Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Christine McIntyre, THE THREE TROUBLEDOERS (1946) publicity shot
SPRING 1996 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- Family Channel will show the Three Stooges at 11PM beginning Feb. 19
- Final chapter in the lawsuit over Stooges merchandising rights is written with a settlement between all parties
- 1996 Convention scheduled for July 19 - 21
- Emil Sitka subject of a January '96 feature article in Pittsburgh Magazine, "The Fourth Stooge"
- Moe Howard's 1940s estate in Toluca Lake CA is on the market again, with an asking price of $900K
Obituary - Mary Beth Hughes
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Trivia questions
by Neil A. Grauer
Page(s): 4
Source: The Baltimore Sun
"If Popeye deserves a U.S. postage stamp for continually bopping Bluto, why shouldn't the Stooges be honored for clobbering each other?"
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 5
- Shemp Howard cameo appearance discovered in Universal's APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE (1941)
- MGM stock clip of the Stooges was used in the preview trailer of Rowan & Martin's THE MALTESE BIPPY (1969)
- Ted Healy does not appear in MGM's WOMAN WANTED (1935), but documentation shows that he had a scene cut from the final release print
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 6
A discussion of Del Lord's work with the Stooges, and the role he played in helping to define their screen personalities
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 7
"Moe Howard hams it up at home, late 1960s"
by Peter B. Seely
Page(s): 8 - 9
Puns, plays-on-words and malapropisms in The Three Stooges' comedies of 1947 - 1959
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 10 - 11
Dudley Dickerson, Ann Doran, Ralph Dunn
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 12 - 14
Lobby cards and posters for foreign markets
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 14
- Franklin Mint releases 2nd plate in its collectors series
- Questar Video releases a Windows 95 CD-ROM, "Comedy Classics"
- Jon Solomon is reportedly working on an updated filmography for future publication
- 1959 Stooges LP The Nonsense Songbook is released on CD by MCA, retitled The Three Stooges
- Newly licensed merchandise includes life-size standee, computer-generated greeting cards, 1997 calendar, ties, boxers and a wooden plaque
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Scott Ostler
Page(s): 16
Source: San Francisco Examiner
"If the Stooges, in the form of their progeny, can't get along, who the hell can?"
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