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Shemp Howard, A HIT WITH A MISS (1945) publicity shot

WINTER 1995   -   Editor: Gary Lassin


News Flashes...
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
  • Plans for the 10th annual Three Stooges Convention announced for July 19 - 21, 1996
  • Washington Post poll found 59% of the public an name the Stooges, but only 17% could name three of nine Supreme Court Justices

Stooge Trivia
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Trivia questions

End of an Era, The: WSBK-TV 38 Loses The Three Stooges
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 4
After airing the Stooges almost continuously since the 1960s, Columbia does not renew WSBK Boston's contract for The Three Stooges short subjects

Identity of Curly's First Wife Discovered
by Bill Cappello and Gary Lassin
Page(s): 4
Documents found, detailing Curly's mysterious 1930 marriage to Julia Rosenthal; Three Stooges Scrapbook account of this as a teenage marriage refuted

AMC Premieres SOUP TO NUTS
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 4
AMC premiered SOUP TO NUTS (1930) in its October 1995 Film Preservation Festival

Three Stooges Supporting Players: Mini-Biographical Profiles, The
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 5 - 6, cont. on 14
Diana Darrin, Marjorie Deanne, Vernon Dent

Casting Asparagus, Tunis Sandwiches and Moidering the King's English, Part 1
by Peter B. Seely
Page(s): 7 - 9
Puns, plays-on-words and malapropisms in Three Stooges comedies, 1934 - 1946

Supporting Player John Tyrrell: A Brief Biography
by Bill Cappello
Page(s): 10
Biographical and career overview of John Tyrrell

Moe and Shemp Appearance in 1929 Newsreel Discovered
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 11
1929 Fox Movietone Newsreel footage of Moe and Shemp has been discovered

Rare Photo
by Gary Lassin
"Larry Fine tries his hand at the trumpet while visiting New Orleans, early 1960s"

Licensed Three Stooges Manufacturers
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 12
List of all manufacturers currently licensed to offer Three Stooges merchandise, and the related products of each

For Collectors Only
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
  • Columbia releases an 18-short boxed laser disc collection
  • Newly licensed merchandise includes ties, poster, gift bag and suspenders

Bulletin Board
Page(s): 14 - 15
Fan classified advertisements

In Defense of The Three Stooges
by Rob Falcone
Page(s): 16
Source: The Staten Island Advance
Exploring the ongoing male vs. female perceptions of the Stooges' comedy





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