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General Boards => General Discussion => Topic started by: garystooge on April 17, 2012, 11:13:27 AM
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The story below was recently posted on the tmz.com website:
The brainchild behind the porn parody, "Not the Three Stooges XXX" has been threatened by the guy behind the PG version that was released Friday -- to either put the brakes on the porn, or else.
Robert Benjamin, Executive VP and General Counsel of C3 Entertainment which produced the PG movie, fired off a letter -- obtained by TMZ -- to the lawyer for the triple X version, claiming the "low budget, clearly pornographic film" is not protected as a parody under the First Amendment.
But Michael Fattorosi, the XXX lawyer fired his own letter back -- which we also got -- claiming the only way Benjamin could stop him is with a proper trademark, and Fattorosi says the only Three Stooges trademark Benjamin owns is for Three Stooges bottled beer.
But even more basic -- Fattorosi lectures Benjamin on the fact that a parody is protected as free speech.
The PG movie came in second last weekend, pulling in $17 mil.
We'll see how the XXX version comes in.
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The replies I can make to this are endless. Must - show - restraint.
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We'll see how the XXX version comes in.
I bet it beats the Farrelly one. lol :laugh:
The real question is, who the fuck would want to see the stooges have sex? :-\
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I bet it beats the Farrelly one. lol :laugh:
The XXX version probably has a happier ending.
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The XXX version probably has a happier ending.
Haven't seen the movie yet, but i bet it does. ;)
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The XXX version probably has a happier ending.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but dosen't C3 own all of The Three Stooges copyrights?? If you want to make a Three Stooges coffee mug and sell it (legally) don't you need to get C3's permission first?? Wouldn't this apply to movies as well (XXX or otherwise)?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but dosen't C3 own all of The Three Stooges copyrights?? If you want to make a Three Stooges coffee mug and sell it (legally) don't you need to get C3's permission first?? Wouldn't this apply to movies as well (XXX or otherwise)?
My understanding is they own the actual images of Moe, Larry, Curly, and Curly Joe. I don't believe impersonating Curly and throwing him in a porno counts, but then again, I'm admittedly not an expert, so if I'm wrong, somebody please correct me.
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For what it's worth, I've watched other "Not [insert movie/TV show]: An XXX Parody" films, and minus the sex scenes they're hysterically bad. There's actually more story than fucking for the most part. The Batman one is one of the best, and the Ghostbusters one has decent SFX.
I wouldn't watch this one just because it'd be kind of bizarre seeing my childhood heroes in roles like this, but I think it's harmless.
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So I tell my brother there's a Stooge porno, and his response....
"That's awesome! Who's in it?"
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....and by the way, I have not seen the PG version yet, plans fell through on Sunday, though I will see it soon, and you better believe I will post a review, just in case my adoring fan base is waiting.
That said, something genuinely tells me I may laugh more at the XXX version. If the writer's fail to take advantage of Moe's catch phrase, "spread out," I will be greatly disappointed. OK, I said I must show restraint, bad Metal, BAD!
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X-rated stooges, is nothing sacred? Aye-carumba. [angry7]
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found a movie poster ...
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I'm looking at that poster and there are simply no words.....just....no words.
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Now I've seen everything...
(https://threestooges.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fplanetsmilies.net%2Fangry-smiley-195.gif&hash=99256bf94a16960be411acc252171ccee8bb727d)
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I bet it beats the Farrelly one. lol :laugh:
The real question is, who the fuck would want to see the stooges have sex? :-\
Same people who think Laurel & Hardy were gay.
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Is it just me or does the "Not" Curly kinda resemble a Kook's Tour era Derita?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but dosen't C3 own all of The Three Stooges copyrights?? If you want to make a Three Stooges coffee mug and sell it (legally) don't you need to get C3's permission first?? Wouldn't this apply to movies as well (XXX or otherwise)?
C3 owns the Trademark, not copyright.
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A better parody title that would have avoided trademark issues would be "The Three Screw-ges"
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I take it none of those ladies were hired to sing "Voices of Spring?"
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I take it none of those ladies were hired to sing "Voices of Spring?"
Hey, they might have been. Those sex scenes cant get really wild with all that moaning. >:D
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Is it just me or does the "Not" Curly kinda resemble a Kook's Tour era Derita?
I thought the exact same thing.
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There is a site called "fastload.com" in which if you give them your vital internet stats (and other such pulses), they will download the xxx movie to you for free ... I have not the balls to risk such an adventure ... sounds tricky and unwise - BTW ... "fastload.com" is not one I found by an immediate internet search, but when searching for the "Not The Three Stooges XXX" movie poster ... the internet still harbors dark corners ... (chilling wind whispering by)
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Is it just me or does the "Not" Curly kinda resemble a Kook's Tour era Derita?
LOL.
Yeah! And the guy playing "Larry" looks like a serial killer.
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There is a site called "fastload.com" in which if you give them your vital internet stats (and other such pulses), they will download the xxx movie to you for free ... I have not the balls to risk such an adventure ... sounds tricky and unwise
fastload.com? LMAO!
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fastload.com? LMAO!
Just seen what I posted! ME TOO!!! LMAO!!!
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LOL.
Yeah! And the guy playing "Larry" looks like a serial killer.
I think he looks more like Evan Stone myself....and no, I can't identify any of the other thespians on that poster.
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As someone on an anonymous xxx internet site once recently said ... Fyuck, fyuck, fyuck!! (no, it twern't me)
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An interesting link to follow ...
http://movieline.com/2012/04/17/will-three-stooges-xxx-finally-land-porn-parodies-in-supreme-court/ (http://movieline.com/2012/04/17/will-three-stooges-xxx-finally-land-porn-parodies-in-supreme-court/)
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All joking and potty humor aside, Giff mentions in the Casablanca thread researching the actors playing Curly and Moe....does this film make the threestooges.net database? If STOOGEMANIA makes the "miscellaneous" section, surely this film has a place in the filmography. At the same time, I can completely understand not wanting to include it for obvious reasons, you can argue either way.
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IMHO, the xxx-Stooges should appear in the filmography, but in the "Film & TV Tributes" section. That's where the Farrelly Bros. film should go as well.
Gary
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I don't know what is going on in Benjamin's mind if he thinks he is going to win this case. Parody is protected under the First Amendment and as outlined in Hustler v. Falwell the more outlandish the parody the more it is protected.
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Speaking of the database and the filmography, what exactly is the status of the main site? It seems like it has been frozen in time for almost a year now. Hopefully, it doesn't go the way of the once-prolific stoogeworld.com
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I don't know what is going on in Benjamin's mind if he thinks he is going to win this case. Parody is protected under the First Amendment and as outlined in Hustler v. Falwell the more outlandish the parody the more it is protected.
Sometimes just threatening a lawsuit, even if you don't have a leg to stand on, can be a very effective legal strategy in getting the other side to stop what they're doing. It can be very expensive to defend yourself in court. The makers of the film could wind up spending more on legal defense than they make in profits from the film. They'll do the math and if they think that's the case they'll probably stop making this film even if they have every legal right to do so.
Gary
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but in the "Film & TV Tributes" section. That's where the Farrelly Bros. film should go as well.
That is my intent, on both counts, if the website's update/edit functions are ever reactivated.
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WOO-WOOO-WOO! I GOTTA CHECK THIS OUT! AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I HAD A LONG PHONE DISCUSSION WITH RON JEREMY ABOUT HIS XXX FEATURE "THE FLINTBONES" WHICH "CAME" OUT FOLLOWING THE "FLINTSTONES" MOVIE!!!
Trust me, the Hollywood version with 34(!) writers was no better then The Hedgehog's!!!
-- mnw
But what I am SEVERELY disappointed with is the switch from MAD-style parody titles to the simple "NOT *****" deal, even though I kinda pioneered that myself on the non-porn front by releasing cassette parody albums in the 1980s using the same title technique (ie Hi How Are You by DANIEL JOHNSTON became How Hi Are You by NOT DANIEL JOHNSTON); I followed with stuff like NOT ROBERT SMITH (The Cure) and NOT PRINCE. Nevertheless, I find that notion simplistic and embarassingly unimaginative.
Trust me, when my heavily-edited feature THE SMUT KEEPER PRESENTS "A STAR IS PORN: THE CARNAL-OGOCAL HISTORY OF THE SINEMA played to sold-out theatres in Texas and California in the mid-2000s, half the fun was the titles of the films we excerpted: So Wet and the Semen Dorks, Tarz' and Jane and Boy and Cheetah, Groin With The Wind, A Clockwork Orgy, Edward Penishands, Silence of the Loins 2: Hannibal Lick'd'her, et cetera...)
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Will Rider (Ryder?) sounds like one of the names in the Stooges movies too. I won't be checking this out. If I want to see a fat bald guy having sex I'll look in the mirror. Did I go too far? :o
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Sooooo (pausing, looking around the room awkwardly), has anybody actually found a way to see this film yet?
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Sooooo... has anybody actually found a way to see this film yet?
Get out the Vaseline, inflate your rubber girlfriend (the one with the short hair & bangs), turn on the Shemp Relaxation Tape (available streaming or download @ www.wfmu.org (http://www.wfmu.org)), close your eyes and lie back and let the magic work itself!
PS: Or I'll brain ya!
- mnw
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Get out the Vaseline, inflate your rubber girlfriend (the one with the short hair & bangs), turn on the Shemp Relaxation Tape (available streaming or download @ www.wfmu.org (http://www.wfmu.org)), close your eyes and lie back and let the magic work itself!
PS: Or I'll brain ya!
- mnw
Nah. This film is strictly for laughs and will be watched in one uninterrupted sitting with friends, a first for the genre. I'm seriously expecting to laugh at this thing more than the "legitimate" movie that was just released, assuming I ever see it.
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Sooooo (pausing, looking around the room awkwardly), has anybody actually found a way to see this film yet?
once you say you are 18 or over, the page jumps to the NOT three stooges movie - you can own it for $21.99, not a bad price for true 'slapstick' comedy! (giggle)
http://popporn.com/node/1947 (http://popporn.com/node/1947)
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Ooh ... Ooh ... I got it! ... the theme song for this movie can be Jump in the Shackle's band version of 'The Curly Hair Shuffle'! (chortle, guffaw)
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once you say you are 18 or over, the page jumps to the NOT three stooges movie - you can own it for $21.99, not a bad price for true 'slapstick' comedy! (giggle)
http://popporn.com/node/1947 (http://popporn.com/node/1947)
Thanks! I'll check it out soon, though I'm not sure if I'll post a review. The blow-by-blow description may not be appropriate.
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Ooh ... Ooh ... I got it! ... the theme song for this movie can be Jump in the Shackle's band version of 'The Curly Hair Shuffle'! (chortle, guffaw)
Please....don't encourage me!
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I posted an article about the lawsuit and film, but not a link as there are ads that depict nudity. The article shouldn't be too hard to find, though. It looks like Will Ryder Productions has been doing this for 11 years and C3 is the first company to threaten a lawsuit, and most importantly, judging by one of the quotes, Curly doesn't get any and is played by a guy named James Bartholet. Anthony Rosano is Moe and I was correct in saying Evan Stone is Larry. It remains to be seen if Dick Chibbles can do justice to Bud Jamison.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A porn parody of The Three Stooges is ruffling feathers nationwide as the movie trailer for Not the Three Stooges XXX has been temporarily put on hold by director Will Ryder's attorneys.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before in my eleven years in the adult entertainment business,” director Will Ryder said, referring to a war-of-words between his legal advisors and the company that owns the licensing rights for the actual Three Stooges.
While the trailer remains under lock-and-key, Will Ryder Productions has continued with the business of releasing the parody movie via Pulse Distribution today.
"Will's conceptualization of The Three Stooges is dead on and without question falls within the definition of what a true parody is and should be,” Ryder's attorney Michael Fattorosi said. “James Bartholet nails Curly and thankfully nothing else in this movie but for now the trailer is off limits for public viewing.”
The legal battle between Ryder and C3 Entertainment, which owns the licensing rights to the real Three Stooges, has attracted the mainstream press. Both the Hollywood Reporter and TMZ.com featured contentious split.
“This entire situation is quite exciting”, said Robert Plarksi, the executive vice president of sales at Pulse Distribution, the movie's distributor. “We knew it would be a hot topic of conversation but to see it on shows like TMZ and talked about in such an unlikely place as the Hollywood Reporter is amazing but I really wish I had that movie trailer right now to show my customers online but the orders are coming in pretty darn good.”
In true parody fashion, the storyline harkens back to the days of the Columbia Pictures famous shorts that played in movie theaters back in the late 1930s. The boys are unemployed so their girlfriends refuse to have sex with them until they find jobs. Desperately horny, they try anything to find work and end up in wild sexual situations with gorgeous girls.
Not the Three Stooges XXX stars Mandy Armani, Danica Dillon, Bailey Blue, Callie Cyprus, Cassandra Cruz and Britney Young; with Anthony Rosano plays Moe, James Bartholet as Curly and Evan Stone as Larry. Dick Chibbles is the cop, Thomas Ward the black butler, Chad Diamond the estate owner, Eric Swiss the art professor, and Chris Charming playing the hair stylist.
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I'm seriously expecting to laugh at this thing more than the "legitimate" movie that was just released, assuming I ever see it.
Heh! I was so disgusted with the ads for the Flintstones movie when it came out that I actually invited a whole party-load of people over to watch The Flintbones at the same time as the Hollywood version's opening night. In the immoral words of "Red Flintbone" himself:
"Yabba-Dabba-SCREW!!!"
-- mnw
PS: Speaking of comedians and porn, did you know that Dick Smothers' son and namesake is a porn actor by trade? (And you thought the censors had trouble with Dick Sr.!) Seriously, I saw a brief interview with DS Jr. in which he was asked if he'd ever thought about using a pseudonym when he made XXX flicks, to which he replied (I'm paraphrasing):
"What? Are you insane? I do porn films and my name is Dick Smothers! What could I possibly come up with to top that?"
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"What? Are you insane? I do porn films and my name is Dick Smothers! What could I possibly come up with to top that?"
Lou Bass or Justin Diaz make good alternatives. My brother came up with the former and a friend came up with the latter, I can't take credit for their genius.
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Lou Bass or Justin Diaz make good alternatives.
The head of the Student Union where I went to college insisted that he had gone to high school with a tragic fellow by the name of Harry Yankoff -- and an unfortunate young lady whose birth certificate identified her as Delight Cummings. [Moral: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children -- or at least not be allowed to NAME them!!!]
- mnw
PS: The genitally generally accepted mathematical equation used to calculate one's official Porn Star Pseudonym is: M/N + S[1] = XXX (In "lay"-man's terms, that means First write down one's middle name, then follow that with the name of the street that you grew up on, and finally, combine the two into the moniker under which you intend to "erect" your own vibrating chrome ladder to fame and fortune.). Don't be surprised if you one day find me "performing" in the "hard"-to-"penetrate" field of adult "motion" pictures, via an "entry" level "position" in XXX-rated "sinema". Just scan the credits of your favorite smut flick -- be it Midnight Plowboy VI, Cherry Poppins XXI, A Cockjerk Orgy XXXIV, or even Clam Lappers Vol. #286 -- maybe you'll see my "porn name" in the credits... Just keep an eye out for Wayne Bobolink!
PPS: There wouls appear to be no truth to the rumor about Dylan asking our own Mr. Innes to co-star with him in a movie, only to later reveal that the film was going to be a gay porno entitled Neil and Bob!!!
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The head of the Student Union where I went to college insisted that he had gone to high school with a tragic fellow by the name of Harry Yankoff -- and an unfortunate young lady whose birth certificate identified her as Delight Cummings. [Moral: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children -- or at least not be allowed to NAME them!!!]
- mnw
PS: The genitally generally accepted mathematical equation used to calculate one's official Porn Star Pseudonym is: M/N + S[1] = XXX (In "lay"-man's terms, that means First write down one's middle name, then follow that with the name of the street that you grew up on, and finally, combine the two into the moniker under which you intend to "erect" your own vibrating chrome ladder to fame and fortune.). Don't be surprised if you one day find me "performing" in the "hard"-to-"penetrate" field of adult "motion" pictures, via an "entry" level "position" in XXX-rated "sinema". Just scan the credits of your favorite smut flick -- be it Midnight Plowboy VI, Cherry Poppins XXI, A Cockjerk Orgy XXXIV, or even Clam Lappers Vol. #286 -- maybe you'll see my "porn name" in the credits... Just keep an eye out for Wayne Bobolink!
PPS: There wouls appear to be no truth to the rumor about Dylan asking our own Mr. Innes to co-star with him in a movie, only to later reveal that the film was going to be a gay porno entitled Neil and Bob!!!
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I always heard name of first pet as first name and mother's maiden name as last name. Tiger Athan suits me well.
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I always heard name of first pet as first name and mother's maiden name as last name. Tiger Athan suits me well.
Well ... I don't think Beanie Williams would help me much ...
let's try mnw's method
first, my middle name (William)
second, the street I grew up on (Woods)
... that means I'd be ... (wait for it)
Willy Wood!! (much better than beanie)
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Well ... I don't think Beanie Williams would help me much ...
Didn't he used to play centerfield for the Yankees?
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BTW: My Neil Innes reference above was a result of trying to type a message here and another to a Bonzo Dog Band forum concurrently. Multitasking is apparently not my strong suit. (Tweed isn't either, but that's neither here nor there!)
-- mnw
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Great -- now I've got mental images of such shenanigans as eye pokes with marital aids, "pie splat" sound effects accompanying other activities, and worse... :o
Gives a whole new meaning to Moe's utterance in one of the Civil War-era shorts, "You just ejaculated a mouthful!" :-X
For duty and humanity,
JohnH aka QuinceHead
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Apparently, C3's issues with this porn parody do not extend to the genre.
From C3 Entertainment's website (http://www.c3entertainment.com/article.asp?ID=68)...
C3 Signs Killer Tees as New Licensee For Arrow Productions
C3 Press Release • Glendale, CA • June 1, 2012
C3 Entertainment, Inc., announced a new licensing agreement with Killer Tees for Arrow Productions classic adult titles, including Linda Lovelace® and Deep Throat®. C3 represents Arrow Productions Ltd., for worldwide licensing and merchandising.
... C3's Executive Vice President of Licensing & Consumer Products said 'While the Arrow titles, including the Linda Lovelace and Deep Throat brands, are mature adult fare, they represent mainstream adult pop culture. The classic vintage images from these great adult cinema features are more popular today than ever before. Killer Tees is a great licensee to have for this genre because of the quality products they produce and their ability to distribute to the specialty retail market both domestically and internationally.'
Continuing, she said 'This is the 40th year anniversary of the release of the original Deep Throat Movie, and later this year an all new major motion picture will be released entitled 'Lovelace', the story of Linda Lovelace featuring an all-star cast, including Amanda Seyfried and James Franco. The new film is sure to fire up more interest in Deep Throat, and even more interest in all the classic Arrow titles.'
... owner and operator of Killer Tees, says, 'Our new licensing agreement with C3 Entertainment for the Arrow Classics graphics is a natural fit to our existing products and presents a special opportunity to expand our edgy novelty Tee product line with future best-sellers. I'm really excited about the vintage adult cinema graphics that we will be offering.'
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I will not post the video on this site since there is brief nudity, if nothing hardcore, but if you go to youtube and type "Three Stooges XXX," a trailer will be the first thing that shows up.
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The trailer is funny, but this is an XXX film for sure. Lets see if Curly Joe's stepsons can stop it.
The brainchild behind the porn parody, "Not the Three Stooges XXX" has been threatened by the guy behind the PG version that was released Friday -- to either put the brakes on the porn, or else.
Robert Benjamin, Executive VP and General Counsel of C3 Entertainment which produced the PG movie, fired off a letter -- obtained by TMZ -- to the lawyer for the triple X version, claiming the "low budget, clearly pornographic film" is not protected as a parody under the First Amendment.
But Michael Fattorosi, the XXX lawyer fired his own letter back -- which we also got -- claiming the only way Benjamin could stop him is with a proper trademark, and Fattorosi says the only Three Stooges trademark Benjamin owns is for Three Stooges bottled beer.
But even more basic -- Fattorosi lectures Benjamin on the fact that a parody is protected
as free speech.
The PG movie came in second last weekend, pulling in $17 mil.
We'll see how the XXX version comes in.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/17/three-stooges-porn-parody-threatened/
http://www.willryderproductions.com/news.html
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Lets see if Curly Joe's stepsons can stop it.
Your information and links are from 9 months ago.
C3 reached an agreement with the pornographer, and the video was released as scheduled.
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Not that this beats the genuine article, obviously, but this version may be funnier than the mainstream release, at least based on the trailer. The guy who plays Curly looks better than Sasso. This film is obviously a novelty, but it doesn't pretend to be anything else.