BLOGS
I know there are legions who will disagree with me, but I just don't get The Three Stooges. In fact, I find them remarkably unfunny. I tried watching again this morning, hoping that my mind would be changed since I'm older and I've been watching some rather crappy summer TV lately so my standards have officially been lowered, but that was not the case. Don't get me wrong. I actually have no problem watching people inflicting pain on one another; I watched all of Jackass and Viva La Bam and Skating With the Celebrities, but this "scripted" show, that focuses on dumb people doing dumb things without much of a story behind it grates my last nerve.
I could tolerate Home Improvement, because 1) I was young and didn't know better and 2) it had a fun supporting cast of somewhat intelligent people that surrounded the dumbass so you didn't get so annoyed with the fact that everyone was so incapable. Stooges is iconic and some of the gags have been reused to death in dumb sitcoms and probably will continue to be used in the future, but maybe it is that in small doses those slapstick things don't seem as annoying. I've always been told (mostly by random family members who adore it) that I just don't get it because I'm female, but seriously, I'm all about the dumb, and this one doesn't do it for me. There's an episode below (supposedly a very popular one) for those who disagree and find this show a laugh riot, or for those who want to take a look at it in this new millennium and judge for yourself if you think it still holds up.
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