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The Stoogeum is a public display of the personal collection of Gary Lassin. He began collecting items about the Three Stooges more than twenty-five years ago. That was after he met his future wife, Robin.

Gary Lassin always liked the Three Stooges. But his interest grew after he learned that Robin's grandfather was the brother of Larry Fine -- the Larry in Larry and Moe.

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Emil Sitka, second from left, is shown in an undated studio photo with the Three Stooges, from left, Shemp Howard, Larry Fine and Moe Howard
The Three Stooges got their start in the stage entertainment of the nineteen twenties known as vaudeville. The museum collection follows them from there through TV appearances in the nineteen seventies.

The collection include games, comic strips, comic book covers, theater posters, costumes, show scripts and an art gallery. The gallery has a room-size painting along with drawings of the Stooges made by famous artists. And the museum has an eighty-five seat theater that continually plays Three Stooges films.

People who want to visit the Stoogeum must make an appointment. Gary Lassin has a full time job, at a mail-order company. But there is no charge to see the collection. He just wants to share it with others.

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VOICE TWO:

A museum in Branson, Missouri, honors Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans. They entertained people for more than a half a century. Roy Rogers was called the King of the Cowboys. He sang and acted in cowboy movies beginning in the nineteen thirties. He and Dale later had their own television show.

The museum includes western hats, boots and saddles; family photographs; letters and recordings; and items from their movies and TV shows.

A statue of Roy Rogers' horse, Trigger, stands outside the museum. Inside the museum are mountings of Trigger; Dale Evans' horse, Buttermilk; and their dog, a German shepherd named Bullet. These animals were among the most famous ever to appear in Hollywood movies.

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