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Get ready for more outrageous jokes as The Three Stooges return in this second collection of chronological masterpieces. These 24 shorts, filmed from 1937-1939, are digitally remastered for the most eminent quality – each sight, gag and knuckle-cracking sound may be seen and heard with the utmost clarity for greatest or most complete or best possible effect. This amount of time is considered to be when Larry, Moe, and Curly hit their stride and perfected their craft, when all the constituents came together perfectly: the writing, directing, pacing, and performances. It’s no wonder The Stooges made a lot of of their best films for the duration of this period, proving laughter genuinely is the best medicine in such classics as Dizzy Doctors, Saved By The Belle, and Calling All Curs. And audiences consorted – at least most of them did. By now The Stooges were wildly usual and their personal appearances were mobbed, but there were some who thought they were too violent and who over analyzed their eye-poking, pie-throwing behavior.
By 1937, where Volume Two of this long overdue chronological collection picks up, Moe, Larry, and Curly had been performing together for over a decade, and appeared in various feature films and 19 short subjects for Columbia. They were just getting warmed up; there is nary a clunker amid the 24 shorts on this two-disc set. Several rank in the Stooges pantheon, including “Grips, Grunts and Groans” (with Bustoff the wrestler), “Violent is the Word for Curly” (with “Swinging the Alphabet”), and “Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb” (the Stooges live the hotel high life after Curly wins a radio contest). These comedies must have been a great escape for Depression-era moviegoers, peculiarly the ones in which the rich are scaled down to food-throwing goofs (“Three Sappy People”). For the Stooges, it’s not successfulness that’s around the corner, but more often, con men on the lookout for “suckers” to swindle (“A Ducking They Will Go,” “Playing the Ponies”). Reflecting America’s can-do spirit, the Stooges are not one thing if not resilient. These shorts may find them down, but they are never out. The boys are ungainfully employed as Calvary spies (“Goofs and Saddles”), janitors (“Three Missing Links”), dog washers (“Mutts to You”), firemen (“Flat Foot Stooges”), journeying salesmen (“Saved by the Belle”), and vets (“Calling all Curs”). Some of the best shorts turn on mistaken identity: They are confused for college professors in “Violent is the Word for Curly,” high society escorts in “Termites of 1938,” and widely known and esteemed decorators in “Tassels in the Air.” For all the hair-tearing, eye-poking, and shovel-clobbering, the Stooges surprise with the odd musical grace note, such as their rendition of the absurd “The Lollipop Song” in “Wee Wee Monsieur,” and their music box-accompanied pas-de-trio with pilgrim lasses Faith, Hope, and Charity in “Back to the Woods.” One likewise does not commonly look to the Stooges for pathos, or, for that matter, heartwarming happy endings, but “Cash and Carry” delivers both as the boys set out to raise $500 for a crippled boy’s operation. “Flat Foot Stooges” is something of a milestone. It marks the debut of “Three Blind Mice” as the Stooges new theme song, which would replace the twittering “Listen to the Mockingbird.” The shorts are staged finish and uncut, which means the PC police are standing by to issue citations for such egregious stereotypes as the grunting, shrieking “savages” in the colonial comedy, “Back to the Woods,” and the Stooges’ turn as Yiddish-speaking Chinese launderers in “Mutts to You.” –Donald Liebenson
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79 of 79 people found the following review helpful.
 Stooges in their prime
By stooged and confused
THIS DVD HAS BEEN VIEWED IN FULL FROM AN ADVANCED COPY I RECEIVED FROM SONY PICTURES ON 5/16/08:
81 of 84 people found the following review helpful.
The title says it all!
By andy8047
We Three Stooges fans will be looking forward to another great collection of adventures of Moe and Curly Howard and Larry Fine. This set is an even two dozen instead of just 19 shorts like the first set contained. In GRIPS,GRUNTS & GROANS,Curly(real name Jerome Lester Horwitz) is elected to sub for an ill wrestler who bears physical resemblance to Curly. In DIZZY DOCTORS,the boys are ordered by their wives to go to work instead of just eating and sleeping all the time. They sell a potion called Brighto which they think is an all-purpose cleaner but is actually an internal medicine. In GOOFS AND SADDLES,the boys are out west and Curly is playing cards with a few other guys(not Moe or Larry). In BACK TO THE WOODS,the boys are pilgrims hunting for food. In THREE DUMB CLUCKS,The boys,in jail,receive a note from their mother saying the boys’ father has divorced her and is engaged to a younger woman(Curly plays a dual role in this film as himself and the father). The boys do all they can to prevent the wedding from taking place,and Daisy,the father’s fiancee,accidentally marries Curly! Clyde Bruckman’s script for this film was later recycled for the 1953 remake UP IN DAISY’S PENTHOUSE with Moe’s and Curly’s brother Shemp playing the dual role. In CASH AND CARRY,the boys ransack garbage in a landfill and discover $62 in a tin can that actually belong to a physically disabled boy and his mother(they are collecting $500 for the boy’s operation for Jimmy,the boy,to walk freely again). The boys pay a pair of crooks they meet,$200 for the privilege of digging up a hidden treasure. It turns out the boys accidentally broke into the U.S. Treasury,which is felonious and results in life inprisonment. Since the act was unintentional,the boys were pardoned by President Theodore Roosevelt(he served in 1937). In PLAYING THE PONIES,the boys sell their restaurant to go into horse racing after learning in a newspaper that a horse-race driver received ten grand for winning a race. A spicy snack called Pepperinos made the boys’ pet horse(driven by Larry) rapidly run and win. In THE SITTER DOWNERS,the Stooges build a home for their new wives as well as themselves. They go on strike much to the womens’ disdain. In TERMITES OF 1938,the boys,like they did once before,wreck havoc at a dinner party trying to kill the infesting unwelcome visitors. The Stooges are Frenchmen in WEE WEE MONSIEUR. They rescue a shah who was held hostage. In TASSELS IN THE AIR,the boys are painters and Moe impersonates an artist named Omay. The real Omay later appears,enraged. HEALTHY,WEALTHY & DUMB has the boys as guests at the posh Hotel Costa Plente after Curly wins $10,000 in a poetry contest. They wreck a bed and furniture and after taxes,the boys go broke leaving them nothing to pay the hotel bill with. Three beautiful girls who are occupying a room near the boys’,want the money. This was later remade as A MISSED FORTUNE with Shemp playing Curly’s parts. In VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY,the boys are gas station attendants,posing as three professors at a girls’ college(the professors themselves were the Stooges’ customers). In THREE MISSING LINKS,the boys are janitors who are fired and hired for supporting an actress in a movie. In MUTTS TO YOU,the boys are dog-bathers who discover an unattended baby who they put in their care until his parents reclaim him. In THREE LITTLE SEW AND SEWS,the boys are tailor shop attendants as well as navymen. Curly poses as an admiral after the real admiral’s suit shows up at the shop. FLAT FOOT STOOGES has the boys again as firemen(first use of the children’s song THREE BLIND MICE which became the signature theme thru the last of the short series). In WE WANT OUR MUMMY,the boys are detectives who are sent to Egypt to bring back a mummy for a museum curator’s collection. The boys join a phony duck-hunting club in A-DUCKING THEY DID GO. The club was organized by a pair of swindlers. The city mayor and a few of his colleagues are members. In YES WE HAVE NO BONANZA,the boys dig up money that was actually stolen by a pair of crooks. In SAVED BY THE BELLE,we see the boys in some foreign country,with the help of a beautiful girl named Rita,locating a lost map that leads to a treasure. In CALLING ALL CURS,the boys as veterinarians,search for and find a dog stolen by a pair of crooks. The crooks show up at the veterinary clinic,posing as newspaper reporters. The sick dog’s owner was so horrified after learning of the dog’s kidnapping. But Garcon(gar sone),the dog,is found,alive and well,in parenthood with his mate and their litter. In OILY TO BED OILY TO RISE,the boys succeed in saving a woman’s property. She sold it and later regretted it. A trio of crooks were about to have the deed recorded,and the boys swindle it away from them in time so the recording would never happen. Curly,a wishing wizard,has all his wishes granted. Cigars,apple pie,meeting three beautiful girls(the woman’s daughters named April,Mae and June) and marrying them! This was later remade with Joe Besser as OIL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL in 1957. In THREE SAPPY PEOPLE,the boys are switchboard operators who attend a black tie birthday party. The birthday woman,who is relentlessly happy and laughing,is believed by her husband to have a mental disorder. So the boys,as psychiatrists,look the woman over. She loves Curly’s silliness as well. I dedicate this item to the memories of Moe(1897-1975),Larry(1902-1975) and Curly(1903-1952)
72 of 77 people found the following review helpful.
Sony speedily releases volume two of The Three Stooges
By calvinnme
I was happy to see volume two of The Three Stooges released so quickly after the first volume. Here we get more of Moe, Larry, and Curly in the late-Depression pre-war years. Once again the individual episodes are being released chronologically, which is good. Not so good, though, is that once again it appears we will get no commentary or extra features. The first volume had first rate video and audio – far superior to anything I had seen on any other DVD set featuring the trio – so I expect this set will also be excellent in that regard. The following is the listing of the episodes that will be available in this set:
Disc 1:
Back to the Woods
Cash and Carry
Dizzy Doctors
Goofs and Saddles
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
Playing the Ponies
The Sitter-Downers
Tassels in the Air
Three Dumb Clucks
Violent is the Word For Curly
Wee Wee Monsieur
Grips, Grunts and Groans
Termites of 1938
Disc 2:
A Ducking They Did Go
Calling All Curs
Flat Foot Stooges
Mutts to You
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
Saved by the Belle
Three Little Sew and Sews
Three Missing Links
Three Sappy People
We Want Our Mummy
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
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