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Farrelly Bros. to make a THREE STOOGES film...

Published at:  Mar 04, 2001 11:22:27 AM CST

Hey folks, Harry here with one of those stories where ya just have to wonder... WHY... The Associated Press ran a story yesterday that basically stated that the Farrelly Brothers were going to make a THREE STOOGES movie. Not a biography. Not a remake of one of their films, but an original Three Stooges faux-film with actors playing the parts of Moe, Larry and Curly. (No Shemp or Curly Joe apparently.)



In related news, I hear that Guy Ritchie is making a James Cagney Gangster film next. He's going to hire an actor to play the actor as though he were playing a part in a new Gangster Film.



Also, Lisa Marie Presley has announced a talent search for an Elvis Impersonator to re-record all of her father's songs and shoot music videos so that they'll get more play on MTV...



Of course, the above two are figments of my demented sick imagination, but that kind of illustrates my frustration here. I know we seem to have a complete lack of modern physical comedy routines... Watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE nowadays is akin to having one's skin removed with a dull potato peeler, but hiring reproduction comedians to do older acts today?



I just don't see the point.



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  • Mar 04, 2001 11:24:42 AM CST

    well

    by bond77

    If I were going to trust anyone to do it, it would probably be them. I'm not saying it will work, though.

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  • nyuk nyuk nyuk

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  • Mar 04, 2001 11:30:52 AM CST

    Saturday Night Live - Much better

    by crazedog55

    I'm tired of hearing all the criticisms towards SNL. The last two years have been the best SNL has been in like 8 years. They have the funniest guy in like 8 years in Will Farrell. The news has been much better and the last half hour of the show, which normally sucks, has had some of its funniest moments. Stop hanging out on the SNL sucks bandwagon and watch for the first time in 5 years.

    As far as the Ferrelly Bros go, I hope to god they don't make a Stooges movie. They weren't about cuming onto your ear and sticking chicken's up people's asses. The Stooges were a little more subtle than that.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 11:45:00 AM CST

    Its already been done...sort of...

    by simian

    Anyone else remember the film Brain Donors with John Tuturro? It was pretty much a somewhat modern Marx Bros movie with John Tuturro playing the Groucho ambulance chasing lawyer part, and another guy bieng the wacky silent Harpo part, and another guy going the streetwise Chico route. It wasnt a terribly bad movie. It was just one of those things that made you wonder why it was made, because no matter how funny and how similair- it could just never be a Marx Bros movie, or even nearly as good. Just Strange.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 11:57:22 AM CST

    Stupid SNL comment

    by tech-donut

    You fat ass, it's obvious you haven't watched SNL in some time. Will Ferrell is just about the funniest guy on television, not to mention it's one of the few shows to feature not only great female performers, but great female writers as well. You tubby bastard.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:07:27 PM CST

    Whoa there fella....

    by asianexcess

    You could teach monkeys to write better skits than those talentless "comedic writers"

    anybody can write about current news storys...jesus...just corporate schlock...so damn boring those has been wanna-be comedians...yan

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:15:41 PM CST

    SNL Bashing Bandwagon

    by otis von zipper

    Have to agree with the "SNL blows" comment. Admittedly, I don't watch it much, but that is because everytime I do the show is painfully unfunny. As a lame sketch goes on and on and on with the same joke, I think back to the days of Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks and Mike Myers.
    As for the 3 Stooges film I can only say, "huh?" That sounds about as worthwhile as seeing Elvis Presley's coat perform.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:20:50 PM CST

    Wow. This'll be great.

    by sith lord jesus

    After all, we can't go out and try to discover a NEW comedy team with origional routines or even put yet another SNL alumi flick. Oh no. Let's just do remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes of remakes. Losers.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:23:04 PM CST

    Hey, now! I'll have no bashing of SNL from you, Harry!

    by user id indeed!

    You haven't bothered to check it out, even as Time, TV Guide, Newsweek, US News, and EW all praise it for it's dead-on portrayal of the election year? SNL has been bested only by the Onion in pop-culture and political satire since Monicagate. Or since Jim Breur left, depending on who you ask. I'll never forget when Joan Allen had that dead-on portrayal of Madonna "I'd like to think my idol and teacher, the great and majestic Buddha, whom I heard about at an L.A. night school...". Plus, Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon (who Lorne has obviously been pushing as the next Adam Sandler from the get-go, but the kid's got crazy comedy skills) are the best Weekend Update anchors since... well, Colin Quinn. I miss that guy. The only way a new Three Stooges would work would be if 1) They got Bruce McColloch as Moe, Kevin McDonald as Larry, and a reanimated John Belushi as Curly, 2) They got Sydney Pollock to direct, and 3) If they found some way to neuralize everyone who is familiar with the original Stooges and burn all evidence that the original Stooges existed. I'm User ID Indeed!, and you're not.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:23:08 PM CST

    Gibbo did it best with his bio version on them.

    by uncapie

    God damn, why can't Hollywood leave the classics alone?! Mel Gibson's tv biopic was a nice tribute and a good way to say "Thank you" to the boys who brought us so many laughs. If Hollywood remakes their trademark comedy, it'll be filled with grade school fecal, fart, urine jokes. "Huh, huh! Curley farted in Moe's face and Larry lit the match! Duh, huh! Look out for that shit on the floor that Curley left for Moe! WHOAAAAAA! BINK! BOINK! BONK! Moe just fell into a garbage bin filled with rice! That isn't rice! Those are maggots! Ohhhhhh, you nubskulls! I'll get you for this(As More spits out a few maggits from his mouth.)!" We're talking class act all the way here. If the writers and actors are striking for more money, the public should go on strike and boycott the shitty films that are out there and are about to be made. REMEMBER: everyone in AICN is the fucking paymaster for these people! THEY WORK FOR US! THE PUBLIC! WE PAY THEIR SALARIES EVERYTIME WE GO TO SEE A FILM! THINK ABOUT IT!

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:23:14 PM CST

    I hate 3 stooges

    by cafeman

    I hope this project doesn`t get done, because the farellys have a perfect score so far in my book, and i`d hate to see it fucked up by the dumbest fuckin` comedy ever

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:27:40 PM CST

    Hey Moe! Tickle his feet! Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

    by regis travolta

    Why soitenly! It's a great idea! We're 3 of the best prevaricators who ever prevaricated! Look at all the golfs.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 12:43:07 PM CST

    New Shows With Dead Comedians

    by r_nathan

    I'm all for doing new scripts for dead comedians. Although the originals may be dead, the characters they created are too great to die. I've written several parodies of Shakespeare scripts, re-written for dead comdians, including the Three Stooges who appear in all three. The "Hamlet" parody has been done several times, and the "Macbeth" a couple of time. No one has done the "Lear" yet, at least, not with my official permission. The most difficult imitations to bring off, in the productions I've seen, were the stooges, but they did get laughs.

    One problem with doing scripts featuring dead comedians is that the law in unclear, at least in the U.S., as to whether permission must be obtained from the estates. The estates of the Stooges are notoriously litigeous, so I assume the Farrley Bros. are paying them off. This is particularly sad, since the estates are controlled by relatives of Curley Joe DeRita and Joe Besser.

    It's also sad that the rights to Laurel and Hardy are controlled by Lara Harma, creator of Bozo the clown. He tried to do a new Laurel & Hardy film, which failed miserably. But I don't think it's because it's impossible to do new Laurel and Hardy material. It just has to be good. The Laurel & Hardy material in my "Hamlet" parody has always worked wonderfully.

    Anyone wanting to read the scripts, should go to www.shakespeare-parodies.com

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  • Mar 04, 2001 1:10:46 PM CST

    Harry's Ace and all...

    by justintimberlake

    true though, don't be slammin SNL, it's been hella funny this year, it was funny last year too...give it a shot, they got my boy Tracy Morgan (in silent bob's new flick too), Ferrell, and my nigga Jimmy Fallon, that cat's fuckin funny...plus they got some new featured honey who lookin nice, can't remember the name though, damn gotta stop rockin da ganja so early in da day. I miss Cheri Oteri though, she had a fly ass for a white girl, word is bond, word is bond. Anyway i'm gonna sit down, light it up and start drinkin, fuckin new SOPRANOS on at 9pm yeah. Pussy ain't dead, he jus' restin'. iT ain't eazy bein Greazy in a world full o' cleanliness, and all that other madness, peace.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 1:19:22 PM CST

    SNL is 'better'

    by captain loft

    but after last season there was nowhere to go but up. Aside from the episode with The Rock, the show wasn't funny once. This year is better but even now it's hit and miss. Last night's Jennifer Lopez rerun is a great example. They kicked things off with that 'imaginative' joke about her ass. Har de har har- who could have possibly seen that coming? Let's not forget the hilarious rivalry between Mango and J-Lo. Sometimes they actually try to go for cute instead of funny. With that waste of space, Molly Shannon, gone they might be able to make some progress now (I'll never understand the highly emotional people who cracked up when she did an obnoxious voice and fell over). Celebrity Jeopardy is one of the all time greats but it will forever be at half strength without Norm MacDonald's Burt Reynolds present. And I have a feeling we'll still be seeing skits about Bush being a moron forever and they've been dull for weeks. Ferrell and Hammond are the talent but skits not dominated by them have a way of meandering about before thankfully ending. Yeah, the show is better but is anyone comfortable calling it good?

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  • Mar 04, 2001 1:22:02 PM CST

    Farrelly Brothers vs. 3 STOOGES

    by garabaldi9000

    Does no one have an original idea anymore???I love the stooges, but the real ones are on AMC. Did they not see the biopic?!?

    Leave them alone and go remake the Cohen's brother's Q:Winged Serpant... It's at least as good an idea...

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  • Mar 04, 2001 1:30:36 PM CST

    Stoogemania

    by the tao of joe

    Anyone here remember an 80's film called Stoogemania? It was bout these three stooges fans who are diagnosed with Stoogemania-an extreme fondness for the stooges that is infecting the country, and so they are put in a looney bin with a million other stooge fans? Well apparently Willy and Bobby are both stoogemaniacs, and maybe some of you think it is a bad idea. I personally feel that if there is no fart/cum/dick jokes, and they are respectful to the material, then a stooge film is in order. The stooges influence is everywhere, from harry and marv on Home alone 1&2 to krammer on seinfeld. The farrelly brothers really make nothing else besides derenged perverted stooge films, and if they want to pay a (respectful) tribute, then thats fine with me. Just make sure the stooge's families get some of the the money (which the studio robbed them of years ago). And my god, any one who says this film will fail, get this, the only time I can watch television with my nephew and not worry about him learning bad things, are wanting expensive toys, is when we watch the Leslie Neilson narrataed stooge shorts on AMC. The live action family comedy is dead now which is sad. See Spot Run was a festering pile. I hope their stooge film is nothing like that, and I hope it isnt pg 13 either. So more power to the farrellys if they will actually set out and make the film that all stooge fans (Including my younger nephew) can see.

    BTW, does any one know if there are plans to release the stooges bio pic on DVD in the near future?

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  • Mar 04, 2001 2:32:04 PM CST

    Why SNL is still funny

    by venture

    I rarely watch SNL anymore even though I grew up with it. Sometimes I don't get it. Considering my age, I'm not supposed to. SNL is adapting with the changing times and if I think it's funny, then it's no longer hip, it's dated.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 2:57:42 PM CST

    This would be a great idea for a movie....

    by elgyn6655321

    ....IF we all lived in some kind of alternate universe where CRAP was good! P.S. -- SNL has sucked horribly since Norm MacDonald left. Will Ferrell? Gimme a break, I`m glad we never got a feature-length movie about those two stupid cheerleaders. Those skits with the cheerleaders were the VERY DEFINITION of 'unfunny'. And to think, people used to complain about "It`s Pat". Oh, and Colin Quinn was a really bad Weekend Update anchor.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 3:15:55 PM CST

    what australia are you talking about????

    by hazchem25

    Hey wait a second, i'm Australian and somehow i seem to have missed the fact that Mr. Accident was a runaway hit down here.

    Saw the preview in an unimpressed audience whose comments mainly were "is he STILL alive?" and "ugh".

    It never came to the regional cinemas, and must have run for all of a week in sydney.

    Can anyone say Direct-to-video? LOL

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  • Mar 04, 2001 4:14:11 PM CST

    SNL Sucks, MadTV is much much better

    by hannibal73087

    Since all the big stars left SNL, the show has sucked. MadTV is MUCH MUCH better.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 4:20:09 PM CST

    poor harry

    by nerfherda

    Why do you (a) blieve and, (b) post crap like this. This is a joke and something taken out of context from someone's sarcastic gob - it ain't real. Please Harry, you've been at this for too long. You refuse to post rediculous speculation regarding SW EII, but you post this junk? I guess you aren't feeling well afterall.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 5:03:52 PM CST

    nerfherda

    by jonquixote

    This is a story that has also appeared on major newswires, and Harry's just conveying the information. I guess if you didn't use this site as the only source of your contact with the outside world you'd probably be aware of that, and wouldn't have to go accusing people baselessly.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 5:18:21 PM CST

    "SNL was bad since all the stars left it..."??

    by dmodog

    That's a very very stupid comment, considering they weren't even stars when they started in SNL in the first place. That's like saying "The Beatles were stupid and uncreative before they started writing songs". You can't beat some of the new SNL cast members (who will become the Chris Rocks and Mike Myers and Dana Carveys of the future). Now your gonna say "yeah right! no one will ever be better than those guys ever on SNL!", well when THEY started being on SNL, no one knew who they were either. Most of the guys on SNL now will be famous tomorrow (and ESPECIALLY Will Farrell, one of the funniest people on SNL, ever). Watch out for Tracy Morgan too, he is also pretty damn funny (you can't beat Dominican Lou).

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  • Mar 04, 2001 5:27:34 PM CST

    STOP TALKING ABOUT SNL!!!

    by the tao of joe

    This whole snl tangent has grown way too big. Let us talk about the stooges. god this isnt coaxal news, so why are we talking about the inferior medium (tv) here! Please do not start defending television now.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 5:34:55 PM CST

    Soul-driven what the hell?!?

    by the tao of joe

    Do you go into a place knowing full and well that you do not like the people in it, so that you can just attack them and the things they love?
    Why I bet you were that guy that the cubans beat in florida during the whole elian skirmish, for holding a sign that read "SEND HIM HOME"
    Not the time or the place good chum.
    " Been around the world and found that only stupid people were breeding" -Harvey Danger

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  • Mar 04, 2001 6:23:49 PM CST

    SNL bashers

    by marsyas

    I can't speak for anyone on this
    TB, but most of the people I know
    *personally* who bash SNL don't
    actually watch it. They base
    their opinion of it on the film
    spinoffs, like Superstar, Night
    at the Roxbury, Ladies' Man, etc.,
    all of which sucked (so I've
    heard). And half the time, they
    haven't even *seen* the films --
    they just hear the bad reviews
    and assume that the show is no
    better. I'll grant you that not
    all of the sketches work, and
    they focus on quantity over
    quality, but 2/3 of any given
    show is worth watching. My
    biggest gripe lately is in the
    choice of musical guests -- they
    don't take as many risks as they
    used to. Otherwise, things are
    looking good with Molly Shannon
    leaving. I'm so sick of her
    one-note, "I'm 50", "Don't *even*
    get me started", "Iloveitiloveit",
    catchphrase-based characters. (I
    know, most of SNL's recurring
    characters are one-note and
    catchphrase-based, but most of
    them are *funny*, or at the very
    least, *not irksome*.) With
    Molly gone, it's going to be the
    best cast in at least 15 years.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 7:13:19 PM CST

    SNL sucks the big rhino...

    by vicconius

    I can't believe there is anyone who thinks SNL is funny anymore. Some are right when they say the people who are critical of it don't watch it. EVERYTIME I try to give it a chance, it blows so hard I have to change over to MADTV to at least get a chuckle.

    And I really love the guy who said that Time, Newsweek, etc etc say it's the funniest it's been and the most politicly savvy. Yeah, those are the publications that measure comedic talent for me. That and the US News and World Report. One of the best is the Wall Street Journal. Comedy writing at it's best.

    SNL had ONE election skit that rang true, but the rest were desperate attempts to cash in on the first one.

    Now they have some good people. I like the girl on the news, Jimmy Fallon has his moments, as well as the girl who looks like a muppet. Plus she had a nice rack when on the Conan O'brien show, which counts for alot. But they gotta clear house. The writing sucks, that girl who does Celine Dion and Martha Stewart just plain sucks along with that little freak that does the monkeyboy who eats apples. Very clever. Will Ferrell has his moments, and his Bush has improved. Sorry about not knowing half the names, but I don't want to waste any valuable braincells commiting to memory any talentless losers.

    Speaking of Conan O'Brian, I'm watching that one all the way through. Hopefully he will show them how to do sketch comedy again. If they do not learn, or they ruin Conan's hosting gig, I give up. I'll try turning over from Howard Stern or MadTV long enough to catch Smigel's TV Funhouse.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 7:26:12 PM CST

    About Australia...

    by 0007

    I read from a couple of different sources that was the case regarding Yahoo's popularity, and that the film was a big "hit" there. From several of these magazines and Yahoo websites they also mentioned that he was and still is a huge icon in that region. Since you live there I find this VERY interesting. I must do some investigating. Maybe they have been successful there moneywise, but not with audiences. Hmmm...thanks for the information. I will have to look into this more...being the huge Yahoo Serious fan I am (although I admit that after what I consider his masterpiece, Young Einstein, he went down from there with Reckless Kelly, only to rise up a tad with Mr. Accident. But all still really funny in my opinion).

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  • Mar 04, 2001 8:05:49 PM CST

    something shocking

    by kojiro

    Just a few weeks ago, when attempting to escape the desperate lack of humor on SNL (yet again) I switched to MadTV. And what the fuck did I find? For the first time since the first season it's actually funny. If you're still watching SNL, give Mad TV a chance (what else are you doing from 11 to 1130?). If you're not convinced then, well, I guess I can't help you.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 8:39:22 PM CST

    Mad TV

    by marsyas

    I watch the first 1/2 hour of
    Mad TV just about every week,
    right after Ebert and Ebert Jr.
    at the movies, and it *never*
    makes me laugh any more. I recognize
    talent in some of the cast
    members, but somehow it just
    doesn't click for me. The first
    season was good -- as good as
    SNL at least -- but now it just
    makes me grumpy. I watch it to
    cleanse the palate, so to speak,
    before the real comedy comes on.

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  • Mar 04, 2001 9:16:29 PM CST

    I'm Waiting For Fatty Arbuckle To Do A Coke Commercial.

    by buzz maverik

  • SNL is better right now than it has been in the last fifteen years (or more). I have been watching it for as long as I can remember and I haven't been ever been as excited about the show (though I didn't see the original cast episodes when they were first on). Right now there is not a single person on the cast that I don't like, as opposed to five or six years ago when there was barley a single cast member I could even stand looking at (fucking useless hacks like David Spade, and Adam Sandler!) On the topic of a new Three Stooges movie, how can they even call it that? Are they going to advertise the new Planet of the Apes film as a Chuck Heston movie? Was that horible new Psycho movie actually a new Hitchcock film, with Vansant "playing" Hitchcock. That's the same type of idea. Pointless and ignorant.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 6:58:01 AM CST

    Buzz, that is just SICK SICK SICK

    by jonquixote

    It took me a second...my brain had to dig deep into it's pop (no pun intended) culture reserves to pick up what you were saying, and it told me you are a SICK SICK PUPPY!! (wuvs ya though!)

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  • Mar 05, 2001 8:08:04 AM CST

    COMEDY IS SUBJECTIVE

    by willardeisenbaum

    so my opinion is not likely to sway anybody -- only you know what you think is funny. I always like the 3Stooges but I can't get thru an episode now -- too old-timey, too stagey, and too tragic now that I saw the biopic! -- Meanwhile let me say that as much as I liked Kingpin, D&D and Mary, the Farrellys are FAR from batting a thousand with me. I have problems with most of MM&Irene, and I hated Outside Providence, and that Heather Graham movie looks shitty. That combo of sweet and shocking should have been abandoned after Kingpin. -- Meanwhile let me congratulate SNL on its hearty constitution and continued high quality! The cast is TOP NOTCH and has NEVER been better! If you don't believe me, look how boring the show was when Dana Carvey hosted. Honest to God, the crew they've got on there now is the best and the brightest. Mad TV is good too, but they don't have the tradition to live up to that they do at SNL. SNL tries harder and kicks ass!

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  • Mar 05, 2001 8:10:41 AM CST

    Kill Me Now

    by anton_sirius

    Two no-talent hacks who rode Jim Carrey's coattails to glory now get to piss on the graves of the Three Stooges? No, don't kill me. I've got a better idea- kill THEM. I think everyone would be better off.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 10:07:34 AM CST

    I Have Casting News About This Project!

    by buzz maverik

    Three 80s former action gods are in talks to play the Stooges. As Moe Howard--Sly Stallone in a bowl cut! Arnold Schwartzeneggar will shave his head to essay the role of Curly Howard ("Nuh-yolk, nuh-yolk, nuh-yolk") and Steven Segal will don what can only be described as "a balding afro" wig to play Larry Fien. Despite the misinformation in the story, look for a cameo by Jean-Claude Van Damme as Shemp Howard.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 11:31:13 AM CST

    Here's a thought.

    by juggernaut125

    A couple of night's ago, CITY TV aired Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. It is a FANTASTIC movie starring Steve Martin and a cast of Film Noir moments cut together to make one comprehensive plot. Now, I'm not saying The Farrelly's have what it takes to do this with The Stooges, but I CAN be done. As it stands, however, I am against them even trying. As for SNL, it's time has come to be put to pasture. Will Ferrell is NOT as funny as some of you give him credit for. If so, Night At The Roxbury wouldn't have sucked so much donkey dick. I was going to make reference between today's cast and the silver age cast of Hook, Hartman, Myers and Carvey. But it doesn't exactly ring true. (Lady's Man, NATR, and Superstar all being a waste of film, while Wayne's World cooked at the Box Office. However, I must then dig further to pull out the Blues Brothers as a truly great film.) These were all movies made from the five minute sketches that appeared on a Saturday Night. I will omit Coneheads as it was conceived by the greed monkey Lorne after Wayne's World showed so much promise. But the first three flicks are horrid, vomit inducing travesties on the film industry. And they should prove to everyone that if these are the characters worthy of a full screen appearance, then the rest of the show must be an abomination. Don't try to stop me. I'm a Juggernaut. I'm unstoppable.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 11:45:38 AM CST

    To the guy who said Groucho is g-d...

    by alonzo hawk

    Yes Groucho was the best, I agree. But why do all you Christians have to always pick on my people when you Idolitrize g-d? First you accuse Jesus, who was, is and always will be a Faithful Jew, but now you pick on poor Groucho. He is not any more g-d than Jesus was.

    Stop persecuting my people!

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  • Mar 05, 2001 12:36:53 PM CST

    And today's Star of David award goes to...

    by jonquixote

    drum roll please

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  • Mar 05, 2001 12:42:07 PM CST

    The Stooges script

    by lemonator

    The script for "Three Stooges, the Next Generation" has been floating around Hollywood for a while and when it came into my possession I automatically decided it would suck no matter what. A new Three Stooges Movie???? The Stooges were of their time and no one could, or should, attempt to capture their brand of humor (I couldn't help but think of the horrible "Little Rascals" movie). But after reading the script, I realized the writer (who also wrote "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure") had figured out a way to make it all work. Without giving anything away, he pits the Stooges old fashioned brand of cartoon violence against the PC world of feminism, the haughty rich, new age psychology, etc. I came away thinking the writer had brilliantly reinvented them, not just used them as a template for stupid antics. I think the Farrelly's are the perfect people to make this thing rock! I predict this movie will be a huge success... And by the way, SNL bites.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 1:04:26 PM CST

    the three stooges: are your base are belong to us

    by mrfanboy

    how can they do a three stooges movie now, arent they all dead

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  • Mar 05, 2001 2:00:30 PM CST

    Stooges Story In Trade Papers

    by r_nathan

    The Hollywood Reporter and the Daily Variety both had stories today (Monday, March 5) about the Farrelly Brothers doing a Stooges movie. I think it could work, if they get decent actors, and do it in the style of the classics. People are still doing new versions of Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan, although the original creators are long dead. Why shouldn't someone have a chance to do something new with these characters, providing it's done well?

    By the way, there was a typo in my earlier post. The guy who claims to own the rights to Laurel & Hardy is Larry Harmon. I didn't see his new version of a Laurel & Hardy film ("For Love Or Mummy"), but I've heard it was awful.

    (And, if I may be allowed to repeat my plug, my Shakespeare parodies which include the stooges is still at http://www.shakespeare-parodies.com
    In "A Night In Elsinore," the Stooges are the traveling players. In "Scots On The Rocks" they are the Three Murderers. And in "How Sharper Than A Serpant's Tooth," they are Cornwall's servants.)

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  • Mar 05, 2001 4:47:44 PM CST

    SNL Brain Donors and this horible idea

    by craphole

    What the crap?! Why in the heck would they make a 3 stooges movie? Nobody and I mean nobody could even come close to the excelence that they had in their shows. I still would rather watch 3 stooges than anything else that's on TV. Brain Donors was hilarious. You could tell right away that they were going for a marx brothers feel to the movie but that last ballet dance I dont think I've ever laughed so hard at a movie. SNL is really getting better...They have a great female cast finally! That vicki chick from the early 90's was so annoying. Anyway Cheri Otteri (sp) is hilarious!

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  • Mar 05, 2001 6:17:50 PM CST

    Howard Stern?????

    by sssnakepit

    Stern Sucks!!!! The Bob & Tom Show Rocks!!!!

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  • Mar 05, 2001 8:59:08 PM CST

    Harry is Right on Stooges flick and SNL

    by ironburl

    The Three Stooges were originals. They were the product of their own lives and times. I would love to see Larry, Moe, Curly, Shemp, and maybe even Joe and Curly-Joe come back and do a movie BUT THEY'RE ALL DEAD!!! If hollywood wants to do slapstick, do it with original actors and characters! Don't try to animate the corpses of the dead. Shemp will haunt yo ass!
    The thing about the Stooges is that they were not exactly playing characters. It's like a lot of those old vaudeville era stars. They each had a character that came from their own real personalities. If you insist on animating the dead wait until the technology is here (in about 100 years) to digitally sample the stooges' films from all angles, interpolate and mix and match what they have done in the past and mix it into a new combination. Please just wait at least 100 years to even try.

    By the way, SNL sucks SO bad! Just because the cable news channels are so freaking lazy that they feel that it's fit to run SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE clips instead of making their own commentary, does not mean that the show is good. Sure that W. Bush impression is funny, but gee-whiz how slow of a softball do you need to get to first base? If you think SNL is so funny, go to N.Y.C. and watch from the audience. I don't even hear the studio audience laughing most of the time. It's just not good. Mad TV is better and that's REALLY not saying a lot.

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  • Mar 05, 2001 9:10:10 PM CST

    well

    by misterlovan

    look at all their box office intake and tell me that they don't deserve a shot at the 3 stooges helm. if anyone, i'm glad it's THEM taking the project, rather than... can you think of that many others that could try it?

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  • Mar 05, 2001 9:39:07 PM CST

    A better stooge movie

    by lemonator

    Here's a good modern update on the tired old stooge formula... How about "The Six Stooges"? Make three of them women, one a motherless stooge kid, and then a couple of cops, one black, one white, with one of them about to retire the next day, only to die from being poked in the eye with an ice pick. Huge box office!!!

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  • Mar 06, 2001 9:39:31 AM CST

    Soul driven, you are forgiven.

    by the tao of joe

    I wish more people had the humility to do what you just did. I think you are right about the aicn disease. it gets the best of us sometimes. Dont sweat it. I could think of no other website to rant like this, but just try to keep it in star wars related articles, and any negative comment directed at Warner Brothers or any other studio is fine too.

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  • Mar 06, 2001 10:04:19 AM CST

    Bean

    by spamagnet

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the best slapstick show around -- Mr. Bean. Rowan Atkinson has even more facial expressions than Jim Carrey and is hysterically funny. He doesn't even have to talk! I liked -- but didn't love -- the movie, but the British TV series is amazing. *** Spamagnet

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  • Mar 06, 2001 3:49:43 PM CST

    Why? In the name of all that is holy! Why?

    by bad guy

    What a fucking stupid, asinine, ridiculously unoriginal idea!! And I like the Farrelly brothers!! This has got to be the dumbest idea in the history of dumb ideas!! I could understand a biopic about the Stooges!! Which BTW was already done and was not bad. But you can't fucking cast other actors to "play" the 3 Stooges. Where's my gun?? I've gotta shoot somethin'!!!!

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  • Mar 06, 2001 4:20:12 PM CST

    Doo doo pie.

    by superninja

    Tracy Morgan is great. He's going to take off. Uncle Jemima's Malt Liquor? Jimmy Fallon already surprised a lot of people in Almost Famous as the band's manager. Will Ferrell has amazing comedic timing, and the ability to make the audience extremely uncomfortable. Darrell Hammond is a great impersonater.

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  • Mar 06, 2001 4:22:40 PM CST

    Farellys can keep making movies as long as they cast

    by superninja

    that gorgeous Zen Gessner in them! Poor guy...haven't heard from him much since Sinbad got cancelled. He'd make a great Gambit for X-Men 2...please?

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  • Mar 06, 2001 10:15:37 PM CST

    What's all this shit...

    by bad guy

    about SNL? I thought this was suppossed to be about the abomination that is the 3 Stooges movie starring... ACK!...other actors. And BTW, SNL is like it's always been. Sometimes it's hilarious and sometimes it sucks giant rhino balls. Most of the time it's just mediocre.

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  • Mar 07, 2001 5:35:20 AM CST

    Mr. Accident.. Aussie Hit?

    by mikuji

    Nope, I'm sure it bombed here... aussies are kinda sick of Yahoo Serious on the whole, as somebody else has said, the general reaction was "who's producing another of his movies" and "i thought i'd never see him again". Not sure about direct to video, i'm sure it lasted a week or so in cinemas...

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  • Nov 03, 2008 8:31:19 PM CST

    This movie is getting made....

    by kingben

    seven years from this article's publication. i predict it will be relased on November 20 2009

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  • Jun 09, 2009 11:37:00 AM CDT

    on the grid for 2010...

    by the__natural74

    ...and apparently casting Jim Carey (Curly), Sean Penn (Larry), and Benicio Del Toro (Moe)!
    What?! This is crazy!

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