Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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WINTER 1986 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
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Three Stooges Convention scheduled for April 26, 1987 in Bensalem PA
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 1
Pressman Toy Corp. will release a VCR game in 1987, in conjunction with Columbia and Norman Maurer Productions
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3 - 4
- Miscellaneous Stooges sightings by fans
- News of local and international TV station airings of the Stooges
- Forrest Tucker spoke fondly of working with Joe Besser in vaudeville, and Shemp Howard in DANGEROUS BUSINESS (1946) at the Memphis Film Festival
- Curly's grandson Darren Server appeared on THE DATING GAME (didn't win!)
by Diane Hoffman
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Original word scramble puzzle
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 5
January - March dates of note in Three Stooges history
by Joe "Shorty" Caruso
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Memorial tribute to Stooges TV host Joe Bolton
by Gary Lassin
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Fan Q&A
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Source: Variety
Review of STOOGEMANIA, low-budget comedy with colorized footage from the Stooges' four Columbia public domain short subjects
by Gary Lassin
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Review of the satirical Last of the Moe Haircuts by Bill Flanagan
by Joanna Dacanay
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Source: Camarillo Daily News
Profile of Camarillo CA resident Emil Sitka
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Obituary for show biz personality manager
Page(s): 9
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch
LA TV rating for a Three Stooges film outdrew the Breeders' Cup horse race, 6.5 to 4.9
by Jerry Barnett
Page(s): 9
Source: Indianapolis News
Editorial cartoon
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 10
- Eclipse's Three Stooges comic book issue # 2 published
- Licensed merchandise includes wrist watches, shorts and 1987 calendar
- (photo) Sheet music title pages for "Don't Worry "Bout That Mule" (SWING PARADE OF 1946) and "A Place Called Happiness" (SNOW WHITE & THE THREE STOOGES)
by Gary Lassin
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List of approved licensees for manufacturing Three Stooges merchandise
by Pressman Toy Corporation
Page(s): 12 - 13
Source: Pressman Toy Corporation
Press release and promotional layout for the Three Stooges VCR game
by Gary Lassin
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Fan Club membership survey and poll
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Fan classified advertisements
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