“If One Of The Jokes We Did Wasn’t Funny, The Smack In The Stomach At The End Of The Joke Got The Laugh”

If it wasn’t just so deeply stupid and funny, this 1975 NBC News “special” report about a revival in the popularity of the Three Stooges in the wake of Watergate would be one of the most perplexing wastes of time ever. An emaciated Moe drops by for one of his final interviews. Also on hand: Joe Besser, who was the fifth best Stooge (out of five), and had earlier excelled on the Abbott and Costello Show in the complex role of “Stinky,” a man-child unable to fully adapt to the advances of the Industrial Revolution. Okay, I’ll stop now.

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