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The Three Stooges Collection, Volumes 1-6 Bundle

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When Columbia Pictures signed The Three Stooges to a long-term film contract starting back in 1934, little did they realize that these knuckleheads would soon go on to become one of the country's most popular and best-loved comedy teams of all time. Finally, Sony has gotten things right for a change by releasing these DVD sets containing the classic short films made by the Stooges for Columbia. Even better is the fact that the shorts are presented in high definition and in the original release order. The complete contents of the first four volumes and the first half of volume five feature every one of the films with the trio of Moe, Larry and Curly from their debut "Woman Haters" to their last film together, "Half-Wits Holiday". The second half of volume five and all of volume six features the original Stooge line-up of Moe, Larry and Shemp starting with the film short "Fright Night". To have this collection is a Stoogeaholic dream come true. These shorts are in the most pristine versions ever made available. Now, we can hardly wait for the remaining titles with Shemp, along with the Joe Besser shorts that end with "Sappy Bullfighters". The Three Stooges are an invaluable part of American popular culture; and these DVDs are proof positive why they are still so much fun to watch, even into the 21st century.

I was about to order this set and did a little research. If you order all six DVDs separately you save over six dollars. What's with that? Don't you usually get a discount if you order complete sets?

Now they offer the 1-7 set for about $30 less, what's going on with this product?

The video quality is the best that you can get for B/W and the audio is excellent! I have gotten many before this and been disappointed. No disappointment here! If you are a stooges fan buy it now.

I have been a Three Stooges fan since I was a kid. I would have paid twice as much for this collection!! Well worth it!!!

As one of many Stooge fans, it is great that the Three Stooges have finally been put on DVD in chronological order. That being said, it is almost a waste to buy this set, if you have the volumes individually. As the other reviewer said, this is not the end of the shorts. They went on until the short "Sappy Bullfighters" with Joe Besser. If you do not own any of the volumes, it is worth picking up this set. However, if you've been purchasing the individual ones, just bypass this set and continue to buy the separate volumes. In time, I'm confident that there will be a truly complete box set with all 190 shorts from 1934-1958.

Nothing compares to the quality of these editions and the hours of laughs they have given to me and my friends and family who have been so fortunate to have been around during my viewings of these 8 volumes. I don't think i'll ever have anything in my dvd collection that even comes close to providing so many hours of non-stop laughs.

For 3 Stooges fans trying to decide what to buy, this is the collection to get. Everything is here, in the release order, and in excellent prints. Very satisfying for the 3 Stooges fan.

The 3 stooges were a violent slapstick team that quickly developed a cruel but farcical comedy style based on slapping and eye-gouging that might shock a parent unused to slapstick. A lot of their themes and ideas were inventive and clever, though, so it's a little more rewarding than many old comedy films and shorts. The Stooges somehow managed to transcend their time and are still funny and worth watching, even decades after their heyday.

Finally, a collection worthy for those who loved watching the Three Stooges.

I used to watch them every chance I got of the antics of these slap stick comedians; however, when they were shown by the local TV station the quality of the film had deteriorated to almost obliteration. Faded out, streaking with light strings & bare spots from where the frames were scraped of the images. Now with the restoration techniques available from technology of today they are back to there glorious black & white original quality.

I like the way Sony has them sequenced in their chronological order of release. Also to note that from the first few shorts where Curly was listed last in the pictured opening of the shorts his name was spelt Curley. Later when the short "Disorder in the Court" his name was spelt Curly without the "E". I liked where later on Curly developed a routine to be used against Moe; it is when he does a jerky hand motion in front of Moe face and he get entranced by it, which in turn make Moe snap his neck. Curly goes up & down, side to side or a combinations of the two. It beats that pumping ordeal he does with Moe's arm like he's trying to pump water.

Since I had ordered volumes 1 through 6, I had to get volume 7 to make a complete set. To say again, I always have liked and LMAO, not as much as when I was young, watching these knuckle heads. In the future, I going to get their movies, which were a riot and full of laughs.

This one is great, they did a good job on restoring the picture and sound, buy it, it's great.

Awesome all the way around. Love watching all the old Three Stooges shows. A fantastic set of DVDs for an amazing price!