Noun
Three Stooges
(idiomatic) A group of three stupid people.
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After doing comedy for a while and knowing how hard it is to do physical comedy right, I learned how incredibly talented the Three Stooges really were after re-watching old episodes. They still stand up! Carly Craig
I grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or running into a door, or tripping over their own feet and eating it, is all stuff I find really, really funny. Thomas Sadoski
The Farrelly brothers are American screenwriters and directors, whose credits include "Dumb and Dumber," "Hall Pass," "Shallow Hal," "There's Something About Mary," "The Three Stooges" and "Dumb and Dumber To." Source: Internet
No admission was charged the first night and, even though the weather was horrible, cars were backed up to Main Street waiting to get in. They watched a Three Stooges short, a cartoon, and a Western called “The Michigan Kid.” Source: Internet
The advent of sound in film and the golden age of radio that grew after the advent of commercial programming saw Jack Benny, The Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, Abbott & Costello, and Laurel & Hardy become superstars. Source: Internet