Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Larry Fine
SUMMER 1992 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- Miscellaneous Stooge sightings from fans
- Newspaper reports on Don Morlan's Three Stooges research on YOU NAZTY SPY; the Journal will publish his research in upcoming issues
- Joan Howard Maurer, Moe's daughter, made a Stooges presentation at Emory & Henry College, VA, with home movies and other rare footage
- Spring 1992 Three Stooges Convention in Lewiston ME, an American Cancer Society benefit, raised $20,000; fan club member Richard Cohen personally paid all event expenses, so all receipts could go to the Cancer Society
- Fortune Magazine carries article about Dr. Benjamin Spock, that warns against children watching the Stooges
- REN & STIMPY's voice artist Billy West bases Stimpy's voice on Larry Fine, per Billy himself
- Leonard Maltin lectured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, on physical comedy with clever wordplay; the Stooges were cited in his presentation
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 4
Fan Q&A, and trivia questions
by Bill Cappello
Page(s): 5
Mini-bios for Marcia Healy (sister), Betty Braun (1st wife) and Betty Hickman (2nd wife)
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 6
- "The many faces of Moe Howard, late 1960s"
- "Moe, Larry & Curly in a late 1930s publicity shot"
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
Page(s): 7
Detailed schedule and itinerary, with guests Ted Healy Jr., Mousie Garner, Lyla & Nate Budnick, Jane Howard Hanky, Joan Howard Maurer, Paul Howard, Billy West, Chris Costello and Vicki Abbott Wheeler
by Steve Cox
Page(s): 8 - 9
Personal and career overview of costar Connie Cezon
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 10 - 11
Detailed budget schedules for THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES (1962), from the files of Norman Maurer Productions
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 12
Review and summary of the Columbia feature film THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA (1934), with Moe, Larry & Curly in cameo roles; new filmography discovery for Shemp Howard, BEHIND PRISON GATES (1939 Columbia)
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- The Wacky World of the 3 Stooges recently published by Random House
- Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio, edited by Bernard Dick, published by Univ. of KY Press
- Abdo Publishing to release six picture books adapted from six Three Stooges short subjects
- George J. Goodstadt Inc. has remaining stock from the 1989 limited edition Al Hirschfeld etching of the Three Stooges
- Newly licensed merchandise includes an alarm clock, bank, music box, PVC figurines, hand-painted cels, dart flights, model kit, boxer shorts and ties
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
Page(s): 14
1992 Convention will provide an autograph opinion group, to offer verifying opinions on your collectible autographs
Page(s): 15
Fan classifed advertisements
by John Carman
Page(s): 16
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
Article on Dr. Don Morlan's YOU NAZTY SPY research
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