Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Shemp Howard, MOONLIGHT AND CACTUS (1944) publicity shot
FALL 2007 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
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Larry Fine 105th birthday celebration to include an Oct. 5 "Best of Larry" film festival at Moore College in Philadelphia, and Stoogeum open house on Oct. 6, with special Stoogeum theatre presentations
by Frank Reighter
Page(s): 3
Alyn Lockwood
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- Dates set for the 2008 Fan Club Meeting, April 25 - 27
- Oct. 30 Sony will release Vol. 1 (1934 - 1936) of new DVD box sets releasing the Stooges' films in chronological order
- Stoogeology, edited by Peter Seely, has been published by McFarland Press, featuring 19 scholarly essays on The Three Stooges
by Brent Seguine
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Previously undocumented Joe Besser appearance on a 1960 episode of CBS' sitcom ANGEL has been discovered
by Jim Pauley
Page(s): 4 - 5
Detailed discussion of behind-the-scenes, color home movie footage found, taken on the set of BACK FROM THE FRONT (1943); with screen capture pictures
by Gary Lassin
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Interview with Prof. Peter Seely, editor and co-author of Stoogeology, a new book from McFarland Press featuring 19 scholarly essays about the films of The Three Stooges
by Gary Lassin
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"A rare candid shot of the Stooges clowning around with Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, on the set of TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM (1941)"
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 8 - 9
Marjorie White, Blackie Whiteford, Robert Williams
by Richard Finegan
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1940 newspaper and trade publication reviews of the Stooges' Columbia shorts
by Frank Reighter
Page(s): 11
Discussion and details of the popular line of Three Stooges trading cards released by Breygent in 2005 and 2006
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 12 - 13
From Jules White's files, the script details of deleted scenes from HOW HIGH IS UP? (1940)
by Richard J. Kunkel
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Review of the 2-disc All-Time Favorites set released by Anchor Bay in 2002, containing the featurette Family Album (1998), and the TV pilots JERKS OF ALL TRADES (1949) and KOOK'S TOUR (1970)
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia questions and answers
by Ken Woodley
Page(s): 16
Source: The Farmville (VA) Herald
In response to the sanitization of cartoon and film characters, the author presents a "huggy-feel-good" Three Stooges film scenario
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