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Kook's Tour is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 4 february 1970 with Moe Howard

Kook's Tour (1970)

Kook's Tour
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Released in USA 4 february 1970
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating57% 2.8584052.8584052.8584052.8584052.858405

Kook's Tour is an American short comedy film produced in late 1969 and early 1970. It was the final film to star the Three Stooges and was originally intended as the pilot for a television series. However, on January 9, 1970, before filming was completed, Larry Fine suffered a severe stroke, paralyzing the left side of his body. When it became clear that Fine was not expected to recover fully from the stroke, production of the series was cancelled and the Kook's Tour pilot film was shelved. The film remained unreleased for several years until its director Norman Maurer had the available footage re-edited into a 52-minute presentation and arranged for it to be released to the Super 8 home movie market in the mid-1970s. It has since been released on home video.

The name is a pun on the term "Cook's Tour", which was popularized by the Thomas Cook travel company. The film also served as a vehicle to show off the great variety of Chrysler Corporation vehicles. All the vehicles shown in this movie were produced by Chrysler, Chrysler RV, and Chrysler Marine Division.

Kook's Tour was the third time the Stooges had tried to create a live-action television series, after their first attempt with Jerks of All Trades in 1949, and then The Three Stooges Scrapbook in 1960.

Following Larry's stroke and the cancellation of Kook's Tour, several attempts were made to revive the Stooges (with Emil Sitka replacing Larry, and DeRita attempting to form a new trio for live appearances), but no further films were produced before Larry Fine's and Moe Howard's deaths in 1975 and the final dissolution of the group.

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