Hot Off the Presses!
The Stoogeum is pleased to announce the publication of A Tour De Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road. This hardcover, 765-page encyclopedic compendium is the product of almost twenty years of research and it is the first new book about the Three Stooges in over a decade!
A Tour De Farce follows the Boys’ day by day travels over five decades as they entertain live audiences at theaters, military bases, circuses, hospital wards, and even a corn palace, with over 1,500 personal appearances documented for the very first time. While the Stooges spent months at a time on the road, none of these antics were ever chronicled…until now.
Authored by Gary Lassin, the museum’s Executive Director and Three Stooges Fan Club president, A Tour De Farce features hundreds of never-before-published photos, documents, and stage reviews that bring the Stooges’ road trips to life. Make a home for A Tour De Farce on your bookshelf today or give as a gift to your favorite Stooge!
The book is priced at $49.95 which includes free shipping via USPS media mail and a bookplate signed by the author. It can be purchased in person at The Stoogeum, online via the book’s website (tourdefarce.net) or through the mail by sending a check or money order payable to: The Stoogeum, P.O. Box 747, Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437.
For press and interview inquiries:
Gary Lassin, Erin Smith, Michelle Squiccimara
(267) 468-0810
tourdefarce.book@gmail.com
[March 13, 2023 press release]
The Stoogeum
P.O. Box 747
Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437
I had the immense pleasure of receiving in Argentina the book A Tour De Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road.” An enjoyable read, you can appreciate the meticulous research work and the daunting task of assembling and filling in every gap in this gigantic puzzle…and with its more than 700 pages it is worth every ounce of its…8.65 pounds of weight!
[It is] a book that certainly ranks as one of the best ever published about the trio.
Gary Lassin’s new book, A Tour De Farce…is a meaty, mighty encyclopedia of the comedians’ live performances on stage spanning decades. This publication is not just a coffee table book, it’s the whole Starbucks and a few scones! Take a look, you may just discover the Stooges popped into your own city years ago.
I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It fills a huge void in the telling of the Stooges story: their history on the road. The book is a treasure trove of information and photos related to their road adventures over the years and is laid out in a very easy-to-read, accessible format.
Even diehard fans will learn new things through this book, and it’s one of the most important ever written about the team.
This 765-page oversized book is incredibly heavy to pick up—but having plopped it on my lap the other night I found it equally difficult to put down. I am a sucker for photos of vintage theater marquees and old newspaper ads touting movie-plus-vaudeville shows. This book has literally hundreds of such images, along with a detailed record of every stage appearance the Three Stooges ever made…It’s an embarrassment of riches.
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