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Summary: Disc one is more of a stooge than the 3 Stooges
Review: my disk one is defective, unfortunately I cant get past the main menu screen and episodes do not play on any dvd player. sometimes I can get the clips to play on my computer by opening the specific file but it still ends up freezing. Seems i'm not the only one this has happened to. unfortunately i didnt buy this through amazon so i cant get a free replacment so i'm stuck with sending the defective disc to the manufacturer. not only will it take 6-8 weeks to mail me a new disc, but i have to pay for the shipping. Dont bother with this title, not only will it take 2-3 days to ship but if you also get a defective disc, it's going to be more trouble than it's worth. I suggest looking at another stooges collection to purchase.
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Summary: Somebody deserves a good eye-poke for this one.
Review: Not only are the bonus materials poorly produced, the disk containing the Stooges' shorts are defective. Twice I had to return the set because the first disk would not play two of the shorts, and another short had defects that made it unwatchable.Look for other sources of Stooges material. I wish Moe were still around to give the guys who put this out a real working-over.
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Summary: Enjoyable 2-Disc DVD
Review: The slipcase packaging for this 75th anniversary DVD is so handsome that you'd be surprised to know that it's by that horrible company Madacy, who have in the past made some of the worst discs to hit the market. This, however, is something of an exception.
It's a two-disc set. On the first disc are four public domain shorts that have been issued on seemingly thousands of other discs and tapes, "Disorder in the Court," "Malice in the Palace," "Sing a Song of Six Pants," and "Brideless Groom." "Brideless Groom" and "Disorder in the Court" are among the Stooges' best shorts. The other two have several slow moments but are for the most part okay. The transfer of these four is better than I expected coming from Madacy. Image is fairly sharp and clear, with a few scratches and blemishes. Despite the few flaws, the only discs and tapes that these have looked better on are the Columbia/Comedy 3 official ones. Sound is no great shakes, presented a constant hiss on the shorts. "Sing a Song of Six Pants" sound comparatively good, though. Another thing that is strange for a Madacy release is an entire second disc of DVD bonus features (mostly, Madacy just slaps together about two paragraphs of production notes and a trivia game for their releases.) The extras are: -Biography
-Screensaver
-Slide Show
-Video Clips of Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe
-8 Cartoon Shows
-Interviews with Family, Friends, and Fans
-Booklet The Biography is short, but a good introduction to the team for budding fans. It is narrated by Curly imitator Dave Knight. The cartoon shows (from the Stooges' 1960s animated series) are "Bee My Honey," "Litter Bear," "Turnabout is Bearplay," "Furry Fugitive," "Curly's Bear," "Bearfoot Bear," "Bearfoot Bandit," "Hair of the Bear," and "Watt's My Lion?" All but one of them involve to Three Stooges as wardens against the character Tim Bear. The video clips are merely the original live action wraparounds to the cartoons, and the interviews are from a 1998 Three Stooges convention (documented in Anchor Bay's "Three Stooges: Greatest Hits and Rarities.") All in all, a decent package from the usually undependable Madacy.
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Summary: Disappointing Anniversary collection
Review: With the title "Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collectors Edition," and a very nice packaging presentation, you may have expectations of a wide selection of the comedy team's best work, or even some rarities. But... It's another collection of public domain material (this is a Madacy product), much of which has been available since the dawn of home video on many tape and disc offerings from numerous distributors. You'll find the four pd Columbia shorts, DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947) and MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), plus a handful of NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) cartoons. Original material is limited to a 10 minute video of hellos & introductions from Stooge family members, taped at a 1998 convention in CA, plus some brief hosting segments by Curly-impersonator Dave Knight. Visual quality of the shorts and cartoons is lacking, dark and non-contrasty. The cartoons have been "split up," i.e., the live-action segments are under one menu, & the animated segments under a separate menu; the return to each menu contains annoying freeze frames that cut off approx. the last second of film, rather than seamless segues. (Note: with the exception of two add'l cartoons, this DVD's content was released in 2000 as a VHS "75th Anniversary" collection, available only from Comedy 3's catalog and online store.) From the perspective of cost, maybe you'll feel you got what you paid for. But if you're looking for a collection worthy of the label '75th Anniversary,' you will be very disappointed.
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Summary: Disappointing Anniversary collection
Review: With the title "Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collectors Edition," and a very nice packaging presentation, you may have expectations of a wide selection of the comedy team's best work, or even some rarities. But... It's another collection of public domain material (this is a Madacy product), much of which has been available since the dawn of home video on many tape and disc offerings from numerous distributors. You'll find the four pd Columbia shorts, DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947) and MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), plus a handful of NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) cartoons. Original material is limited to a 10 minute video of hellos & introductions from Stooge family members, taped at a 1998 convention in CA, plus some brief hosting segments by Curly-impersonator Dave Knight. Visual quality of the shorts and cartoons is lacking, dark and non-contrasty. The cartoons have been "split up," i.e., the live-action segments are under one menu, & the animated segments under a separate menu; the return to each menu contains annoying freeze frames that cut off approx. the last second of film, rather than seamless segues. (Note: with the exception of two add'l cartoons, this DVD's content was released in 2000 as a VHS "75th Anniversary" collection, available only from Comedy 3's catalog and online store.) From the perspective of cost, maybe you'll feel you got what you paid for. But if you're looking for a collection worthy of the label '75th Anniversary,' you will be very disappointed.
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