Slapstick humor is the best. The Three Stooges were my favorite comedy team when I was growing up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I also enjoyed:
Amos and Andy
Laurel and Hardy
The Marx Brothers

Some Stooge trivia for you fans:
# The real last name of Moe, Curly, and Shemp was Horwitz.

# Larry Fine's real name was Louis Feinberg.

# Larry was a light-weight boxer as a teenager.

# Stooge films were released to television in 1958.

# Curly was a high school basketball star.

# One of Moes hobbies was making hooked rugs.

# Larry was once part of his family's jewelry business.

# Shemp had a fear of driving and never learned how to drive.

# Joe Besser was once a magician's assistant.

# Larry was studying to be a concert violinist when he met up with Moe in Chicago.

# The Horwitz's mother had a thick accent and when she said "Sam" it sounded like "Shemp" and the name stuck.

# The TV Pilot "Kook's Tour" was dropped when Larry had a stroke.

# When Curly was 13, he was shot in the foot accidentally while on a hunting trip. Moe rushed him to the hospital, saving Curly's life.

# Larry's name as a boxer was Kid Roth.

# Moe, Curly, Shemp, and Larry were all Jewish.

# Curly was a dog lover and would come home with a different dog every time he went out.

# "Hold that Lion" was the only Stooge short that all Howard brothers were in. Moe and Shemp starred in it with Larry, and Curly made a cameo as one of the patients. A scene with Curly was shot in "Malice in the Palace" but was never used.

# Shemp loved boxing and often attended bouts. On the way home from one with his friends, he suffered a heart attack and died instantly.

# Curly was very self conscious about having to shave his head for the act. He ended up becoming a heavy drinker. He felt he was unattractive to the opposite sex and liquor gave him the courage to approach women.

# The stooges produced 156, 5 minute cartoons for TV.