The Three Stooges: Appeal split along gender lines?

[dougie_monty]

What's the Straight Dope on this? The Old Farmer's Almanac once ran an item that said, "Men consider Larry, Moe, and Curly to be funny. Women consider them to be stupid and violent."
Can the Teeming Millions help me on this?

[UncleBeer]

I gotta say the stooges are violently, spleen-rippingly hilarious.

Yeah, I a male if ya can't tell by the handle. (or the response)

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[topolino]

Well, in my family, we definitely split along gender lines. My mom, my sister, and I hate them. My dad and my boyfriend love them.

I think there are exception to the rule, of course, but I've found the gender split to be pretty constant.

[pluto]

Do you just want opinions? I never could stand 'em and I'm 100% male. In fact, I don't personally know anyone who does like them, male or female.

It may be a generational thing. They are just a little older than my childhood -- so they would have been yesterday's news when I was a kid. Too new to be campy and too old to be familiar, maybe.


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[dougie_monty]

To Pluto: I guess I'm just old-fashioned. I like slapstick (But I also enjoy the Marx Brothers). The stuff that passes for comedy these days--South Park, Eddie Murphy, etc.--leaves me cold. The Three Stooges, Tom & Jerry, Spike Jones--I enjoy 'em.
A relative recently urged me to see the movie Mother, with Albert Brooks. We happened to have the movie on videotape at home. I watched about half of it. It may as well have been in a foreign language--I never laughed at all. Whatever the comedic appeal in it may have been, went totally over my head.
But the Three Stooges: N'yuk n'uyk n'yuk!!

[pricciar]

Dougie,
I have a modern movie reccomendation that you will just love. The Impostors. Its definitley a throw back to the old time screwball comedies. zany fun.
awesome.
rent it.

pat

[pluto]

I like slapstick, too, just, for some reason, not the Stooges. I like Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers, both with a lot of physical humor, even the Keystone Kops. More recently I really like Monte Python and I find Chevy Chase amusing. It's just those three guys.

Maybe it really is a gender thing and I'm so repressed that this the only way my feminine side can express herself!


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[topolino]

When I got home tonight, I saw an article in the newspaper about a piece in this month's Men's Health. The article claims that all men are a version of a Stooge. I'd copy it here but I don't know if I'm allowed.

Now, *I* didn't write the article. I'm just telling you about it. If you want to know more, go look at Men's Health magazine.

[pricciar]

Did Men's Health steal my Three Stooges theory of Human Personality types?
I wrote it up as I was trying not to pay attention during Psych 101.
Three kinds of people in the world, Moes Larrys and Curlys. The Moes lead, the Larrys follow and the Curlys follow a different drummer.

pat

[Markxxx]

I do believe too it falls along lines of gender. The Simpsons does too. Most women (not all) I know HATE them. Most men like them.

[Satan]

I'm all male and I find it really stupid...

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[Doobieous]

I am male and i dont like the stooges much. I do like Southpark, etc. but it may be generational. I also love the Simpsons, though i dont watch TV much, whenever i watch a Simpsons episode i am sure to find something funny.

[Doobieous]

I am male and i dont like the stooges much. I do like Southpark, etc. but it may be generational. I also love the Simpsons, though i dont watch TV much, whenever i watch a Simpsons episode i am sure to find something funny.

[TheNerd]

I agree with Doobieous and Doobieous. Can't stand the stooges, love the Simpsons. Southpark is usually funny.

[Big Iron]

[[The Simpsons does too. Most women (not all) I know HATE them. Most men like them.]]


Can't say that's been my experience. It's fun for a girl and a boy.

[dougie_monty]

To Pricciar: I haven't seen The Impostors; I saw the video in a local store (The Wherehouse in Torrance, CA), but it's R-rated. This suggests bloody violence, profanity galore, or a leering attitude about sex. Sorry, but no thanks. Moe, Larry, and Curly never did R-rated stuff in their short subjects. The difference in the modern audience's taste notwithstanding, mine have changed not at all. The only modern comedian whose stuff appeals to me is Benny Hill.

[BurnMeUp]

i'm male and i detest the stooges. They just suck!

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