Draft:Three Stooges on TV

In 1949, after objecting against a TV pilot (see Jerks of All Trades), Columbia Pictures sent 30 3 Stooges to ABC. Later, in 1958, Screen Gems put 78 shorts in syndication. This page is showing all Stooge shows that have links (segments) especially produced.

N.Y.U.K

AMC (American Movie Classics) aired ˋN.Y.U.K´ in the early 2000s. Hosted by Leslie Nielsen, the show aired the shorts as part of ˋeducational lessons‘ hosted by Nielsen as a University Tutor (hence ˋN.Y.U.Kˋ standing for ˋNew Yuk University for Knuckleheads).

Besides Nielsen, Carrot Top and Dan Lauria appeared as other tutors (Lauria as Coach Hamstrung, Carrot Top as Dr. Eugene Spicing).

Here are all intros that appeared on AMC as part of N.Y.U.K.

N.Y.U.K

Film	Intro
Termites of 1938	Leslie holds a mousetrap whilst stating famous sayings (mostly about mouses). He later hurts himself with the trap and lets go of the mouse.
Whoops, I’m An Idiot	Leslie introduces Coach Hamstrung, who talks about emotion, drag, and shows off his football cosy.
Dizzy Doctors	The camera is shaking, presumably to be dizzy, until Leslie hits it. He talks about how the main area of the film is also the main area of Men in Black. He asks for hands, and two hands are thrown to him.
Goofs And Saddles	Leslie introduces Coach Hamstrung, who talks about the Wild West, and tries to calculate how many Stooge shorts the director made.
Rocking thru the Rockies	Coach Hamstrung lectures once again, talking about the short and the confusion between Linda Winters and Shelley Winters.
Pardon My Scotch	Leslie talks about how hard comedy is by telling about injuries on the set, and washes his hands.. with acid.
Cactus Makes Perfect	Leslie talks about the creative titles for the films, and slams his hand on a cactus.
Back From The Front	Leslie talks about World War II, explains the army aesthetic, and sits on a sub, sub sandwich that is..
Rhythm and Weep	Leslie talks about how musical the following short is, and asks Johnson about his pitch (in which a baseball is thrown), and his scales (in which a fish is thrown)
Monkey Business Men	Leslie introduces Dr. Eugene Splicing, who talks about electricity. What he doesn’t know is the wire he uses as an example not to put it in water, is live..
Fiddlers Three	Leslie says he has the violin that Larry plays, and he destroys it, joking about it being a copy, and the real one is on his right, as he accidentally steps on it.
Generic	Leslie talks about the age old question: are Stooges born or are they created?
Dunked in the Deep	Leslie talks about how power corrupts, using a buzzer that shocks the class as an example. He says he’s not going to go mad with power, but places his book on top of the buzzer
The Tooth Will Out	Leslie introduces Dr. Eugene Splicing, who has had his hair done in tribute to the short. After he describes the short, Splicing realizes it’s about dentists and not hair stylists..
Generic	Leslie talks about two-reelers, how theaters would have to acquire a b-movie to get the Stooge short. When he says it’s not rocket science, the students go to rocket science class.
Baby Sitter Jitters	The class is interrupted by tall student Johnson entering. When Leslie introduces the short, a Dwarf walks by.
Don’t throw that Knife	Whilst Leslie talks, fellow student Jackson throws sharp objects, when Leslie catches a grenade, it is followed closely by the pin..
Generic	Leslie talks about Moe Howard’s theory about how different classed people look down on the Stooges. When he talks about comeuppance, he stops a pie with an umbrella, but a pie hits him from behind.
Generic	Leslie talks about how television lowered, and lifted, the Stooges. In a meta joke, Leslie states no film actor would want to be on TV.
Woman Haters	Leslie talks about the difference between this and following Stooge shorts. He says that it was like Muhammad Ali entering the ring for the first time.
Men in Black	When the students realize that it’s not the 1998 movie, they all leave, but they come back when Leslie states that it will be on the N.Y.U.K test papers. He then describes the
Movie Maniacs	Leslie describes the short, the “Carnation Pictures” reference, and when he states the amount of Stooge films a year, he says that James Bond has a lot of catching up to do.
Punch Drunks	Leslie “plays” the violin (with audio glitching), and explains the short. When he tries playing again, the short starts.
Troubadours	Leslie talks about the “mathematics” of the Stooges, and states that the cost was a lot less than 1997 Film.
Generic	Leslie talks about the making of a Stooge short, stating it was about as expensive as The Blair Witch Project, although that film had less laughs.
Micro-Phonies	Leslie tries to talk about the short, but his microphone is faulty.
Three Lone Wolves	Leslie says that N.Y.U.K now does daycare, feeding his crying baby glue, instead of milk..
Generic	Leslie comes in wearing shades, and talks about the time Quentin Tarantino nearly got copyrighted for the Stooge short in Pulp Fiction. He states to Tarantino that if he uses any of his footage, he will take care of him (whilst holding a needle)..
Hokus Pokus	Dr. Eugene Splicing returns, talking about hypnotism, stating he can’t get hypnotized. However, shaking a pencil (and later a watch) tells otherwise..
Fight Night	Leslie is seen boxing a balloon, and he talks about how Shemp nearly wasn’t the replacement for Curly.
Generic	Leslie talks about the actors that were inspired by the Stooges.
Outer Space Jitters	Leslie is seen looking through a telescope (at nearest neighbor, Gladys). When he realizes class has started, he quickly describes the short, before looking back through the telescope.
Hold That Line	Leslie talks about how people thought Shemp would be a short time thing..
Disorder in The Court	Leslie is talking about the short, and asks a question, which is answered by a monkey student. When he asks the monkey student to leave because he’s clowning around, he turns into a clown.
Punchy Cowpunchers	Coach Hamstrung returns once more, and talks about the Stooges’ favorite actor, Emil Sitka (whose name he mispronounces as Mike Dikka), and makes a big speech on sacrifice.