The Three Stooges - All the World's a Stooge

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Summary: Poor quality on one episode
Review: The quality on "Three Little Pirates" is poor ... I have to wonder if this DVD has been repressed, based on what the other reviewers said. There are very obvious vertical scratches (often more than one simultaneously) on the print for most of the second half of this short. Is this the best that Columbia can come up with?

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Summary: A GREAT COLLECTION OF CURLY SHORTS
Review: This DVD is loaded with seven Stooges shorts...all of them with Curly and contains some genuine Stooges classics.

"Grips, Grunts & Groans" the Stooges become friends of pro wrestler Bustoff. Bustoff is set to fight for the title but gets drunk and then knocked out by Barbells. Curly had to impersonate him in the match.

"All the World's a Stooge" 1941 - The stooges are window washers who lose their jobs after Moe impersonates the dentist in whose office they were cleaning. On the run, they are hired by a millionaire to pose as children.

"3 Dumb Clucks" 1937 - The stooges escape from jail when they learn their father, who has just become rich, is planning to leave their mother and marry a young girl. Curly is mistaken for the stooges father (he plays both parts) and marries the girl instead.

"Three Little Pirates" 1946. The Best Curly short after 1945. The Stooges are ditched on Dead Man's Island. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission to journey to their own country to fetch presents. Contains the famous "Maha" "aha" routine of Stooges Gibberish. Classic!

"Uncivil Warbirds" 1946 - The stooges are civil war soldiers who are constantly changing uniforms to avoid the opposing armies. Eventually they decide to be loyal to the south, but remain disguised as Union soldiers. Curly is detected as a spy, but Moe and Larry prevent his execution. The least funny of all thier Civil War shorts.

"Back to the Woods" 1937 - Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them on their hunting grounds. The stooges go hunting any, and after a wild chase, are captured by the Indians.

"Violent Is the Word for Curly" (1938)- The stooges are left in charge of a gas station and manage to blow up the car of their first customers, three famous European professors. The stooges steal some of the academics' clothes and wind up at "Mildew", a women's college where the three professors are expected. Mistaken as the real thing, the boys take their place on the faculty. Contains the famous "Alphabet" song. A true Gem!

This is a great collection! Good transfer and sound and seven strong shorts.


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Summary: Pretty good.
Review: This is a pretty good DVD. GRIPS, GRUNTS, AND GROANS and ALL THE WORLD'S A STOOGE are okay shorts, I guess. THREE DUMB CLUCKS is great. Curly does an interesting performance playing himself and the Stooges' father. Remade with Shemp as UP IN DAISY'S PENTHOUSE. THREE LITTLE PIRATES is a great short. Curly gives his last great performance with the Maha-Aha routine. UNCIVIL WARBIRDS is a pretty good short, with another one of Curly's last great performances. BACK TO THE WOODS was very weak and boring, however. Too slow and uninteresting. VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY is a great short. The "Swingin' the Alphabet" song is classic. This DVD is good enough to purchase. I'd buy it if I were you.

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Summary: 5 good shorts, 2 weak shorts
Review: This one a good DVD. "Grips, Grunts, And Groans" is in my top 5 favorite stooge shorts because it is fast-paced, manic, and Curly going crazy is hilarious! "All The World's A Stooge", "3 Dumb Clucks", "Three Little Pirates", and "Uncivil Warbirds" are great shorts too. "Back To The Woods" and "Violent Is The Word For Curly" are on the weak side. This is still a good DVD for any stooge fan. The quality on "Three Little Pirates" is not so good.

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Summary: 5 good shorts, 2 weak shorts
Review: This one a good DVD. "Grips, Grunts, And Groans" is in my top 5 favorite stooge shorts because it is fast-paced, manic, and Curly going crazy is hilarious! "All The World's A Stooge", "3 Dumb Clucks", "Three Little Pirates", and "Uncivil Warbirds" are great shorts too. "Back To The Woods" and "Violent Is The Word For Curly" are on the weak side. This is still a good DVD for any stooge fan. The quality on "Three Little Pirates" is not so good.

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Summary: Some Good Stuff
Review: This volume of classic Three Stooges comedies contains six shorts. While the quality of the shorts themselves are uneven, there are several Stooge masterpieces here.
My two favorite shorts in this collection are "3 Dumb Clucks" and "Violent is the Word For Curly," which I think are two of the funniest Stooge comedies ever made (especially "3 Dumb Clucks"). I also enjoyed "Grips, Grunts and Groans" (with Curly posing as a wrestler) and "All the World's a Stooge" (where the Stoooges pose as children).
There are two shorts in here from 1946 ("Three Little Pirates" and "Uncivil War Birds") in which Curly is lacking the manic energy that had made him so popular im the early films. "Back to the Woods" I just didn't like.
However, even the bad shorts here have some great routines in them (the Maja Aha bit from "Three Little Pirates" is a classic) and the Stooges' screen personalities are always engaging.
This DVD may look pretty scratchy, but this is the best condition you'll ever see these films in. Compared to so many public domain videotapes and TV broadcasts, the films look clear and sharp. The only real special feature is a small booklet of liner notes, although Stooge fans should find listening to the films in Portugese a good enough bonus.