The Best Episodes of The Three Stooges
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1Disorder in the Court
May 30, 1936Colorized version of Gail Tempest is accused of murdering Kirk Robbin. She is taken to court where the only ones who can help her, are the Three Stooges and a bird who keeps chanting ""Find the letter."" Chaos fills the courtroom as the Stooges try to prove the lady innocent and get the bird to behave.
2Men in Black
September 28, 1934Colorized version of Larry, Moe and Curly are working at a hospital ""For duty and humanity"". They respond to each call only to find the hospital has a few more nuts than expected, from a man who sees things to a nurse with the hiccups. Later, their boss is in need of surgery to get the combination of a safe out, so the boys decide to operate. Comedy ensues through every mode of transportation, every glass broken, and every response from the PA system.
3Punch Drunks
July 13, 1934Colorized version of Curly is a waiter at a diner where Larry has a job playing music. Moe is a fight manager enjoying a lunch break with his boys. The manager of the diner starts shoving Curly around. Larry starts playing ""Pop goes the Weasel"" and Curly KO's everyone in the diner, resulting in his boss up on a ceiling fan, and Moe as his fight manager. On the night of the big fight, a crisis ensues when Larry's violin is broken during a crucial point in the fight.
4Malice In the Palace
September 01, 1949Colorized version of "Malice In the Palace"
5I'll Never Heil Again
July 11, 1941Colorized Version: A follow up to "You Nazty Spy", the stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. The former king's daughter gets into their headquarters and plants a bomb which Curly detonates. All ends well as the king regains control of the country and the stooges wind up as trophies on the wall
6Hoi Polloi
August 29, 1935Colorized version of Larry, Moe and Curly are working as garbage men and accidentally bury a man's car in the trash. The man has just made a bet with a rival that he can take an ordinary nit-wit and turn him into a gentleman within a month. So, rather than calling the police, he takes the boys and tries his best, to no avail, to turn them into gentlemen. The Stooges mis-behavior become contagious to everyone at the party.
7You Nazty Spy!
January 19, 1940Colorized version of You Nazty Spy! The King of Moronica is overthrown and the Three Stooges are chosen to take his place.
8Violent is the Word for Curly
July 02, 1938Colorized Version of The stooges work as gas station service men who end up running away from three professors on an ice cream truck. After thawing Curly out from sitting in the back of the ice cream truck the boys put on the professors clothes from their stolen luggage. The stooges are mistaken to be the professors by the college who is expecting them and they poorly pose as the professors and sing their famous ""Alphabet Song"". The real professors show up, but the ladies in the ""girls-only"" college end up getting their athletic program thanks to the stooges.
9Pop Goes the Easel
March 29, 1935Colorized Version: The Stooges paint themselves into a corner when they hide from a cop in an arts school. Accused of stealing brooms from a shopkeeper, they're actually innocent of that crime... but guilty of creating some really bad art. Directing debut for famous Stooge director Del Lord. The girls playing hopscotch on the sidewalk are Moes daughter, Joan Howard Maurer, and Larrys daughter, Phyllis Fine Lamond. Only Stooge short to use "Pop Goes The Weasel" as its musical theme song. (SLAP COUNT: 17) (EYE POKES: 4 - another 1 blocked) (Moe, Larry, Curley)
10An Ache In Every Stake
August 22, 1941Colorized version of When the Three Stooges agree to help Mrs.Lawrence prepare a fancy birthday party,their particular specially-an exploding,gas-filled cake - goes off with a bang.
11Dizzy Doctors
March 19, 1937Colorized version of "Dizzy Doctors". The Stooges are lazy-bum husbands, inept salesmen, and misfit fugitives in a hospital.
12Brideless Groom
September 11, 1947Colorized version of Shemp's Uncle Dies and leaves him 500,000 dollars but to inherit the money Shemp must wed by 6:00 or he gets no money.
13Three Dumb Clucks
May 25, 1939
14No Census No Feeling
October 04, 1940Colorized Version of Three gung-ho census-takers let nothing stand in the way of an accurate count,whether it be crashing a fancy bridge party,spiking drinks or invoking a riot at a professional football game.
15Grips, Grunts & Groans
November 01, 1958
16Three Troubledoers
April 25, 1946Set in the old west, the stooges become marshals in a town with a high death rate for lawmen. The boys set out prevent a marriage between the villain Blackie and the heroine Nell, who's father Blackie has kidnapped. The stooges manage to defeat Blackie and his henchmen, but when Nell's father learns she promised to marry Curly if he could save her, he decides death would be a preferable fate.
17Fright Night
March 06, 1947The stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bank roll on his next fight. When a gangster tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose their lives, the boys decide to play along. They try to soften Chopper up by feeding him rich food and having him spend time with their friend Kitty. The fight gets canceled when Kitty dumps Chopper for his opponent and the two boxers engage in some pre-match fisticuffs that result in a broken hand for the opponent. The stooges think they've put one over on the gangsters, only to have the bad guys corner them in a deserted warehouse. Instead of being rubbed out, the boys capture the crooks and get a reward.
18Sing a Song of Six Pants
October 30, 1947Colorized version of "Sing a Song of Six Pants"
19The Sitter-Downers
November 26, 1937Colorized version of "The Sitter-Downers".The Stooges propose to their girlfriends for the 100th time, but when their father won't let them marry his daughters, the Stooges go on a sit-down strike. After 3 weeks, the father finally gives in, and allows them to marry. After they are married, their new brides won't let them start the honeymoon until their build-it-yourself house is finished.
20Three Little Pirates
January 23, 1945
21Calling all Curs
August 25, 1939Colorized version: The stooges run a pet hospital and get an important patient, Garcon, a rich ladies poodle. When dognappers posing as reporters steal the poodle, the boys are in a tough spot.
22Playing the Ponies
October 15, 1937Colorized version of The Stooges make what they think is a good swap, their restaurant for a rundown race horse.
23Dopey Dicks
March 02, 1950Colorized Version: The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. After declining the opportunity to supply a stooge-head for the experiment, they find the girl and escape, only to wind up in a car driven by the headless robot.
24Hold That Lion
July 17, 1947The Three Stooges are gypped out of their inheritance by Icabod Slipp, crooked lawyer. The Boys follow Slipp onto a train and corner him, but not before they let a lion loose on the train.
25January 09, 1947A professor bets one of his colleagues that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen within 60 days. With the aid of his pretty daughter, the professor tries to teach the boys proper etiquette. After many frustrating attempts, he introduces the stooges into society at a fancy party. At first things go all right, but the party soon degenerates into a wild pie fight.
26Beer Barrel Polecats
January 10, 1946Colorized Version: The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a cop. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a keg of beer Curly has hidden under his coat explodes while the boys are being photographed. In prison the stooges get into more trouble with the warden and wind on the rockpile when they try to escape. Released as old men with long gray beards, the first thing Curly wants is a bottle of beer.
27Shivering Sherlocks
January 08, 1948The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed but are now the only ones who can identify the crooks. Meanwhile, their friend Gladys has inherited a house in the country and the boys go with her to inspect it so she won't be gypped when its sold. The house turns out to be the crook's hideout, and when they abduct Gladys, the stooges must rescue her.
28All Gummed Up
December 18, 1947The stooges run a drug store and are about to have their lease taken away by the Flint, the mean old man who owns the place. When Flint kicks his wife out for being old, the stooges try to help her by inventing a formula that makes old people young. Their concoction turns the wife into a beautiful young woman, and Flint offers the boys the store for free if they'll transform him as well. They agree, but after he swallows the stuff he turns into an infant, and the boys leave on the run.
29Movie Maniacs
February 20, 1936Note that about 30 seconds of the film were edited out. The scene in question is when Larry and Curly are making hand gestures for the actor and actress. Larry pulls out a dollar from the actor's wallet. Curly snatches it and stuffs it down the lady's dress. This version of the episode is complete.
30Spooks
June 15, 1953You will need the Classic Red/Blue lens 3D glasses to view this 3D version of Spooks.
