Topic: Comedy Classics on Me-TV Plus

[Mark The Shark]

I'm not sure if this is just a local Chicago channel or if it's nationwide like the main original Me-TV. But anyway, they have a show called "Comedy Classics" which I understand runs weeknights and features the Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy and the Little Rascals.

I don't get the channel, and I have all these films on DVD anyway, but I am curious if anyone out there has kept a log of what they've shown. It would be a really cool show and a throwback to my youth when Channel 32 in Chicago used to air the "Stooges Rascals Hour." They also (briefly) carried Laurel & Hardy in the early 1980s (bringing them back after having previously run them in the late 1960s and early 1970s), but just for several months, and they (unwisely) alternated L&H with the Stooges, running them for several weeks at a time on "Comedy Classics" in place of the Stooges, at the peak of the Stooges' revival in popularity in the early 1980s. I guess L&H were not well received (although I was very happy to see them), but I wonder if they would have performed better alongside the Stooges rather than bumping them. Anyway...

I do have a few friends who get the channel and check the show out occasionally. From their reports, it seems some of the Laurel & Hardy films are the old video masters from the 1986 "Laurel And Hardy Show." And apparently some of the Stooge shorts have been presented bizarrely, like showing a 1930s short but with a late 1940s "The End" title card replacing the original. That makes no sense to me whatsoever when all the shorts were remastered for DVD.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone has been following this show and keeping track of which films have been shown.

[metaldams]

I’m sorry I can’t answer your question, Mark.  I hope someone else can.  Like you I have all this stuff on DVD or Blu Ray and don’t search this out on TV.

That said, as some one getting into streaming as of late and recognizing that channels and streaming services are taking over physical media - the more these old films show up on these services, the better for the future.  Glad this Comedy Classics show exists.

[Mark The Shark]

Little bit of an update to this topic: I now have a digital antenna and I've been following this show since the end of 2021. I have been keeping a log of the films they've shown at the Chicago Bacon Grabbers Facebook page.

Although friends reported to me that the Laurel & Hardy films appeared to be sourced from the 1986 "Laurel & Hardy Show," most of the ones I've recently seen match up with the versions on the Essential Collection DVD set.

The Little Rascals films appear to be colorized versions with the color turned off. Most have original titles, but I have seen a few odd ones including a remade title with CCA's name on it which was similar to the 1937-38 titles but with different photos and the name "The Little Rascals" instead of "Our Gang." And another short had, get this, re-created King World titles. But otherwise, most are original.

Some of the Stooge shorts have their end titles changed -- a late 1940s end title will appear at the end of a 1930s short. What's up with that?

[Mark The Shark]

In case anyone is interested in what they've been showing:

12/28/2021
Three Stooges (No Census, No Feeling)
Three Stooges (Rip, Sew And Stitch)
Three Stooges (The Hot Scots)
Little Rascals (Bored Of Education)
Little Rascals (Pay As You Exit)
Laurel & Hardy (Perfect Day)

12/29/2021
Three Stooges (Nutty But Nice)
Three Stooges (Sappy Bull Fighters)
Three Stooges (I'll Never Heil Again)
Little Rascals (Bouncing Babies)
Laurel & Hardy (Them Thar Hills)

12/30/2021
Three Stooges (Oily To Bed, Oily To Rise)
Three Stooges (Scotched In Scotland)
Three Stooges (I'm A Monkey's Uncle)
Little Rascals (Boxing Gloves)
Laurel & Hardy (Our Wife)

12/31/2021
Three Stooges (Pardon My Scotch)
Three Stooges (Spooks!)
Three Stooges (In The Sweet Pie And Pie)
Laurel & Hardy (Beau Hunks)
Little Rascals (Mail And Female)

1/1/2022
Three Stooges (Phony Express)
Three Stooges (The Three Troubledoers)
Three Stooges (Love At First Bite)
Three Stooges (Hot Ice)
Three Stooges (Gents In A Jam)
Little Rascals (Canned Fishing)

1/4/2022
Three Stooges (He Cooked His Goose)
Three Stooges (Pest Man Wins)
Three Stooges (A Pain In The Pullman)
Little Rascals (Bargain Day)
Laurel & Hardy (Dirty Work)

1/5/2022
Three Stooges (Hoofs And Goofs)
Three Stooges (Some More Of Samoa)
Three Stooges (A Bird In The Head)
Little Rascals (Rushin' Ballet)
Laurel & Hardy (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case)

1/6/2022
Three Stooges (Spook Louder)
Three Stooges (A Ducking They Did Go)
Three Stooges (Horsing Around)
Three Stooges (Mutts To You)
Little Rascals (Divot Diggers)
*Laurel & Hardy (Men O' War)
(*first 13 minutes only)

1/7/2022
Three Stooges (Corny Casanovas)
Three Stooges (Rumpus In The Harem)
Three Stooges (All Gummed Up)
Little Rascals (Our Gang Follies Of 1936)
Laurel & Hardy (Thicker Than Water)

1/8/2022
Three Stooges (Dopey Dicks)
Three Stooges (Rusty Romeos)
Three Stooges (All The World's A Stooge)
Little Rascals (For Pete's Sake!)
Laurel & Hardy (Their First Mistake)

1/11/2022
Three Stooges (Flagpole Jitters)
Three Stooges (Squareheads Of The Round Table)
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Laurel & Hardy (The Chimp)

1/12/2022
Three Stooges (Guns A Poppin!)
Three Stooges (Tassels In The Air)
Three Stooges (A Plumbing We Will Go)
Little Rascals (Hide And Shriek)
Laurel & Hardy (The Music Box)

1/13/2022
Three Stooges (Hula-La-La)
Three Stooges (Scheming Schemers)
Three Stooges (Beer Barrel Polecats)
Little Rascals (Glove Taps)
Laurel & Hardy (Chickens Come Home --)

1/14/2022
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Three Stooges (Boobs In Arms)
Little Rascals (Three Men In A Tub)
Laurel & Hardy (Oliver The Eighth)

1/15/2022
Three Stooges (Punchy Cowpunchers)
Three Stooges (Scrambled Brains)
Laurel & Hardy (Pardon Us)

1/18/2022
Three Stooges (Malice In The Palace)
Three Stooges (Self Made Maids)
Three Stooges (Busy Buddies)
Three Stooges (Sock-A-Bye Baby)
Laurel & Hardy (The Fixer Uppers)
Little Rascals (Feed 'Em And Weep)

1/19/2022
Three Stooges (Matri-Phony)
Three Stooges (Space Ship Sappy)
Three Stooges (Cactus Makes Perfect)
Little Rascals (Night 'N' Gales)
Laurel & Hardy (Twice Two)

1/20/2022
Three Stooges (Monkey Businessmen)
Three Stooges (Slaphappy Sleuths)
Three Stooges (Calling All Curs)
Little Rascals (Teacher's Pet)
Laurel & Hardy (The Midnight Patrol)

1/21/2022
Three Stooges (Mummy's Dummies)
Three Stooges (Three Little Twirps)
Three Stooges (Cash And Carry)
Little Rascals (Hook And Ladder)
Laurel & Hardy (Unaccustomed As We Are --)

1/22/2022.
Three Stooges (Out West)
Three Stooges (A Snitch In Time)
Three Stooges (Cookoo Cavaliers)
Little Rascals (Hi'-Neighbor!)
Laurel & Hardy (Going Bye-Bye!)

1/25/2022
Three Stooges (Pardon My Clutch)
Three Stooges (Stone Age Romeos)
Three Stooges (Crash Goes The Hash)
Little Rascals (The Lucky Corner)
Laurel & Hardy (Blotto)

1/26/2022
Three Stooges (Punch Drunks)
Three Stooges (Three Missing Links)
Three Stooges (Dizzy Detectives)
Little Rascals (Mama's Little Pirate)
Laurel & Hardy (Towed In A Hole)

1/27/2022
Three Stooges (Triple Crossed)
Three Stooges (Three Sappy People)
Three Stooges (Dizzy Doctors)
Little Rascals (Shrimps For A Day)
Laurel & Hardy (Be Big!)

1/28/2022
Three Stooges (Rhythm And Weep)
Three Stooges (Studio Stoops)
Three Stooges (Dizzy Pilots)
Little Rascals (Mike Fright)
Laurel & Hardy (Helpmates)

1/29/2022
Three Stooges (Pop Goes The Easel)
Three Stooges (Three Arabian Nuts)
Three Stooges (Dutiful But Dumb)
Little Rascals (Shiver My Timbers)
Laurel & Hardy (Another Fine Mess)

2/1/2022
Three Stooges (Three Little Pigskins)
Three Stooges (Three Dark Horses)
Three Stooges (3 Dumb Clucks)
Little Rascals (Mush And Milk)
Laurel & Hardy (Come Clean)

2/2/2022
Three Stooges (Three Little Pirates)
Three Stooges (Uncivil War Birds)
Three Stooges (False Alarms)
Little Rascals (Little Sinner)
Laurel & Hardy (Hog Wild)

2/3/2022
Three Stooges (Three Pests In A Mess)
Three Stooges (G.I. Wanna Home)
Three Stooges (Three Little Beers)
Little Rascals (When The Wind Blows)
Laurel & Hardy (The Live Ghost)

2/4/2022
Three Stooges (Who Done It?)
Three Stooges (Three Hams On Rye)
Three Stooges (Flat Foot Stooges)
Little Rascals (Wild Poses)
*Laurel & Hardy (Laughing Gravy)
(*two-reel version)

2/5/2022
Three Stooges (Whoops, I'm An Indian!)
Three Stooges (Creeps)
Three Stooges (Three Little Sew And Sews)
Little Rascals (Beginner's Luck)
Laurel & Hardy (One Good Turn)

2/8/2022
Three Stooges (Woman Haters)
Three Stooges (The Tooth Will Out)
Three Stooges (Fright Night)
Little Rascals (Bedtime Worries)
Laurel & Hardy (Tit For Tat)

2/9/2022
Three Stooges (You Nazty Spy!)
Three Stooges (Vagabond Loafers)
Three Stooges (From Nurse To Worse)
Little Rascals (Dogs Is Dogs)
Laurel & Hardy (Night Owls)

2/10/2022
Three Stooges (Baby Sitters Jitters)
Three Stooges (Wee Wee Monsieur)
Little Rascals (Sprucin' Up)
Laurel & Hardy (Beau Hunks)
Little Rascals (Framing Youth)

2/11/2022
Three Stooges (Bedlam In Paradise)
Three Stooges (Uncivil Warriors)
Three Stooges (The Ghost Talks)
Little Rascals (Arbor Day)
Laurel & Hardy (Perfect Day)

2/12/2022
Three Stooges (Blunder Boys)
Three Stooges (Wham! Bam! Slam!)
Laurel & Hardy (Our Relations)

2/15/2022
Three Stooges (Restless Knights)
Three Stooges (Loose Loot)
Three Stooges (Half Shot Shooters)
Little Rascals (Fly My Kite)
Laurel & Hardy (County Hospital)

2/16/2022
Three Stooges (Rockin' Thru The Rockies)
Three Stooges (Dunked In The Deep)
Three Stooges (Half-Wits Holiday)
Three Stooges (Our Gang Follies Of 1938)
Laurel & Hardy (Below Zero)

2/17/2022
Three Stooges (Saved By The Belle)
Three Stooges (For Crimin' Out Loud)
Three Stooges (Healthy, Wealthy And Dumb)
Little Rascals (Forgotten Babies)
Laurel & Hardy (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case)

2/18/2022
Three Stooges (The Sitter Downers)
Three Stooges (Hot Stuff)
Laurel & Hardy (Saps At Sea)

2/19/2022
Three Stooges (Slippery Silks)
Three Stooges (Hugs And Mugs)
Laurel & Hardy (The Bohemian Girl)

2/22/2022
Three Stooges (Shot In The Frontier)
Three Stooges (Husbands Beware)
Laurel & Hardy (Way Out West)

2/23/2022
Three Stooges (Sweet And Hot)
Three Stooges (A Missed Fortune)
Laurel & Hardy (Pack Up Your Troubles)

2/24/2022
Three Stooges (Tricky Dicks)
Three Stooges (Fling In The Ring)
Laurel & Hardy (A Chump At Oxford)

2/25/2022
Three Stooges (Ants In The Pantry)
Three Stooges (Flying Saucer Daffy)
Laurel & Hardy (Sons Of The Desert)

2/26/2022
Three Stooges (We Want Our Mummy)
Three Stooges (Goof On The Roof)
Laurel & Hardy (Swiss Miss)

3/1/2022
Three Stooges (Three Smart Saps)
Three Stooges (I Can Hardly Wait)
Three Stooges (Gents Without Cents)
Little Rascals (Love Business)
Laurel & Hardy (Our Wife)

3/2/2022
Three Stooges (Commotion On The Ocean)
Three Stooges (Crime On Their Hands)
Three Stooges (Grips, Grunts And Groans)
Little Rascals (Second Childhood)
Laurel & Hardy (The Hoose-Gow)

3/3/2022
Three Stooges (Yes, We Have No Bonanza)
Three Stooges (Disorder In The Court)
Three Stooges (Higher Than A Kite)
Little Rascals (The Pigskin Palooka)
Laurel & Hardy (The Music Box)

3/4/2022
Three Stooges (Violent Is The Word For Curly)
Three Stooges (Idiots De Luxe)
Three Stooges (Hokus Pokus)
Three Stooges (Dopey Dicks)
Three Stooges (Flagpole Jitters)
Little Rascals (Rushin' Ballet)

3/5/2022
Three Stooges (Three Loan Wolves)
Little Rascals (Helping Grandma)
Laurel & Hardy (Pardon Us)

3/8/2022
Three Stooges (Back To The Woods)
Three Stooges (Knutzy Knights)
Three Stooges (The Hot Scots)
Little Rascals (The Pooch)
Laurel & Hardy (They Go Boom!)

3/9/2022
Three Stooges (Bubble Trouble)
Three Stooges (Even As IOU)
Three Stooges (Rip, Sew And Stitch)
Little Rascals (Pups Is Pups)
Laurel & Hardy (The Chimp)

3/10/2022
Three Stooges (Fifi Blows Her Top)
Three Stooges (Idle Roomers)
Three Stooges (No Census, No Feeling)
Little Rascals (Readin' And Writin')
Laurel & Hardy (Any Old Port!)

3/11/2022
Three Stooges (Playing The Ponies)
Three Stooges (Fuelin' Around)
Three Stooges (I'll Never Heil Again)
Little Rascals (Washer Ironee)
Laurel & Hardy (Busy Bodies)

3/12/2022
Three Stooges (The Yoke's On Me)
Three Stooges (If A Body Meets A Body)
Three Stooges (Sappy Bull Fighters)
Little Rascals (Teacher's Beau)
Laurel & Hardy (Me And My Pal)

3/15/2022
Three Stooges (Cuckoo On A Choo Choo)
Three Stooges (Loose Loot)
Three Stooges (Nutty But Nice)
Little Rascals (Shivering Shakespeare)
Laurel & Hardy (Night Owls)

3/16/2022
Three Stooges (Sing A Song Of Six Pants)
Three Stooges (Musty Musketeers)
Three Stooges (I'm A Monkey's Uncle)
Little Rascals (Free Eats)
Little Rascals (Little Papa)

3/17/2022
Three Stooges (Termites Of 1938)
Three Stooges (Loco Boy Makes Good)
Three Stooges (Scotched In Scotland)
Three Stooges (Up In Daisy's Penthouse)
Little Rascals (Bear Facts)
Little Rascals (Free Wheeling)

3/18/2022
Three Stooges (Shivering Sherlocks)
Three Stooges (Fiddlers Three)
Three Stooges (Oily To Bed, Oily To Rise)
Three Stooges (Punchy Cowpunchers)
Little Rascals (Roamin' Holiday)
Little Rascals (Spooky Hooky)

3/19/2022
Three Stooges (Horsing Around)
Three Stooges (Men In Black)
Three Stooges (In The Sweet Pie And Pie)
Three Stooges (Guns A Poppin)
Little Rascals (Birthday Blues)
Little Rascals (Pay As You Exit)

3/22/2022
Three Stooges (A Merry Mix-Up)
Three Stooges (Oil's Well That Ends Well)
Three Stooges (Ants In The Pantry)
Little Rascals (Glove Taps)
Laurel & Hardy (Thicker Than Water)
Little Rascals (Bored Of Education)

3/23/2022
Three Stooges (Don't Throw That Knife)
Three Stooges (Pies And Guys)
Laurel & Hardy (Block-Heads)

3/24/2022
Three Stooges (What's The Matador?)
Three Stooges (Pals And Gals)
Three Stooges (Love At First Bite)
Little Rascals (Bargain Day)
Little Rascals (Choo-Choo!)

3/25/2022
Three Stooges (Listen, Judge)
Three Stooges (Micro-Phonies)
Three Stooges (The Three Troubledoers)
Three Stooges (Hula-La-La)
Little Rascals (Bear Shooters)
Little Rascals (Mail And Female)

3/26/2022
Three Stooges (Of Cash And Hash)
Three Stooges (Pardon My Backfire)
Three Stooges (Hot Ice)
Three Stooges (Income Tax Sappy)
Laurel & Hardy (Chickens Come Home --)

3/29/2022
Three Stooges (Muscle Up A Little Closer)
Three Stooges (Gypped In The Penthouse)
Three Stooges (Phony Express)
Little Rascals (School's Out)
Laurel & Hardy (Scram!)

3/30/2022
Three Stooges (Sock-A-Bye Baby)
Three Stooges (Movie Maniacs)
Three Stooges (Gents In A Jam)
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3/31/2022
Three Stooges (Outer Space Jitters)
Three Stooges (Mutts To You)
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4/1/2022
Three Stooges (So Long Mr. Chumps)
Three Stooges (Quiz Whizz)
Three Stooges (He Cooked His Goose)
Three Stooges (Goofs And Saddles)
Little Rascals (Three Men In A Tub)
Little Rascals (The Lucky Corner)

4/2/2022
Three Stooges (Merry Mavericks)
Three Stooges (Tricky Dicks)
Laurel & Hardy (A Chump At Oxford)

4/5/2022
Three Stooges (A Bird In The Head)
Three Stooges (Back From The Front)
Three Stooges (A Missed Fortune)
Little Rascals (The First Round-Up)
Laurel & Hardy (Berth Marks)