Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Vernon Dent, BOOBY DUPES (1945) publicity shot
FALL 1999 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Bill Cappello
Page(s): 2
Stooges costar Judy Malcolm dies 7/22/98 at age 87
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- AMC will begin showing the Three Stooges shorts in January 2000
- Philadelphia plans to unveil a mural of Larry Fine, on the site of his birthplace
- MTV's CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH clay-mation series featured episode "The Three Stooges vs. the Three Tenors"
- Virginia offers a Three Stooges lottery ticket, joining Oregon, Illinois and Maryland; Iowa plans to do the same
- Actress Hillary Brooke (THE GENTLEMAN MISBEHAVES, AFRICA SCREAMS, THE A&C SHOW) died at age 84 on 5/25/99
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 3, cont. on 14
Identification, analysis and credits for music featured in the Stooges' short subjects of 1939 - 1942
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Trivia questions
by Mike Eder
Page(s): 4 - 5, cont. on 14
Overview of THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW (1961 - 1965) sitcom, costarring Joe Besser as 'Mr. Jillson' from 1962 - 1965
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 6 - 7
John Lester Johnson, "J" minor players
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 8 - 9
A detailed history of KOOK'S TOUR (1970), from its planning stages, through the actual filming, and its 1972 - 1998 home video marketing
by Steve Mason
Page(s): 10 - 11, cont. on 14
Interview with James Flocker, discussing the filming of KOOK'S TOUR (1970), with his personal recollections and anecdotes
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 12 - 14
Detailed discussion on the collecting of Three Stooges' Columbia stills, originals vs. reproductions, as well as stills from their TV projects
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Associated Press
Page(s): 16
Source: Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer Journal
AP reports on The Philadelphia Weekly newspaper, and its efforts to raise interest and funds for a "Larry Fine" mural at his birthplace of 3rd and South Sts
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