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The 3 Stooges

Publisher Year(s) Issued Set Type
Fleer 1959 Base Set

  • 96 card set.
  • Colorized images from the Columbia shorts starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine & Curly Howard, with a few cards featuring promotional shots of Moe, Larry and Curly Joe DeRita.
  • The first 3 cards are mini-bios of the Stooges; the balance of the set features joke captions on the front, with expanded text and jokes on the back related to the front image.
  • Fleer printed the cards on white/cream and grey card stocks.
  • Three cards (#s 16, 63, 64) have checklist variants.  the checklists were not printed on grey stock.
  • Some cards have front image color variations.

Many thanks to Richard Cohen and his Twinight Collection of 1959 Three Stooges trading cards for making this page possible.

1959 Fleer Three Stooges Set the Most Popular Non-Sports Set in the Hobby by Kevin Glew (Sports Market Report, June 2, 2009)


Card No. 1 Curly

Curly passed away 7 years before this trading card.  The cards were marketed for children, so it's assumed the writers decided to sidestep that information.

Card No. 2 Moe

Card No. 2 Moe (Color Variant)

Card No. 3 Larry

Card No. 4 Room in basement

Card No. 4 Room in basement (Color Variant)

Card No. 5 They went thatta-way

Card No. 6 One more bag

Card No. 6 One more bag (Color Variant)

Card No. 7 Carpet capers

Card No. 8 I told you so

Card No. 9 K.O. Stradivarius

Card No. 10 We know you have it

Card No. 10 We know you have it (Color Variant)

Card No. 11 Needling Moe

Card No. 12 I'm a tailor

Card No. 13 Which is the horse

Card No. 14 X-ray

Card No. 15 Open your mouth

Card No. 16 Tight shoes

Card No. 16 Tight shoes (Checklist)

Card No. 17 See no evil

Card No. 17 See no evil (Color Variant)

Card No. 18 One more rehearsal

Card No. 19 Curly gets a bite

Card No. 20 Fancy finish

Card No. 21 Peek-a-boo

Card No. 21 Peek-a-boo (Color Variant)

Card No. 22 Putting pressure on

Card No. 23 Early to bed

Card No. 24 Look out below

Card No. 25 Take the elevator

Card No. 26 The "tree" Stooges

Card No. 27 Not wanted

Card No. 28 Full blooded Indians

Card No. 29 Small brain

Card No. 29 Small brain (Color Variant)

Card No. 30 In the bag

Card No. 31 Bargain hunters

Card No. 31 Bargain hunters (Color Variant)

Card No. 32 Cleaning up the west

Card No. 33 One buttered muffin

Card No. 34 Birds of a feather

Card No. 34 Birds of a feather (Color Variant)

Card No. 35 Who's your friend

Card No. 36 Curly gets too nosey

Card No. 36 Curly gets too nosey (Color Variant)

Card No. 37 Turn off the fan

Card No. 38 Contact

Card No. 38 Contact (Color Variant)

Card No. 39 Test flight

Card No. 40 Almost perfect

Card No. 41 About face

Card No. 42 Hair raising story

Card No. 42 Hair raising story (Color Variant)

Card No. 43 No down payment

Card No. 44 A hat for Halloween

Card No. 44 A hat for Halloween (Color Variant)

Card No. 45 A crazy chicken

Card No. 46 Singing in shower

Card No. 47 Curly drops by

Card No. 48 Larry plays by ear

Card No. 49 Always on the go

Card No. 50 Roman Rascals

Card No. 51 Easy on the suit

Card No. 52 Indigestion

Card No. 53 That's an order

Card No. 54 The barbers

Card No. 55 Time signal

Card No. 55 Time signal (Color Variant)

Card No. 56 A little off the top

Card No. 57 The bullfighters

Card No. 58 Curly in pictures

Card No. 59 Lost, one canary

Card No. 60 8 to 5 you miss

Card No. 61 Never took a lesson

Card No. 61 Never took a lesson (Color Variant)

Card No. 62 2 + 2 = 3

Card No. 63 First things first

Card No. 63 First things first (Checklist)

Card No. 63 First things first (Color Variant)

Card No. 64 Half a disguise

Card No. 64 Half a disguise (Checklist)

Card No. 65 Dinner music

Card No. 66 Horse doctors

Card No. 67 It's not a dog

Card No. 68 Call the S.P.C.A.

Card No. 68 Call the S.P.C.A. (Color Variant)

Card No. 69 Roses or noses

Card No. 70 Horsin' around

Card No. 71 Getting even

Card No. 72 The hula hoop

Card No. 72 The hula hoop (Color Variant)

Card No. 73 Bang

Card No. 74 Don't break anything

Card No. 75 Take me to leader

Card No. 76 Down on the farm

Card No. 77 Lost - one dog

Card No. 78 Good health fun

Card No. 79 Somebody's flat

Card No. 80 Call Sherlock Holmes

Card No. 80 Call Sherlock Holmes (Color Variant)

Card No. 81 Desperado at large

Card No. 81 Desperado at large (Color Variant)

Card No. 82 Permiss of Fatastan

Card No. 83 Doctor in the house

Card No. 83 Doctor in the house (Color Variant)

Card No. 84 The gladiators

Card No. 85 Giving Moe a hand

Card No. 85 Giving Moe a hand (Color Variant)

Card No. 86 Round and round

Card No. 87 Don't leave the room

Card No. 87 Don't leave the room (Color Variant)

Card No. 88 Throw us a bone

Card No. 89 Fire engines

Card No. 90 No more chairs

Card No. 91 Curly uses his head

Card No. 92 A head - for fishing

Card No. 93 Never do it again

Card No. 94 Nose is too long

Card No. 95 This line is busy

Card No. 96 The squeeze play

22 / 37 / 54 Television's Favorite With the Kids, The 3 Stooges

3-Panel Grey Back Promo Card

One of 3 known, uncut promo cards from the grey back print run

Image courtesy of Richard Cohen

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