Stoogemania

I know I'm in the minority here, but I really liked it. The ways in which stooge clips are inserted is very good, the movie has great original music. Curly enthusiasts will be disappointed in the fact that three of the four films used are Shemps, but overall it's a funny and even sometimes poignant comedy. Josh Mostel is perfect in the lead, and the ensemble of stooge enthusiasts and impersonators he meets on the street and at "Stooge Hills" (the world's first "stoogeatorium", devoted exclusively to the treatment of the "mental illness" known as stoogemania) is very entertaining.

Real Stooge historians will appreciate a brief appearance by the late Paul "Mousie" Garner as the arcade owner. You see the Stooge Hills authorities corner him and say in an intimidating tone "Hello there...MOUSE!", to which Mouse replies "Goodbye!" and runs, or rather does the "funky chicken" out of harm's way.

This is an incredibly bad exploitation film. They took four comparatively weak public domain Stooge films and strung the worst plot imaginable around it. Horrible performances by all, including Sid Caeser (believe it or not), the Three Stooges Imitators, and that Mr. Krull guy. Horrible.

As much as I love the Three Stooges, this is simply a terrible movie. It is an interesting idea that may have seemed funny to some Stooge enthusiasts (I am one of them) but did not translate to the big screen. When I first saw it I really tried to like it. But I couldn't. The "plot" is threadbare and the performances atrocious. See a classic Three Stooges Short or Film instead. Hopefully the Farrelly Bros. movie will be better than this.

Especially liked the fact that Stooge Row was at the corner of Shaddup and Nyook Nyook Street. I think I saw the movie in the late 80s when it had already been out for a few years. I was never a big fan of the show when I was little but I wasn't one of those kids whose mom refused to let him watch it because they were afraid he would poke someone'eyes out or take a saw over the top of someone's head. It has a cult following much like This is Spinal Tap does, so if you like it, you will REALLY like it. May be hard to find. I watched it on a VHS tape, it may or may not be available on DVD. I guess I'd try to get it from Netflix first.

Yes Because of How Stooge Humor outside of the Stooges is not funny and because it's only funny in the way that they do it. As Leonard Maltin said it's well meaning but a completely unfunny tale of Howard F. Howard .Who's passion for the 3 stooges has overtaken his life.Incorporates real footage and while most of it is far from their best,it's still vastly superior to the new material in this feature.For those who care,some of the Stooge footage is computer-colorized. I also really do praise Leonard Maltin for his critiques he's very lenient but still in some instances still does well when leniency is not deserved.

Next to add to this on 4/19/2020 : I even came to it wearing my 3 stooges shirt of which I'd gotten for Christmas almost 2 years prior and some guy said"Look he's got a 3 stooges shirt."after the movie that guy even was taking a closer look after we got out of that theater. Coitainy, Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a."Ste"of Framingham,Ma.