Charlie Bassett just wrote me and asked…
While watching It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World on PBS, I noticed that they cropped Joe DeRita out of the shot of the Three Stooges. Do you know why?
Well, I can think of three possible reasons…
- Bad panning-and scanning to convert super-widescreen movie to TV format
- Republican-backed cutbacks on funding forced elimination of one Stooge
- Folks in public television are notorious fans of Shemp
Take your pick. Me, I'm leaning towards the last of these.