Product Details

• Actors: Curly Joe deRita, Moe Howard, Larry Fine
• Directors: None
• Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Madacy (Music Distributor)
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2011
• Run Time: 400 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001H29F24
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,485 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Prepare to be slapped upside the head (from all sides!) by three of the most irresistibly infantile clowns ever to limbo their way under the bar of low comedy. Larry, Curly (sometimes spelled by Shemp), and Moe began their careers as the "stooges" of insult-comic Ted Healy, but you'll soon find yourself playing that role, as the guerrillas of guffaws have their collective way with you! Slip these discs into your player and prepare to slip a disc laughing as the group's early MGM shorts, movie trailers, TV performances, and even a few deranged commercials parade before your eyes. Get ready for some "Beer and Pretzels," "Corn on the Cob," "Nertsery Rhymes," "Roast Beef and Movies," and the feature-length Swing Parade of 1946. Elsewhere in this truly expansive collection, you will find the trio's invasion of prime time on The Steve Allen Show, in addition to many candid moments for the Family Album documentary.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total rip off, January 23, 2011

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sammie - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Three Stooges: Collector's Edition 7-DVD Set (DVD)

The Three stooges( Collectors Edition)
The box says "7DVDs over 11 hours" what they dont say is that there are only 4 classic stooges shorts and only on the first DVD. The rest of the set is crap. The reamaining 6 1/2 dvds /10 hours are patched together bad movies and cartoons ( remember the really bad stooges cartoons you wouldnt even watch back in the 60's) It is intentionaly misrepresented. The packaging is first class, a real eyegrabber, but whats inside is junk.

57 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what you expect, May 7, 2003

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Mathew Klickstein "Hat box" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Three Stooges (DVD)

I went into buying this eight DVD box set believing that there would be at least a few classic "Stooges" shorts. Instead, I receive only ONE DVD of shorts, the rest of the set being comprised of various clips, biographies, and rare footage of the Howard brothers. I'm all for learning a bit about our classic comedy heritage here, but my main complaint is that the clips on each DVD borrow greatly from each other (you'll find yourself watching one DVD, realizing you've seen these clips on the LAST DVD!), the clips are poorly edited together, and there are far too many annoying "Pop-up Video"-esque factoids that are indeed informative, but get in the way of enjoying the Stooges' comedy.

If you're interested in learning about the team here, read a biography. If you want to actually WATCH the Stooges, try a different box set.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, January 28, 2009

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Riley (Scandia, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Three Stooges (DVD)

This is a complete waste of money for any real Stooges fan. You do get three DVDs. One is cartoon stooges. One is Laurel and Hardy. Only one is 3 Stooges -1 Curly episode and 2 Shemp episodes. My husband is a huge Stooges fan and couldn't watch anything except the Curly episode. I don't feel it was properly advertised on the box.