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This week, MPI Home Video released THE RICH LITTLE SHOW to DVD. It includes the variety series' 1975 pilot episode, 13 of the January - May 1976 NBC episodes, and bonus features.

3 episodes feature Three Stooges skits, with Rich Little as Moe, and regulars R. G. Brown as Larry, and Joe Baker as Curly.

 - "The Three Stooges School of Self Defense" with cast regular Mel Bishop as a student
 - "The Three Stooges Stop Smoking Clinic" with Michael Landon as a patient
 - A courtroom sketch with Moe defending arsonist Chad Everett to Judge Larry and Prosecutor Curly
 - Tribute is paid in a 4th episode, with Little and his guests David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser engaging in Stooge-antics

Pg. 208 of The Three Stooges Scrapbook briefly mentions the RICH LITTLE SHOW; it incorrectly IDs the courtroom skit as part of Landon's episode.

A few episodes also feature Marx Brother skits, with Little as Groucho, Baker as Harpo, Brown as Chico, and series costar Charlotte Rae as Margaret Dumont. Rae appeared as Minnie Marx in productions of MINNIE'S BOYS on Broadway and road shows; one episode showcases her singing a solo from the musical, about Minnie's love for her sons.

Other episodes feature Little as W. C. Fields, and Little and Baker as Abbott & Costello.

The Stooges-related RICH LITTLE episodes are indexed in the Film & TV Tribute filmography, with additional information and pics.