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What a treat!! We love this book! So much so we've ordered the DVD. I've been a big fan of the Stooges since childhood, and my parents before me. We have an entire section in our fine China cabinet dedicated to Stooges Memorabilia. Our dear grandfather's most prized possession, in fact, was a signed picture of the Three Stooges, dedicated to him.
When a friend directed me to Stoogebook.com, we bought all the previous books to add to our collection, and have never been disappointed. I must say, I speak for a LOT of serious fans when I say this is the FINEST work yet on the life and times of the phenomenon that was The Three Stooges. Their influence on modern comedy and truly performing cannot be underestimated.
In this wonderful, comprehensive and well written biography, we see a complete portrait, replete with intimate details, of the people that created this magic. The rare photos and behind-the-scenes info only serves to show what hardship and struggle these people sacrificed to create entertainment for millions. It lives on today. Laughter is their legacy, and we see it live on today in the likes of Michael Richards' "Kraemer" on Seinfeld, or in the physical comedy of Jim Carrey.
A parting thought in this readers review. Whoever thought they were insulting by referring to this lovely, accurate and intriguing portrait as a "coffee table book" has clearly misunderstood the place of literature, photography, and comedy in our lives. I have proudly placed "Three Stooges: The Triumpsh and Tragedies of the Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time" on my coffee table, right next to Jon Stewart's America. And you know what? Everyone loves them both! Congratulations, and I'm happy to see Amazon.com making this book available to the world.
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I like the book cover with all the Stooges on it. Only three stars.... yes and here is why - The books format was screwed-up. The writer tried to give a biography of each Stooge, and then later on tell the story about the Stooges, with infomation being choppy and repeated. Also what is this with Mousie Garner..... Last of the Stooge wanna-be's. Lots of pictures of about 16 Stooge wanna-be's, but not much information on them, as the only connection is that they were Ted Healy's foil. Too much homeage is paid to Healy, and I know that will make some Stooge fans blood boil, by me even saying this. He started the act, but the act was Moe, Shimp, Larry, and later Curly ( and Besser and CurlyJoe) To give Healy so much credit, is to take away from the six true Stooges. He was the straight man, but in the few films I have seen him in, Emil Sitka was a much better straight man to play off of. Also the write up reviews acted like this book would be a tell all about Healy's death...... However only a suggestion of his death is mentiond in one paragraph. What bugged me the most was all the Moe Howard bashing. Like it was his fault the other stooges died of strokes.... being hit was part of the game..... if they didn't like it, as in Joe Bessers case, they can move on. I will say that the book did a good job in telling the story of transitions between Stooges, and good information about Besser and CurlyJoe who are normally left out of the picture. It was interesting that Besser hated being a Stooge, until he was no longer a Stooge, and when he started seeing all the money coming in, do to the Stooge shorts being played on TV, and all the fans, I think he realized he had made a mistake. To be honest he didn't, as his Stooge character didn't go over well - the "gay" Stooge, which he wasn't. CurlyJoe was no Curly, and he knew that and did his own style of humor.... He is not given the credit he deserves. I think the Stooges would have ended in 1959 if it wasn't for him, and it did end when he died in 1993.
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This turns out to be the most accurate story of the 3 Stooges saga ever printed. A behind the scenes biography of the greatest comedy team of all time. Of particular interest is the fascinating story of how the Stooges were created by the great Ted Healy. For years other books have dismissed Healy as a footnote in Stooge history but here we find the real story of how Healy invented Stooge comedy and gave Moe, Larry, Curly and Shemp their big break in show business. Without Ted Healy there would be no Stooges. Just as fascinating is how the Stooges were developed at Columbia Pictures, by the likes of Jules White, Del Lord, Charley Chase and Edward Bernds, into Comedy Legends. The 3 Stooges are the only old time comedians that keep getting more popular as time goes on.
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We all know the Stooges from seeing them on Saturday mornings and after school on t.v. --but this book tells you about the REAL Stooges and who they were. The behind-the-scenes triumphs and tragedies are divulged in great detail. Further, the biographical information and the hundreds of great pictures make this book a MUST-HAVE for Stooge fans of all ages. We literally couldn't put it down!
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I am not a particularly devoted fan of the Three Stooges, but I am a big collector of Hollywood histories and Broadway biographies in general. I recently received this book as a gift, and admittedly was somewhat underwhelmed. But once I started reading it, I literally could not put this book down!
Surprisingly, The Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of The Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time (Donaldson Books) is one of the best entertainment biographies I have ever read. In their fifth and latest release about what could be this country's all-time favorite comedy team, the Forrester brothers have successfully integrated their in-depth research skills, captivating photographic image collection and "just-the-facts-ma'am" journalistic writing style into a topnotch expose on Curly, Moe and Larry -- as well as the 15 other men who made up the Three Stooges. The birth and the death of a comedy team (and everything else in between) is carefully outlined and
painstakingly detailed by the authors in this fact-filled, fun and intimate look at the rather complicated story of all 18 men who became a Stooge for the act's creator, and long-forgotten funnyman, Ted Healy. The Three Stooges are the only classic comedians who have successfully moved from the early days of vaudeville to virtual reality and beyond while becoming more popular with each passing year.
Undoubtedly the Three Stooges were comedic geniuses and are finally being recognized as America's Sultans of Slapstick, and this book documents every step of their triumphant, and sometimes tragic, rise to superstardom. Beside being a compelling read, the huge collection of hundreds of vintage visuals and candid Stooge photos included throughout the text makes this book well worth the purchase price.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys entertainment and to everyone who could use a good laugh or even a good cry. Stooge fan or not you'd have to be some kind of Knucklehead to pass up your chance to read this great new book!
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