Stoogeum
“I learned they did a lot of charity-type events and benefits,”
Lassin said. “And I love the stories about how approachable they
were. … They really related to their fans. They signed [auto-
graphs] and posed [for photographs] for everyone.”
Lassin, who also runs The Three Stooges Fan Club, said
members tell stories about looking up the Stooges in their
Hollywood homes, knocking on the doors and being invited in.

He’s also seen handwritten personal letters that aren’t the generic
responses celebrities typically send.

“They knew without their fans, they really were nothing,”
Lassin said.

A few of those letters are displayed on the museum’s bottom
level, along with movie theater lobby cards advertising their
shorts, and examples of games, puppets, bobbleheads, puzzles,
comic books, trading cards, costumes, vinyl albums and scripts,
among other gems. Some other items of interest include Shemp’s
Army discharge papers and Larry’s driver’s license.

There’s also a display that pays tribute to the comedy team’s
supporting players: Ardent fans will recognize the familiar faces
that made regular appearances in the shorts.

The ground level houses the Stoogeum’s 85-seat theater, a
customized pinball machine, an arcade game, a Stooges “Whack a
Mole” game, comic strips and other memorabilia. You can even
play a Stooges trivia game. There’s a gift shop, too.

And the top floor displays artwork, posters and life-size (the
Stooges were all short) versions of Moe, Larry and Curly
dressed as bellhops. The art came from both professionals and
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE STOOGEUM
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Some of the items on display at the
Stoogeum include clothing its members
once wore (top) and life-size
mannequins depicting the Stooges as
bellhops (right).

amateurs alike and includes animation cells, charcoal drawings,
watercolors and folk art.

Lassin said the Stoogeum does update its collection regularly
— a display case is dedicated to new items — and noted that only
about a third of the artifacts are catalogued. He said to expect
future changes to the collections, although he didn’t provide
specifics. “I don’t look that far ahead,” he said. “This is a place that
goes back.” l
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