Customer Reviews

The Three Stooges: Collector's Edition

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

If you are looking for The Three Stooges shorts you know and love this is not the set for you. The only shorts the collection has is on one disc of the 3 DVD 75th Annivesary part of the collection. That disc only contrains four shorts and those are four of the most common Stooges shorts, (Disorder In The Court, Brideless Groom, Malice In The Palace, and Sing A Song Of Six Pants). If the shorts you know and love are what you want, I might suggest just going for the eight volumes of sets of Stooges shorts instead. This collection is more of an addition, if you are looking to put togther your own ultimate career spanning Three Stooges collection.

This collection contains a lot of Pre-Three Stooges material. The bulk of this material is in the 4 DVD, The Three Stooges Collector's Edition, part of this collection. It contains Ted Healy and His Stooges in Nertsery Rhymes, Beer and Pretzels, and The Big Idea. It also has three Shemp solos in His First Flame, Corn On The Cop, and Saltwater Daffy. You will also get Curly's solo in Roast Beef and Movies.

In both of these sets you will get, one dvd a piece, their animated shorts from 1965/66. One Disc has 13 episode and the other has 8 of those animated advetures of Moe, Larry, and "Curly Joe" DeRita. In addition the four DVD set contains a full length feature, with the Stooges, Swing Parade (1946), their appearances on The Steve Allen Show as well as their movie trailers and commercials.

Then on the three DVD 75th Annivesary set the first disc can be considered a throw away unless you don't have those four shorts I metioned earlier. It is good for some more of the Animated shorts and it contains the last ever Three Stooges program Kook's Tour (1970). Too bad Larry suffered a stroke, I think Kook's Tour had the potential to be a very decent and fun travelogue. It is not physical like the other Stooges works, (Just consider how old they are in 1970. Not to mention Larry and Moe dieing five years later), but there is enough verbal and site gags mixed with the information about the places they are at to keep it moving.

The only knock I give this collection is I would of like to have seen the whole pilot for Jerks Of All Trades instead of just the clip they give in this collection. With that said I purchased this cheaper, at the time form another place, but I see the price has dropped here. I still think it was worth getting before the price here drop myself. All-in-all if you are looking to have a collection of The Three Stooges matrial spanning their whole career, then this collection will be a great addition to your Three Sooges collection.

Unless you want about 4 actual episodes of 3 stooges, the rest is all old movies where the stooges had bit parts, and then cartoons. 7 DVDs?????
My well-meaning son got it for me for Xmas, and we attempted to watch it together, so I could show him how funny the stooges were. He wasn't impressed. A waste of money and time.

Its been said that the Three Stooges just werent the same without Curly, and this package has Curly,as well as Moe and Larry.Its a must for every fan and an exceptional bargain!

This is not a collection of shorts, as you would expect it to be. Rather, it's a disappointing collection of odds and ends. As others have noted in other reviews, there are only a few shorts. You're better off finding a different collection if you want to see the shorts, just as I will end up having to do. I think the case is very misleading as it says there is over 11 hours of material there and it doesn't specify what the material is.

What a great item for any Stooges fan. This was a gift and the recipient loved it. The lunchbox is a def. collectable although it arrived slightly scratched. The Laurel and Hardy video is like an extra bonus as most stooge fans also love L&H. And I know the whoopy cushion will be a joy once our son finds it LOL.

Went to Target today, and believe it or not, purchased this item. NO JOKE!
Target in Troy, MI

This DVD Collection features:

The Three Stooges 4-DVD set
* The Three Stooges Everywhere
* A day at the Theatre - Swing Parade of 1946
* Everybody's in the Act
* The Three Stooges Animated Antics

The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary 3-DVD set
* Disorder in the Court
* Brideless Groom
* Malice in the Palace
* Sing a Song of Six Pants
* Kook's Tour (last movie they ever made in 1970)

Includes Bonus Booklet and Collection Photo Album

DVD Special Features:

* Three Stooges Commercials
* Movie Trailers
* Screensavers with 'soundbytes' PC compatible
* Biography of the three stooges
* Interactive menus
* Slide show featuring rare and very 'stoog-ey' photos
* Classic video clips of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe
* Three Stooges Cartoon Collection (8 classic original color animated episodes)
1. Bee My Honey
2. Litter Bear
3. Turnabout Is Bearplay
4. Furry Fugitive
5. Curly's Bear
6. Bearfoot Bandit
7. Hair of the Bear
8. Watt's My Lion?

&

* Exclusive interviews with Stooges family and friends

When I was a child, I laughed heartily at the antics of The Three Stooges. Their "bong `em on the head" slapstick antics were the right blend of sophisticated stupidity for children in the early sixties. Unfortunately, the advent of political correctness caused people to object to their style, arguing that it would influence children to duplicate it, with the potential to cause injury. Even at a young age, I considered this absurd; we never watched an episode of The Three Stooges and then mimicked their actions. We were smart enough to understand that what they did was not reality and considered the statements of the "do-gooders" to be an insult to our intelligence.
When I watched this DVD recently, my attention was more on the movements and sequencing than on their actions. Proving once again, in comedy, even slapstick, timing is everything. If you watch them closely as they go through their routines, you can see the receiver(s) of the hit carefully repositioning their entire body before the "blow." Lengthier routines had to be carefully choreographed, for all three of them were in constant motion, with arms, legs and heads moving rapidly about. Add in the props and how they were to be used and you can appreciate how difficult it was to get the routine right.
While the subjects of their routines were simplistic, "The Three Stooges" were comedic geniuses, still under appreciated for their skills in making the stupid funny.