Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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FALL 1989 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
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Details of the 1989 Three Stooges Convention in Trevose PA, with special guest Harold Brauer
by Gary Lassin
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- Obituary - Erna Besser, Joe's widow, died July 1
- Miscellaneous Stooges sightings by fans
- Moe's 1st great-granddaughter Caroline Kimberly Scott, born to Jeffery (Maurer) Scott and wife Sonya
- News of Cable TV presentations
- WPTT Pittsburgh aired a 3-D festival, with 3-D presentations of PARDON MY BACKFIRE and SPOOKS!
- Cinemax aired the Stooges' feature film TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM
by Gary Lassin
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Results of the Fan Club Membership Survey and Poll, from issue # 50
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 6
Trivia questions; fan q&a
by Bob Strauss
Page(s): 6
Source: LA Daily News
Motion Picture and Television Hospital, Woodland Hills CA, dedicates a wall to Jules White; Emil Sitka attends ceremony
by Gary Lassin
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"Moe, Larry and Curly clown around on a ship in a series of late 1930s publicity shots"
by Gary Lassin
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Discussion of books published about the Three Stooges, history and collectibility
by Daniel Volk
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Bibliography of Three Stooges books, listing title, author, publisher, format, price and comments
by Richard Finegan
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Filmography updates and discoveries for The Three Stooges, including solo credits
- MYRT AND MARGE (1933) updates
- SCREEN SNAPSHOTS 1935 Series # 6 updates
- Moe solos WE MUST DO OUR BEST (1909) and FISH HOOKEY (1910)
- BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD (1933)
- IT AIN'T HAY (1943) and AFRICA SCREAMS (1949) outtakes with Shemp
- 1960 Besser TV episodes of DECEMBER BRIDE and MY SISTER EILEEN
- Joe DeRita TV episodes, THIS IS ALICE, DESILU PLAYHOUSE and BACHELOR FATHER
- Joan Howard Maurer film appearances, mid 1930s
by Gary Lassin
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- "Moe, Larry and Shemp in a 1946 publicity shot"
- "Shemp feeling a bit seasick, in a 1946 US Army Signal Corps publicity shot"
by David M. Wilson
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Source: Computer Gaming World Magazine
Discussion and review of Cinemaware's Three Stooges game for Amiga and Commodore
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- Malibu Graphics publishes The Knuckleheads Return, a collection of Three Stooges comic book stories from St. John and Gold Key; hardcover and softcover
- 1989 Convention auction results
- Newly licensed merchandise includes dolls, Hallmark greeting cards, collage poster, t-shirts and 1990 calendar
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Fan classified advertisements
by Nicole Brodeur
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Source: Orange County (CA) Register
Movieland Wax Museum holds a pie-fight/seltzer-fight/pie-eating contest/look-alike contest event in honor of Moe Howard
by Sheryl Ann Elkins
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Stooge-fantasy tale of woe in the job market
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