Join Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds as he rips into a box of 2012 Panini Golden Age in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will he find inside? Watch and find out …

Join Beckett Baseball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into a box of 2012 Panini Golden Age in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Join Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds as he rips into a box of 2012 Panini Golden Age cards in this Box Busters preview video.

What will he find inside? Watch and find out …

By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

Who’s on first? Larry.

Wait, that won’t work … is it Moe? No. Is it Curly?

Ah, nevermind …

Panini America announced on Monday that it will have a bit of oldschool Hollywood in its forthcoming Panini Golden Age baseball card set — The Three Stooges.

The bumbling trio of the 1930s will be on the minds of a few retro-minded collectors as Panini announced its licensing deal with C3 Entertainment — the first major-company card release for the Stooges in several decades.

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“The Three Stooges are iconic in American culture,” said Jason Howarth, Panini America’s Vice President of Marketing, in a prepared release. “When building a trading card product like Golden Age that features some of the greatest players in baseball history along with entertainers, there was no question, that The Three Stooges should be a part of it. We are excited to deliver new trading cards for Stooges fans everywhere.”

C3′s Executive Vice President Ani Khachoian echoed that statement.

“Panini America including The Three Stooges in their Golden Age set is another indicator of how strong the brand is and how deeply embedded it is in American society,” Khachoian said. “This is definitely a ‘must have’ collectible for Three Stooges fans, entertainment fans, baseball fans and card collectors as it is an unique and eclectic set.”

Golden Age is set to arrive in late-November with some of the game’s biggest legends, celebrities and … even the Loch Ness Monster.

Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Sports Card Monthly magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.

By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor

First there was a Gold Standard, now there’s a Golden Age.

While the standard set a lustrous standard on the hardwood, Panini America‘s newest baseball card line apparently aims to celebrate the halcyon days of collecting.

It’s 2012 Panini Golden Age, a retro-styled product that will include eccentric inclusions, pennant or movie-focused box-toppers … and minis.

Set to arrive in late-November, Golden Age will include one autograph and one memorabilia card in each 24-pack box — and maybe even a Loch Ness Monster.

The base set will consist of 150 cards and include 25 short-printed variation cards found just two per case. Each card will be found in a tobacco-size mini parallel with a few parallel versions of those.

Among the other unusual inclusions will be an autograph from Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, Titanic memorabilia cards, buybacks from the 1930s and 40s (one per case) and mem0rabilia cards including the likes of Ty Cobb and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.

Also to be found will be 50 Historic Signatures, 40 Museum Age memorabilia cards and even a Triple Crown Winners autograph for all those horse-racing fans out there. Meanwhile, other inserts will include Headlines, Batter-Up and Newark Evening World Supplement cards– all with nods to the past.

Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.