The Three Stooges were a slapstick comedy team active from 1925 until 1970, and made 190 short films during their time at Columbia Pictures. Most of the cartoonish sound effects used in these short films were done by sound editor Joe Henrie, although some sounds may originate from Columbia's own sound library at the time. Some sounds from these films are available on commercial libraries.
May 5, 1934 - September 1, 1959
Storyline
The Three Stooges, whose composition differs over the years, get into comedic slapstick shenanigans, including a visit with a wolf man, a gold prospecting rush, a plumbing job, a high-rise construction project, and an expedition to North America, among others.
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Sound Effects Used
- Columbia Pictures Gunshot Sound 1
- Columbia Pictures Medium Explosion
- Columbia Pictures Metal Clunk
- Columbia Pictures Screechy Skid (Heard once in "Loco Boy Makes Good" and "What's the Matador?")
- Columbia Pictures Water Pouring with Glugs
- Freesound, G24-07-Body Fall on Wooden Floor with Grunt.wav
- Freesound, S34-17 Wacky comedy bit; steam spraying out of ears.wav (Debut; heard once in "A Bird in the Head".)
- Hollywoodedge, Boing Two Bounces CRT018704/Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - DRUM WITH WACKY TAKE/Sound Ideas, SPRING, CARTOON - SPRING STRETCH AND RELEASE (Heard once in "Guns A-Poppin".)
- Hollywoodedge, Ricochet CRT2014403/Hollywoodedge, Ricochet CRT2014405 (cut short edit)
- Hollywoodedge, Gorilla Grunt Series AT052801 (Heard in "Three Missing Links" as the sound of the real gorilla that Curly comes across)
- Horta Editorial Hacienda Post SFX Bone Breaking (A faster variant is heard in "Idle Roomers".)
- RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 03/Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE RICOCHET, BULLET 06 (Heard once in "Guns A-Poppin".)
- Sound Ideas, BEES - SINGLE BEE: CLOSE UP, ANIMAL, INSECT
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - FLAT JEWS HARP BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SPROING 01 (Heard once in "Heavenly Daze".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BIG AUTO CRASH (Heard once in "Idle Roomers" when the elevator crashes down)
- Sound Ideas, FALL, BODY - HEAVY BODY FALL, HUMAN
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE RICOCHET, BULLET 01/Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 01 (Heard twice in "Guns A-Poppin".)
- Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - "Boing" or spring sounds 04
- Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - Temple blocks . . . single hit . . . comical thump on the head/Hollywoodedge, Coconut Comedic Hit PE941001/Coconut Comedic Hit PE941002 (Heard in a high pitch; mostly used for head bonks)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 03
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SPACEY ZAP RICCO (Heard in "Micro-Phonies" and "Three Little Pirates".)
- Sound Ideas, Slide Whistle Short 04 - Quick slide whistle up
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - SINGLE THUNDER ROLL, WEATHER 01 (Heard several times in "Restless Knights".)
- Stuka Siren
- The Price is Right Wolf Whistle Sound (Heard in "Heavenly Daze".)
- The Three Stooges Bulb Horn Sound
- The Three Stooges Clang Sound
- The Three Stooges Face Slap Sound
- The Three Stooges Head Bonk Sound
- The Three Stooges Small Bonk Sound
- The Three Stooges String Pluck Sound
- WB CARTOON, SIREN - CRAZY FLUTTER SIREN (Heard in "Three Little Pirates", "Shivering Sherlocks" and "Self Made Maids".)
- WB CARTOON, THUNK - SMALL THUNK (Heard in a high pitch in "Malice in the Palace".)