Product Details

• Actors: Curly Joe deRita, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
• Directors: Norman Maurer
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Madacy (Music Distributor)
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2010
• Run Time: 265 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J3FBUW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,703 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

“Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!” That’s what you’ll find yourself sputtering after taking in all the hilarity and hi-jinks of the Three Stooges! The classic comedy troupe and all their legendary laughs are brought together in this collection of some of their funniest moments on film. You’ll delight in the antics of America’s favorite Stooges and chuckle to their cinematic capers in the features Disorder in the Court, Brideless Groom, Malice in the Palace, Sing a Song of Six Pants and Kooks Tour. For more side-splitting slapstick, stay tuned for eight of their original color cartoon classics, complete with bonus clips of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe and insightful, eye-opening interviews with their family and friends. This three-DVD collector’s tin can also includes a bonus booklet with a history of the Three Stooges, biographies of all the Stooges who passed through the legendary troupe during their 50-year career and rare photos that showcase the giggle makers in a whole new light! On the 75th anniversary of their debut as the kings of clowning around, join millions of other Stooges enthusiasts for hours of fun that will most soitenly entertain!

Customer Reviews

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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reissue of a disappointing DVD set, December 9, 2006

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William B. Seguine (Flanders, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Three Stooges: 75th Anniversary (DVD)

A 3-disc reissue of 2002's 75th Anniversary 2-disc edition from Madacy and C3 Entertainment. My earlier review of that collection follows, with these additional notes/warnings to this updated edtion...

- Disc 1 is unchanged, with the Stooges' 4 public domain Columbia shorts transferred from mediocre 16mm, Screen Gems, dupe prints.

- Disc 2 contains the same material as the earlier edition.

- Disc 3 is a new addition, featuring 1970's TV pilot KOOK'S TOUR. Previously licensed to Anchor Bay Entertainment, rights owner C3 Entertainment has transferred home video distribution rights of this film to Madacy... the Super8mm source material is unfortunately/inherently bad for both, but this Madacy version is further degraded with digital pixelation problems.

- All bonus features on Disc 3 DUPLICATE the content of Disc 2!

On the plus side, this new version comes in a tin case with a sound-chip mechanism containing a grand total of 4 Stooge sound-bytes, from the 4 public domain Columbia shorts on Disc 1. Uh, yeah.

Review of the earlier edition, from 2003...

"With the title 'Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collectors Edition,' and a very nice packaging presentation, you may have expectations of a wide selection of the comedy team's best work, or even some rarities. But...

It's a collection of public domain material, much available since the dawn of home video on many tape and disc offerings from numerous distributors. You'll find the four pd Columbia shorts, DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947) and MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), plus a handful of NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) cartoons. Original material is limited to a 10 minute video of hellos & introductions from Stooge family members taped at a 1998 convention in CA, plus some brief hosting segments by a Curly-impersonator. Visual quality of the shorts and cartoons is lacking, dark and non-contrasty, sourced from 16mm and vhs dupes. The cartoons are 'split up,' i.e., the live-action segments are under one menu, & the animated segments under a separate menu; the return to each menu contains annoying freeze frames that cut off approx. the last second of film, rather than seamless segues. From the perspective of a low price, maybe you'll feel you got what you paid for. But if you're looking for a collection worthy of the label '75th Anniversary,' you will be very disappointed. Definitely not recommended!"

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ripoff, August 24, 2008

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JRH (Southern US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Three Stooges: 75th Anniversary (DVD)

I bought this set thinking I was going to enjoy many hours of The Stooges. It only has a few shorts that are all over-played on TV, having seen them a hundred times already.

Charging a full retail price for a set like this, containing just a few shorts, is shameful. You're paying an extra 10 bucks for the tin box, little more. This set is a bargain-bin type item worth maybe four to five bucks at most.

It's my fault for being suckered out of my money. This purchase has taught me to read the content descriptions VERY CAREFULLY before buying future "special collections."

Now I'm off to buy the REAL complete chronological collections of The Three Stooges being released by Sony Pictures.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disapointed, August 7, 2007

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Melvin Jay Babb (Lewiston Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Three Stooges: 75th Anniversary (DVD)

When I bought this set from wal-mart, I should have taken my own advice:"Let the buyer beware."

Given the number of shorts the 3 stooges made, the content of this set is lame. How they get away with calling this "75th anniversary collection" I'll never know. I enjoyed watching what is on this set-but there's not a whole lot to brag about. "Kooks ture" is about the best thing here-but still it's not worth it.

Don't buy this set! Now you've been warned.