I bought both "Swing Parade" and "Extreme Rareties" disks and I really enjoyed them both. I have to commend Legend for the nice bonus materials on both. Swing Parade was pretty decent knowing Curly's health was not great at the time the film was made, and I liked having the non-Stooge short with Dudley Dickerson in the extras.
Rareties had some cool stuff I've never seen before, the "Screen Snapshots" episode was interesting but it was kinda glaring how the parts with Moe and Larry trying to get Curly on the horse were in colour while the rest of the short was in B&W. They did a nice job with "Heavenly Daze" I thought, and I loved the Larry and Joe interviews and the On The Go interview footage with the boys and their familes.
One of the best things for me was seeing the 3 skits they did on "The Steve Allen Show". I have mixed feelings about the Curly Joe era but I have to admit those 3 skits were VERY funny. They even did a good job with the "Maharaja" routine. The "Operation" skit was alot of fun but the "Life of a Stunt Double" skit was freaking hilarious! I noticed how sick Moe sounded, thats quite a testament that despite the flu and a sore voice he still performed the skit! Moe was amazing.
I wish there was a way to get the Live and Hilarious disk without having the buy the box set, I dont want the Greatest Routines disk at ALL.
"Moronica must expand! We must lend our neighbors a helping hand. We must lend them two helping hands, and help ourselves to our neighbors!"
Moe in "You Natzi Spy!"
Larry: Say, when I come back I’ll give you a password.
Moe: Brilliant, what’ll it be?
Larry: Open The Door!
"Studio Stoops"