The Three Stooges
Two Full HoursSaturdays at 5 PM
central (on most MeTV stations)Next Airings
- 11/7 5:00PMDizzy Detectives, Higher than a Kite, A Bird in the Head"The Stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled and Mr. Dill, the head of the citizens league, threatening the police chief's job. The boys go on the case and 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. , The Stooges are auto mechanics working for the R.A.F. in England. After wrecking an officers car they need a place to hide, but their choice, a sewer pipe, turns out to a bomb, which is dropped on the enemy. Finding themselves behind enemy lines, Moe and Curly disguise as German officers and Larry dresses as a seductive fraulein. While general Bommel chases after Larry, Moe and Curly steal the secret plans from the high command. , The maniacal masters of madcap are back, digitally remastered, repackaged and hilarious as ever. "
- 11/14 5:00PMRestless Knights, What's the Matador, Uncivil War Birds, Booby Dupes, Heavenly Daze, Scotched in Scotland"Set in Medieval times, the Stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. , The Stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero. , 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 boys escape with a secret map and marry their three southern belles. , The Stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat, which turns out to be a piece of junk that soon falls apart and sinks in the middle of the ocean. Luckily the boys also have a rowboat, which they climb into and then try to signal some passing planes for help. Unfortunately, their paint-spattered rag is mistaken for a Japanese flag and they are bombed from the sky. , A divine comedy classic! Shemp goes to Heaven but isn't allowed through the Pearly Gates until he can reform bad boys Larry and Moe. , Would be detectives, the Stooges get a job guarding a Scotch castle while the owner is away. The servants are crooks intent on robbing the castle of its valuables. Though they do their best to frighten the boys off, the Stooges prevail and expose the crooked goings-on. "
- 11/21 5:00PMMatri-Phony, Back to the Woods, Gem of a Jam, From Nurse to Worse, Three Hams on Rye, Bubble Trouble"The Stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful redheaded women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, Diana, a pretty redhead, seeks refuge with the Stooges. Some soldiers find Diana's hiding place and they are all brought to the palace where the Stooges escape and try to pass of Curly as Diana, having broken the emperor's glasses. Their ruse fails and they're caught by the palace guards as they try to escape. , 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. They escape and another wild chase ensues. , The Stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the cops. Mistaken for doctors, the boys are forced to operate on the wounded crook, but instead they accidentally dump him out the window into a passing police car. The rest of the gang chases them into a storeroom filled with dummies where the cops finally catch the bad guys. , The stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out on insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. Unfortunately, the insurance doctor wants to perform a brain operation (Cerebrum decapitation). The boys try to escape by hiding in the dog catchers wagon, but are caught and taken to the hospital. They escape again, this time by rigging a sheet to a gurney and sailing down the street, where they run into Jerry and knock him into wet cement. , The Stooges are stagehands who also have small parts in a big play. They quickly get on the bad side of the producer. First they fail to prevent a famous critic from sneaking into the audience. Then Shemp accidentally adds a potholder into a cake they bake as a prop. During the play the Stooges (as southern gentlemen) and the rest of the cast spit up feathers during what was supposed to be a serious scene. The critic thinks it's a hilarious satire and the boys are redeemed , The Stooges are pharmacists who invent a fountain of youth formula that can turn old people young. They turn an old lady into a beautiful young woman, but when her husband takes the formula it turns him into a gorilla. "
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Episode Guide
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