Ted Healy was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of the Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous,

Beer and Pretzels was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 26, 1933, and is the second of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges. The others are Nertsery Rhymes, Plane Nuts, Hello Po