World Famous Comics: The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 1: 1934-1936
The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 1: 1934-1936
Starring: Three Stooges Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Black & White, Full Screen Label: Sony Pictures Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 99 Release Date: October 30, 2007 Running Time: 340 minutes
Product Description: When The Three Stooges first signed with Columbia Pictures their deal was for one short. 1934's Woman Haters done entirely in rhyme wasn't a huge success but the Stooges hit their stride with their second short Punch Drunks and began to settle into their definitive roles -- Moe as boss Larry the middleman and Curly as their foil.Witness the rise of these comedy icons in this high-spirited collection containing the first 19 Columbia Pictures shorts all of which have been remastered for the best quality picture and sound. You'll experience the eye-pokes face slaps hollow head knocks and knuckle cracks like you've never heard or seen them before. So go ahead nyuck yourself out!Includes:Woman HatersPunch DrunksMen In BlackThree Little PigskinsHorses' CollarsPop Goes The EaselUncivil WarriorsPardon My ScotchHoi PolloiThree Little BeersAnts In The PantryMovie ManiacsHalf-Shot ShootersDisorder In The CourtA Pain In The PullmanFalse AlarmsWhoops I'm An Indian!Slippery SilksSystem Requirements:Running Time: 340 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396211049 Manufacturer No: 21104
Amazon.com: Finally, the studio knuckleheads got it right! The way that the Three Stooges have been presented on home video has been a real slap in the face and a poke in the eye to fans. The Stooges have been anthologized, colorized, and public domained. Their shorts have been released and re-released in varying degrees of quality. In the immortal words of Curly, they have truly been victims of circumstance. This two-DVD set, then, is for what Stooge-philes have long been waiting. Spanning the years 1934-36, it presents the first 19 Stooges short subjects chronologically. These shorts hail from the Curly era, which makes them essential. The first, "Women Haters," comes billed as a "musical novelty" and is performed entirely in rhyme. More interesting is that Moe, Larry, and Curly appear as Tom, Jim, and Jack. In the second short, "Punch Drunks," they are again not quite a team, but teaming up to make a boxer out of put-upon waiter Curly. This is the one in which Curly "pops" when he hears "that 'Weasel' tune." And the hits just keep on coming.
Remember the prologue of The Twilight Zone: The Movie, in which traveling companions Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks trade favorite "Zones"? Many of the shorts gathered here are the ones most quoted or referenced by Stooges fans, such as "Men in Black," the only Stooges short to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the one with the immortal page "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr Fine, Dr. Howard." "Hoi Polloi" is the first Stooges short to tackle the "environment" vs. "heredity" conundrum by introducing the Stooges to high society, reducing the well-heeled stuff shirts into a slap-happy mob. "Pop Goes the Easel" introduces another recurring theme in the Stooges oeuvre as the boys pose as artists in the art school in which they take refuge from a pursuing cop. This short contains a signature Curlyism, "Look at the grouse," as does "Horses' Collars," in which the mere sight of a mouse completely unnerves Curly ("Moe! Larry! The Cheese!) "Three Little Pigskins" is another mistaken identity gem, as the boys pose as three football players (look for a very young and very blonde Lucille Ball). Like the Little Rascals, the Stooges in these shorts were very much of their Depression-era times, but "Uncivil Warriors," "Restless Knights," and the decidedly un-PC "Whoops, I'm an Indian" get their anachronistic kicks by placing the boys behind enemy lines during the Civil War, in the medieval castle of a kidnapped Queen, and in the Old West. Collectors who have suffered through, say, "Disorder in the Court" on one of those $1 bin Stooges collections will be heartened to know that this set at last does these comedy classics justice. More than 70 years old, and they look better than ever! So spread out and get your n'yucks on! --Donald Liebenson
GENTLEMEN PLEASE CONTROL YOUR KILLING INSTINCTS Excellent picture quality. Compared to VHS releases there is no comparison. Very stupid and ridiculous stories and bits are incredibly funny and worth watching over and over again. I'm stunned that nobody was actually killed during the making of these. "Disorder In The Court" is the best. Incredibly goofy dialog; raise your right hand, take off your hat, etc. Truth is stranger than fiction judgy wudgy but ain't no lying this is a great DVD set.
awesome I am 43 years old and have loved the Three Stooges since I was a child. I have collected various dvd's of the stooge's over the last several years and totally love the idea of collecting all the episodes in order and done in awesome quaility by sony. I have volumes 1 and 2 and if you or your kids love watching the Three Stooges, then I highly recommend buying these products. Also ordering through amazon has offered great service and fast service, you will not be let down. A word of caution, DO NOT buy anything from the TV/DVD movie store online. I had ordered from them and it was a mess. The dvd's were made up on some computer and then burned and hardly any of them worked and the ones that did work, had no quality to them and you can't return them because it says on the package shipped from China (yea right). In closing this truley was the way to go for me and my kids because they love them also and I plan on collecting all the episodes. Good luck. D.O.
Ted Healy's Stooges become The Three Stooges aka comedy gods! Many positive things that have been written about this set, and I concur: we've been waiting for this for years. The quality of the prints are excellent. The films are hilarious. I could also cite a few negatives which have been mentioned: no DVD extras, no interviews, no commentary, no background material. Just great comedy.
I wish they would have included at least the Ted Healy-era shorts - Nertsery Rhymes, Beer and Pretzels, Hello Pop!, Plane Nuts, and The Big Idea - as well as Curly's "Roast Beef and Movies," and perhaps some bits from the MGM feature films in which the Stooges briefly appeared - Broadway to Hollywood, Myrt and Marge, etc. - not because these are the greatest films, but because this is the closest we'll get to a historic overview of the Stooges' work. And make no mistake about it, these guys are nothing less than comedy gods, and their work is worthy of study.
Let's face it, many of us have seen most of these films countless times. As I grew up they were repeated over and over again, in the afternoon for kids and late at night for adults, for years and years.
What is to be gained by watching them in release order? You get to see the Stooges evolve, to see greatness emerge from, frankly, mediocrity. You get to see comic timing and momentous rhythm gradually engulf the slaps, pokes and silly noises. You see the Stooges go from being the lost kids of Ted Healy to their own fully developed and immortal personas.
As this collection draws to a close, if you appreciate the Stooges at all, you will cheer. You will find yourself giggling and clapping, for Curly -- who taunts us in the beginning with his quiet demeanor and jerky movements -- Curly, who will become the most fondly remembered comedians of all time -- the full Curly has arrived.
The Three Stooges Coll., Vol. 1 If you like the Three Stooges, you will not be disappointed. They will never be replaced by anyone today and I don't think in the future, either.
They are timeless and wonderfully happless and insane, as usual.
3 Stooges Collection Volume 1 Excellent compilation of the early Stooges shorts with Curly Howard. Excellent digital transfer and sound. In chronological order.
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