So…this is where it all began…

24.3.14 (Ten Years Ago…TODAY!)

My premise (or whatever you call the reason I’m doing this): is, well, because—that’s why!

Seriously, this is just something I’d do when I was bored—there’s only so much music you can listen to before it all starts running together (this was before the internet!)

My main problem—I’ve never written movie reviews.  However, I have graded plenty of music performance reviews and…that would explain why I took so long to do this.  I don’t know the proper form/format (and there is one!) and even if said proper form would be necessary.  All I basically want to do is play the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game with the Three Stooges.  Considering they were active from 1925 to (roughly) 1975, it should be easy enough to find both large and small connections.

In fact, one connection occurred to me at the very beginning—William Shatner!  Here’s another long-timer (even longer than the Stooges at this point!) and it was incredibly easy to connect Shatner to the Stooges in only one easy (cheesy) step!

Alexander (1965 TV pilot)=William Shatner+Adam West

The Outlaws Is Coming! (1965 Three Stooges film)=Adam West+the Three Stooges.

(Also, you get a bonus of not one, but TWO young Shatner photos…I never really thought of him as handsome–I was watching him act, but damn!

Six Degrees of ZombieStoogeration…

https://d2rights.blogspot.com/2012/04/three-stooges-vs-zombies-well-zombie.html

Welp, never let it be said that great minds don’t think alike (and weaken nations)! While perusing one of my favorite sites, I’d noticed an article I KNOW I’ve never read before, “The Three Stooges versus Zombies.” Now, whenever I hear the word “zombie,” I cannot help but think of the fab five from Hertsfordshire (also known as one of the more innovative British Invasion bands).

But how can I link my favorite comedy team to my favorite musical group? Let’s see,,,The Zombies were featured in a pretty damn good movie Bunny Lake Is Missing directed by one Otto Preminger. Their appearance consisted of a TV performance that was playing in a bar whilst Laurence Olivier (yeah, THAT guy) is trying to figure things out about the titular Bunny Lake and what the deal is between her mother and brother. (I may be a bit off on the details–I saw it on VIDEOTAPE! Why haven’t I come into the 21st century and Amazon Prime’d it?!)

So how can we connect The Zombies to The Three Stooges? (Besides the fact that The Zombies are still touring at the grand ages of 79-80! (I would’ve KILLED to have the Stooges last that long…I would’ve been around to see them on various talk shows, instead of begging my parents to recall what it was like to see them on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Steve Allen Show {one of those appearances was with none other than Lenny Bruce…the only way that could’ve made for a more mis-matched pairing would be if Richard Pryor dropped by.})

Okay…where was I? Who’s the best actor to use as a connection? We have Laurence Olivier, who was married to Vivien Leigh, who starred in Gone With the Wind, which also featured Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel, who’s brother Sam McDaniel starred in Heavenly Daze (1947) as a butler that thought Shemp had risen from the dead and was haunting Moe and Larry due to the fact that they were going to scam investors with a fountain pen that writes under whipped cream (needless to say, it doesn’t work.)

Looks like I could connect Laurence Olivier to the Three Stooges at least! That makes me wonder how many ways I can connect John and David Carradine to the Stooges…I’m thinking it’s pretty damned easy!