I'll never Heil again!!

[CA-35]

Recently saw a trailer for the "new" Three Stooges movie.

Are you kidding me????????

They will never even come close to the artistry of the REAL Three Stooges. Three Jewish boys from New York: Moses Harry "Moe" Horwitz, Jerome Lester "Curly" Horwitz and Larry Fein. May they RIP. Here is a great 18 minutes of sheer comedy. Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/7cZ9DOdAoME

 

[westerlyborn]

I agree, I'm getting all the stooge films from Netflix to copy on DVD. The new film looks like a waste of time. As far as I'm concerned, Curley made the whole thing work.

 

[Default]

Larry Fein was from Philadelphia and a graduate of Central High School for Boys. He was a smart kid who made good playing a dummy. :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

Lifelong fan of the Stooges, and Curly was THE one who did for me. He was always busy being....Curly!
It's pretty obvious that I have a weakness for the absurd! :lol:

Joe

 

[CA-35]

Larry Fein was from Philadelphia and a graduate of Central High School for Boys. He was a smart kid who made good playing a dummy. :wink:

Absolutely correct sir....my error. :shock: Larry was also a classically trained and very accomplished violinist.

 

[Default]

His "Pop Goes The Weasel" was always inspiring to me! 8)

 

[dapmdave]

+1

Big fan of the Stooges, here. I just wish Hollywood would give up and leave these classics alone.

I think this guy is actually the closest I've seen to Curly, but he's just selling cars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03iP0Uhmck

Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk...

Dave

 

[twocorgis]

"Ants in the Pantry" for me. Stooges rule; even with Shemp! Right Yoko?

 

[FNG]

Moe, Larry, Cheese!!!

 

[walrus]

Stooges are the greatest! I loved turning my two sons onto them - the "Golfing" short is my favorite - total destruction!

walrus

 

[westerlyborn]

I bought a metal sign at Hobby Lobby of the Stooges. It was for the "Knucklehead Fix-it shop", with the priceless caption, " We're not happy until you're not happy", I understand this is the motto of the US Congress.

 

[adorshki]

I bought a metal sign at Hobby Lobby of the Stooges. It was for the "Knucklehead Fix-it shop", with the priceless caption, " We're not happy until you're not happy", I understand this is the motto of the US Congress.

And who can forget the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe?

 

[Geo]

I bought a metal sign at Hobby Lobby of the Stooges. It was for the "Knucklehead Fix-it shop", with the priceless caption, " We're not happy until you're not happy", I understand this is the motto of the US Congress.

And who can forget the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe?

Moe's favorite brand of cigars were La Stinkadora. 8)

George

 

[F312]

I saw the 3 and shook hands with Larry and he said how ya doin kid. They were doing an act promoting one of there movies at the Congress theater in Chicago around early 60's I beleave. I didn't have the money to see the act but we waited outside to get a chance to see them.
Ralph

 

[Curlington]

The Origins of Curlington

The Three Stooges - Half-Wits Holiday

(The Bulter's name in Sappington)

Now gentleman, try and remember everything that you have been taught.
And if your debut into society tonight is successful, the money is yours.
Professor Quackenbush, have no qualms or trepidations.
We will justify your faith in us indubitably, sir.
Professor, the vicissitudes we've encountered have elevated us to a lofty position.
Thank you, gentleman.
Come, I'll introduce you.
Good evening.
Good evening.
My I introduce my three proteges?
Mrs. Gotrocks.
Moe: Delighted.
Larry: Devastated.
Curly: Dilapated.
And the countess Spritzwasser.
Moe: Enchanted.
Larry: Enraptured.
Curly: Embalmed.
Moe: Oh, pardon us.

Good evening, Miss Lulu.
My, but you look charming.
Oh, thank you boys.
You look charming, too.
Oh, by the way, may I present Mrs. Smythe-Smythe.
Oh, very-very happy-happy.
Oh-- sham-pag-ne [champagne]
You know, this is our first entree into society and we find it very delightful.
So different from our first party at the reform school.
Moe: Oh, uh, Curlington.
Curly: Yesington?
May I present Mrs. Smythe-Smythe.
You certainly may.
Hi-ya.
Oh, I'm charmed.
I kiss your hand, madam.
Isn't he gallant?
Would you please excuse us

 

[jcwu]

I just wish Hollywood would give up and leave these classics alone.

What do you guys think of all these remakes? I personally think we should leave good-enough alone, and try to come up with original ideas.

A friend of mine is really into the movie soundtrack from Across the Universe. They re-did a bunch of songs from the Beatles catalog. He swears that the new stuff blows away the originals - I totally disagree, since what makes the Beatles the Beatles was the song-writing, and the fact that they were ahead of their time in how they did their recordings. Nowadays it's easy to take their songs and totally dazzle with technology in a re-recording, but... it just comes out sounding like flashy soullessness. Sounds like the new Stooges went the same direction.

To be fair... I like the new Spiderman movies and the Zoro reboots, and I thought the new direction for Star Trek is fun. But I also take it for what it is - eye candy. I'll always pay homage to the originals, the true masters.

 

[taabru45]

I just wish Hollywood would give up and leave these classics alone.

What do you guys think of all these remakes? I personally think we should leave good-enough alone, and try to come up with original ideas.

A friend of mine is really into the movie soundtrack from Across the Universe. They re-did a bunch of songs from the Beatles catalog. He swears that the new stuff blows away the originals - I totally disagree, since what makes the Beatles the Beatles was the song-writing, and the fact that they were ahead of their time in how they did their recordings. Nowadays it's easy to take their songs and totally dazzle with technology in a re-recording, but... it just comes out sounding like flashy soullessness. Sounds like the new Stooges went the same direction.

To be fair... I like the new Spiderman movies and the Zoro reboots, and I thought the new direction for Star Trek is fun. But I also take it for what it is - eye candy. I'll always pay homage to the originals, the true masters.

Who would have thought a 'silent' film could win an academy award in 2012....pretty good tribute to un adorned talent, isn't it, but then I think 'old school' is a bit of a yardstick.....lets see and artist produce a work of art without computer graphics and a musician play an instrument 'unplugged' then build on that rather than build art as if it was a collage. Steffan

 

[adorshki]

What do you guys think of all these remakes? I personally think we should leave good-enough alone, and try to come up with original ideas.

Over on the Guild Forum they all think like that and they call themselves geezers. Oh waitaminnit, this is the Guild Forum. :lol:

A friend of mine is really into the movie soundtrack from Across the Universe. They re-did a bunch of songs from the Beatles catalog. He swears that the new stuff blows away the originals

I got a suspicion he didn't actually experience the originals when they were new, did he? That's 50% of the equation right there. Back then we usually got introduced to it on the radio, which forced you to use a lot more imagnation when listening, and shared reactions with friends, in an entirely different socio-political context.

I like the new Spiderman movies

Now you've hit another classic that's near and dear to me, having been a fanatic collector of the whole Marvel comics line from about 66 to '70, known now as the "Silver Age". To date virtually every movie re-creation I've seen has missed the flavor of the originals, focusing on character stereotypes instead of plot development for one thing, but there're actually two (current) animated series I stumbled across that I actually like: "the Superhero Squad" captures the original irreverence and self-parody of that era, and "the Avengers" is amazingly faithful to many of the original story lines of the early '60s while still enabling me to accept later versions of "Marvel history" which stem from much more recent eras. Artwork is good and story lines aren't restricted to single episodes which was another hallmark of Marvel's style back then. Overall I'm impressed and even surprised. Nothing against the movies, including Spiderman, but they don't really capture the spirit of the originals, and they don't engage me like the graphic art did.

I'll always pay homage to the originals, the... true masters.

Over on the Guild forum they call guys like us...oh yeah, this is the Guild Forum... :lol:

 

[walrus]

As a geezer, I must agree! "Across the Universe" did not do much for me, the movie or the soundtrack. Same with "I Am Sam" (although Eddie Vedder's version of "Hide Your Love Away" is excellent!!).

But your point about how we did not have any visuals to go with the music is a good one - we had to LISTEN, not let a video tell us what the song was about or was trying to say. That's a big difference. Just like I read all the James Bond books as a kid before I ever saw the movies. I enjoyed the movies, but you can't replace the visuals you have in your imagination first. Same with music.

I enjoyed the first Spiderman movie, I thought they captured the initial joy of him getting his spider powers well, after that it went downhill. And the webbing coming out of his skin, vs. him creating it in his "lab" - bah!

...saying "bah!" proves I am a geezer...

walrus

 

[killdeer43]

You can golf with the masters but I'd rather golf with these guys any day! Ya gotta love those outfits!! :lol:

Certainly would be more fun!

Joe