Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Larry Fine, late 1960s candid photo
WINTER 2001 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Editor's thoughts on the 100th milestone issue, and thanks to its previous editors
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Nate Budnick, Larry Fine's brother-in-law and the Stooges' road manager/sound man for the 1960s live appearances, dies at age 84
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
Page(s): 3
Preliminary information for the 2002 Fan Club Meeting
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Trivia questions
by Jim Pauley
Page(s): 4 - 6
FALSE ALARMS (1936) filming locations identified in Los Angeles on 3rd St., Larchmont Blvd. and La Brea Ave., with photos, then and now.
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 7
Highlights in the history of The Three Stooges Fan Club and The Three Stooges Journal, 1974 - 2001.
by various
Page(s): 8
Candid color photos from the 1989 - 1995 Three Stooges Conventions in Philadelphia, with costar guests Diana Darrin, Lola Jensen, Bill Brauer, Ethelreda Leopold, Lorna Gray, Lucille Lund and Mousie Garner
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 9, cont. on 22
Discussion and analysis of the musical score and credits of STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH (1960), revisiting prior issues' looks at the musical moments from the classic short subject stock footage.
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 10 - 13
LeRoy Mason, Sam McDaniel, Kitty McHugh, Matt McHugh, Christine McIntyre
by Ron Kasman
Page(s): 13
A brief analysis of the differences and similarities of the two comedy teams
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 14 - 16, cont. on 22
Script transcription for unfilmed/unused scenes from MOVIE MANIACS (1936), including the original climatic scene of the Stooges burning down the soundstage
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 17
Source: C. McIntyre photo courtesy of Bill Cappello
In Color
- "Moe Howard, late 1960s"
- "Supporting player Emil Sitka, mid-1970s"
- "Supporting player Christine McIntyre, 1976"
- "Joe DeRita, late 1960s"
by Lee Solomon
Page(s): 18
An alternate historical "what if?" of The Three Stooges... their history and career IF Ted Healy, Curly Howard and Shemp Howard had lived to perform into the 1960s.
by Bill Cappello and Sue Van Petten
Page(s): 19
Sam Burke, costar of THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES (1962) is interviewed
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 20 - 21
Discussion of the different types of autographs you can collect on album pages, contracts, documents, cancelled checks and letters
Page(s): 23
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 24
(Color) "Joe Besser attends a film festival with Larry Fine's daughter, Phyllis Lamond and Moe's daughter, Joan Maurer, 1982"
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