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Published on Wednesday, 22 December 2010 18:01
Fans of classic comedies are in for a treat at the end of this month. Weigel Broadcasting's Chicago-only channel Me-Too will air two 12 hour marathons -- one of "Stooge-A-Palooza" and one of "The Andy Griffith Show."
Why ring in the New Year with Dick Clark & "Old Lang Syne," when you can ring it in with Rich Koz & "Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk!"? Fans of the Three Stooges will be able to enjoy a long marathon of laughs as Me-Too will air a 12 hour marathon of Stooge movies, all hosted by Chicago television treasure Rich Koz. His "Stooge-A-Palooza" program has been a fan favorite for many years, showing the Stooges' work completely uncut and uninterrupted, along with providing decent background knowledge and entertainment in between. Koz is the winner of numerous Emmy Awards for his Chicago television work and has been awarded the prestigious Emmy "Silver Circle" Award by the NATAS for his many years of television excellence.
The "Stooge-A-Palooza" marathon begins at Noon on Friday, December 31st and goes until just before Midnight. Why just before Midnight? Because Rich Koz will be doing a live countdown to the New Year from the Stooge-A-Palooza headquarters at that time.
A rival to the Weigel Broadcasting national classic TV channel Me-TV, the Tribune-owned Antenna TV, will be launching its network on New Year's Eve at 11:00pm with a Three Stooges marathon. However, Antenna TV will not have a beloved host like Rich Koz. It is also not yet known if Antenna TV will show the Stooges shorts uncut & uninterrupted.
Here is the complete list of Three Stooges movie shorts that will be run on Me-Too starting at Noon on December 31st. Each movie was personally selected by Rich Koz, who wanted to make sure die-hard Stooge fans most-loved episodes were aired.
Three Sappy People
The Sitter-Downers
So Long, Mr. Chumps
Mutts to You
Ants in the Pantry
We Want Our Mummy
A Plumbing We Will Go
Goof on the Roof
Woman Haters
Hoi Polloi
Spook Louder
Three Missing Links
Heavenly Daze
Beer Barrel Polecats
What's the Matador?
Disorder in the Court
You Nazty Spy
A Pain in the Pullman
Scrambled Brains
Whoops I'm an Indian
Termites of 1938
Fright Night
Dizzy Doctors
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
Three Little Pigskins
I'll Never Heil Again
An Ache in Every Stake
Men in Black
Slippery Silks
Punch Drunks
Pop Goes the Easel
Violent is the Word for Curly
Micro-Phonies
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Three Little Pirates
Three Little Beers
Me-Too is not done with the marathon smiles after New Year's Eve, though. On New Year's Day, January 1st, Me-Too will begin a 12 hour marathon of "The Andy Griffith Show," starting at 11:00am. Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Opie, Floyd, Otis, Goober, Helen, Thelma Lou, and Barney's single bullet will all be there, all day long.
The titles of the episodes that will be shown back-to-back on New year's Day on Me-Too are as follows...
The New Housekeeper
The Clubmen
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Aunt Bee the Warden
Andy & Barney in the Big City
Three's a Crowd
Deputy Otis
Lawman Barney
Convicts at Large
Barney's First Car
The Haunted House
Opie the Bird Man
A Date for Gomer
Barney's Sidecar
The Song Festers
Andy's Vacations
Fun Girls
Barney & Thelma Lou, Phffft
Family Visit
Barney's Physical
Man in the Middle
Barney's Uniform
Andy & Helen Have Their Day
Goober and the Art of Love
Me-Too's "Stooge-A-Palooza" is normally seen at 7:00pm on Saturdays. Two episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" are shown each weekday on Me-Too at Noon.
With the recent launch of the national Me-TV network, Me-Too has become Chicago's own version of Me-TV, airing programs that Me-TV does not. Me-Too can be seen on WCIU-TV 26.4, Comcast 247/358, RCN 22, WOW 171 and U-verse 23. (Channel location may vary, depending on your area. Check your television provider for exact channel location.)
