Growing Up Stooge

<p>Her father was Moe Howard the scowling bossy mop-haired leader of The Three Stooges who dished out laughter to millions with a poke in the eye and pie in the face of his two nitwitted partners.</p><p></p><p>GROWING UP STOOGE tells the wild true-life story of Joan Howard Maurer growing up as the daughter of the world's most famous Moe and niece of her zany uncles Curly and Shemp Howard.</p><p></p><p>Imagine living under the same roof as the man responsible for creating five decades of hilarious mayhem and madness in more than 200 classic two-reel comedy shorts and feature films. If you're thinking Heaven help the daughter who had a father like that think again!</p><p></p><p>This entertaining revealing and beautifully written memoir chronicles Joan's incredible life as a Stooge Kid. From the very day she entered the world at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and her famous father and uncles mashed their cross-eyed faces against the nursery glass it was clear her life would not be ordinary.</p><p></p><p>With nearly 300 illustrations from the family's personal collections many of which have never been published this book sheds light on it all-the good the bad and the moronic. It's a journey full of raucous beginnings and rocky endings exhilarating ups and debilitating downs. Along with the comedy came a lifetime of lessons for Joan who shares them all through a candid behind-the-scenes look at a treasury of off-camera memories with her world-famous father and knuckleheaded uncles.</p><p></p><p>So get ready to duck some flying pies and find out what it was really like GROWING UP STOOGE.</p><p></p>