''The Three Stooges Scrapbook'' is an unaired 1960 television pilot starring
The Three Stooges
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Moe Howard
Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion ...
,
Larry Fine
Louis Feinberg (October 4, 1902 – January 24, 1975), better known by his stage name Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges and was often called "The Middle St ...
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 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). Later, the trio dashes off to a television studio to host their new series ("Three Stooges Scrapbook"). Part of the show within a show is an animated short called ''It's Mutiny'' that imagines them as part of
Christopher Columbus
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' crew.
''The Three Stooges Scrapbook'' was filmed in color and produced by
Norman Maurer
Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was an American comic book artist and writer, and a director and producer of films and television shows. He is best known for his longtime professional and personal association with Th ...
(Moe Howard’s son-in-law), who hoped to establish a weekly program for children’s television.
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
''The Three Stooges In Orbit'' is a 1962 American comedy film, comedy science fiction film directed by Edward Bernds. It is the fourth feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio cons ...
''.
The complete pilot was released as a bonus feature on
Sony
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's ''The Three Stooges 20-Disc Blu-Ray Collection''.
Cast
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Moe Howard
Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion ...
as Moe
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Larry Fine
Louis Feinberg (October 4, 1902 – January 24, 1975), better known by his stage name Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges and was often called "The Middle St ...
as Larry
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Joe DeRita
Joseph Wardell (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe DeRita.
Early life
DeRita ...
as Curly-Joe
*
Emil Sitka as Prof. Dolottle
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Marjorie Eaton as Mrs. McGinnis
* Don Lamond as Announcer/Stage Manager
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Edward Innes as Landlord
* Albert Grazier as Butler
Credits
* Director:
Sidney Miller
* Writer:
Elwood Ullman
* Producer: Norman Maurer
* Starring:
Larry Fine
Louis Feinberg (October 4, 1902 – January 24, 1975), better known by his stage name Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges and was often called "The Middle St ...
,
Moe Howard
Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion ...
,
Joe DeRita
Joseph Wardell (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe DeRita.
Early life
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
''The 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).
See also
* ''
Kook's Tour
''Kook's Tour'' is an American comedy television film produced in 1969. It was the final film to star the Three Stooges and was originally intended as the television pilot, pilot for a television series. However, on January 9, 1970, before film ...
'' – another unaired Three Stooges pilot from 1970 that was initially released through the home-movie market and later on VHS and DVD.
References
External links
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YouTube upload by Curly's Grandson
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The Three Stooges
Unaired television pilots
Television pilots not picked up as a series