Watch the earliest Three Stooges shorts, released in the early 1930's by MGM and star slapstick legends Larry (Larry Fine), Moe (Moe Howard) and Curly (Curly Howard). Vaudeville star Ted Healy also joins The Three Stooges in several shorts.

The Three Stooges:   Title: Nertsery Rhymes (1933)

In the first short film starring Ted Healy and the Three Stooges, Larry, Moe and Curly are children who are told bedtime stories by their father, Ted Healy, since they can't sleep. Healy tells them stories about the "Ride of Paul Revere" and the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."

Category: Television   From: Warner Bros.

The Three Stooges:   Title: Beer and Pretzels (1933)

In one of the first on-screen appearances by Larry Fine, Moe Howard and Curley Howard (The Three Stooges), this 1933 short begins with vaudeville star Ted Healy and his stooges being fired from a theater as vaudeville actors trying to get a break. They soon find work as waiters at an upscale nightclub and chaos ensues. Look for lots of the famous slaps-and-pokes. Bonnie Bonnell also appears in this short.

Category: Television   From: Warner Bros.

The Three Stooges:  Title: The Big Idea (1934)

'In one of the earliest Three Stooges shorts, Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company". Unfortunately, various visitors to his one-room office constantly interrupt his train of thought. These include a man with a machine gun, a woman who empties waste baskets on the floor, and a trio of musicians, The Three Stooges (Larry, Moe and Curly), who play various "aquatic" instruments.

Category: Television   From: Warner Bros.

The Three Stooges:   Title: Plane Nuts (1933)

In this 1933 short starring the Three Stooges and Ted Healy, their vaudeville stage act is recreated. In addition to Larry, Moe and Curly in this performance, Bonnie Bonnell also appears in this short.

Category: Television   From: Warner Bros.

The Three Stooges:   Title: Roast Beef and Movies (1934)

Curly Howard (from The Three Stooges fame), credited as Jerry Howard, appears with other amateur film makers who try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie. Comics Bob Callahan and George Givot also appear in this 1934 short.

Category: Television   From: Warner Bros.