Note: This has previously been posted on my Movies With Michael blog.
Many of you are aware that Scooby-Doo! met The Three Stooges in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo! Movies. However, Scooby wasn't the only Hanna-Barbera character to meet The Three Stooges. That smarter than your average bear, Yogi also met the threesome. However, there were two major differences. One was that this was not animated and the second was that The Three Stooges were voiced by themselves here. This was released as a record album rather than a cartoon episode. The record album came from Hanna-Barbera Records in 1966 and is very similar to the style of an old radio show, with the story being told through narration. Both the Stooges and Hanna-Barbera were no strangers to record albums. Hanna-Barbera made plenty of similar albums on their label that lasted from 1964 to 1967, and The Stooges had been releasing record albums since 1959. This would mark The Stooges last record album. An often forgotten but very enjoyable part of the comedy team's career.
This is a very enjoyable album that is just as silly as it sounds. The jokes consist of very corny puns, but the makers of this album are completely aware of this and take great joy and just how corny these puns can get. Along with these corny puns is some silly but clever satire on the mad scientist trend in movies and TV. Both Yogi and The Stooges are completely in character, and this should make the album a delight to fans of both. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I did.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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