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Summary: Can't Believe This Is Still In Print!
Review: I had this actual 33-1/3 record album when I was a child (late 60's) and spent many, many hours sitting in front of the stereo listening to it - I played it ragged! I was both shocked and delighted to see that it's still in print to this day! Listening to it for the first time since my album days brings back so many great memories and brought tears of happiness to my eyes. When I was a child I liked "The Alpabet Song", "Mairzy Doats", and "Three Little Fishies" the best and overall there isn't a bad song on this CD! I'm expecting my first child in July and I purchased this CD for him/her. I'm hoping he/she gains as many happy memories listening to it as I did when I was a child - and even now! A+++++ CD! BUY IT!
Rating:
Summary: Can't Believe This Is Still In Print!
Review: I had this actual 33-1/3 record album when I was a child (late 60's) and spent many, many hours sitting in front of the stereo listening to it - I played it ragged! I was both shocked and delighted to see that it's still in print to this day! Listening to it for the first time since my album days brings back so many great memories and brought tears of happiness to my eyes. When I was a child I liked "The Alpabet Song", "Mairzy Doats", and "Three Little Fishies" the best and overall there isn't a bad song on this CD! I'm expecting my first child in July and I purchased this CD for him/her. I'm hoping he/she gains as many happy memories listening to it as I did when I was a child - and even now! A+++++ CD! BUY IT!
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Summary: Great for ages 5 to 85
Review: I purchased this cd a couple of months ago because I have always loved the Stooges and their antics. My five year old daughter has learned the "ABC" song and "Mairzy Doats" and sings them often. My Mother has enjoyed it as well as my Grandfather. Great old time songs and great quality sound for such old songs. So not only is it entertaining, it has taught my daughter her vowels! A+++++
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Summary: Can they sing? Why coitenly!
Review: I take a lot of long car trips with my daughter, and Barney songs get old really fast. I've always loved the three stooges films, and I remembered the Alphabet Song, so I figured I'd give this album a try. Imagine my surprise when we both started singing along with it!
The songs on this album are a mixture of kid's classics (This Old Man, Old MacDonald), old time tunes (Peggy O'Neil, The Merry Go-Round Broke Down) and witty tunes disguised as nonsense songs (Mairzy Doates). As for the stooges, no they don't sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, but so what? They sing in tune, but more importantly they genuinely loved performing, and every jolly note they warble is filled with that love.
I can recommend this album to anyone with kids (don't worry, there's no slapping or eye-poking). I can also recommend it to adult stooges fans (if that's not a contradiction in terms). It's fun, it's catchy, and its better than a poke in the eye, nyuk nyuk!
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Summary: This is pure, innocent Stooges-fun that makes me smile.
Review: I've been a fan of the Three Stooges career for years. I have a copy of this album on vinyl and am glad to see it finally reissued on CD. I gave it five stars because I truly believe that fans of the Three Stooges, even Curly Howard purists, will enjoy these recordings that Moe Howard and Larry Fine made with 1960's-era third stooge, Joe DeRita. My favorite songs in the collection are "Mairzy Doats," and the reworking of "The Alphabet Song," originally performed with Curly in the Columbia Pictures two-reel comedy, "Violent is the Word For Curly." "The Madcap Musical Nonsense" CD speaks to the inner-stooge in all of us. It is innocent, child-like fun that will bring smiles to all the young-at-heart. I hope more of the Stooges LPs make the transition to compact disc. God bless the Stooges wherever they may be.
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Summary: Sentimental, Sweet Stooges On This Classic Children's LP
Review: The Three Stooges must have been gratified by the late 1950s to have won over a new audience, via TV, to their then 25-year-old classic short films. It brought their classic comedy to new fans even to this day, explaining why this LP, sub-titled, "The Nonsense Songbook," has remained in print 40 years after its original Coral Records release. Alhtough most of the Stooges' fun came from seeing, not hearing, them slap and crash their way through every situation, this LP is more for the kids who saw their second set of delightful, full-length childrens' films ("Snow White and The Three Stooges," "The Outlaws Is Coming.") It's wonderful hearing "The Alphabet Song" again, hearing Larry substitute "darn" in "Three Little Fishes," even their sweet versions of "Chickory Chick" and Fanny Brice's "Mairzy Dotes." Lew Douglas' orchestrations recall nothing so much as the classic cartoon scores of Winston Sharples and Carl Stalling. Only one regret...that, despite Curley Joe DeRita's fine performance here, the original and best Curly passed not only before being able to sing on this record, but before he could be recognized for the comic genius he was. Here's hoping MCA, Rhino, or some other heritage-minded music firm re-releases the Stooges' original "Swingin' The Alphabet," "She Was Brred In Old Kentucky," and the other delightful songs from more than 40 years of classic Stooge films. Recommended for kids and Stooge fans everywhere.
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Summary: Sentimental, Sweet Stooges On This Classic Children's LP
Review: The Three Stooges must have been gratified by the late 1950s to have won over a new audience, via TV, to their then 25-year-old classic short films. It brought their classic comedy to new fans even to this day, explaining why this LP, sub-titled, "The Nonsense Songbook," has remained in print 40 years after its original Coral Records release. Alhtough most of the Stooges' fun came from seeing, not hearing, them slap and crash their way through every situation, this LP is more for the kids who saw their second set of delightful, full-length childrens' films ("Snow White and The Three Stooges," "The Outlaws Is Coming.") It's wonderful hearing "The Alphabet Song" again, hearing Larry substitute "darn" in "Three Little Fishes," even their sweet versions of "Chickory Chick" and Fanny Brice's "Mairzy Dotes." Lew Douglas' orchestrations recall nothing so much as the classic cartoon scores of Winston Sharples and Carl Stalling. Only one regret...that, despite Curley Joe DeRita's fine performance here, the original and best Curly passed not only before being able to sing on this record, but before he could be recognized for the comic genius he was. Here's hoping MCA, Rhino, or some other heritage-minded music firm re-releases the Stooges' original "Swingin' The Alphabet," "She Was Brred In Old Kentucky," and the other delightful songs from more than 40 years of classic Stooge films. Recommended for kids and Stooge fans everywhere.
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Summary: Feeling down? Sing along with the Stooges!
Review: This album is guaranteed to cure the blues! If you've never been a Stooges fan, or thought they were just a bunch of guys who beat each other on the head all the time, this album will change your mind ... and make you happy! If you ARE a Stooges fan, this delightful album is a must for your collection! If you can't resist Moe, Larry and Curly Joe singing "The Merry Go Round Broke Down," you have a heart of stone, my friend! Buy it - Chrissy the Stooges Woman guarantees you'll be a satisfied customer, nyuk nyuk!
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Summary: Feeling down? Sing along with the Stooges!
Review: This album is guaranteed to cure the blues! If you've never been a Stooges fan, or thought they were just a bunch of guys who beat each other on the head all the time, this album will change your mind ... and make you happy! If you ARE a Stooges fan, this delightful album is a must for your collection! If you can't resist Moe, Larry and Curly Joe singing "The Merry Go Round Broke Down," you have a heart of stone, my friend! Buy it - Chrissy the Stooges Woman guarantees you'll be a satisfied customer, nyuk nyuk!
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Summary: A must-buy!
Review: This album was made when the Stooges were enjoying a later-in-life renaissance of popularity (late 1950s/early 1960s), and needed to make some money. (They didn't do well off of their shorts, but that's a different story.) They produced all sorts of kid-friendly stuff, and this album was such a gem that it has remained in print right through to today! Alright, let's get down to brass tacks. My children, girl 12 and boy 10, both love this album! I am surprised, as I had feared that it would be too babyish for them. Instead, all that they have to say about it is that it is too bad that it features Curly-Joe (Joe DeRita - 1909-93), rather than Curly (Jerome Howard - 1903-52) himself. Well, that can't be helped. Anyway, the kids love this new album, and whenever we go out in the car, the whole family ends up listening to the hilarious Stooges. If you have kids, then you really must buy them this album!
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