Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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FALL 1987 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
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Preliminary plans and information for the 1988 Three Stooges Convention in Trevose PA
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 1
Moe Howard featured in Nikon's model N40004 advertising campaign (see pg. 16)
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3 - 4
- Joan Howard Maurer will sell cancelled checks signed by her late husband & Stooges producer Norman Maurer; proceeds to go the The American Film Institute
- News of local TV Stooges airings
- WTAC-AM Flint MI aired a 2-1/2 hour radio special on the Three Stooges on July 3
- Delta Dental features the Stooges in its current advertisements
- San Antonio TX film festival featured the Stooges' two 3-D short subjects
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 5
Source: Variety
- Variety real estate advertisement for Moe Howard's 1940 - 1955 Toluca Lake Home
- Q&A with Joan Howard Maurer on her recollections of the ol' homestead
by Jules White
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Excerpts of memoirs written by Stooges producer Jules White in 1980
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 7
Career and Three Stooges overview of supporting actor James C. Morton
by various
Page(s): 8
Candid photos of fans enjoying the 1987 Three Stooges Convention in Bensalem PA
Page(s): 9
Source: The Hockey News
The NY Rangers' Walter Poddubny is a Stooges fan and collector
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 10
Production details and review of the Joe DeRita solo feature film from Monogram Studios, HIGH SCHOOL HERO (1946)
by Andy Wickstrom
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Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Scenes of Three Stooges: The Best Are Missing
- Review of THE STOOGEPHILE TRIVIA MOVIE
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 12
"A one-sheet poster from the short YOU NAZTY SPY!"
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- Re-release of Joe Besser's autobiography pushed back to November
- Newly licensed merchandise includes figurines, plates and 1988 calendar
by Gary Lassin
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"Curly, Larry and Moe visit Larry's wife in LA's Wilshire Hospital after the birth of John Fine, 1936"
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Fan classified advertisements
Page(s): 15
Source: The Chicago Tribune
Shea Stadium presentations of THE CURLY SHUFFLE may be to blame for the Mets' performance
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Fan Q&A
by Nikon Inc.
Page(s): 16
Nikon print advertisement featuring Moe Howard (and Albert Einstein)
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