Im thinking about in all the ways even streaming now. Im thinking before streaming the stooges would be a good contender. Was shown in movied theaters and had reruns going all the time on so many different channels. Its a wonder life used to be spammed in november and december before the ip was taken back out of public domain.
EDITING. Im thinking more about the same thing being rebroadcast I think which is why I was thinking its a wonderful life to. So like there are only so many stooges and they get replayed a lot as opposed to like the simpsons or doctor who running for a whole bunch of seasons.
I don’t know the answer, but it’s funny you mention The (Three) Stooges in this context as that is the only video cassette I remember wearing out from new. It had three shorts (I think) including one where they worked at a laundry.
Never saw a video of The Stooges performing but that would have been cool, too.