The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Knucklehead's Guide to Stoogedom-From Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller, Zeller, and Z

by Robert Kurson

Book Overview

Featuring the Stooges, the famous comedy team, this deluxe collector's volume offers more than 1,400 entries, jokes, and key gags. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809229307
• ISBN13: 9780809229307
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: NTC Business Books
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Greatest Stooge book EVER

This book is a Stooge fan's dream come true. I saw a reviewer say this book is cluttered and unuseable. Bull. Then again, he stated the Marx Brothers Encyclopedia is easier to use. I own that book and its more cluttered then this book. This book has everything in a nice, neat order. I own two copies of the book, after one fell apart. I emailed the author a back when I first bought the book and he is a very kind man. We had many discussions about our love for the Stooges. I highly recommend this book to Stooge fans. No Stooge book will probably ever compare to this one.

Very funny and helpful.

Not sure what the sign of someone's door said in MONKEY BUSINESSMEN? You'll find it in THE THREE STOOGES ENCYCLOPEDIA. This has some of the Stooges most famous quotes, songs, signs and so much more. You should buy this. This is the perfect addition to your Three Stooges collection.

For Duty and Humanity!

As a very knowlegeable Three Stooges fan, I can honestly say that I've read almost every book available relating to the boys. Having read The Three Stooges Encyclopedia, I can also tell you, in my opinion, it is the best one out there.Jay Leno once said "half the world loves the Stooges and the other half wonders why". Mr. Kurson does a wonderful job of bringing the latter side closer with his painstaking research and understanding of what made the Stooges funny. Being the Stoogefile that I am, I loved parts 2-4 which contained the most complete listing of every possible name of anything or anyone in every Stooge short. It was a great reminder of why I love them as much as I do.For the non-Stooge fan (yes I know- some do exist!), if they were to read part 5 (which gave a detailed synopsis of every Stooge short ever made) then I'm sure they would be a Stooge fan now! To the two narrow-minded critics of this book, please tell me where else you can find the words to the Maharaja routine or the words to Ze Lollipop song? Before you critique any other books, I suggest you ask yourselves one simple question; "What is the author trying to accomplish?"What Mr. Kurson was able to accomplish through his seemingly painstaking (but enjoyable) research , was what made the Three Stooges the geniuses they were- it was their attention to detail. It's the names of their employers (Mr. A. Mouser, among others). It's where they worked (The Los Arms Hospital). Or even where they relaxed (The Hotel Coste Plente). Any book can tell you about their history, from the days with Ted Healy and the Annette Kellerman Diving Girls to when their comeback occurred. However, no other book illustrates so vividly their verbal humour (and attention to the little written details) that made them what they were.For that Mr. Kurson, I'm sure you made the boys proud. And as an author, you're the most intellgent imbecile who's every written a book about the Stooges. Excelsior!

True to the Stooge spirit! And yummy, too!

This book was obviously written by someone who has had a deep love for the Stooges for years. While there are some good looking recipes in here, the real treasures in this book are the celebrations of Stooge food humor (remember "Filet of Sole and Heel" or "Burned Toast and a Rotten Egg." I also loved all the little bonuses, like the 10 Commandments of Stooge cooking and the formula for figuring out how much Curly weighs. A really funny book about some really funny guys.

I haven't eaten this well in years

As a novice chef I was looking for a good cookbook to begin my culinary arts training. I came across this book and new instantly that it was for me. I have now hosted several dinner parties and now I'm considered a "Master Chef" by all of my friends.