Moe was mean, Curly over the top, the other two who were they?, Shemp was a good replacement for Curly.
I once read a brilliant breakdown of the Three Stooges and how we view them over time.
When we’re kids we identify with Curly because he’s a big kid who just wanted to have fun.
When we’re in our teens we identify with Moe because he’s the boss and he just want everyone to fall in line.
When we’re older adults we identify with Larry because we all just want everyone to get along and be happy.
I wish I could find that blog because the author said it all so well and it sounded pretty accurate to me.
https://stoogeum.com/
NIAGARA FALLS!
Slowly I turned....step...by...step....inch...by...inch....
As a sr engineer in the experimental airfoil dept at Pratt, I kept a 2 photo’s of the stooges on my wall. One was of them riding on a rocket steering with a rope, I captioned this one as the worlds greatest engineers because they mad simple work. The other was of them standing around scratching their heads with a completely disassembled model T with all the parts laying all across the floor. I titled this one, what happens when everyone agrees that the plan has no problems. I also had a Gary Larson cartoon of a party walking through a swamp and the first guy is hanging upside down by a snare loop from a tree with arrows, darts, and spears stuck all over him. The third guy is whispering to the second guy, “ That’s why I never go first”. My caption was “ It’s my job to be the first guy”. i had a great workforce, because they new I would take the hit, and focused on solving the problem, not blaming a person.
Those were the good old days.
People of various ages memorized the great lines from seeing those reruns almost as often as Highway Patrol. My parents were the age to see them in the theater and I was told “You kids are lucky. They’re all free now on TV.” True.
Great classic comedy.
Snow White and the Three Stooges — a full-length movie.
They save my sanity when I stumble on them in the middle of the night while channel surfing.
"This is Goldberg, Goldstein, Goldblatt, and O'Brien, booking agents. O'Brien speaking."
I went through the first twenty and I would pretty much agree. I have been watching them regularly for 60+ years and just finished this evening’s offering on MeTV. I tend to prefer the Curly years: the energy, the stories, the gags, and everything that made the Stooges were there more consistently. There are some great Shemp episodes, and the others that were not so great might have been improved by better scripts and directors. Some of the duds were duds because the Boys weren’t given much to work with. Everything was missing during the Joe years.
A young blonde Lucille Ball was in “Three Little Pigskins” (1934).
This 1-minute video has highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkiJeNxgiIM
I probably saw this episode many times as a kid and never recognized Lucy.
Swingin’ The Alphabet (1938) features a fantastic and unique version of an alphabet song.
This 2.5-minute video has the song part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmdnxtz3Bo
“wake up and go to sleep”
“who’s throwing those pies?”
Bride-less groom...a classic.
Sing a Song of Six Pants.
The clam chowder episode.
Shemp actually preceeded Curley as the original 3 stooges. He quit and Curley started. Shemp showed up sometimes after that.
Some of their stuff is really timeless like when they are cooking and the cat goes into the kitchen and when they are firemen.
After she leaves, Curly asks: “What does she want with a can o’ peas?”
Moe: “Not can o’ peas – canapes!”
Larry: “ ‘Not can o’ peas – can o’ peas?’ – One of us is crazy … and it’s not you!”