Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the front flap of this 288 page book: "The Three Stooges were the wildest and the funniest trio in show business annals. They have been making stage, screen and television audiences laugh for more than fifty years. The Stooges started with Ted Healy, in 1922, though Moe and Shemp Howard already had vaudeville and riverboat experience behind them. From the days with Healy, and instant recognition, the Stooges went on to score in every medium. Moe Howard, of the bowl haircut and manic rages, was the lynchpin of the act with Larry Fine, the dyspeptic one with the frowsy hair. Over the years Shemp Howard, Curly Howard, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita handled the role of Stooge number three. [This book] is an invaluable memento of every aspect of the Stooges and the people with whom they associated. There are biographical sketches of Ted Healy, and of each Stooge, as well as exclusive interviews with the Stooges themselves, their co-workers and friends. The Stooges became the models for cartoon strips and books, for dolls, T-shirts and dozens of other types of merchandise. The Stooges imprimatur practically became an industry. It is all here."