Topic: February - April 2009 TV Stooges

[BeAStooge]

Eastern Times

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES

February
LA FIESTA DE SANTA BARBARA (1935)  Ted Healy costars
2/26  5:41AM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963 Widescreen)  Moe, Larry & Curly Joe cameo
2/2  9:30PM
MY SISTER EILEEN (1942)  Moe, Larry & Curly cameo
2/3  10PM
SAN FRANCISCO (1936)  Ted Healy costars
2/26  11:30AM

March
(nuthin')

April
BOMBSHELL (1933)  Ted Healy costars
4/14  9AM
THE DOUGHGIRLS (1944)  Joe DeRita costars
4/30  10:45AM
FEUDIN', FUSSIN', AND A-FIGHTIN' (1948)  Joe Besser costars
4/22  8PM

May
BOMBSHELL (1933)  Ted Healy costars
5/3  8AM
THE CASINO MURDER CASE (1935)  Ted Healy costars
5/27  10:30AM
DANCING LADY (1933)  Ted Healy & His Stooges costar
5/28  12PM
SPEED (1936)  Ted Healy costars
5/19  8AM


FOX MOVIE CHANNEL

February
THE ROOKIE (1959)  Joe Besser costars
2/9  9:30AM


ENCORE WESTERN CHANNEL

February
THE GENE AUTRY SHOW: The Million Dollar Fiddle (1955)  Joe Besser guest stars
2/17  7:30AM


Other TCM programming of interest...

Harold Lloyd
GIRL SHY (1924), 3/9 12AM
AN EASTERN WESTERNER (1920), 3/9 1:30AM
A SAILOR-MADE MAN (1921), 5/25 12AM
Harold Lloyd Festival, 4/20 6AM - 7PM:
HIGH & DIZZY (1920)
NEVER WEAKEN (1921)
GIRL SHY (1924)
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE (1926)
FEET FIRST (1930)
MOVIE CRAZY (1932)
THE CAT'S PAW (1934)
THE MILKY WAY (1936)
HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY (1962)
HAROLD LLOYD'S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE (1963)

Marx Brothers
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935), 3/7 8PM, 4/21 12:45AM
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (1952), Groucho Marx & William Bendix, 5/1 2:45PM

Buster Keaton
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963), 2/2 9:30PM
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1966), 2/3 6:15PM
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950), 2/22 4PM, 4/17 8AM
LA FIESTA DE SANTA BARBARA (1935), 2/26 5:41AM
LIMELIGHT (1952), 3/1 7AM, 5/4 6:45AM
THE NAVIGATOR (1924), 3/16 8PM
MABEL & FATTY'S WASH DAY (1915), Fatty Arbuckle & Buster Keaton, 3/16 9:15PM
BEACH BLANKET BINGO (1965), 3/30 9:30AM
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Widescreen 1960), 4/23 6PM

Laurel & Hardy
WAY OUT WEST (1937), 2/26 7:30AM
ZENOBIA (1939), Oliver Hardy & Harry Langdon, 4/4 6AM
THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE (1930), 5/27 6AM

Charlie Chaplin
THE GOLD RUSH (1925), 2/26 6AM
LIMELIGHT (1952), 3/1 7AM, 5/4 6:45AM
CITY LIGHTS (1931), 4/20 12AM
SUNNYSIDE (1919), 4/20 1:30AM
MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947), 4/23 2:45AM
CHARLIE: THE LIFE AND ART OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN (2003), 4/23 4:45AM
THE PILGRIM (1923), 5/4 6AM
SHOULDER ARMS (1918), 5/25 1AM
Charlie Chaplin Festival, 4/16 6AM - 7PM:
TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914)
A DOG'S LIFE (1918)
A DAY'S PLEASURE (1919)
THE KID (1921)
PAY DAY (1922)
A WOMAN OF PARIS (1923)
THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
MODERN TIMES (1936)
THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
A KING IN NEW YORK (1957)
THE CHAPLIN REVUE (1959)

Fatty Arbuckle
MABEL & FATTY'S WASH DAY (1915), Fatty Arbuckle & Buster Keaton, 3/16 9:15PM
HE DID AND HE DIDN'T (1916), 3/16 10:45PM
FATTY & MABEL'S SIMPLE LIFE (1915), 3/17 3:15AM

The East Side Kids / Dead End Kids
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (1938), 2/16 10AM, 3/22 8AM, 4/15 2AM
ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES (1939), 3/5 12:30AM

W. C. Fields
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935), 2/10 6AM
MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940), 4/21 10:30PM


Other Fox Movie Channel programming of interest...

W. C. Fields
TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942), 2/8 9:30AM, 2/17 6AM, 3/6 6AM

[chad2411]

IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD drove me Mad waiting patiently for the Stooges the first time I watched it, and to top it off it was a 3 second scan.  Now that's a cameo!!  Oh well, still a good movie. 

Thanks for the post!

[Sixpak]

Can someone tell me why there's been such a TV drought.  Can we put some pressure on SpikeTV?  They refuse to answer my emails about this?

[xraffle]

Can someone tell me why there's been such a TV drought.  Can we put some pressure on SpikeTV?  They refuse to answer my emails about this?

I think the main reason is because the stooges are hard to show on TV since each short is around 17 minutes. One short every half hour can lead to excessive commercials. This was the problem Spike TV was facing. And three shorts every hour can lead to excessive editing. This was the problem The Family Channel was facing. AMC was the perfect channel to air the stooges, but they’re not a commercial-free station anymore. So, the only channel left is TCM. Let’s hope that they'll consider airing the stooges sometime in the future.

[JazzBill]

I think the main reason is because the stooges are hard to show on TV since each short is around 17 minutes. One short every half hour can lead to excessive commercials. This was the problem Spike TV was facing. And three shorts every hour can lead to excessive editing. This was the problem The Family Channel was facing. AMC was the perfect channel to air the stooges, but they’re not a commercial-free station anymore. So, the only channel left is TCM. Let’s hope that they'll consider airing the stooges sometime in the future.

I never thought of that before but you could be right. In Chicago they run 5 shorts in TWO hours every Saturday night. That allows them to show them without commercials in the middle of the shorts. They do put a little filler in between the shorts. Stuff like letters or trivia questions.

[locoboymakesgood]

Commercials were abundant when the Stooges were on AMC. They need to go to another station or TCM.

I wonder when Spike's contract ends.

[Sixpak]

Hi JazzBill,

What station in Chicago and what time?   I'm real close (about 60 miles).  Maybe I can use an antenna.

Thanks.

[Sadistic Stooge]

26 or 26.1 the u www.wciu.com  hope that helps you out