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M*A*S*H episode #229 (Feb. 15, 1982), "Pressure Points" has a Three
Stooges reference to the two other M*A*S*H episodes I've also heard on
its 251-episode total.
Enjoy!
Col. Sherman T. Potter: "Did you bump into anybody else, yet?"
Dr. (psychiatrist) Major Sidney Freedman: "Just Larry, Moe, and Curly in
'The Swamp'."
There are more than one refcs on Breaking Bad, too.
In an episode of Alien Nation, human character Matthew Sikes (Gary
Graham) is a fan of the Three Stooges. He invited his alien neighbor
Cathy Frankel (Terri Treas) to watch a few shorts with him. Cathy was
horrified of the violence and informs that "nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" is
considered a dirty word in their language.
In the cartoon Animaniacs, the Warner brothers and sister (Yakko, Wakko,
and Dot) often do the musical "hello-hello-hello" routine when they
enter a scene.
In an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, villain Doctor Milo and
two accomplices happen to resemble The Three Stooges.
In an episode of the 1960s cult cartoon Beany and Cecil, the lead
characters set out to capture "The Dreaded Three-Headed Threep", a
monster whose three heads resemble the Stooges.
An episode of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch featured the Stooges being
brought to the present age via a time machine invented by Stone Cold
Steve Austin to battle The Three Tenors. The Three Stooges (or, to be
more specific, Curly) won.
In the Cheers episode "What's Up, Doc?", Sam is distressed when a female
doctor tells him that all he cares about is sex. Rebecca reminds him of
his adoration of the Three Stooges. When Sam realizes he has an interest
that has nothing to do with sex, he cheers up.
In Ed, Edd n Eddy, the characters Eddy, Ed, and Edd seem to hold similar
personality traits to Moe, Curly, and Larry.
In The Fairly OddParents made-for-TV movie Abra Catastrophe, the main
character, Timmy Turner, disguises himself in magical Groucho glasses
and tells Mr. Crocker that he is one of America's most beloved comedy
entertainers to which Crocker mistakes him as "Shemp". Later, when the
disguise falls off, Mr. Crocker yells, "Turner! You're not Shemp! You're
not even Curly Joe!" Also, in The episode It's A Wishful Life, Timmy
Turner also said Moe's trademark catchphrase "Why I oughtta...." and
ends it with "do it right now".
In the Farscape episode "Out Of Their Minds", the main characters switch
bodies, which leads to some "strange behavior" in their respective
"unfamiliar" bodies. Witnessing this, John Crichton proclaims: "It's the
three freaking Stooges, I'm hitting myself!" In the episode "Self-
Inflicted Wounds", John Crichton flies onto a wormhole to shoot
pictures, to see what is at the other end. The shoot later shows a scene
from Disorder in the Court, proving that it was Earth at the other end
of the wormhole.
The title character in Jabberjaw sounds and acts similat to Curly.
In The Flintstones, during the episode where Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are
contestants in a baby beauty contest, rival campaigners Fred and Barney
call on a trio of men to get their votes. The trio engages in some
stooge-like slapstick.
In an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will, Hilary and Carlton
are fighting about who should first have access to a car. Hilary
suggests that they play rock-paper-scissors. Will replies, "No, let's
play the Three Stooges." He then raises his hand, points two fingers and
says, "Hey, Moe!"
In a sketch for the short-lived ABC comedy show Fridays, the Stooges are
depicted smoking an "atomic bonger". This sketch aired only once due to
objections from Moe's family.
In the television show Friends in Joey's and Chandler's apartment there
are small statues of all Three Stooges.
In the opening scene of the Full House episode "It's Not My Job", Danny,
Jesse and Joey dress up as the Three Stooges and sing "hello" in
sequence the way the Stooges did.
Doctor Zoidberg, from the animated series Futurama, makes Curly's
trademark "whooping" sound when "evading enemies" (sometimes after
squirting ink), and sometimes makes Shemp's trademark "Heep, heep,
heep" sound when frustrated.
In the Garfield episode "Legend of the Lake" three of the cavecats bear
a striking resemblance to the Three Stooges.
In Disney's Gargoyles episode entitled "Turf", Brooklyn, Broadway and
Lexington (commonly known as "the Trio") are fighting over a female
gargoyle, Angela. While Lex and Broadway argue, Brooklyn steps between
them, pushes them apart and says "Knock it off, muttonheads!"
In the Hannah Montana episode "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr.
Jonas", Miley says "I am not about to let Larry, Curly and Moe-bro waltz
in and steal him away".
The Three Stooges appear in Hollywood Steps Out by Tex Avery, hitting
and punching each other on the beat of the music.
In the series Home Improvement, Brad, Randy and Mark all dress up as
Moe, at a Halloween party.
In the animated series Jabberjaw by Hanna-Barbera, the title character
has some of Curly's mannerisms, including the "nyuk nyuk nyuk" laugh,
and the "woob woob woob" vocalization. He was voiced by Frank Welker,
who would later go on to voice Curly in The Robonic Stooges.
In the Jackie Chan Adventures episode "Sheep In, Sheep Out", when Daolon
Wong sends the Shadowkhan after Jackie, Jade, and Uncle, Jade says,
"Larry, Moe, and Curly must be on vacation!" Also, in the episode
"Rumble in the Big House", Jade points to Finn, Chow, and Ratso and
says, "Look! The Three Stooges!", implying that the enforcers remind
Jade of The Three Stooges.
The King of the Hill episode "A-Fire Fighting We Will Go" contains
several references to the Stooges.
In one episode of the animated version of the Little Rascals, the Baby
Face gang resembles the Three Stooges.
In an episode of M*A*S*H, Major Winchester is disgruntled when Colonel
Potter orders him to show three South Korean doctors around the
compound. During the tour of the O.R., Winchester calls the three Korean
doctors Larry, Curly, and Moe. When one of them asks why he calls them
that, Winchester answers that in his country, they were highly respected
philosophers. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the Koreans
knew of the Three Stooges all along.
In a sketch for MADtv, the Three Stooges are spoofed as paid assassins
along with David Faustino as person they had to kill in a parody of
Menace II Society. The sketch featured Orlando Jones as Curly, Debra
Wilson as Larry, and Phil LaMarr as Moe.
In the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Very Old Man", the three snakes
owned by a murdered security officer were named Curly, Larry and Moe.
In the Muppet Babies episode "Good, Clean Fun", Fozzie explains how to
be prepare for a pie fight. Clips from the Three Stooges episode,
Slippery Silks, appear and Fozzie gets into a pie fight with the Three
Stooges and asks: "How did those guys get into Nanny's kitchen anyway?"
In an episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Adam clinks Windsor and
Slips' heads together, as Slips says one of Curly's catchphrases, "Nyuk
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk", and is followed by Windsor saying, "Hey Moe, what'd I
do?" referring to Moe and Curly having an argument.
An episode of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, titled "Class
Clown", features Lumer and his two bully friends auditioning to be the
new class clown by performing a Three Stooges fight with each other.
In the English version of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, the
three characters Shinji Ikari, Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida are
collectively referred to as 'the three stooges' on several occasions.
In The New Batman/Superman Adventures cartoon, the Joker has three
henchmen named Mo, Lar, and Cur. Mo has the black bowl cut, Lar has the
ring of brown hair, and Cur is bald.
In One Piece Buggy's crew members The Tightrope Walking Funan Bros
resemble the stooges.
In an episode of the cartoon Pinky and the Brain entitled "Pinky & The
Brain And... Larry", Pinky and The Brain are inexplicably joined by a
third wheel Larry in their plan to get into the White House posing as
wallpapers, whose unwelcome addition to the team causes Stooge-style
antics to ensue.
Characters of the Pokémon series have made occasional references to the
Stooges (at least in the English dub of the anime). In the episode, "The
Flame Pokémon-athon!", Misty and Meowth, and Jessie mention the trio in
a heated argument.
In an episode of Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, Mack (as the Red
Sentinel Ranger) yelled "Three more stooges to go!"
In the first episode of the second season of The Pretender, Jarod
(Michael T. Weiss) pretends to be Dr. Howard, a University anatomy
professor, while working with Dr. Fein, the head of the department. One
of their students calls to them, "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fein, Dr. Howard!"
The Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" episode, "The Altruists", is
largely a homage to the Stooges, a fact that creator John Kricfalusi
confirms on the DVD release of the episode, which was an attempt to
recreate the altruistic nature of the Stooges, and takes several comical
cues from classic Stooges episodes. Other homages in the episode include
a version of "Three Blind Mice" being played prior to the cartoon, as
well as borrowed plot elements and gags. Stimpy's voice has always been
an impression of Larry Fine's Stooge character, and Ren acts like Moe's.
In a Halloween episode of Roseanne, Dan dresses up with a mask that has
two of the Stooges' heads beside his own.
In the show Rules of Engagement, The Three Stooges were mentioned by
Jeff (Patrick Warburton) on the episode "Mr. Fix It".
In the May 12, 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live," a sketch involves
the Three Stooges as self-defense instructors.[3] During the sketch,
Curly (Joe Piscopo) and Moe (Tim Kazurinsky) ad-lib after Curly's baggy
karate pants accidentally fall down.
The Boo Brothers in "Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers" are obvious
parodies of The Three Stooges.
In many episodes of SCTV, John Candy imitates Curly, often doing a "nyuk
nyuk" type of laugh. In the parody of Ben Hur, Candy (in the eponymous
role) mimics Curly throughout the entire episode.
The 1992 Seinfeld episode "The Suicide" features Jerry's reference to
the Three Stooges to his very enamored neighbor, Gina. Another Seinfeld
episode, "The Trip", has Kramer running into an elderly woman who claims
to have played a part as Mr. Sugarman's secretary (Mr. Sugarman himself
was said to have been played by Curly) in a Three Stooges short titled
"Sappy Pappies". When Kramer replies that he never saw it, the woman
tells of three sailors charged with taking care of a baby. The story
becomes unbelievable and overly dark for a Three Stooges short, as the
ending has the baby dying and the Stooges being sent to death row and
executed.
The television show The Simpsons has made frequent references to the
Stooges:
[9F01] Homer: "Moe is their leader."
[7F06] Springfield Hospital has a Three Stooges Ward [Dr. Hibbert says]
"I won't even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges ward."
[9F01] Homer watches a 3 stooges episode on TV "Hey Moe, we don't know
nothin' about manipulatin' "
[9F14] Bart does Curley "eeeh, certainly...nyak nyak nyak"
[9F14] Bart does Moe "...a wise guy eh...."
[9F14] Bart does slaps his face and sounds like Curley
[9F15] Homer makes the Curley noise "whoop whoop whoop..." while he
rolls around on the floor.
[1F04] Bart does impressions of Shemp and Curley.
[1F13] Homer runs sideways similar to the stooges
[2F11] Three stooges constellation is seen. "Look: there's the three
wise men."
[2F16] [Bart wants to resurrect the stooges] "I doubt they'd want to
hang around with you." "yeah, I guess they'd want to be with their
families."
[3F01] [Marge says] "Don't do that!" with similar intonation to Joe
Besser {ddg}
[3F16] the bill with the bomb says "whoop whoop whoop" like Curly
[3F21] [Troy McClure says] You may remember me from other such show
business funerals as Shemp Howard: Today We Mourn a Stooge.
[4F03] Kearney's dad sounds like Curly {rl}
[4F21] [Grandpa says] "...takes me back to 1934. Admiral Byrd had just
reached the pole, only hours ahead of the Three Stooges..."
[5F13] [Robby the automoton asks] "...which of the three stooges has the
heaviest brain?"
[5F13] Nelson imagines himself performing the research "Larry, 9.2
kilograms. Fascinating. {slaps the brains in stooges fashion}"
on the chalkboard:
3 = ([L/B] + [M/B] + [C/B]) x 0+3
(LMC/B) x 0+3
0+3
3 = 3
[CABF15] [Skinner] Skinner inhales some gas that causes hallucinations
and says, "Oh, it was incredible! I saw Heaven! [crowd gasps] But it
wasn't clouds and angels playing harps, like at the end of so many
'Three Stooges' shorts."
The South Park episode, "Hell on Earth 2006", has a recurring parody of
the Stooges, featuring Ted Bundy in the role of Moe, Jeffrey Dahmer in
the role of Larry, and John Wayne Gacy as Curly.
In an episode of the Spider-Man animated series, Spider-Man refers to
the Insidious Six as "the six stooges".
In the opening sequence of the SpongeBob SquarePants television series,
SpongeBob uses his nose to play the same end-notes that are used in the
opening of the Stooge shorts.
In another episode of SpongeBob Squarepants, The Sponge Who Could Fly,
SpongeBob receives an insulting phone-call from a "fan" of his attempts
at flying. On questioning the name of the caller, SpongeBob asks "Jo
Mama?".
The Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Carbon Creek" features a group of
Vulcans stranded in a small American town in the 1950s. One of the
Vulcans is annoyed at being nicknamed "Moe" because of his resemblance
to "something called a 'Stooge'". Another Vulcan, who is depicted as
being familiar with human pop culture, agrees with the assessment.
In an episode of The Suite Life on Deck called "seaHarmony", the
characters of Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiller have an argument about The
Three Stooges. When Tutweiller tells Moseby that The Stooges are silly
he says "I only have one thing to say to you...Nyuk, Nyuk". Tutweiller
follows with "Wise guy, huh?" and attempts to poke him in the eye. The
two characters then perform some other Stooges trademark acts.
In the anime The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, the three Zentradi
spies Roli, Konda, and Warera resemble The Three Stooges somewhat in
personality and facial appearance, albeit different hairstyles. Their
fish out of water adventures as spies aboard the Human SDF-1 Macross
spaceship contribute to comic relief moments in the show. Later they
defect to the human's side. Warera is heavyset like Curly and subject to
the most visually comical moments. When Macross was adapted as the first
part of Robotech, the three were renamed the Zentraedi spies Rico,
Konda, and Bron. Rico (considered the leader of the trio) has a voice
that resembles Moe Howard in his later years. In the Robtech Novel,
Zentraedi Rebellion, Lazlo Zand nicknames them the Three Alien Stooges.
In an episode of the Disney afternoon show TaleSpin when Baloo is
briefly hospitalized after one of his misadventures, a scene begins with
a long shot of the hospital while the intercom announces, "Paging Doctor
Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard," in yet another direct tribute.
In the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode, Donatello says "Nyuk
Nyuk" three times.
In the third season 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series episode
"Blast From the Past", Splinter proves he is the true leader of the Foot
Clan by defeating Shredder with the Cur-Li Maneuver, a combination of
Stooges slapstick attacks and sound effects. In the first-season episode
"New York's Shiniest", Donatello's attempt to reprogram one of the evil
robots created by Shredder, by using his video collection, results in
the robot uttering "Hey Moe, woo-woo-woo!" at one point, much like
Curly.
An episode of That '70s Show features three of the characters acting out
an imaginary Three Stooges short called "Pie Guys"; its thin plot is
very similar to one of the live-action wraparounds from The New Three
Stooges.
In a 2002 episode of the sitcom Titus titled "Insanity Genetic: Part 2",
an FBI interrogator asks if Christopher Titus has ever physically abused
any of his family or friends. His brother Dave immediately begins
sobbing as several flashbacks, accompanied by Three Stooges theme music,
depict Christopher slapping Dave in the head several times, stomping on
his feet and tackling him to the ground during a fight.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode "Champion or Chazz-been", Reggie guesses
that Chazz's facedown card involves the Ojamas, and when Chazz asks why,
Reggie replies with "You built your entire deck around The Three
Stooges!" as one of his ways of making fun of the Ojama cards throughout
the duel. Chazz later refers to the Ojamas as the Stooges when they keep
bugging him in "I've Seen the Light". Numerous other references to the
Ojamas as The Three Stooges are made throughout the second season,
sometimes by Chazz himself.
In Gosei Sentai Dairanger, there are recurring characters called the San
Baka Goma, or the Three Gorma Stooges.
In the 1938 Porky Pig cartoon Wholly Smoke, three cigars resembling the
Three Stooges rise out of a cigar box and each one gives him an eyepoke.
On an episode of the American television series Family Guy, the main
character Peter is shown an anti-abortion video, which claims abortion
took the life a potential "4th Stooge", who says "It was gonna be
hilarious!".
On Game of Thrones, in the Tyrion chapter where he's "traveling" with
Catelyn to the Vale, the three men-at-arms in service to Lord Bracken
who are escorting them are Lharys, Mohor, and Kurleket. Larry, Mo, and
Curly.
On CBS Sports: Speaking to the media one day after firing first-year
head coach Rob Chudzinski, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner
were asked, poignantly, "Can you assure the fans that you don't have the
three stooges running this operation?"
On Breaking Bad when Walt wants to bring Mike into the business in
''Hazard Pay,'' Saul insists he, Walt, and Jesse are the ''three amigos:
all for one, one for all.'' Cut to the slapsticking comedy trio of
Larry, Curly, and Moe on the TV.