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Ted Healy in a publicity shot from LAZY RIVER (1934)

SUMMER 2022   -   Editor: Gary Lassin

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News Flashes
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
  • The 3 Stooges 1959 trading card set was featured on a recent episode of PAWN STARS
  • THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW Season 1, costarring Joe Besser, released on Blu-Ray
  • Three Stooges inspired "Old Homicide" handcrafted whiskey newly available from the Ernest Scarano Distillery
  • Shemp's Vitaphone short TAKING THE COUNT (1937) released on Blu-Ray as a bonus feature on Warner Archive's A STAR IS BORN (1937)
  • The 1st issue of the digital comedy magazine Comique features the article "Shemp Sightings" by Edward Watz
  • Three Stooges NFTs (non-fungible token) now available
  • A Joe Besser website, JoeBesserForever.com, has been launched by Stooges and Besser author Greg Lenburg

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About A NIGHT IN SPAIN 1927 - 1928 Part 1 of 2
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3 - 5

A history of the Shuberts' Broadway show A NIGHT IN SPAIN, starring Ted & Betty Healy, supported by stooges Shemp Howard, Moody Braun, Dick Hakins, Bobby Pinkus and Lou Warren.  Covered in detail are the show's preview tour of January - April 1927, and its Broadway run of May - November 1927.  (Part 2 will cover its time in Chicago and the 1928 debut of Larry Fine in the act.)


Three Stooges Supporting Players, The: Mini-Biographical Profiles
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 6 - 9
  • Kathryn 'Kitty' McHugh
  • Matt McHugh
  • Christine McIntyre
  • Ella McKenzie
  • Eva McKenzie

Collecting Foreign Three Stooges Trading Cards
by Diego Puglisi
Page(s): 10 - 12

The author discusses foreign Three Stooges trading cards of the early 20th century to present.  Included in the article are cards from the U.K., Argentina and Mexico,


Three Smart Saps: The Stooges in Scholarly Publications (Part 2 of 2)
by Ted Levitt
Page(s): 13 - 14

The author discusses various scholarly publications, such as law reviews and doctoral dissertations, which featured The Three Stooges as the main topics.


Bulletin Board
Page(s): 15

Fan classified advertisements


Stooge Trivia
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15

Trivia Q&A


Rare Photo
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 16

Moe and his wife Helen enjoy their dinner with a side of pasta at Alfredo's Restaurant in Rome, August 1955.


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