I know it was like 15 minute shorts,but it was a sitcom,it should be included somewhere maybe in the 1950s section,maybe they can merge that to 1950s and classic old Sit Com or shorts from before the 50s.

hi, the 3 stooges was NOT a sitcom. they were film short subjects that were shown in movie theatres before a the main picture was screened. preview trailers are shown nowadays instead of film shorts. when tv became popular, the networks needed programming. so they used film short subjects like the 3 stooges as tv programming. since most of us that watched the stooges first saw them on tv, we tend to think of them as a tv show, but they were actually short films for movie theatres. thanks

....were practically the backbone of Columbia Pictures' "short subject" division- and the most profitable- from 1934 through 1959. And they were the LAST theatrical series the studio produced! At the time "Sappy Bullfighters" was released, the studio had begun syndicating their two-reelers for television, where they found a new generation of viewers. And that's why, even after Columbia's other "short" stars- Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Vera Vague, etc.- have been forgotten, the Stooges continue to be seen to this day!

:lol:

They should put all of it on a DVD Box Set,not just bits and pieces like you see for Sale,they are legends.

Buster Keaton also was part of the Columbia shorts. Some of them were released on DVD in the last year or two.

They should put all of it on a DVD Box Set,not just bits and pieces like you see for Sale,they are legends.
I don't know what you mean by "bits and pieces"; but a lot of their movie appearences, tvshow appearences, etc. are on DVD.
I have one of those rare movies that they did-a musical comedy from 1946 called SWING PARADE OF 1946

....were practically the backbone of Columbia Pictures' "short subject" division- and the most profitable- from 1934 through 1959. And they were the LAST theatrical series the studio produced! At the time "Sappy Bullfighters" was released, the studio had begun syndicating their two-reelers for television, where they found a new generation of viewers. And that's why, even after Columbia's other "short" stars- Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Vera Vague, etc.- have been forgotten, the Stooges continue to be seen to this day!

:lol:
until they discovered a whole new audience in 1958 when Columbia sold some of their shorts to TV; Moe-who was their unoffical "boss" off-screen as well as on-was thinking seriously about disbanding them.

(I'm a huge stooges fan)

Last I heard The 3 Stooges were on spike tv

Last I heard The 3 Stooges were on spike tv

Spike is running them early AM, chopped into tiny five minute bits and pieces with "highspot" bumpers in and out of the too frequent stop sets for commercials... it plays like the content is an afterthought. The treatment is a real shame.

Spike is running them early AM, chopped into tiny five minute bits and pieces with "highspot" bumpers in and out of the too frequent stop sets for commercials... it plays like the content is an afterthought. The treatment is a real shame.
Are they colorized over there? I could have sworn I saw a colorized short when I was switching channels a few months ago.

How early is spike airing the 3 Stooges

Are they colorized over there? I could have sworn I saw a colorized short when I was switching channels a few months ago.
no; they're not colorized; thank god!!!!

Spike is running them early AM, chopped into tiny five minute bits and pieces with "highspot" bumpers in and out of the too frequent stop sets for commercials... it plays like the content is an afterthought. The treatment is a real shame.
oh; I know; that IS a real shame! Thats why I've stopped watching them on TV.
Now, I watch my DVDs of them.

There were Volumes of The Three Stooges with Curley,but I'll try Borders,maybe,they'll have the dvds.Mine has the same ones,Brideless Groom,Sing a Song of Sixpants,All Gummed Up?,and Disorder in the court.

currently, all their shorts are being released in order-even the Joe Besser ones; which have NEVER been avalible on DVD before. They weren't even released on VHS.

AMC (American Movie Classics) currently has The Three Stooges on their schedule.