Like anything else in life, yes it is possible to over indulge oneself, eating, gambling, sex, drugs, etc etc
I must admit for a few years in the mid 70's I went overboard in my obsession with the Stooges, was constantly quoting Stooge dialogue, imitating Shemp, Curley, Moe & Larry, This is before cable TV or videotape so I was limited to the TV screenings on L A's channel 13-KCOP that would have them for a year or so, the they would be gone, I have to scour the papers to see any Stooge Festivals at movies theatres in So Cal or at times going to San Diego, Las Vegas or even the Bay area to catch a few Stooge 2-reelers, it caused quite a riff between my wife n I who thought I was nuts and actually reccomended I go to a physcologist. I spent lotsa $$ buying all the books that were being released at the time, I visited the final resting place of both Shemp and Curley(they're at the same cementery), my wife thought I was being childish and told me to grow up or she would leave me... I realised she was right and I had to withdraw as even my daughter got tired of my antics. Fortunately in the early 80's Stooge fever as a whole kinda dwindeled from its peak in the 70's, Stooge mania runs in cycles, they were no where to be found on TV, at least not on L A TV, no more Stooge festival in theatres, my boss of 8 years who was a friend of Benny Rubin and a old time New york jewish guy retired, so by luck it made my withdrawal a lot easier.
I went more than 20 years(1982 or 83 to 2004) without seeing a Stooge short, taking a look at any of my Stooge books or files of Stooges material, the Stooges had stopped being part of my life, that had begun when I was a 6 year old seeing the Stooges in Cuban movie houses dubbed in Spanish (see my post in how I got into the Stooges)
In 2003 I went through a divorce and moved from Los Angeles to the Denver area and began a new life as a single man and a new job where I met the 14 yr old son of my new boss who last year when I visited his dad's house asked me if I wanted to see a new DVD he bought, when I asked him what movie it was, he told me it was a 3 Stooges DVD, well blow me down as Popeye would say, I aked him are you a Stooges fan and he told me he became one when he saw a made for TV movie about the Stooges and then showed me 4 different TV Guides, each with Stooges old and new on the covers. He showed me the DVD it's the one with Disorder In the court and Mailce in The Palace, one look and I was hooked again, I blew the kid's mind when I did my Stooges imitations and told him that Curley Shemp and Moe were brothers and quoted some lines that I instantly recalled, needless to say I became his Stooge hero. Over the next few weeks he purchased some DVD sets and we would watch them together
Not because of me , they had already placed their house on the market when I first visited their house, but it sold and they moved far from where I live so it's hard for me to visit them but a ew months ago by a stroke of luck I saw an ad for the Stooges on Spike TV and now I get my daily fix... My Xmas present to myself will be to get as many Stooges DVD as I can, I enjoy seeing the Stooges again and I have to control myself not to imitate them too much especialy at work as I don't want to go on a binge again. Many of the episodes I have not seen since the 70's and others since the early 80's so it is almost like seeing them for the first time, several of the 2 reelers I have viewed scenes I had not seen before because of the heavy editing used to squeeze 2 episodes into a 1/2 hr show.
Once I began watching Spike TV I did a google search and found this site and I am extremely happy I did as I can get my fix in every imaginable side of the stooges I ever could've thought possible, I've learned more than I thought was there to learn, the knowledge shown in this site blows my mind, and I love it, I can now die and go to a Heavenly Daze with a Stooge smile, slap and poke.......
Shemoeley Fine
