Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Ted Healy, mid-1930s publicity photo
SUMMER 1999 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Gil Perkins, Ellen Corby, Smiley Gregg
by Variety
Page(s): 3
Source: Reuters News Service
Mel Gibson and ABC announce plans to produce a biography TV movie of The Three Stooges
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Trivia questions
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 4
Identification, analysis and credits for music featured in The Three Stooges' shorts of 1938 - 1939
by C. J. Sullivan
Page(s): 5, cont. on 14
Source: Brooklyn Bridge Magazine
A visit to four historic Brooklyn homes assembled by comedy legends Moe and Curly Howard over seventy years ago... and still standing
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 6 - 7, cont. on 14
Bud Jamison, Lola Jensen
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 8, cont. on 14
Robert Kurson's new book of detailed Stooge trivia, minutia and miscellaneous is reviewed
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 9 - 11, cont. on 14
Interview with comic book creator legend Joe Kubert, friend and partner to Norman Maurer, and co-editor of the 1949 and 1953 - 1955 Three Stooges comic book series from St. John Publications
by Michael Monaco
Page(s): 12
The Stooges' mastery of physical humor should not lessen appreciation for their skill with humorous dialogue and wordplay
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 13
- Transcription of an early 1970s interview with Moe Howard appears in the Apr/May 1999 issue of Filmfax
- Three Stooges Golf Spoof and Trivia Book is a newly released 112-page softcover book
- A 1989 limited release Al Hirschfeld sketchings of the Stooges, "The Hidden Ball Trick," is now commanding thousands of dollars
- New C3 licensed products include Mongolian postage stamps, beanies and beanie bears, drinking glasses and dolls
- Three Stooges casino slot machine from ShuffleMaster to debut in Las Vegas next year
(photo) "A rare wind-up toy used in the opening credits of Billy Barty and The Three Stooges, a Los Angeles based kiddie show during the early 1960s"
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 14
- "A candid shot of Moe being greeted by a fan, early 1970s"
- "A rare on-stage shot of Moe, Larry and Shemp entertaining US Marines at Parris Island, SC, January 1953"
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Johnny Masiulewicz
Page(s): 16
Source: The Mandarin News
The columnist fears that due to changing tastes, The Three Stooges have been lost to today's young generation
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