What began with Ted Healy and Moe Howard as an American vaudeville troupe transformed over the years, with members changing in and out, into The Three Stooges. As a collective, they performed from the 1920s into the 1970s, releasing a variety of short films and television episodes, when not on the road. Now, thanks to a partnership between CineMuseum and Kit Parker Films, over eight hours of Stooges material is gather in one place via the multi-disc collection Stooge-O-Rama: The Men Behind The Mayhem And Even More Mayhem!, releasing on July 11th. Due to the generosity of MVD Entertainment Group, EoM is giving away one (1) Blu-ray edition of the Stooge-O-Rama collection to one lucky individual. Submit an entry before time runs out for a chance to win.

Giveaway runs until Monday, July 17th, at 11:59p EDT.

Stooge-O-Rama Special Features:

• Includes the award-winning documentary program STOOGES: THE MEN BEHIND THE MAYHEM, with new introduction by Curly Howard’s real-life grandson, Bradley Server
• Introduction from Bradley “Curly G” Server (Curly Howard’s youngest grandson)
• Long unseen short subject EVERYBODY LIKES MUSIC (1934) starring Shemp Howard
• Extended interviews with Lyla Fine Budnick (Larry Fine’s sister), Nate Budnick (Stooges stage show sound man), Billy West, Lola Jensen and more!
• Unaired Commercial Bumps (1992)
• Photo Galleries: Lyla Fine Personal Scrapbook & Stooge Memorabilia
• Fox Movietone News – Sound newsreel outtakes featuring the earliest known film footage of Moe & Shemp Howard (Aug 6, 1929)
• Stooge Home Movies – Ultra rare B&W / color snippets of the Stooges at work and play (1920s – 1960s)
• Everybody Likes Music (March 9, 1934) Long unavailable Shemp Howard Van Beuren short
• Surprise, Surprise (October 31, 1937) Lost theatrical featurette, with Moe, Larry & Curly, promoting their Pillsbury Projector toy giveaway.
• Ed Wynn Camel Comedy Caravan – Complete TV Kinescope (March 11, 1950)
• Andy Wade’s California Home Movies (July 1956) Extraordinary home movie reel featuring color footage of Moe, Larry & Joe Besser clowning at Columbia Pictures, the last known footage Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, and more!
• On The Go (April 15, 1960) The complete TV interview with Moe, Larry & Curly Joe DeRita
• Strictly For Laffs (July 1, 1962) – Complete TV Pilot featuring Moe Howard.
• Star Spangled Salesman (Feb 9, 1968) Government PSA for Savings Bonds
• Kook’s Tour Outtakes (Dec 7, 1969) Unseen color outtakes from their final film!
• Joe DeRita Interview (1976) Sound home movie footage with historian Randy Skretvedt
• The Funniest Guys in The World – Documentary Outtake Reel (1983) Director Mark Gilman’s interview outtakes and workprint featuring Ted Healy’s replacement stooges Paul “Mousie” Garner, Jack Wolf & Dick Hakins and more!
• Mousie – Live at the 3 Stooges Convention (1994)
• Commercial and promotional spots: Instant Simonize (March 15, 1960), Don Lamond – KTTV TV-11 Los Angeles (1961), Mr. Poplolly – Cartoonerville Trolley promo – WJZ TV-13 Baltimore (circa 1961), 2 Dickie’s Work Clothes spots (March 31, 1969) and more!
• Movie Trailers and Coming Attractions
• Archival Audio Recordings
• “No Census, No Feeling” – Modern short subject featuring comedians Shwartzy and Pagana, and Curly G
• Curly G Meets Shemp’s great granddaughter Chandler Isaac
• …and much more!

Rules of the Contest

1. To enter – fill out the contest form below and submit before Monday, July 17th, 2023, at 11:59 PM EDT. Only one entry per person.
2. Entrants must be 18 years old or older to win.
3. Winners will be notified via email after the close of the contest.
4. One (1) selected winner will be awarded with one (1) Blu-ray copy of Stooge O-Rama.
5. Participants understand that the prize is not the responsibility of Elements of Madness.
6. Winners must live in the contiguous United States, Alaska, or Hawaii. Elements of Madness does not ship internationally.
7. Information collected during the giveaway will not be shared or disseminated and will only be used to mail the Blu-ray to selected winners.
8. Prizes are not redeemable for cash or other items.
9. Prize cannot be swapped or traded for anything else.
10. EoM not responsible for prizes lost to the Spam filter.
11. Current members of EoM staff or their immediate families are not eligible to participate.

The contest is now closed. The winner will be contacted.

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