Stoogemania is a 1986 film about a fan of The Three Stooges, directed
by Chuck Workman, and starring Josh Mostel. The film experienced a
brief theatrical release and was poorly received by critics. In the
United Kingdom, the film was released under the title Party
Stooge.Victoria Jackson played a nurse at the fictional Stooge Hills.
Additionally, the local arcade owner is played by Paul "Mousie"
Garner, who was one of Ted Healy's stooges and a member of the "New
Three Stooges" in the 1970s.The film centers on Howard F. Howard (Josh
Mostel), a Three Stooges fan. He is engaged to the woman he loves
(Melanie Chartoff), and life seems to be going well. More recently, he
has been starting to see the Stooges wherever he goes. To save his
life and his relationship, he seeks the help of a renowned Stooge
psychologist (Sid Caesar). However, his illness is part of a very
serious epidemic which has apparently swept the nation. The doctor
gives him medicine, which is the wrong one and is a sleeping pill.To
his dismay, Howard still sees the Stooges everywhere. He ends up going
to "Stooge Row", a seedy part of Los Angeles located between the
fictional "Shet Up St." and "Nyuk Nyuk Blvd." To combat this, a
sanitarium known as Stooge Hills is created. While in an all-Stooge
burlesque house, members of Stooge Hills (including James Avery)
commit everyone in there to the sanitarium. Over a rigorous program,
everyone is deemed cured. During the graduation ceremony, to prove
that the Three Stooges are no longer funny, they play a few shorts.
However, everyone comes to terms and realize "we love these guys".
Howard marries his sweetheart, and the film ends on a happy note.
by Chuck Workman, and starring Josh Mostel. The film experienced a
brief theatrical release and was poorly received by critics. In the
United Kingdom, the film was released under the title Party
Stooge.Victoria Jackson played a nurse at the fictional Stooge Hills.
Additionally, the local arcade owner is played by Paul "Mousie"
Garner, who was one of Ted Healy's stooges and a member of the "New
Three Stooges" in the 1970s.The film centers on Howard F. Howard (Josh
Mostel), a Three Stooges fan. He is engaged to the woman he loves
(Melanie Chartoff), and life seems to be going well. More recently, he
has been starting to see the Stooges wherever he goes. To save his
life and his relationship, he seeks the help of a renowned Stooge
psychologist (Sid Caesar). However, his illness is part of a very
serious epidemic which has apparently swept the nation. The doctor
gives him medicine, which is the wrong one and is a sleeping pill.To
his dismay, Howard still sees the Stooges everywhere. He ends up going
to "Stooge Row", a seedy part of Los Angeles located between the
fictional "Shet Up St." and "Nyuk Nyuk Blvd." To combat this, a
sanitarium known as Stooge Hills is created. While in an all-Stooge
burlesque house, members of Stooge Hills (including James Avery)
commit everyone in there to the sanitarium. Over a rigorous program,
everyone is deemed cured. During the graduation ceremony, to prove
that the Three Stooges are no longer funny, they play a few shorts.
However, everyone comes to terms and realize "we love these guys".
Howard marries his sweetheart, and the film ends on a happy note.
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