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Article: The Nyuk-Nyuk Jokesters; 'The Three Stooges': ABC's Loving Look at the Slaphappy Act
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- The Washington Post
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- April 24, 2000
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It's warm, it's sweet, it's moving and tenderhearted. It's--a
biography of the Three Stooges? Surprisingly, and entertainingly,
yes. Tonight's ABC movie tells the story of one of the most insane
and enduring acts in show business history, and tells it strikingly
well.
Of course, the Three Stooges did lots of striking. Also gouging,
crushing, thwonking and punching. "The Three Stooges," as the movie
is called (with sleek simplicity), shows us the lumps and bumps the
Stooges took in front of the camera, or curtain, and the hard knocks
they sustained behind it. They led remarkable lives and achieved
astonishing longevity.
The film, at 8 on Channel 7 (and not unfit for the kiddies, who
have ...