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Summary: Columbia, Still Slacking Off!
Review: Can Columbia please speed up their Stooge DVD releases? They are only releasing 3 DVDs per year. If they keep up this slow pace, it will take until the year 2015 before Columbia would have all the three stooges shorts on DVD. They should at least release one DVD per month."Cops And Robbers" should be released soon. It has the same episodes that they released on VHS except that all of the episodes have to do with crime and robbery. The episodes contained in this collection are: 1) 'Calling All Curs' (1939)- Moe, Larry, and Curly are animal doctors who get involved with a couple of dognappers. 2) 'Disorder In The Court' (1936)- Moe, Larry, and Curly are witnesses for the murder of Kirk Robbin. 3) 'Dizzy Detectives' (1943)- Moe, Larry, and Curly become policemen who have to chase down an ape man. 4) 'Flat Foot Stooge' (1938)- Moe, Larry, and Curly are firemen who get involved with a crook named Fred Reardon. 5) 'Crime On Their Hands' (1948)- Moe, Larry, and Shemp track down a crook named Dapper who stole the Punjab Diamond. 6) 'Who Done It?' (1949)- Moe, Larry, and Shemp are detectives who investigate the house of John Goodrich. Those are the six episodes contained in this collection. I hope this DVD is good. Also, I wish Columbia would put some special features on their three stooges DVDs. They should put some featurettes or production notes. All they have are the Spanish and Portuguese languages. That's it. This is America. Why do we need these languages for? Instead of wasting the room for this language junk, why not put some special features. I want to continue supporting Columbia, but they have to do a little better than this. Oh, and another thing. I really hope there are no edited scenes on any of the shorts on this DVD. Remember what happened to 'Three Little Beers'?
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Summary: More Shorts for Stooge Fans
Review: Columbia has gotten a lot of flack about their Stooge disks regarding incomplete shorts, illogical grouping of episodes, lack of extras etc. I agree with these gripes, but I have two different concerns.
I sincerely hope that Columbia eventually puts all of the Stooge shorts on disk, but what will they do when they run out of "categories" to group them under? They obviously are already struggling with this, as the titles they assign the releases don't make much sense when compared to the shorts that are included. Also, and this may be blasphemy, I haven't seen any shorts with Joe Besser yet. I want a complete collection of the Columbia shorts, for better or worse.
And here's my biggest complaint. Why in the world can't they have a menu option that allows the viewer to see all the episodes on the disk uninterrupted? It's a pain to have to select each short individually.
The main thing is that they don't loose interest in this series. As long as they keep them coming I'll be happy.
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Summary: More Shorts for Stooge Fans
Review: Columbia has gotten a lot of flack about their Stooge disks regarding incomplete shorts, illogical grouping of episodes, lack of extras etc. I agree with these gripes, but I have two different concerns.
I sincerely hope that Columbia eventually puts all of the Stooge shorts on disk, but what will they do when they run out of "categories" to group them under? They obviously are already struggling with this, as the titles they assign the releases don't make much sense when compared to the shorts that are included. Also, and this may be blasphemy, I haven't seen any shorts with Joe Besser yet. I want a complete collection of the Columbia shorts, for better or worse.
And here's my biggest complaint. Why in the world can't they have a menu option that allows the viewer to see all the episodes on the disk uninterrupted? It's a pain to have to select each short individually.
The main thing is that they don't loose interest in this series. As long as they keep them coming I'll be happy.
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Summary: KIND OF A MIXED BAG OF STOOGES
Review: Cops and Robbers isn't the best Stooges compilation DVD but it's not the worst either. It does contain a couple of Shemp shorts bu they're Early Shemps and not too bad.
"Who Done it?" 1949 - The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks and find the missing man. Features Nikko the Goon!
"Crime on their Hands" 1948 - The stooges are janitors working in a newspaper office. When an anonymous caller phones in a tip about the theft a famous diamond, the boys decide to become reporters and go after the crooks. They find the crooks, and Shemp accidentally swallows the diamond. The crooks decide to cut the diamond out, but the boys foil them with the help of a friendly gorilla.
"Flat Foot Stooges" - 1938 - The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. The chiefs daughter catches a crook sabatoging their equipment. When a fire starts, the stooges respond to the alarm, but don't realize its their firehouse that's burning! Somehow they manage to arrive in time to save the girl, and the villain gets his just desserts.
"Dizzy Detectives" 1943 - The stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled. The Stooges pose as night watchmen at an antiques store. They confront the crook, who turns out to be a real gorilla owned by Dill. After defeating Dill and some other bad guys in a wild fight, the gorilla drinks some nitroglycerin and blows up.
"Calling all Curs" - 1939 - The stooges run a pet hospital and a poodle named Garcon, is stolen by dognappers. First they try to fool the rich lady owner by disguising a mutt as the poodle. When that doesn't work, they use the mutt as a bloodhound to track down the crooks. When they discover the bad guys hideout, Curly defeats them in a fight and they find Garcon, only to discover that "he" has had a litter of puppies.
"Disorder in the Court" 1936 - The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the day when they discover the real murderer's identity. Features the famous bit with Curly trying to take the oath!
VEry mixed bag here...Disorder in the Court is a near classic bu shows up on virtually every Stooges public domain DVD that comes out. Calling all Curs is above average and Dizzy Detectives is pretty good. The rest is fairly average.
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Summary: A great DVD...
Review: I will have to agree with you all about how far in between Columbia is releasing this series on DVD. But I do not agree with how they are doing it. I have all the DVD's so far and I absolutely love them. There are some I enjoy more then others. My favorite DVD in this series so far is Three Smart Saps, but this DVD contains an awesome collection of famous stooge shorts as well. I would recommend this to anyone who loves the stooges. And besides the fact they are releasing them so far apart, I think they are doing an excellent job, and I can't wait for the GI Stooge and more to come. Just get them out a little quicker Columbia! Thanks..
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Summary: A great DVD, just bought it.
Review: I will have to agree with you all about how far in between Columbia is releasing this series on DVD. But I do not agree with how they are doing it. I have all the DVD's so far and I absolutely love them. There are some I enjoy more then others. My favorite DVD in this series so far is Three Smart Saps, but this DVD contains an awesome collection of famous stooge shorts as well. I would recommend this to anyone who loves the stooges. And besides the fact they are releasing them so far apart, I think they are doing an excellent job, and I can't wait for the GI Stooge and more to come. Just get them out a little quicker Columbia! Thanks..
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Summary: Bad Quality For A DVD!
Review: It should be painfully obvious to anyone who knows the shorts of the Three Stooges that the films included on these DVDs have only a cursory relationship to the titles of the collection. Cops and Robbers? Well, one could argue that there are robbers - or at the very least bad guys - on this collection, but there are precious few cops. The title Calling All Curs parodies a police call popular in 30s and 40s films. But it's called Curs because they are involved with dogs. Not exactly police. Likewise with Flat Foot Stooges. A flat foot is a policeman or at best a private detective. But in this instance the Stooges are firemen. The Shemp entries in this volume are the best films in the collection and actually have something to do with the title. So does Dizzy Detectives and that's a nice still from this film for the cover. But there are many films the Stooges did with the cops and robbers theme that would better suit a likewise titled volume. I agree there should be more shorts on these collections, some extras, and no editing. And has anyone noticed that the supposed release date of July 28 is a Sunday?
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Summary: Again Columbia Plays Fast And Loose With Their Fans
Review: It should be painfully obvious to anyone who knows the shorts of the Three Stooges that the films included on these DVDs have only a cursory relationship to the titles of the collection. Cops and Robbers? Well, one could argue that there are robbers - or at the very least bad guys - on this collection, but there are precious few cops. The title Calling All Curs parodies a police call popular in 30s and 40s films. But it's called Curs because they are involved with dogs. Not exactly police. Likewise with Flat Foot Stooges. A flat foot is a policeman or at best a private detective. But in this instance the Stooges are firemen. The Shemp entries in this volume are the best films in the collection and actually have something to do with the title. So does Dizzy Detectives and that's a nice still from this film for the cover. But there are many films the Stooges did with the cops and robbers theme that would better suit a likewise titled volume. I agree there should be more shorts on these collections, some extras, and no editing. And has anyone noticed that the supposed release date of July 28 is a Sunday?
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Summary: Masterpiece of humor
Review: There's no waste in any of these stories, Shemp incluid, although "disorder in the court" it's in another DVD. The crazy things they do in every movie can't be described, it's a surprise after another one, you laugh so much your jaw finishes discolated and with tears in the eyes. This is very useful when you feel blue, it's makes you feel better.
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Summary: Bad Quality For A DVD!
Review: These shorts contained in this collection are pretty funny. But, the materials used to transfer these on DVD are not at their best. Why can't Columbia use the original 35mm film masters like what they did to the VHS copies. I know, Columbia is just plain lazy. All the shorts on this DVD are very grainy and are not too sharp. There is one good news about this DVD. There are NO edited scenes. Remember what happened to 'Three Little Beers'. All shorts are complete and unedited in this collection. I also see that Columbia is releasing their 3 stooges DVD by theme. But let me say just one thing. The two shorts, 'Calling All Curs' and 'Flat Foot Stooges', have nothing to do with the title "Cops and Robbers". In 'Flat Foot Stooges', the stooges are firemen and in 'Calling All Curs', the stooges are animal doctors. Perhaps, the people working at Columbia don't know anything about the 3 stooges. The next 3 stooges DVD is "G.I. Stooge". It comes out on October 8, 2002. Check out my review for it to see more downfalls and mistakes Columbia did to that collection.
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