I loved The Stooges. And the Little Rascals.
RIP
A long while back, urinals had a brass button you would push to flush it. It usually said "press". In one of their early short films the boys wanted to sneak into an event. They ducked into the men's room and came out with the brass buttons fastened to their lapels.
When passing security the boys pointed to their lapels. Moe: "Press". Larry: "Press". When it was Curly's turn to display his credentials he showed his lapel button "Push". I always loved that! So, so, much like Curly.
I hope his daughter has a wonderful reunion with her dad in heaven!
I loved watching the 3 stooges.
What a difference a few generations can make when it comes to deciding what “being fat” looks like.
As a kid I always heard Curly was the fat stooge, and later on comedian Jackie Gleason was known as the fat funnyman.
Nowadays, the two men don’t seem to have been all that “fat” at all. Portly, stout, husky, or bigboned maybe, but neither was John Candy kind of fat. There used to be lots of Kate Smith jokes too. She Shelly Winters and Julia Child were Big Girls, for sure, but none ever approached Lizzo in latitude.
Circa 1972 Maracaibo, Venezuela (Pre Chaves and a great duty station in the oil field) we would go to Rincon’s Restaurant. It was an outdoor restaurant and indoor if you wanted. The played the old master pieces in black and white of the Three Stooges, WC Fields and all the other comic greats of that era. It was great fun and they served a damn good steak. The outdoor portion was quite large and had the movie screen set up there and oddly the old air frame of a Cessna 150 for the customers kids to play in. I could not resist and joined them.
In Cucata, Columbia is a bridge. It just a very ordinary bridge between Venezuela and Columbia. I crossed it many times in my travels from Venezuela to Columbia. It was just a bridge.
Today is is a bridge of sorrow. The desperate now flee Venezuela across this bridge.
I had great times in Venezuela before Marxism destroyed it. It had the highest standard of living in South America and salaries then before Marxism destroyed it.
Why is this news? Or of interest to anyone?
A relative of an ancient celebrity dies of old age.
Slow news day.
I have a cat named curly another named moe. Have a dog named shemp and a new pup named Howard. No im not a big fan. Did not name any animals Larry as that is a family name.
In a related story, Emma Johnson, a grandniece (through marriage) of beloved early-tv star Arnold Stang (the voice of "Top Cat"), is still going strong at 88.
Regards,
Ping
That was a long time ago. I still remember the theme song.
Curly might just have been one of the funniest people ever!