Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Shemp Howard, HOLD THAT LION! (1947) publicity shot
WINTER 1992 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by F. Keith Wahle
Page(s): 4
Should a U.S. postage stamp honor all six Stooges?
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- Miscellaneous Stooge sightings by fans
- The Chicago Tribune ran an ad with the Presidential candidates as the Stooges, the day of the '92 debate; WPWR Chicago's 3 Stooges ratings doubled that day
- TBS ran a Three Stooges Fright Night festival on October 30
- Loews NJ in Jersey City ran a "Salute to Great Movie Comedy Teams," including the Stooges
- Weekly World News tabloid runs the story "More Americans Can Name the Three Stooges Than the Presidential Candidates"
- Canada's August 8-14 TV Guide cover features the Stooges in a pic from FALSE ALARMS
- The Stooges in NUTTY BUT NICE, plus Lou Costello and Jack Lemmon, are pictured in a Cosmopolitan article about cross-dressing
by Gary Lassin and Frank Reighter
Page(s): 5
Costars Lucille Lund (3 DUMB CLUCKS) and Diana Darrin (HE COOKED HIS GOOSE) will be special guests at the 1993 Convention, joining Stooges family members and fans
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 5
Trivia questions
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 5
Superstation WGN adds THE NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) to its schedule
by Bill Cappello
Page(s): 6 - 7, cont. on 14
Personal and career overview of Stooges costar Richard Fiske
by Don B. Morlan
Page(s): 8 - 9, cont. on 14
Analysis of the contributions of YOU NAZTY SPY! and Chaplin's THE GREAT DICTATOR, including a discussion of their (competing) timelines in Hollywood history
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 10 - 12
Review and plot discussion of the lost HELLO POP! (1933), an MGM short subject starring Ted Healy & His Stooges
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 11
"Ed Brophy confronts the Stooges in a scene from the lost MGM film HELLO POP"
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- Abdo Publishing releases six picture books adapted from Three Stooges short subjects
- Ted Healy's MAD LOVE on VHS from MGM/UA
- Six new Stooges VHS scheduled for May 1993
- Unauthorized Biography of the Six 3 Stooges comic book has been published
- Newly licensed merchandise includes a wall clock, PVC action figurines, musical jewelery box, t-shirts and model kits
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Jamie Portman
Page(s): 16
Source: The Calgary Herald
Profile of comedian Martin Short and his appreciation of The Three Stooges
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