From the S&S archives: An interview with Moe Howard of The Three Stooges

Pacific Stars & Stripes ^ | May 22, 1966 | Hal Drake

[demlosers]

Teruhiko Kikuchi / S&S
Moe Howard, with the bangs and
"Why, I oughta ..." look familiar to Three Stooges fans ...

... and the way he normally appeared, off-screen.

[DefCon]

? chat candidate ?

[martin_fierro]

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The boys were HUGE in the 'Burgh.

[billorites]

This Guy corresponded with Moe Howard when he was young, then dropped in to visit him and was entertained by Moe and his wife in the 1970's.

Check out his web page.

[nothingnew]

"Doyousweartotellthetruththewholetruthandnothingbutthetruth?!"

"He's talkin' pig latin!"

FMCDH

[nothingnew]

"DO YOU SWEAR?!"

"NO!...but I know all the woids..."

FMCDH

[dakine]

Huge in Detroit bump!!

[Sam's Army]

"Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard"

[JoJo Gunn]

I always was tickled by this image. Anyone have a better copy?

[Billthedrill]

If the Stooges have never won an Nobel prize for something, it just says how inadequate the Nobel prize is.

[MarkL]

IIRC, the last movie appearance of The Three Stooges was a cameo in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World."

Wasn't that also Spencer Tracy's last movie?

Mark

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Once Moe was asked how long he thought the Stooges would be in show business. He replied, "With a little luck, forever". I think he was right!

GOD BLESS THE THREE STOOGES!!!!

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Remind me to kill you later
I'll make a note of it
Never mind, I'll do it now

I'm trying to think, but nuthin happens

[babyface00]

What I want to know is when he changed his name to Dennis and decided to run for mayor of Cleveland...

[beckett]

...."I'ma vic'um of circumstance...woo, woo, woo, woo, err, err, err, err ....hey Moe!

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

"Don't look now, but I think we're about to get killed!"

[pabianice]

Overlooked is how athletically talented these guys were.

[lone star annie]

"What are you going to do, give us a commission in the army?"

Curly replies, "Hey, it is straight salary or nuttin'!"


"Hey have you taken a bath?" "Why? Is there one missing?"

To me, they were the funniest comedians that have ever lived. Every generation discovers them anew and become instant fans. They were the greatest!!!

[HitmanLV]

Spencer Tracy made 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?' in the late 60s, which was the last film he made.

The Stooges made one more film (feature length) after their cameo 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World,' and that was 1965's 'The Outlaws Is Coming,' which featured Adam West.

About a year ago I flew into LA to see a special screening of 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' at the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The screening was of the 2:40 minute or so theatrical release, with overture and intermission break. It was great to see the film on the big screen, as I have never seen it in a theater before!

There was a Q&A session, and Johnathan Winters and Sid Ceasar were there, and looked a bit frail and slow, and were introduced at the start of the program and said some brief words but didn't stay for the post-movie Q&A.

Director Kramer's wife dominated the proceedings, talking too much I would say, but she was very informative.

Mickey Rooney had his turn at the mike and I turned to my friend and I said 'Here we go!" and he wouldn't stop - going down his career, Andy Hardy, working with Garland, etc....until Mrs. Kramer had the courage to cut him off.

I always have loved Edie Adams and she related some anecdotes from the set and production (I wanted to ask her if Sid kept on grabbing her rear end in the movie because it makes the final cut about four times - I don't blame him though, she was quite a fetching lass at the time!), and Marvin Kaplan discussed his big fight scene with Winters at the gas station which had the crowd roaring!

The stuntman spoke and discussed some stuntwork for the film, and Peter Falk talked a bit about the ending of the movie. There was some discussion about the way the trailer was put together and that was interesting also - short interviews with the cast on the theme of the film - 'greed.' It was a great program from start to finish.

Anyway I bring this up because Mrs. Kramer teased the crowd that sometime in 2003 or 2004 in Los Angeles they will assemble and screen a special four hour edit of the film, never before seen! Needless to say, she said that the complete movie as filmed was about 5 hours or so, but that they are at work at a 4 hour screening so I advise you keep your radar on and when they announce this, get your ticket for the show - it could be a once in a lifetime event!

Also, about two weeks ago I was making a list for myself, of the best comedians and comedy performers of their era who were NOT in 'It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World." Topping the list were Jackie Gleason & Art Carney.

A few days later, I learned Carney had passed away. I was bummed for a few days, really!