The New 3 Stooges is an American animated television series that ran
during the 1965-66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The
show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated
segments. The cast consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita
(as Curly-Joe), with actor and close friend Emil Sitka co-starring, as
well as Margaret Kerry. The stories took place in varied settings,
including a California beach and sailing as buccaneers on the Spanish
Main.Forty-one live action sequences were executively produced by
cartoonist Norman Maurer, Moe's son-in-law, who was their film agent
at this time. Edward Bernds, who had directed the team at Columbia
Pictures from 1945 to 1952 during most of the Shemp era, was also
hired to write and direct the series. Emil Sitka, who had appeared in
many of the Stooges comedies over the years, was slated to appear in
these wraparounds as straightman to the Stooges.Cambria Studios
produced 156 short Stooge cartoons under the supervision of Lee Orgel.
Four cartoons were produced to correspond thematically with 40 of the
live-action Stooge opening and closing sequences, so that one
live-action sequence could serve as a wraparound for four different
cartoons. Joe DeRita later commented that this presented something of
a problem for viewers:Most of the cartoons ended up with the trio
running into the horizon after accidentally causing havoc at their
current jobs. The cartoons were unusual for Cambria in that they did
not use Syncro-Vox, Cambria's patented technique which used filmed
footage of the voice actors' mouths over top of still frames. The
pilot cartoon, "That Little Old Bomb Maker", featured a unique
live-action wrap around that was not reused on other cartoons.
during the 1965-66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The
show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated
segments. The cast consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita
(as Curly-Joe), with actor and close friend Emil Sitka co-starring, as
well as Margaret Kerry. The stories took place in varied settings,
including a California beach and sailing as buccaneers on the Spanish
Main.Forty-one live action sequences were executively produced by
cartoonist Norman Maurer, Moe's son-in-law, who was their film agent
at this time. Edward Bernds, who had directed the team at Columbia
Pictures from 1945 to 1952 during most of the Shemp era, was also
hired to write and direct the series. Emil Sitka, who had appeared in
many of the Stooges comedies over the years, was slated to appear in
these wraparounds as straightman to the Stooges.Cambria Studios
produced 156 short Stooge cartoons under the supervision of Lee Orgel.
Four cartoons were produced to correspond thematically with 40 of the
live-action Stooge opening and closing sequences, so that one
live-action sequence could serve as a wraparound for four different
cartoons. Joe DeRita later commented that this presented something of
a problem for viewers:Most of the cartoons ended up with the trio
running into the horizon after accidentally causing havoc at their
current jobs. The cartoons were unusual for Cambria in that they did
not use Syncro-Vox, Cambria's patented technique which used filmed
footage of the voice actors' mouths over top of still frames. The
pilot cartoon, "That Little Old Bomb Maker", featured a unique
live-action wrap around that was not reused on other cartoons.
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