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Title: The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History by Michael Fleming ISBN: 0-385-48880-7 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tempted to give it three stars, but no.
Comment: Michael Fleming admits that this is his first book, and even though this book is quite an endeavor, it has its short comings, mainly in the organization of the material.
Most of the material that was gathered for the book came from court documents and testimonies from the stooges that pertained to their dealings with the motion picture industry. Well, this is nice since we get a close look at their relationships and finances, but the writing becomes repetitious as the "testimonies" are repeated over and over. I became quite bored reading about their salaries. Once is enough; I thirsted for more.
What is missing is more personal detail about behind the scenes, things that most stooge fans more or less ponder. For example, who chose the opening music? Why? Details such as this would have been a bit more absorbing.
For the synopsis of the episodes, I was hoping for more trivial behind the scenes happenings. There are some, but they are few and far between.
Why four stars and not three? Since I live in Europe and the closest Blockbuster is an 11 hour plane flight away, it was a joy to read each synopsis of the shorts. I've seen all of the stooge shorts over and over and over again as a kid, and reading these they played out in my mind; Larry's matter-of-fact drone, the Moe snarl, the whoop whoop whoops.
If you buy this book, you'll probably end up looking for more.
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting intro to Stooge history
Comment: Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard were born Moses (1897), Jerome (1903), and Samuel (1895) Horwitz -- and were believed for many years to be the three least accomplished sons of their Litvak parents. (Irving and Benjamin, the older brothers sold insurance, and at least, that was a real job, no?) Their parents were second cousins (Jennie and Solomon Gorovitz) which is maybe why the stooges were stooges. Did you know that Moe was a Shakespearean actor? Obviously, Larry Fine (Feinberg), a Philadelphian, was not a Howard brother, but a violinist with an injured arm. He joined the vaudeville act in 1925. This book details with an okay level of accuracy (a good intro), the 190 films by Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita made from 1934 to 1958, (from Woman Haters in 1934 to Sappy Bullfighters in 1958) with annotations on the number of slaps, eye-pokes, conking heads, pies thrown, etcetra in each. Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk. Did you know that the original "Men in Black" was a 1934 Stooges film with the memorable line of "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard."
Rating: 2
Summary: Middling
Comment: A nicely packaged book. If you're new to Stooge fandom, then this is a good book for you. But, if you're a longtime fan who wants to read and learn...
MOE HOWARD AND THE THREE STOOGES (by Moe Howard himself) *
THE THREE STOOGES SCRAPBOOK (co-authored by Moe's daughter) *
CURLY (again, co-authored by Moe's daughter) *
THE COMPLETE THREE STOOGES (by Dr. Jon Solomon)...
Those are the books you should buy!
If you decide otherwise, this book is a nice simple read, with nothing new to offer. There are better ways to learn about the Three Stooges.
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Title: The Official Three Stooges¿ Encyclopedia : The Ultimate Knucklehead's¿ Guide to Stoogedom--from Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller... by Robert Kurson ISBN: 0809225808 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Three Stooges Scrapbook by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg ISBN: 0806509465 Publisher: Citadel Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Larry the Stooge in the Middle by Morris Fineburg, G. P. Skratz, Bob Davis, Steve Allen ISBN: 0867193085 Publisher: Last Gasp Pub. Date: 05 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:The Three Stooges ASIN: B000002QV3 Publisher: Mca Special Products Pub. Date: 10 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $6.98 |
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Title: The Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of The Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time by Jeff Forrester, Tom Forrester, Joe Wallison ISBN: 0971580103 Publisher: Donaldson Books Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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