First there was a snow ghost on top of a silver mountain
And now that ghost is your community host
A snow ghost wants to get the most out of you
Cause a better world begins with you
And now, the world's loudest talk show host
Bruce Snow Ghost Russell
Thank you
Thank you
Are you ready to rock and roll?
Yes
Good evening, Worcester
Let's hear it for the snow ghost
Thank you
Hey Bruce
Hey what?
How's it going?
Pretty good, you?
This is the first episode of your show
Yeah it is
Can you tell the people about the show?
It's a community host show
In the first episode we talk about the three series and stuff
What other topics are we going to talk about?
Probably one of my songs off my album
We'll talk about some of your musical stuff
What's the concept, what's the big idea of the snow ghost community show?
What's the inspiration?
I just want to give people in the community the other side of me
I mean I got four sides, I got all four sides of people
And they want to see all sides of me
So they're just the ones that want me
What are the four sides?
Well I'm a snow ghost for one
I'm a crazed mad man
Crazed mad man, okay
A defender of metal
Okay, and does metal need defense you feel by and large?
No I think it's a defender of it by itself
Alright, but it's sort of an honorary title
Alright
Alright
And what's the fourth one?
Hahaha
Hahaha
Fantastic, fantastic
And Bruce what's this orange box here?
What's that about?
No it looks like it says rocket dog on there
I think it does
But you know what's in the box is a secret item
Presented by our sponsor, Happy Birthday Mike Leslie
Pleasant Street in Worcester
Also the blue tiger is from them
Sweet
Should we open or what?
I think we should wait
I think so too
I think we should give it to the guest
That's right
And the special guest is Scott Schaefer Duffy
Welcome Scott
Oh thank you Bruce, pleasure to be here
I'm glad you could come
How could I miss this opportunity Bruce to be on your first show?
I got one question to ask you
Yes?
What's the first thing you know?
Well the first thing I know is all Jed's a millionaire
You know what the second and third thing I know is?
What?
I'm here and you're here and Mike's here
Beautiful
Three Stooges
Alright
And we're here to talk today about the three Stooges
Yes
Scott Schaefer Duffy, our guest
Yes I had many invitations, this one's unusual
Although the three Stooges are in some of my earliest memories Bruce
I was hit by a car as a little boy and sent to the hospital
And I woke up from a coma to hear
Waa waa waa waa waa waa waa
It was on the TV in the hospital where I was
The first thing I heard when I came out of a coma was the three Stooges
Do you think they supplanted into your subconscious mind, your unconscious mind?
Very deep, very deep in the back there yes
You sure you wasn't unconscious when you heard that or were you awake when you heard that?
You think it was deep below, it was something happening in the coma?
Alright
Could that be what brought you out of the coma?
It's entirely possible, the medicinal effects of the three Stooges have not been investigated
You know one thing I heard about the coma, one thing I heard about when I was in a coma once?
What?
One thing I heard about the coma was a real comb
Ahh, a comb over for the comb, beautiful
So Scott, who's your favorite Stooges? Classic question, always asked
Well you gotta go with Curly, gotta go with Curly
I've been in many rough situations and the first thing I'll say in this situation is
Nyaaa, it just sticks with you, it's the perfect thing to say
He is by far the most popular Stooges
Oh no question about it, in fact I remember one time where I was in the maximum security of the Wister County jail
and a guard told everyone they had to go to bed, very tough man
and if anybody said anything that he would put everybody on lockdown
and within two minutes you heard people doing the three Stooges snore
What?
All these men, all these men doing it to bust the guards chops
I mean it's like this stuff is ingrained, it's out there
You know the nyak nyak nyak, it's out there
Who's your favorite Stooges Bruce?
I would have to say Moe
Why do you think that's your favorite Stooges?
The hair
It's a hairy possibility
He seems like he's the leader of the pack
He's the leader of the Stooges
And you admire them?
Oh yeah
I think that's why, actually I'm also in the small minority who likes Moe the best
and I think it's because I started watching Stooges when I was a kid
I was the older brother and Moe was the perfect role model
He had these two younger guys under him and he just ran the show by hitting them
And when you're like six you're like
Well you have to admire Larry's hair though
Larry is like, I wonder, Larry is pretty like
I'm trying to look, let me see what Jack Kerouac said about Larry
He wrote in his book Visions of Neil
Somewhat mysterious as though he was a saint in disguise
A masquerading super duper witch doctor with good intentions
Well Larry has one of the greatest moments in Stooges history in the Disorder in the Court
All of the sudden, out of the blue, he goes cock-a-doodle-doo and beats on his chest and shouts
And it's totally zany
It's beyond the Mock's Brothers from Duck Soup what he does in that particular scene
And Curly had a few moments like that too where he goes, and swing it!
That's the moment that you think is like
You said something to me like that was this moment of Curly, the real Curly coming through
Oh yeah, you just saw him just coming out and just saying something so cool and totally, you know
Almost off the cuff like they were definitely a little bit of ad-libbing
But one thing that's not well known is probably, I think of as the non-violence of the Stooges
Is that right? Because a lot of people do comment about the violence
They do, they do, they make too much of it
Shots in the cannon, sawed off, hit on the head
They're drinking the paint
Drinking the paint, it's true, it's true
In fact, I was in a play when I was in the Boy Scouts and we did a three Stooges play
I think we almost sent the guy to the hospital, we called it the Wacky Doctors
And we thought we were going to do all kinds of Stooges things
The Wacky who?
Wacky Doctors, we were going to do an operation on him with plumbing and carpentry tools
Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard
Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, and we put a pipe on the valve and somebody used a hammer to bang it
Almost knocked Stephen
Come to Dr. Grease's office
But we learned very quickly that they weren't really hitting each other in that show
That it was all the...
Well, after you, trial and error is how you learn that
Yes
Because that's what I did when I was six, that's what I did with my brother
I'd be like, oh, hey
Yes, all our mothers used to say they're hitting each other because they're watching the three Stooges
I think it's true
And they're slapping each other because they're watching the three Stooges
You might see violence among the adults around you
But how often do you see people trying to poke each other's eyes out?
That's true
Except on the three Stooges
Although, try to poke my eyes, go ahead
See, you learn, you learn
You learn to put that up
You learn the glasses
The glasses too
The other thing too is when people talk about violence on the three Stooges
And they talk about the violence on the Bugs Bunny too
Because they know it has to be one of the most violent cartoons too
Bugs Bunny
Yes
Because people get shot a lot
And the Road Runner
Well, Road Runner and the Daffy Duck
That's right
They get to run out over the cliff, see it, and then come back
All right
They get to run back
A lot of kids try to imitate that
And they believe that was true
A lot of kids fall off the cliff
Cartoon physics, cartoon physics
A lot of kids fall off the cliff
At least the three Stooges, it was real
When they get knocked on the head, it was real in a certain sense
Yeah
So what were you going to say about Mo as a sort of a
Or about the Stooges in general as sort of Gandhian figures?
Well, the Stooges, I mean, you see how they confront fascism
How they confront the Japanese
How they confront the Confederates
We should point out that
To the cause, to the cause, to our cause
To our
First, and we should point out to the first American actor
I saw this this morning
The first American actor to portray Hitler in a film was Mo Howard
That's right
Making fun of him
Making fun of him, exactly, exactly
And then they brought up unionism
They were, remember they were amalgamated morons of America
We are morons, tried and true, and we'll sing our song for you
You know
So they, you know, all kinds of things
We're organized
Yeah, they definitely, you know, a little bit about race
You know, certainly class
They, you know, they didn't put up with any, you know, pretensions
You know, they had a strong sense of justice
They meet this woman that's been evicted
They take her in, remember that?
Oh, yeah
Get the woman some milk
You know
What is, let me ask you this question, Scott
What was your, what was your, what is your
Your favorite three stooges, I mean, you must have a bunch of them
Because I know I have a few
The favorite show? What's your favorite show, the stooges?
I like the, the Iceman
I like the Plummy one with Curly
I like the one where it about, they go to
The King Rutan's tomb
That's right, that's right
I like the one when they, when they're out in the middle
In the middle of nowhere
And there's like, there's like an older woman
And there's two, three other younger women
And they have like a buggy
Oh, yes
And there's like, there's like chopping the wood
And there's like firing, there's like firing a gun in the air
And he's like scaring all the, scaring the
The horses away
So the only thing they could use to go to the next
The next place they were going, it was
They'd make out of a sail out of it
They'd make a sail, right, right, that's true
Although I have to say, the one you mentioned, the Iceman
I believe that's the one where they're making a cake
Yeah, they are
And it's not big enough
And most says pump in a few more slices
And they take the pump and they pump it in
So when they
Yeah, because Curly pokes a hole in the oil fork
What Larry does
When they bring that cake out
We use that on our house for birthdays
They sing a song and they say
We baked you a birthday cake
It'll give you a bellyache
You'll moan and groan and wheeze and moan
Don't forget we told you so
My happy birthday
When they cut the cake it explodes
It's a great scene, it's a great scene
They're good bakers, you know
The feathers in the southern scene
When they make those
They have those things with the feathers
And they stop blowing the feathers out
I wouldn't know it was a cake if I hadn't baked it myself
Yeah, that's right, that's right
Yeah, don't just all that off the table
It'll fly away
If I want a swiss cracker
I'll ask one for myself
That's right, they were a phenomenon
You like to wonder about when they're all dressed
In Santa Claus
This is all, this is all like singing Santa Claus
Oh sure, we have a present right here
You do, boo, in a bag
I like the one where they're in jail
And they paint the front of themselves like guards
They paint their whole outfits
Because they're wearing stripes
They paint them all like guards
But they didn't paint their backs
Because they're going to help
Because they're going to help that woman's husband escape
That's right, that's right
The only artist Manly Fung was a dog
See, they're always trying to help the underdog
They're a lot like the little rascals in that regard
Well, you know, it's interesting that the fathers of both
Actually, I think all the parents of both the Howards and Larry Fine
Were essentially refugees from, you know, Russia
Right, right, I had heard that one of them was fleeing
Being inducted into the Cossack army
Yeah, yeah, the Howards father
Yeah, and so certainly, well, like the Marx brothers
They definitely grew up in Broadville and made their way
But they covered a lot of different, a lot of territory
And, you know, and what they did
They chose to lampoon the medical industry, the legal industry, detectives
The law
The law, the police, oh boy, they take the police down
We should point out the episode of the Stooges that's playing behind us
Is Disorder in the Court, which is one of the public domain episodes of the Stooges
That's a great one where Moe shoots the toupee
Larry's playing the violin and it catches the toupee or the court officer
And it's on the ground and he goes, a tarantula!
He shoots it, grabs the exhibit and shoots it
That's a great, that's like full, that's one of the few Stooges ones that's like
Chalk full of like lines as well as people hitting each other
Well, and they sing too, they perform their instruments and sing
Which is a Broadville thing, they take it out
The judge allows them, let's demonstrate what we did that night
And Curly does an interesting thing, in that one too, he talks with all this lingo
When he's testifying, they say translate it
Right, the judge says, please drop the vernacular
And he goes, that's not a vernacular, that's a doibie
Oh, and they go through the same thing too, which is important for you, Bruce
Raise your right hand, take off your hat
Raise your right hand, take off your hat, he can't do both
That's totally, that's totally this man right here
That is, that's you, Bruce, that's you, Bruce, take off your hat
Should we move it or should we leave it there?
I don't know, Judge, if we leave it there we have to move it
If we move it we have to leave it there
Yeah, that's right, that's right, that whole testimony is great
And it reminds me in Duck Soup of the testimony when they have Chico on the stand
You know, look at him, Chicalini, it's like that and it's even more zany, it's a great piece
Yeah, the other one I too, I thought was pretty good, when they
They were gonna go help that, they first, they go in outside
And then they're looking for some cans out in the backyard
And they found this can full of change
And they start shaking it
And then they find out the blonde is a woman and her son
He needs to get a leg operation
So they go to the bank and say how much is this, because this
First of all they all agree that they would deposit this money for him
And they go to the bank, how much long, how much does this grow $500?
It's like two years or something, so why not even wait that long
So they give this, so he invests this, gives it to change this guy
He says, you can make a whole lot of money
And he says, and Curly goes, this is up kids money while we're investing in it
To help them out, aren't we?
So they go to that, they grab that map in the car and they start to
You send down those two, what tools, the tools that we were using for the last 20 years, all those tools
And they get them on, Curly got them on the head
And they start knocking, they start knocking the wall down
And it's like, some guys, some guys next door, what's that noise?
There's some, oh some carpenters building a new house, rebuilding a house next door
So they break into the US Treasury Office
That's right, I remember that
They also had one where they were artists and where they were bakers
They have, they just, you know, they take on all different kinds of roles
And of course their last role of all is in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
And they only appear as a scene
Jim Bakus and Buddy Hackett are in a plane that's
I believe they were the ones, the plane is crashing
The bakus is drunk and asleep in the plane and they're trying to guide them into the airport
And they say they got emergency services there and they pan
And there's a fire truck and the three stooges are standing there
They don't even have to say a word
Just seeing the three stooges of the fire suits is enough to set the tone of, oh my gosh
The other one I thought was great too when they go to, they try to stop the king trying to marry the blacksmith there
Yes, what's the one where they're eating in a restaurant and there's a cat below the, below the
With some people with a turban
That's a ruby diamond, they're after that ruby diamond
Right, and every time they touch the food the cat, the cat
It was funny
The hot dog
You know it was funny because after that he goes, there's a cat
And then the dog, what did you say?
And he goes, does the ice
He goes in with the
And then he throws it in and then someone from the outside throws a knife into the table
It's ooh
It reaches, says
That murderous cat throat, he just stole that ruby diamond
Now I have to go back
I was, I have to go back, I'm being a doorman
And Mamos says
There's the door
You mean to tell me, he's Spanish
You mean to tell me you're the doorman
Well there's a doorman
That's right
How much you give me this for you, I give you five, I'll take it, boom
Yeah, they thought this guy was some big chic or something and he turns out he's the doorman
That's right, that's right
I want to interrupt these musings on the stooges and point out the orange box on the table in front of us
The mystery box
I think it's that time, that time of the show to thank the guest with a special gift
Well, we will move the blue tiger
Alright
And see what's in the mysterious box
And what is in the, what is in the mysterious box?
You have a DVD of the four public domain episodes of the three stooges
Wow, ooh, disorder in the court
Ooh, it shall be seen, perhaps tonight
There you go, and presented by our sponsor, Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Junk Shop
A bandana
A bandana
It's a real band
A bandana, a bandana
Ooh
Let's try this
Death metal
Try this, try it on, hold it like this and try it on
Try this, put it on
Yeah
I don't wear a bandana
Can we get a close up on him?
Over your mouth like a robber
Oh, you mean like we're in some kind of junta?
It's got the awesome skull
Bruce, I think you would look good with a bandana
You gotta put it the other way around
Put it around like Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider
That's why it's awesome
It's capturing you, it does, it does
If you were robbing a bank, which you would not do because you are essentially a pacifist, it would be amazing
I'd be afraid, I'd be afraid
Yeah, this guy just said death metal, I got an idea
What's that?
Why not satanic metal?
Satanic metal, oh my gosh, terrifying, terrifying
But I still think if you put it around your head like Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider, that would be the thing
Right just here?
Well Bruce, what is our final statement?
What is our final thing to say to the people of Worcester on this episode of the Snow Ghost Community Show?
Yeah, what advice will you give to the city of Worcester? What do they need to do?
Just to be true to themselves
I always remember that you have a lifetime friend in the Snow Ghost Community Show
But I think we should bring up a little bit of my one song about my song off my album, what do you think Mike?
Make it happen
What's the title of the song?
It's called Passion of a Killer, I think a lot of people are going to come to that, I know that I'm going to be asked this
Probably until a day, until long after I'm dead, someone is always going to ask me this question, ask somebody this question
But while I'm still on earth, someone is always going to keep bringing this question up
What is that question?
Why, what were you thinking about Passion of a Killer? My book Everybody is a Passion of a Killer, everybody has a passion to kill
Not necessarily with a gun or something like that, but we always do our song with like, no matter what our eating habits or our emotional habits
So there could be a self-destructive, suicidal influence
How do we overcome it Bruce? How do we keep society from devolving to chaos?
Call Get Smart
It begins with you