13892. THE THREE STOOGES. A serious analysis of the comedic career of the Three Stooges, looking at the personal histories of the original Stooges and later successors, the cinematic style and technique of their slapstick in the great two-reelers and later full-length films, and their influence on later comedians. Notes the contradiction between the Stooges' popular acclaim and the critics' dismissal and attributes this to the inherently "vulgar" nature of the Stooges' comedy which removed it from the realm of "art." 14 pages, 31 footnotes, 8 bibliographic references.