Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Miscellaneous Appearances
44 min. (TV Special)
Woody Harrelson hosts this NBC-TV tribute to the film legacy of The Three Stooges, featuring brief clips taken from more than half of the comedy team's Columbia short subjects and their feature films. Filmed at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theatre. Celebrity guests include Michael Chiklis, who played 'Curly' in the 2000 TV movie, the Farrelly brothers, Bridget Fonda, Tom Arnold, Tracy Morgan and Cheryl Hines.
Clips from other than the Columbia shorts include 1929 newsreel footage of Moe and Shemp at Coney Island, SOUP TO NUTS (1930), NERTSERY RHYMES (1933), PLANE NUTS (1933), JERKS OF ALL TRADES (1949), THE FRANK SINATRA SHOW (1952), THE EDDIE CANTOR COMEDY THEATRE (1955), THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW (1959), ON THE GO (1960), THE NEW 3 STOOGES (1965), DANNY THOMAS MEETS THE COMICS (1965) and the 1983 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.
Originally scheduled to air on February 18, it even had a featured write-up in the Feb. 15 issue of TV Guide. Rescheduled for April 1, it was postponed again and finally aired on April 29.
Based on a presumed April 1 airdate, April 5's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ran a sketch spoofing the special and its host Woody Harrelson, with host Bernie Mac as 4th Stooge 'Rib-Eye Wilkins.'
Woody Harrelson
Host
Moe Howard
Himself / archive footage
Larry Fine
Himself / archive footage
Shemp Howard
Himself / archive footage
Jerry Howard
Himself / archive footage
Joe Besser
Himself / archive footage
Joe DeRita
Himself / archive footage
Ted Healy
Himself / archive footage
Bonnie Bonnell
archive footage
Jennie Horwitz
Herself
Solomon Horwitz
Himself
Helen Howard
Herself
Jennifer Howard
Herself
Paul Howard
Himself
Joan Howard Maurer
Herself / archive footage
Elaine Howard Diamond
Herself
Gertrude Howard
Herself
Mort Howard
Himself
Phyllis Fine Lamond
Herself / archive footage
Jean DeRita
Herself
Bobby Farrelly
Himself
Peter Farrelly
Himself
Bridget Fonda
Herself
Michael Chiklis
Himself / archive footage
Tracy Morgan
Himself
Cheryl Hines
Herself
Tom Arnold
Himself
Gary Owens
Himself
Stanley Price
archive footage
Bud Jamison
archive footage
Joe Palma
archive footage
Robert Stevens
archive footage
Samson Burke
archive footage
James C. Morton
archive footage
Ted Lorch
archive footage
John Tyrrell
archive footage
Julie Duncan
archive footage
Julie Gibson
archive footage
Ruth Skinner
archive footage
Jock Mahoney
archive footage
Evelyn Young
archive footage
Vernon Dent
archive footage
George J. Lewis
archive footage
Dorothy Moore
archive footage
Ethelreda Leopold
archive footage
Marjorie Kane
archive footage
Christine McIntyre
archive footage
Diana Darrin
archive footage
Norma Randall
archive footage
Ruth Godfrey
archive footage
Shirley Patterson
archive footage
Marjorie Deanne
archive footage
Herbert Evans
archive footage
Chet Brandenburg
archive footage
Gino Corrado
archive footage
Dorothy Appleby
archive footage
Don Roberts
archive footage
Dell Henderson
archive footage
Eddie Laughton
archive footage
Symona Boniface
archive footage
Barbara Slater
archive footage
Emil Sitka
archive footage
Dick Wessel
archive footage
Harold Brauer
archive footage
Eddie Cantor
archive footage
Duke York
archive footage
Tiny Jones
archive footage
William J. O'Brien
archive footage
Alice Belcher
archive footage
Dan Brady
archive footage
Jack Duffy
archive footage
George Gray
archive footage
Hank Bell
archive footage
Edward LeSaint
archive footage
Al Thompson
archive footage
Jack Linkletter
archive footage
Joe Bolton
archive footage
Mary Ainslee
archive footage
Frank Sinatra
archive footage
Emory Parnell
archive footage
Lelah Tyler
archive footage
Cy Schindell
archive footage
Sam Lufkin
archive footage
Danny Thomas
archive footage
Fred Kohler
archive footage
Leo Willis
archive footage
Fred Kelsey
archive footage
Lorna Gray
archive footage
Don Beddoe
archive footage
Blackie Whiteford
archive footage
Gabe Dell
archive footage
Robert McKenzie
archive footage
Poppy Wilde
archive footage
George B. French
archive footage
Phyllis Crane
archive footage
Harry Holman
archive footage
Betty McMahon
archive footage
William J. Irving
archive footage
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
archive footage
Geneva Mitchell
archive footage
Nanette Bordeaux
archive footage
Lucille Ball
archive footage
Jean Carmen
archive footage
Earlene Heath
archive footage
Lucille Lund
archive footage
Jack Kenney
archive footage
Suzanne Ridgeway
archive footage
Estelita Zarco
archive footage
Blanca Vischer
archive footage
Carmen Bailey
archive footage
Frank Mitchell
archive footage
Lindsay Bourquin
archive footage
Laverne Thompson
archive footage
Betty Phares
archive footage
Johnny Carson
archive footage
Albert Brooks
archive footage
Bruce Campbell
archive footage
Ben Stiller
archive footage
Mel Gibson
archive footage
Dennis Rosenblatt
Director
Daniel L. Oppenheim
Producer
George Paige
Executive Producer
Robert N. Benjamin
Executive Producer
Earl M. Benjamin
Executive Producer
Peter A. Steen
Co-Producer
Ryan Jordan
Coordinating Producer
Peter A. Steen
Writer
Hector Ramirez
Camera Operator
David Hilmer
Camera Operator
Norm Johnston
Camera Operator
Allen Randolph
Editor
Chip Pauken
Editor
Bill Admans
On-Line Editor
Bruce Ryan
Production Designer
James Nelson
Art Director
Mark Lyons
Audio
Ish Garcia
Audio
Eric Allaman
Music
Gigi De Leon
Makeup
Valdez Flagg
Production Supervisor
James Tumminia
Production Consultant
Steven D'Arcangelo
Production Coordinator
Jon Palmer
Video Engineer
Mark Mardoyan
Video Operator
Craig Dumont
Assistant Editor
Simon Miles
Lighting Design
Maurice Dupleasis
Gaffer
Patrick Boozer
Best Boy
Gus Dominguez
Best Boy
Bryan Gowin
Grip
Jared Harrell
Grip
Steve Moreno
Electrician
Brian Bernie
Electrician
Omar Nevarez
Electrician
Calvin Dupleasis
Electrician
Marcus Yasui
Camera Utilities
Charles Fernandez
Camera Utilities
Wiley Live
Camera Utilities
Justin Dubose
Camera Utilities
Brian Ferris
Lighting Board Operator
Richard K. Allen
Sound Design
Phyllis Allison
Script Supervisor
Damon D'Amato
Teleprompter
Kelley Wright
Prop Master
Jeremiah Redclay
Scenic Artist
Miles Williams
Crew Chief
Cliff Shakun
Master Capenter
Ryan Gresch
Carpenter
Dominic Adame
Carpenter
Robert Paetz
Carpenter
Tony Gonzales
Carpenter
Matthew Reichman
Researcher
Charles Rojas
Researcher
Josh Siemens
Production Assistant
Chas Hollis
Production Assistant
Andres Palencia
Intern
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