The BEST episodes written by Clyde Bruckman
#1 - You Nazty Spy!
The Three Stooges - Season 7 - Episode 1
The King of Moronica is overthrown and the Three Stooges are chosen to take his place. When three politicians from a small country discover there is no money in peace, they decide to hire a paperhanger (Moe) as a puppet dictator. Classic Stooge short was the first Hollywood film to satirize the Nazis and Fascists from World War II (predated Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” by 9 months). Due to its historical significance, this was known as the favorite Stooge short of Larry, Moe and Jules White. Much of the short reflects the American Public’s knowledge of affairs in Germany at that time. First Stooge appearance by Stooge supporting player John Tyrrell.
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#2 - From Nurse to Worse
The Three Stooges - Season 7 - Episode 6
The stooges' friend Jerry convinces them to buy an insurance policy on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. But the plan backfires when the doctor wants to perform a brain operation on Curly.
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#3 - Nutty but Nice
The Three Stooges - Season 7 - Episode 4
Three bumbling waiters try to help a clinically depressed little girl by locating her kidnapped father. The Stooges operate a restaurant and try to help a little girl who becomes ill when her father, a bail bondsman, disappears with a lot of cash and the Stooges have to fight gangsters.
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#4 - Rockin' Thru the Rockies
The Three Stooges - Season 7 - Episode 2
The stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the horses run off they are stranded. They must contend with a snow storm and a marauding bear as well the Indians. After almost killing each other ice fishing they solve their problems by rigging up a sail on the wagon and sailing west. A wagon train full of show biz girls tours the West, and the Stooges are assigned to protect them from Indians. First appearance by Stooge player Dorothy Appleby (former Miss Maine).
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#5 - Killer's Wife
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 6
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
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#6 - Honeymoon House
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 22
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
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#7 - South of Dixie
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 8
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
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#8 - From Bed to Worse
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 9
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
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#9 - Fall Guy
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 25
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
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#10 - Three Little Pirates
The Three Stooges - Season 13 - Episode 9
The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission to journey to their own country to fetch presents. The governor is fooled, but the boys run into more trouble in the den of Black Louie the pirate where Curly is forced into a knife throwing contest with Larry as the target. Things look bad until a mis-thrown knife cuts the rope that holds the chandelier and it crashes down on Black Louie's men. With the pirates defeated, Moe decides to take over as ruler of the island.
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#11 - Hugs and Mugs
The Three Stooges - Season 17 - Episode 2
The stooges run a furniture store and come into possession of a stolen pearl necklace. Three crooked dames convince the boys that the necklace is theirs, and when the real thieves arrive, the stooges fight to defend the girl's property.
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#12 - Uncle Bozzo's Visit
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 2
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
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#13 - In Society
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 3
A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.
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#14 - Life Insurance
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 4
Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.
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#15 - Efficiency Experts
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 12
Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
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#16 - Car Trouble
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 13
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
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#17 - Public Enemies
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 18
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
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#18 - The Pigeon
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 21
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
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#19 - Loco Boy Makes Good
The Three Stooges - Season 9 - Episode 1
The stooges decide to get some easy money by having Curly slip on a bar of soap in a hotel lobby so they can sue the owner. Curly slips as planned but the hotel turns out to be run by an old lady who is about to lose her lease to the evil landlord. The stooges decide to help her fix up the place and start by beating up the landlord and stealing his watch. After their usual antics in renovating the place, the hotel is ready for the grand re-opening. The stooges put on a big show with a famous critic in attendance. Their corny act goes over poorly until Curly accidentally puts on a magicians coat and becomes a sensation and the place is a success.
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#20 - Wife Wanted
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 14
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.
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#21 - Private Eye
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 16
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
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#22 - Spook Louder
The Three Stooges - Season 10 - Episode 3
The stooges are salesman selling a weight reducing machine. They have no luck until they show up at the house of an eccentric inventor where they are hired as caretakers. When the scientist goes to Washington to demonstrate his death-ray machine to the government, the boys are left to guard his house and must contend with enemy spies and a mysterious pie thrower.
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#23 - The Paper Hangers
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 1
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
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#24 - The Yoke's on Me
The Three Stooges - Season 11 - Episode 3
Rejected by the armed services, the stooges decide to "do their bit" by becoming farmers. After paying $1000 and throwing in their car, the boys are owners of a run down farm, which lacks any livestock. After capturing an escaped ostrich, they decide to carve jack-o- lanterns for profit and then must contend with some Japanese who have escaped from a relocation center. The stooges become heroes by capturing the escapees, with the help of explosive eggs laid by the ostrich who had swallowed some blasting powder.
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#25 - Three Hams on Rye
The Three Stooges - Season 17 - Episode 6
The stooges are stage hands who also have small parts in a big play. They quickly get on the bad side of the producer. First they fail to prevent a famous critic from sneaking into the audience. Then Shemp accidentally adds a pot holder into a cake they bake as a prop. During the play the stooges (as southern gentlemen) and the rest of the cast spit up feathers during what was supposed to be a serious scene. The critic thinks it's a hilarious satire and the boys are redeemed.
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#26 - Goof on the Roof
The Three Stooges - Season 20 - Episode 9
The Stooges take care of a house while their friend is getting married. Their friend wants them to get a TV and have an antenna installed on the house. The Stooges have a great idea. They decide to install the TV themselves and save the money for a wedding present. Shemp keeps on slipping on soap and having his head dunked in a bucket of water while cleaning the house. Larry totally wrecks the wall by setting it on fire and turning it into swiss cheese with a hammer. Shemp takes apart the TV and while installing the antenna, falls and breaks it. The friend comes back, married, and when his fat wife sees the house, she leaves him.
#27 - Fright Night
The Three Stooges - Season 14 - Episode 2
The stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bank roll on his next fight. When a gangster tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose their lives, the boys decide to play along. They try to soften Chopper up by feeding him rich food and having him spend time with their friend Kitty. The fight gets canceled when Kitty dumps Chopper for his opponent and the two boxers engage in some pre-match fisticuffs that result in a broken hand for the opponent. The stooges think they've put one over on the gangsters, only to have the bad guys corner them in a deserted warehouse. Instead of being rubbed out, the boys capture the crooks and get a reward.
#28 - Pardon My Clutch
The Three Stooges - Season 15 - Episode 2
The Stooge's friend Claude sells them his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp, who is sick with a toothache, camping. The car won't work and the boys are apparently out a bundle, when a car collector happens on the scene and offers to buy it at a premium. Claude backs out on the deal and gives the stooges their money back, only to discover the "collector" is an escaped lunatic.
#29 - Pals and Gals
The Three Stooges - Season 21 - Episode 3
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to rescue them and save the day.
#30 - Up in Daisy's Penthouse
The Three Stooges - Season 20 - Episode 1
The stooges escape from jail to prevent their newly rich dad from marrying Daisy, a gold-digger after his money. Shemp looks like dad, so he impersonates him and marries Daisy. What the stooges don't know is that Daisy is in cahoots with some crooks, and they plan to bump off her new husband. The boys foil the crook's plan and take Pa home to Ma.[ A remake of "Three Dumb Clucks", with Shemp, instead of Curly, playing both father and son. ]