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locoboymakesgood:
 I think I'm a pretty well-rounded Stooge Nut. I know a lot about them and their spanning career, but everytime I hear mentioned 'The Missing 60' I get confused. At some point or another I've seen all 190 shorts, but refresh my memory.. why are these shorts 'missing' and why doesn't Columbia include them in anything? I'm sure they're all Shemp and Joe's that consist of these 60, but if someone could elaborate I'd appreciate it.

Dunrobin:
When Columbia release the Stooges to AMC and others, for some bizarre reason they only included 130 of the episodes in the packages.  Hence we tend to refer to the others are the "Missing 60" episodes, since they haven't been aired in most markets.  (I guess there are some stations, like the one in Chicago, that have managed to obtain the rights to all 190 episodes.)

3Stooges:
Hey LocoBoy,

Here's a list of the Missing 60...

Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
We Want Our Mummy (1939)
Even as I.O.U. (1942)
They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Three Little Twirps (1943)
The Yoke's on Me (1944)
Booby Dupes (1945)
Three Pests in a Mess (1945)
G. I. Wanna Home (1946)
Uncivil War Birds (1946)
Mummy's Dummies (1948)
Pardon My Clutch (1948)
Fuelin' Around (1949)
Vagabond Loafers (1949)
Dopey Dicks (1950)
Hugs and Mugs (1950)
Love at First Bite (1950)
Self-Made Maids (1950)
Slaphappy Sleuths (1950)
Three Hams on Rye (1950)
Hula-La-La (1951)
A Missed Fortune (1951)
Pest Man Wins (1951)
Scrambled Brains (1951)
Three Arabian Nuts (1951)
Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952)
He Cooked His Goose (1952)
Booty and the Beast (1953)
Bubble Trouble (1953)
Loose Loot (1953)
Pardon My Backfire (1953)
Knutzy Knights (1954)
Musty Musketeers (1954)
Pals and Gals (1954)
Scotched in Scotland (1954)
Shot in the Frontier (1954)
Bedlam in Paradise (1955)
Fling in the Ring (1955)
Gypped in the Penthouse (1955)
Hot Ice (1955)
Of Cash and Hash (1955)
Stone Age Romeos (1955)
Wham-Bam-Slam! (1955)
Creeps (1956)
Flagpole Jitters (1956)
For Crimin' Out Loud (1956)
Husbands Beware (1956)
Rumpus in the Harem (1956)
Scheming Schemers (1956)
Guns a Poppin! (1957)
Horsing Around (1957)
A Merry Mix-Up (1957)
Rusty Romeos (1957)
Space Ship Sappy (1957)
Flying Saucer Daffy (1958)
Pies and Guys (1958)
Quiz Whizz (1958)
Sweet and Hot (1958)
Triple Crossed (1959)

Shemoeley Fine:
According to my filmography of viewed Stooges 2-Reelers every one of the "missing 60" has been aired by Los Angeles'
KCOP channel 13 in 1975 and 1976 because I have notes and ratings with the dates I saw them, moreover many of the Curly shorts on the list I have seen in 2 different Stooges festival at theatres in So Cal in either March or June of 1980.

Having stated that, my question is then the following, did Columbia withdraw permission to air these shorts and then re-released only the 130 now authorized or did the stations who already were airing them get "grandfathered in" which is why some stations still show them and any stations wanting to acquire Stooges films after this poor decision was made only got the 130?  Any clue as to when this took place?  I didn't see a Stooge short or have anything to do with them from 1981 or '82 until earlier this year when my love for Stooges was reborn so I was unaware of these "missing 60".

S F

goofontheroof:
The following are on a 4DVD set released in Australia:

Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
Even as I.O.U. (1942)
Three Pests in a Mess (1945)
G. I. Wanna Home (1946)
A Missed Fortune (1951)
Booty and the Beast (1953)
Loose Loot (1953)
Pardon My Backfire (1953)

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