{"product_id":"the-three-stooges-an-illustrated-history-from-amalgamated-morons-to-american-icons","title":"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History  From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore people today can name the members of the Three Stooges than can name three justices of the Supreme Court. The Stooges are comedy icons whose enduring appeal and slapstick legacy have made them one of the most famous and beloved comedy troupes in the world. Michael Flemings The Three StoogesTM is the first complete  authorized biography of the men who made pie fights part of our national cultural heritage.  A juggernaut of wise guys  headlocks  and unforgettable insults  this book tells the whole history of the Stooges  starting with their origins in the golden years of vaudeville  when the boys from Brooklyn honed their craft. Moe  Curly  and Shemp Howard were born Moses  Jerome  and Samuel Horwitz--and were believed for many years to be the three least accomplished sons of their Lithuanian immigrant parents. Ultimately  of course  the Three Stooges reinvented the rules of slapstick comedy: never be caught unprepared in a pie fight  never slap one wise guy in the face if you can slap three in a row  and never underestimate the value of a good poke in the eye.  Signed in 1934 by Columbia Pictures to a renewable contract that had them making at least nine short films a year  the Stooges learned firsthand about the sharks swimming through Hollywoods early waters. And after nearly a quarter century of producing the short films for which the Stooges are so well known and loved  the studio declined to renew their contract in 1954  and the pioneering pie-throwing professionals lost their jobs. Fittingly  though  Moe \u0026amp; Co. were destined to have the last laugh: the advent of television revived their careers after the decline of vaudeville and Hollywood shorts  and a new generation of belly laughs was born.  From the Stooges humble origins to movie stardom to comedy legends  theres something here for every level of fan--from folks who watched them on television as a kid to Stooge scholars and certified \"knuckleheads.\" Featuring over two hundred photographs  many of them rare; interviews with Stooge friends and families; and a complete filmography with every \"woob-woob\" and crashed society cocktail party lovingly detailed  this book will be treasured by all Stoogedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984227692597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0767905563","price":61.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780767905565.jpg?v=1770826683","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-three-stooges-an-illustrated-history-from-amalgamated-morons-to-american-icons","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}