Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk: A Three Stooges Marathon
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Will Curly be blind by the end, his eye sockets poked empty by his punchy friends? How many giant mallets will Moe find in his jacket? Will Shemp, or, even more unlikely, Joe Besser or Curly-Joe DeRita make it onto the screen?
The TV world is abuzz with such serious questions, as cable's AMC network announces an April Fool's Day marathon of Three Stooges shorts, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 1. Anyone who watches the whole thing is soey-ten-lee guaranteed to be left with crazy eyes and a fevered brain to match any that the Stooges experienced.
AMC plans to show 24 shorts, back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back, etc., including some of the great ones (not that they aren't all great): "A Plumbing We Will Go," "Pardon My Scotch," "Violent is the Word for Curly," "Three Little Pigskins" (which features Lucille Ball) and, one of my favorites, "Dizzy Detectives." There's also the original "Men in Black," in which the boys, all somehow having completed medical school, terrorize a hospital and the grave chief of staff, Dr. Graves, in the name of duty and humanity.
Why is it called "Men in Black"? Ooooooh, Wiseguy, eh?
If the marathon leaves you weak in the knees for more Stooges, you could just walk this way (or more easily drive) out to Ambler, Pa., where Gary Lassin, Larry's grand nephew-in-law, displays about 3,500 of the 100,000 Stoogey souvenirs in his collection at the Stoogeum. You'll have to wait until the merry month of May, however, to get a load of the Three Stooges toilet paper and other tasteful items. May 8 is the next date the museum will be open.
It's the Three Stooges. It screams to have a crazy schedule.