Jerks of All Trades
US television program featuring The Three Stooges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jerks of All Trades (identified on the title card only as “The Three Stooges”) is the title of an American television pilot filmed on October 12, 1949. It was The Three Stooges' first and only pilot made with Shemp Howard in the role of the third stooge. Filmed before a live studio audience, it was a pilot for a planned TV series on the then-new ABC Television Network. The pilot film is currently in the public domain and is available on home video.
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Jerks of All Trades | |
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Genre | Sitcom, Television pilot |
Directed by | George Cahan |
Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Emil Sitka Symona Boniface Dink Trout |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Phil Berle |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
The pilot was not broadcast, and the series never went into production due to objections from Columbia Pictures, who held the trio under contract. To avert a legal hassle, Columbia instead licensed a package of 30 shorts from the film series to ABC.[1]