# Three Stooges appreciation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171 "2007-01-08T17:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/1 "2007-01-08T17:47:37Z")
Anyone else as nutty about these nutty nuts as I am? I grew up watching the Stooges on afternoon TV in addition to the annual New Year’s Eve (6 hr) marathon. Things I like: [ul] [li]The historical snapsnot. Between the language, the situations, and the setting there’s a whole lot of the (exaggerated) 1930s and 40s to gobble up here[/li][li]The titles – e.g. Pain in the Pullman; Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb; Violent is the Word for Curly; Three Sappy People; etc.[/li][li]The fact that pretty much every single episode is the same exact setup (and ending) with only some slight details changed (e.g. high class dinner party, old lady in trouble, etc.) [/li][li]Curly. [/li][/ul] Favorite episodes are a tough call since they’re all good (and similar), but you’ve gotta love the gift giving scene with the Maja Rajah in **Three Little Pirates**. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/2 "2007-01-08T17:49:14Z")
Oh and by the way, I’ve almost completed the collection of M, L, & C episodes. Are these out of copyright yet (and thus freely distributable)? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/3 "2007-01-08T17:57:01Z")
I’m generally not a Stooge fan, but I have to give it to them for the cleverest parody title ever, [Violent Is the Word for Curly](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028455/). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/4 "2007-01-08T18:01:21Z")
[QUOTE=Jayrot] Oh and by the way, I’ve almost completed the collection of M, L, & C episodes. Are these out of copyright yet (and thus freely distributable)? [/QUOTE] Most likely not. They’re after the cutoff, and they were sold to TV early on, so Columbia probably renewed the copyright. Works at the time were in copyright for 28 years before renewal. The first Stooges short was in 1934, so the copyright would have begun to lapse in 1962. But by that time they were a staple on TV, so Columbia would have renewed. I’m a fan of the Stooges; no one was better at low, physical comedy. The better shorts are quite good, though the quality dropped by the end of WWII. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/5 "2007-01-08T20:16:23Z")
One favorite (non-violent!) clip: The 3 Stooges teach the alphabet. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Pk1UYkB3I) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/6 "2007-01-09T01:47:07Z")
Who killed Cock Robin was great. The trial was zany and funny. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-appreciation/387171/7 "2007-01-09T01:51:00Z")
When ever I am exasperated to the point of losing it, I blurt out, \* “Moe! Larry! The cheese!”\* and it seems to take the edge off. And _“Mallethead!”_ is one of my favorite epithets.