This actually deals little with trivia, and primarily presents a showcase of film, trailer and TV footage, mostly public domain, from The Three Stooges' performing career. Tim Conway's lecture on visual humor devolves into a wild burlesque-style farce, with the Stooges and other cast members running amuck across the stage in a series of sight gags.ĭirect-to-video production inspired by The Stoogephile Trivia Book. The Stooges then attempt to assist Martha Raye with her fur coat, and run afoul of a gorilla in the process. Later, Moe, Larry & Curly Joe demonstrate a new, unbreakable glass plate to a pedestrian. Arriving on stage, the boys refuse to perform comedy, informing Danny that they've moved on to serious acting and Shakespeare. The Three Stooges are introduced while making a ruckus in the audience, attempting to move patrons from their seats and 'helping someone with his toupee. Thomas went weekly with this format during the 1967 - 1968 television season, as The Danny Thomas Hour.Įxploring the nature of comedy, Danny Thomas welcomes a star-studded cast of comics and comedians for a series of sketches and black-out gags. The short's B-9 sub-title refers to the 9th release of the second release season (1933 - 1934).Īfter Danny Thomas ended his long-running situation comedy series, he returned to television in a series of comedy-variety specials for NBC from 1964 - 1967. Hence, the source of the erroneous 1932 copyright notice that appears on this short.

Criterion placed its own company credit in the opening titles, and recycled that same revised opening title credit on all 26 shorts. In the early days of television, Paramount sold its 1932 - 1934 HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE series, 26 one-reel shorts, to a syndicator called Criterion. The tavern setting with everyone drinking beer and celebrating the repeal of Prohibition shows that this was filmed sometime after December 5, 1933, the passage date of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. This short was released on March 30, 1934, and was the Stooges' final on-screen appearances with Ted Healy. Numerous sources list this short incorrectly as being from 1932, and Curly's 1st on-screen appearance. Songwriters Mack Gordon and Harry Revel mingle on a soundstage's nightclub set with various celebrities, while bartender Ben Turpin provides refreshments.

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