Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Shemp Howard in a late 1930s publicity photo
WINTER 2022 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Dr. Don B. Morlan, a Three Stooges scholar known for his research revealing YOU NAZTY SPY! as the first released film to satirize Adolf Hitler.
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
- A Tour de Farce: The Complete History of The Three Stooges on the Road, a 700-page book by Gary Lassin, will be published in Spring 2023; additional details in the next issue of the Journal.
- New Three Stooges action figures from Figures Toy Co. have been released, including a Lupe the Wolfman from IDLE ROOMERS.
- A Blu-Ray re-release of DR. DEATH, SEEKER OF SOULS (1973), with Moe Howard in a small supporting role, is now available from Kino Lorber.
by Scott Reboul
Page(s): 3 - 5
A look back at Moe Feinberg's (Larry's brother) mail order company of the early 1970s, and the Stooges products he distributed.
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 6 - 10
- Art Miles
- Harold Miller
- Frank Mills
- Mort Mills
- Royce Milne
- Bruce Mitchell
- Frank Mitchell
- Geneva Mitchell
by Ted Levitt
Page(s): 11 - 12
Discusses the writings and poetry of Paul Fericano on the topic of "stoogism" (a transgressive, outsider approach to the world), notably in his 1977 book Stoogism Anthology.
by Jon Herman
Page(s): 13 - 14
The author recalls his entry into Three Stooges academia, reporting on the 1990 Three Stooges Convention in Lewiston, ME, and then accepting an offer from Joan Howard Maurer to present at 1991's Pop Culture Association seminar in San Antonio, TX, followed by 1993's PCA in New Orleans.
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia Q&A
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 16
Larry with his wife Mabel, daughter Phyllis and son John, circa 1938
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