The Three Stooges Ultimate Collection DVD Box Set | Classic Comedy Shorts Set

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...but danged if I didn't. I'm no Stoogeophile by any stretch, but I do clearly remember "Officer" Joe Bolton at WPIX broadcasting out of New York and effectively in the vanguard of my home area's TV Stoogeaissance. The genuine incentive was viewing a lately televised hatchet-job done to the boys' 1936 short subject "A Pain in the Pullman." That very quickly got to the point where I said quite nearly aloud, "That's NOT the way I remember it." The Ultimate Collection helps you remember it as it should be.

I figure you either know the Stooges quite well or don't know them at all. For both categories they're an acquired taste. But once you get past the slap-shtik it very likely will dawn on you that the boys were genuine talents who came up the hard way and consistently hit their marks (at times quite literally), right down to Joe "Don't Hit Me" Besser (the final short-subject fall guy) and "Curly Joe" DeRita (stage, TV and feature films only). You might get interested in, but won't see any of their truly early work with Ted Healy at Fox and MGM in this collection.

Sure, most of the "shorts" are dated and some simply don't suit today's sanctioned tastes or cultural mores. ("So, you want an egg in your beer?") They get derivative with Shemp's appearance, and seeing what Sam Raimi credits as the "False Shemp" in some of them is positively heartbreaking. (It truly was a factory effort at Columbia Pictures.) But others were directed very much with silent movies in mind while the wit of still others very nearly reaches the transcendent heights of W. C. Fields. I'll single out the 1940 short subject "A Plumbing We Will Go" as Stooges Most Surreal. Watch for the two with Shemp that were filmed for "3D," the three playing 10 characters in the 1950 short subject "Self-Made Maids," the FOUR Stooges briefly appearing in the 1947 short subject "Hold That Lion!", and take account of the recurring supporting players, one Dudley Dickerson in particular. The vaudeville never truly goes away...and early Stateside televised entertainment purposely aimed for that, 'cause that's what sold.

Will we see their likes again? In these enlightened times that's highly doubtful. But let's virtually gather, occasionally revisit and ultimately enjoy the unaccustomed grace of the original, six-and-only Three Stooges.

It is all slapping good humor. If someone makes a mistake, or touches Moe's face with a paint brush, guess what he does? Pinches your nose, or bops you on the head with his fist. & its a very laughable thing watching Moe trying to get some sense into both Larry & Curly! That's what I like best about the show. It never falls flat. I love all the jokes, Curly's jokes anyways. & then you got Shemp who replaces Curly's absence in some of the episodes. He's funny too. & Lets say they get a job as auto mechanics, Plumbers, carpenters, that's when we all witness the silliness. Or take a job as painters, trying to start their own plumbing company, I love it all. In the mid 80's I'd catch the show in the mornings usually between 8 & 10 am. I never bothered very much to watch anything else.
In my opinion the 3 stooges is about the best there is as far as comedy goes! I wouldn't ask for a funnier show!!!!!!!!!!! All the mistakes they make are like no other that you'll see. I chose to skip watching the new movie that just recently came out because comedy isn't what it use to be. I think I'd watch this show any day. About the theme song, whether or not (The Pop goes the weasel was the first thing to ever do this version of the song or if it was played as the theme song for the 3 stooges first, I don't know). The theme song is played a little different. My favorite theme song is the one where it sounds like birds chirping.
If you want top of the line jokes & absolute silliness then this show is for you!!
I now own the show, just recently bought this not too long ago. & the quality appears to be good. It doesn't seem to have every episode the 3 stooges ever did, I thought it did. Comes close though.
Some episodes are so hilarious its difficult to stop laughing!

You may find too much of the same episodes with Shemp. Not enough of something different. & that's the only thing that disappointed me just a tad.
The box holding the series DVD's in was little messed up. So I had to tape that up. Aside from that I am very satisfied.

Let me first say that I have been a Three Stooges fans for decades. Since my childhood, I remember some of the funniest lines from the Three Stooges. My favorite has always been the Shemp episodes and for whatever reasons I'm unsure of, near impossible to find.

On some occasions, certain networks show the Three Stooges rather randomly but they always been Curly episodes and a whole lot of repeated episodes almost every time you watch it.

Throughout the years I came across various dvds and partials of the Three Stooges, none of which features Shemp even if the cover has a picture of him. My main way of ever hoping to watch the show was to record it on vhs and hope that I can re-watch it sometime. I sometimes see Three Stooges collections at the movie stores, but it was very unclear how to complete such collection.

So in comes this ultimate dvd collection. Let me say I was very skeptical at first. My thought were exactly, "No way this could be the complete ultimate collection that features every Curly, Shemp, and Joe films." Sure enough it is, and I'm very glad to have purchased this. I don't know when this DVD was released or for how easy it is to access Shemp episodes. I'm just glad to finally come across the dvds and am very glad I can watch it. I found many episodes I completely forgotten about including the one where Shemp was in a stolen box car and had a drunken vision of a bird. Other funny episodes include where Shemp had this fishbowl stuck on his head after attempting to get his inheritance money.

To my surprise a lot of Three Stooges episodes are rehashes of other episodes but in various formats. To me the Three Stooges are the funniest but also some of Hollywood most tragic actors and certainly shows the evil and corruption of Hollywood. I know some writers of the shows actually committed suicide after going bankrupt. All the Stooges had broken bones and Curly and Shemp both suffered tragic, sudden deaths. As you all know Shemp came on the show after Curly and a lot of Shemp's episodes are remakes of earlier Curly episodes. Even more surprising after Shemp died, they simply re-used a lot of his films for future versions until Joe came into the picture. All that is within this Ultimate Collection of Three Stooges. You also get some very nice missing episodes that are very rare. You get 3d glasses, which I haven't tried yet in fear of losing the glasses.

Overall I am very happy to own this. I am very thankful that finally the full collection has been released and I enjoy every minute of this collection. It's one of my most prized item and I certainly hope that everyone can experience the Three Stooges.