kirstie Alley (Rebecca Howe), Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli), Woody Harrelson (Woody Boyd), George Wendt (Norm Peterson), John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin), Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Bebe Neuwirth (Dr. Lilith Crane), Madolyn Smith Osborne (Dr. Sheila Rydell), Al Rosen (Al) James Burrows (Executive Producer, Director), Glen Charles, Les Charles (Executive Producers), Cheri Eichen, Bill Steinkeller, Tim Berry, Phoef Sutton (Producers), Brian Pollock, Mort Rich (Writers)
Chex Party Mix - A Bang-Up Good Time	Chex commercial	1987-01-00
Chex's line of trail mixes were promoted in this national commercial in early 1987, with The Three Stooges as three chefs preparing Chex party treats. Footage from AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE (1941) is used, with Chex images animated/inserted into the kitchen scenes, and Chex-related dialog for the Stooges is dubbed by voiceover actors. In addition to ACHE, footage from CALLING ALL CURS (1939) also appears. Frank Welker, the voice of Curly in JABBERJAW and THE ROBONIC STOOGES, does the voice here too. Possibly, it's Billy West as Larry.