| The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 3: 1940-1942 | 
 enlarge | Actor: The Three Stooges
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
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Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Original Recording Remastered, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 396
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: COLD26382D
UPC: 043396263826
EAN: 0043396263826
ASIN: B001AXOFR0
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/26/2008 Run time: 396 minutes
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The Three Stooges--political satirists? Laugh if you will, but as demonstrated by the shorts "You Nazty Spy" and "I'll Never Heil Again"--both of which are featured on this two-disc, digitally remastered set--the boys were the first act in Hollywood to bring attention to the Nazi threat in the days prior to America's involvement in World War II. "Nazty," which was released in 1940 some nine months before Chaplin's The Great Dictator, and 1941's "Heil," have Moe donning the greasepaint mustache to play Moe Hailstone, a dull-witted wallpaper hanger who runs amok as the dictator of Moronica along with his sidekicks Larry (the Goebbels stand-in) and Curly (Mussolini, natch). If the hijinks aren't exactly drawing room humor, one must still marvel at the foresight of the team and director Jules White for conceiving the idea, and by the sheer ballsiness of the Howard brothers and Fine--all Jews--taking the air out of the most insidious anti-Semitic figure of the period. One might also view 1940's "Boobs in Arms," with the boys accidentally joining the Army, as another riff on the absurdity of the slowly mounting war. Of course, the Stooges were better known for their wild slapstick comedy, and Volume 3 of this long-overdue collection presents some of the funniest shorts in their lengthy careers. Chief among these is "What's the Matador," which pits the boys' bullfighting routine against some real live beef, and the delirious "Sock-A-Bye Baby," with the Stooges attempting to care for an abandoned child. Elsewhere, the two main themes of the shorts--the Stooges as agents of fair play, as seen in "Nutty But Nice" (Curly finds a kidnapped man by yodeling) and "So Long Mr. Chumps" (the boys free an unjustly jailed man)--or menaces to society, as shown by the devastation wreaked at a dinner party in "An Ache in Every Stake," is in full effect. As with the two previous volumes, the shorts featured here (eight of which have never been available on DVD) are presented in chronological order and pristine condition, which soitenly makes up for decades of neglect from previous fly-by-night Stooge releases. --Paul Gaita
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When you need a good belly laugh... December 23, 2008
This is an awesome collection of some of the boys' best work from the early 40's all brought back with a superb visual quality. Alas, no Shemp in these, those will come later but even Shemp fans like me still appreciate the comic work of Curly! Descriptions of all the episodes are available elsewhere so no need to comment on that. Suffice it to say if you're a fan of the stooges you'll want this set; you won't be disappointed with the quality.
 Item Review December 21, 2008
Big fan of the stooges. Added this little baby to my growing collection of this version of the stooge shorts. This is a wonderful collection to buy for any stooge lover out there. So far...so good.
great one December 12, 2008
If you grew up watching the 3 stooges, this just one of the four you must have in your collection
Mammy December 12, 2008
One of the all-time best routines is when the boys sing Mammy in "All the World's a Stooge". Also in this short is Curly's recitation of "Little Fly Upon the Wall". Pure genius.
At their peak? December 6, 2008
Perhaps the Stooges in their finest shorts. The two Nazi parodies are worth the price alone. Curly is in top form, not showing any of the signs of his heart sickness that later shorts will document. Every sight/sound gag in their repertoire is on display: the fully realized Stooges "concept," if you will.
As with the previous two releases, the sound and image quality, so sorely lacking for so many years, is razor sharp. The collection looks to have been imported from original negatives, they are so good.
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