The Three Stooges Scrapbook is an unaired 1960 television miniseries starring The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita). In the opening title and Hollywood trade advertisements, the show's title is spelled without "The," including a promotional photograph of the Stooges holding an oversized scrapbook. The first episode's plot finds the men evicted from a rooming house and finding refuge in the home of a mad inventor (played by Emil Sitka). The second and final episode features the trio presenting an animated short called The Spain Mutiny that imagines them as part of Christopher Columbus’ crew.[1]
| The Three Stooges Scrapbook | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sitcom Comedy |
| Based on | The Three Stooges |
| Written by | Elwood Ullman |
| Directed by | Sidney Miller |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Emil Sitka Marjorie Eaton Edward Innes Albert Grazier |
| Narrated by | Don Lamond |
| Theme music composer | George Duning Stanley Styne |
| Opening theme | "I Want to Be a Stooge" |
| Ending theme | "I Want to Be a Stooge" |
| Composer | Paul Dunlap |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Norman Maurer |
| Editor | Chuck Gladden |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Normandy Productions, Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Release | Unaired |
The Three Stooges Scrapbook was filmed in color and produced by Norman Maurer (Moe Howard’s son-in-law), who hoped to establish a weekly program for children’s television.[2] When no network wished to pursue the project as a series, Maurer divided the pilot into two short films that were released to theaters in 1963. Maurer also reprinted the live-action scenes in black and white and incorporated them into the 1962 feature film The Three Stooges in Orbit.[1]
Bradley Server, the youngest grandson of Curly Howard, has restored a 35-mm print of a portion of the second episode and made it available on YouTube.[3]
Episodes
edit| Nº | Episode title | Directed by | Written by | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Sidney Miller | Elwood Ullman | Unaired |
| 2 | "The Spain Mutiny" | Sidney Miller | Elwood Ullman | Unaired |
Cast
edit- Moe Howard as Moe
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Joe DeRita as Curly-Joe
- Emil Sitka as Prof. Dolottle
- Marjorie Eaton as Mrs. McGinnis
- Don Lamond as Announcer/Stage Manager
- Edward Innes as Landlord
- Albert Grazier as Butler
Credits
edit- Director: Sidney Miller
- Writer: Elwood Ullman
- Producer: Norman Maurer
- Starring: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita
- Featuring: Emil Sitka, Marjorie Eaton, Don Lamond, Edward Innes, Albert Grazier
- Music Composer and Conductor: Paul Dunlap
- Title Song: George Dunning (music) and Stanley Styne (lyrics)
- Vocals: The Eligibles
- Director of Photography: Hal McAlpin
- Film Editor: Chuck Gladden
- Assistant Director: Harry Slott
- Associate Producer: Pat Somerset
- Chief Electrician: Robert Petzoldt
- Sound Recorder: Leon Leon
- Property Master: Chick Chicetti
- Set Decorator: Frank Lombardo
- Script Supervisor: Joe Franklin
- Makeup: Ted Coodley
- Costumer: Jack Angel
- Grip: Tex Hayes
- Laboratory: Consolidated Film Industries
- Sound: Glen Glenn
- Costume Designer: Sascha Brastoff
Book
editThe Three Stooges Scrapbook is also the title of a 1982 book written by Three Stooges experts Jeff and Greg Lenburg and Joan Howard Maurer (Moe Howard's daughter and Norman Maurer's wife).[4]
See also
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- Kook's Tour – another unaired Three Stooges pilot from 1970 that was initially released through the home-movie market and later on VHS and DVD.
References
edit- ^ a b "The Three Stooges Scrapbook". The Three Stooges Online Filmography. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer and Greg Lenburg (1994). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. p. 267. ISBN 0-8065-0946-5.
- ^ Curly's Grandson, "RARE Color THREE STOOGES SCRAPBOOK - Restored and Remastered", YouTube, May 24, 2024.
- ^ Nathan Cobb (September 26, 1986). "The 3 Stooges: More Than You Wanted to Know About Larry, Moe, Shemp and the Curlys". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-05-03.