Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Larry Fine, IDLE ROOMERS (1944) publicity shot
FALL 1996 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
"Moe, Larry & Curly Joe with actress Julie Newmar in a rare publicity shot, May 1961"
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 4
Miscellanous observations on Columbia short subject working titles and music; and, Healy's MGM feature THE LONGEST NIGHT has connections to the Marx Bros.' THE BIG STORE
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 4
Trivia questions
by Jon Solomon
Page(s): 5 - 6, cont. on 14
Development of plot types used for the Stooges in the short subjects of the mid-1930s
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 7
Herbert Evans, "B" minor players
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 8 - 10
Analysis and overview of Ed Bernds' history and directing technique with the Three Stooges
by Richard J. Kunkel
Page(s): 11 - 12
Television cuts and politically-correct editing in The Three Stooges' films 1935 - 1941
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- Columbia re-releases the first five VHS volumes in the current packaging format
- Franklin Mint releases the 4th and 5th plates in its collectors' series
- Newly licensed merchandise includes: mugs, apron, musical watches, watch, alarm clock, wall clock, throw blankets/rugs, magnets, wall plaque, t-shirts, 1997 calendar, tin signs and bendable figurines
Page(s): 14 - 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Raymond Alvin
Page(s): 16
Our parents were wrong
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