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Released December 23, 1994
Featuring Miscellaneous Appearances
Laughsmith Entertainment
50 min. (TV Special)

An excellent overview of the career of all members of The Three Stooges, and Ted Healy, mixing archival photos from personal collections, some public domain film footage, personal recollections from Larry's sister and brother-in-law, Curly's younger daughter, Ted Healy's son, Healy stooge Mousie Garner, costars Julie Gibson, Lola Jensen and Adam West, co-workers Ed Bernds and Elwood Ullman, comedian Billy West, and Fan Club President Gary Lassin. Film footage is from HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE # B-9 (1934), DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), CAMEL COMEDY CARAVAN: THE ED WYNN SHOW (1950), and behind-the-scenes footage and home movies from THE OUTLAWS IS COMING (1965).

Produced in 1992 by Paul Gierucki and Bill Hunt of Laughsmith Entertainment, much of the interview footage was taped at the April 1992 Three Stooges Convention in Lewiston ME, and the July 1992 Three Stooges Convention in Trevose PA. It premiered as an installment of A&E Channel's BIOGRAPHY series, and consistently won high ratings in numerous A&E and Biography Channel repeats over several years. In the early 2000s, Laughsmith reacquired distribution rights to their own production, and expanded the running time for a 2004 DVD release.

Adam "Batman" West refers to the Stooges as "three restless knights" during his interview; Restless Knights and Crazy Daze was the theme of the April 1992 Convention in Lewiston ME, which welcomed Mr. West as a guest, and where his interview was conducted.

The 50-minute running time noted in this filmography refers to the 1995 A&E home VHS; the cable TV airing ran slightly shorter at 46 minutes. The 2004 DVD re-release was increased to 63 minutes, primarily due to expanding interview segments, as well as some minor content re-edits and substitutions. A&E host Jack Perkins hosted and narrated the original A&E program; the narration script was relatively unchanged for the 2004 version, but producer Paul Gierucki provided a new voiceover; Perkins' prologue/epilogue hosting segments were also dropped. In addition, fan Dave "Curly" Knight's appearance does not appear in the 2004 recut.

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Jack Perkins
Host and Narrator, 1994

Paul E. Gierucki
Narrator, 2004

Moe Howard
Himself / archive footage

Joe Besser
Himself / archive footage

Larry Fine
archive footage

Shemp Howard
archive footage

Jerry Howard
archive footage

Joe DeRita
archive footage

Ted Healy
archive footage

Bonnie Bonnell
archive footage

Billy West
Himself

Adam West
Himself

Emil Sitka
Himself

Cy Schindell
archive footage

James C. Morton
archive footage

Bud Jamison
archive footage

Bud Abbott
archive footage

Suzanne Kaaren
archive footage

Ben Turpin
archive footage

Edward LeSaint
archive footage

Nick Baskovitch
archive footage

Eddie Laughton
archive footage

Hank Bell
archive footage

Alice Belcher
archive footage

Al Thompson
archive footage

Dan Brady
archive footage

Tiny Jones
archive footage

Jack Duffy
archive footage

George Gray
archive footage

William J. O'Brien
archive footage

Harry Semels
archive footage

Sammy Wolfe
archive footage

Dick Hakins
archive footage

Ed Wynn
archive footage

Jerome Cowan
archive footage

Robert Colbert
archive footage

Anna-Lisa Ruud
archive footage

Joe Bolton
archive footage

Bill Camfield
archive footage

Hal Fryar
archive footage

Johnny Ginger
archive footage

Sally Starr
archive footage

Wayne Mack
archive footage

Ed T. McDonnell
archive footage

Bruce Sedley
archive footage

Paul Shannon
archive footage

Norman Maurer
archive footage

Nancy Kovack
archive footage


William Hunt
Executive Producer

Brittany Valente
Associate Producer

Jerry Taylor
Associate Producer

William Hunt
Screenplay

Jim Karnes
Assistant Editor

David Mustonen
Assistant Editor

Rob Randall
Assistant Editor

John Andrew Coryell
Videotape Editor

Dennis Atkinson
Videotape Editor

KDN Videoworks
Sound and Lighting

Elizza Anzano
Audio Post

Greg Ward
Audio Post

Dan Yessian
Music Supervisor

Martin Liebman
Original Score

Scotty Gatteno
Score Mixer

Mike Cesarz
Computer Support

Mike Wooley
Illustrator

Bob Cusmano
Graphics

Pat Mathews
Colorist

John Andrew Coryell
Research Consultant

Jim Shemansky
Research Consultant

Robert Arkus
Production Consultant

Ginger Crider
Production Secretary

Spanky Sikes
Production Assistant

Matt Christopher
Production Assistant

Michelle Roy
Production Assistant

Jennifer Eggenberger
Production Assistant

Maureen Gierucki
Production Assistant

Joyce Wolka
Production Assistant

Rebecca Staats
Production Assistant

Alice Christopher
Production Assistant

John Eggenberger
Production Assistant

Chris Hunt
Production Assistant

Richard D. Rattner
Legal Counsel

Jeffrey Sadowski
Copyright Attorney

Joe DeRita
Special Thanks

Joe Besser
Special Thanks

Phyllis Goldbloom
Special Thanks

Lyla Budnick
Special Thanks

Robert N. Benjamin
Special Thanks

Gary Lassin
Special Thanks

Jean DeRita
Special Thanks

Jill Howard Marcus
Special Thanks

Nate Budnick
Special Thanks

Kris Lamond Cutler
Special Thanks

Robin Lassin
Special Thanks

Sandie Howard-Isaac
Special Thanks

Janie Howard Hanky
Special Thanks

Ted Healy Jr.
Special Thanks

Paul 'Mousie' Garner
Special Thanks

Adam West
Special Thanks

Billy West
Special Thanks

Edward Bernds
Special Thanks

Lola Jensen
Special Thanks

Sally Starr
Special Thanks

Jerry Ohlinger
Special Thanks

Steve Cox
Special Thanks

Dan Walsh
Special Thanks

Frank Reighter
Special Thanks

Bob Bernet
Special Thanks

Rob Swerdlow
Special Thanks

Mark S. Gilman
Special Thanks

Jim Shemansky
Special Thanks

Kenny Heath
Special Thanks

Richard Baron Cohen
Special Thanks

Dave Knight
Special Thanks

Neil Sumstad
Special Thanks

V. West
Special Thanks

Andre Blay
Special Thanks

Sandy Solomon
Special Thanks

Chris Hanson
Special Thanks

Dennis Atkinson
Special Thanks

Herb Taylor
Special Thanks

Betty Gierucki
Special Thanks

Jim Makin
Special Thanks

Ken Allison
Special Thanks

Bob Ross
Special Thanks

Lori Gidley
Special Thanks

Irene Chunn
Special Thanks

Larry Harper
Special Thanks

Susan Hunt
Special Thanks

Eileen Dogon
Special Thanks

Craig Gierucki
Special Thanks

Vicki Taylor
Special Thanks

Jack Makin
Special Thanks

Mic Stankiewicz
Special Thanks

Maureen Gierucki
Special Thanks

Michael Friend
Special Thanks

Donald Rottenbucher
Special Thanks

Bob Frongillo Jr.
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