The 3 Stooges!

[RCMerchant]

I love the Stooges. Moe,Curly,Larry,Shemp.
Not many things make me laff out loud. I laff so hard watching these featherbrains my stomach hurts! 
Never cared for Joe Besser or Joe DeRita.
Who is your favorite Stooge?
Most folks say Curly. He is wonderful.
I don't have a favorite-I love them all-but I got a soft spot for Larry...the poor guy gets the s**t hit outta him for NO REASON!
And Shemp-he was such a dope-and his bangs....!
Of course the boss Moe...!
Their humor is timeless. This tuff dates back from the 30's to the 60's! Yet-my kids loved em. Pure funny.
Moe,Curly and Shemp were really bothers. Larry was there childhood buddy. 

I love em all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn81tOrs3WQ
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[JaseSF]

My favourite is actually Shemp! Anyways I love the Stooges, especially their early stuff. Whenever I watch them with my girlfriend, she breaks into hysterics laughing. I've never met anyone here who didn't like the Stooges.

[RCMerchant]

My favourite is actually Shemp! Anyways I love the Stooges, especially their early stuff. Whenever I watch them with my girlfriend, she breaks into hysterics laughing. I've never met anyone here who didn't like the Stooges.

Shemp's a real p**ser!  

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I just watched this clip 3 times inna row....my stomach hurts from laffing.....!

Here's a treat-Moe,Larry,Shemp-and a cameo with Curly!!!!

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[The Burgomaster]

Actually, Larry has always been my favorite.  Not sure why.  Something about his delivery.  I bought the entire series of 3 Stooges boxed sets that have all the episodes in chronological order.  I just finished box #3 and will probably start on #4 this weekend.  I'm almost at the end of the Curly episodes and Shemp will be coming soon.

[Flick James]

I've noticed lately that IFC has been showing mini-marathons of the Stooges, I just haven't taken the time to watch any of them.

[JayJayM12]

Actually, Larry has always been my favorite.  Not sure why.  Something about his delivery.  I bought the entire series of 3 Stooges boxed sets that have all the episodes in chronological order.  I just finished box #3 and will probably start on #4 this weekend.  I'm almost at the end of the Curly episodes and Shemp will be coming soon.

Same here!  I bought all eight volumes and couldn't be happier - great quality, and I'm pleasantly surprised that they actually finished the series (I was sure they would give up partway through Shemp, or at the very least leave out the post-Shemp years).  I never get tired of the stooges!

I would have to say that my favorite stooges has always been Curly.  I know that's the safe answer, and I do love the other guys, but Curly is just the one that's always made me laugh the most...

[trekgeezer]

I could never care for Shemp the way I did for Curly.  As far as I'm concerned  Curly made the Stooges.


Without cheating who can tell me the Stooge's real names?   and what was Curly's family nickname?

[RCMerchant]

I could never care for Shemp the way I did for Curly.  As far as I'm concerned  Curly made the Stooges.


Without cheating who can tell me the Stooge's real names?   and what was Curly's family nickname?

Curly's nick name was Babe. Horowititz was the family name. Shemp,Moe,and Larry were the original stooges in vaudville. Curly,Moe and Shemp were brothers.

[trekgeezer]

Larry's name was Feinberg.   Shemp's name was Samuel , Moe's was Moses, and Curly's name  was Germome .

Moe, Larry, and Shemp worked for a guy named Ted Healy.  Shemp quit to start a solo career, but the real reason was the fact that he couldn't take the abuse from Healy.

Moe recommended Curly, but Curly was hesitent to shave his head and moustache because it damaged his sex appeal.   He was an accomplished ball room dancer and liked the ladies.  They went out on their own and got a contract with Columbia Picturers. They worked there for 24 years and never got a raise. They did live shows at theaters all over the country for extra income.

Moe was sort of a father to the others.  He had to manage their money because Curly was quick to blow his and Larry evidently was an easy target  and  apt to loaning money to folks who didn't pay it back.

When Shemp died, Larry and Moe tried to recruit  Joe (Curly Joe) Derita, but  the studio forced Joe Besser on them because he was under contract to the studio.  Besser quit because he couldn't take the rough stuff.  Derita joined them in the movies and the cartoon show. 

Almost all the shorts that were made with Shemp and Joe Besser were remakes of the shorts they made with Curly.

 

[Mr. DS]

I grew up with the Stooges and my brother made me a tape of their greatest hits.  I find a good old slap in the face (verbally/physically) is still the key to good comedy.  Hence, as RC mentioned above, is why their brand of comedy is priceless.  Plus people have always loved dumb dumbs to laugh at. 

I honestly can't pick a favorite Stooge, they pretty much all made me laugh at some point.  (minus Joe who I never really found funny) 

[The Burgomaster]

Remember the cartoon THE THREE ROBONIC STOOGES, where the Stooges were robots?  One of the worst cartoons ever and a slap in the face to the real 3 Stooges.

[Raffine]

I've read after Shemp's death Moe really wanted to hire Mantan Moreland as the third stooge, but Columbia balked at having a black stooge. Moreland certainly would have better a better fit than Besser or DeRita.

[SPazzo]

I'll be the token "young'un" posting here, but I love the Three Stooges!  I remember watching them on some old VHS tapes, recorded from TV or another VHS or something.  My favourite was always Moe.  I don't know why.  (I did sort of like his hair).

But yeah, I would watch this religiously as a little kid.  I'll probably go and have Three Stooges Marathon sometime.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

Remember the cartoon THE THREE ROBONIC STOOGES, where the Stooges were robots?  One of the worst cartoons ever and a slap in the face to the real 3 Stooges.

Yep I remember the Three Robonic Stooges.  It was on in the mid 70's, and I agree it wasn't the greatest show, especially since Jabberjaw, (who I nicknamed Curly The Shark for obvious reasons) was on sometime afterward.  Agreed it wasn't a great show.

To answer the question of who was my favorite, I really didn't have one. I have to admit that Curly and Shemp were funny in their own right, and Joe Besser was out for me.

Joe DeRita was alright, but it was clear that they were trying for another Curly.  Even though, I have a soft spot for The New 3 Stooges from the 60's, and I watched the reruns every day after school.  Moe and Larry showed some serious physical fortitude for a pair of guys in their 70's.

I was also being driven to school by my mother when I heard of Moe Howard's passing on a lovely warm day in early spring of 1974 or '5. Howard Cosell had it on his little "Speaking Of Sports" bit on ABC 5 minutes or so before 9AM. I was bummed out the rest of the week.

[The Burgomaster]

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I would go around saying stuff like "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" and "Woob-woob-woo!" like Curly and I imagine I was really obnoxious about it.  My mother would threaten to stop letting me watch the Stooges if I didn't stop imitating Curly.  She never followed through with this threat . . . which probably explains how I ended up being such an ass.