Título: The Three Stooges
Seção: The Three Stooges Collection
Background: The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best known for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures that have been regularly airing on television since 1958. Their hallmark was physical farce and slapstick. In films, the stooges were commonly known by their actual first names. There were a total of six stooges over the act's run (with only three active at any given time), but Moe Howard and Larry Fine were the mainstays throughout the ensemble's nearly fifty-year run and the pivotal "third Stooge" was played by (in order of appearance)

Conteúdo: On October 30, 2007, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a two-disc DVD set entitled The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934-1936. The set contains shorts from the first three years the Stooges worked at Columbia Pictures, marking the first time ever that all 19 shorts were released in their original theatrical order to DVD. Additionally, every short was remastered in high definition, a first for the Stooge films. Previous DVD releases were based on themes (wartime, history, work, etc.), and sold poorly. Fans and critics alike praised Sony for finally giving the Stooges the proper DVD treatment. One critic states "the Three Stooges on DVD has been a real mix'n match hodgepodge of un-restored titles and illogical entries. This new...boxset...seems to be the first concerted effort to categorize their huge body of work chronologically with many shorts seeing the digital light for the first time." Videolibrarian.com critic added "finally, the studio knuckleheads got it right! The way that the Three Stooges have been presented on home video has been a real slap in the face and poke in the eye to fans. They've been anthologized, colorized, and public domain-ed, as their shorts have been released and re-released in varying degrees of quality. Highly recommended." Critic James Plath of DVDtown.com added, "Thank you, Sony, for finally giving these Columbia Pictures icons the kind of DVD retrospective that they deserve. Remastered in High Definition and presented in chrono

user: Can you provide information on The Three Stooges Collection?

assistant: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a two-disc DVD set entitled The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934-1936.

user: DId the collection sell a lot?

assistant: One critic states "the Three Stooges on DVD has been a real mix'n match hodgepodge of un-restored titles and illogical entries.

user: What else happened following this?

assistant: The chronological series proved successful, and Sony wasted little time preparing the next set for release. Volume Two: 1937-1939 was released on May 27, 2008,

user: Was this collection quite popular?

assistant: Demand exceeded supply, proving to Sony that they had a hit on their hands.

user: What happened after the demand exceeded the supply?

assistant: In response, Volume Four: 1943-1945 was released on October 7, 2008, a mere two months after its predecessor.

user: What happened after the release of Volume Four?

assistant: Volume Five is the first in the series to feature Shemp Howard with the Stooges and the final volume to feature Curly Howard.