Unpopular Opinion. The Three Stooges weren't funny, entertaining, or anything less than obnoxious.

I never really got the mass appeal for them. Pretty meh and boring.

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SW-User

As a kid, I loved their adventures and some of the verbal repartee... I didn't like the slapstick and violence. I still appreciate a couple of the Halloween/ghost oriented shorts, but yes, The Stooges are a bit much.

JSul3 · 70-79

@SW-User The parody of the Nazis were especially good.

SW-User

Yes, they were in their element there and scary.

JSul3 · 70-79

@SW-User @SW-User Moe does a great Hitler imitation, and his 'rants' in Yiddish were excellent.

SW-User

@JSul3 I agree. Moe was a better actor than anyone ever gave him credit for.

JSul3 · 70-79

@SW-User There were 2...You Nastzy Spy and 1 other I cant recall the title of.

That being said, I think their first short was Men In Black. It got a AA nom.
"Calling Doctor Howard....Dr. Fine....Dr. Howard!"
It's great.

SW-User

@JSul3 That brings back memories of after school for me. The 3 Stooges were usually on, followed by the Afternoon Matinee Classic movie.

JSul3 · 70-79

@SW-User Here in Fort Worth we had a guy named Bill Camfield. He had a kids show called Slam Bang Theater. He showed the Stooges, Little Rascals/Our Gang comedy shorts, and cartoons.

On Saturday night, he became 'Count Gorgon' hosted the show Nightmare, that showed all of the classic monster movies. He was one very talented guy.

SW-User

@JSul3 The Saturday night show sounds like a lot of fun. I remember The Little Rascals from TV reruns too.