Comic Support (Second Bananas in the Movies)
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SUMMER 1987 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
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1987 Three Stooges Convention, the 1st, held in Bensalem PA, draws an unexpected overflow crowd of 700
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3 - 4
- Miscellaneous Stooges sightings by fans
- Muller Media NY acquires North American distribution rights to the NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) cartoon series
- German TV has been airing the Stooges
- MGM/UA released DANCING LADY (1933) to VHS
- News of TBS airings of the Stooges
- Three Stooges category recently appeared on JEOPARDY
- GoodTimes Video's Those Crazy Ol' Commercials includes the Stooges' 1960 Simoniz commercial
- Natural Light Beer using the Stooges in a new advertising poster
- ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT reports that Columbia dropped plans for "003 STOOGES," a Stooges feature film treatment proposed by Norman Maurer before his death in 1986
by Steven Wayne Lederman
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Canada's rock group Interlewd member Steve Lederman discusses rock groups' music references to the Stooges
by Gary Lassin
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Fan q&a
by Richard J. Kunkel
Page(s): 6
Overview of local television station editing and censorship of The Three Stooges' short subjects
by Rich Gallo
Page(s): 7
Rich's account of his first meeting with Emil Sitka
by Donald Holmes
Page(s): 7
Comments from Al Hardee, TBS Children's Program Director, on the status and policy of Three Stooges programming
by various
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Candid fan photos from the 1987 Three Stooges Convention, with special guests Jane Howard Hanky, Joan Howard Maurer, Paul Howard and Lyla Feinberg Budnick
by Jules White
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Excerpts of memoirs written by Stooges producer Jules White in 1980
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 12
Joe Besser's 1984 autobiography Not Just a Stooge has been revamped/expanded and will be reissued soon as Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge
Page(s): 12
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Cinemaware licenses rights to produce interactive Three Stooges video games
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LA chapter of The American Red Cross sponsors benefit screening of DANCING LADY at Lorimar's Cary Grant Theater in Culver City
by Gary Lassin
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"1967 Brazilian Three Stooges comic book"
by Gary Lassin
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Newly licensed merchandise includes figurines, ceramic plates, and 1988 calendar
by Gary Lassin
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- "Larry, Shemp and Moe in football gear, clown around with members of the Ohio State football team in the early 1950s"
- "A candid shot of Larry Fine, taken in a parking lot right after a live stage show, 1941"
- "Shemp, Moe and Larry relax aboard a US Army Signal Corps vessel, with Army top brass, 1946"
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Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 16
July - September dates of note in Three Stooges history
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