.....;Posted on 04/11/2014 1:20:44 PM PDT by virgil283
"Curly's trademark excited yelps of 'woob woob woob,” his dog barks, his compliant “Soitenly,” and his brisk face washes (where he is excited and smooths his hands up and down over his face, briskly, over and over) were loved- and happily expected- by his legions of fans.
Curly was what Moe called a "slow study,” meaning he simply couldn't remember lines very well. One day, Moe watched as Curly forgot his line in a scene. As Moe recalled, "his eyes rolled back, he fell on the floor and started spinning around like a top." And thus, the “Curly spin" was born........."
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My favorite of Curly’s antics... Some guy unknowingly had a picture of Hitler stuck to his butt... Every time he bent over Curly would do the heil salute and say “Schicklgruber.”
Interesting. I’d never known there was ever a connection between Curly and Orville Knapp’s band. Knapp died in a plane crash in 1936. His sister, Evalyn Knapp, was a leading-lady in a lot of early-mid-1930s b-films.
The Stooges shouldn’t have been surprised or caught off-guard when Columbia ended their short-subject department. All other studios had pretty much axed theirs long before. The writing had been on the wall for many years. I’ve sometimes gotten the notion that the Stooges were actually a little oblivious to how they’d become such a popular staple for the kiddie-matinee audience at the cinemas in the post-war years. Quotes always seem to indicate they still somehow thought they were playing to the same old-time 1920s/30s vaudeville-going ‘adult’ crowd. Which time had passed by. They were even trying some kind of Vegas show/revue in the late-50s (which apparently was a big flop). Seemed to finally wake up, when reruns of the shorts got monster ratings with the kid set, and they started making feature-films specifically geared for them, in 1959-65.
I was in a teenage friends driveway many years ago when a lady pulled up and asked where Water St. was. With extremely quick wit, one of my friends replied, ‘turn on anything, you’ll get it”.
As a hard core stooges fans, we were cracking up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzIFw_IKoI
Joe was in the pee-wee league, compared to Curly and Shemp.
Personally, I favor Shemp over Curly. Curly was great but Shemp is really wacky.
I don’t like your post. I’ m contacting my law firm- Dewey,Cheatum and Howe!
“I’m a victim of circumstance!” (((ping)))
Moe to Curly: “Remind me to murder you later.”
Curly was magnificent....I love the Stooges...and I can’t decide whether the funniest was Curly or Shemp....all I know is that they make me forget all the unfunny shit in this world...and I split my sides laughing!!
“Is it closer to here or to Cleveland or by bus?” I think I got that right....he and Shemp were unbelievably funny...God bless them!!
The Stooges were comedy geniuses.
I’m a huge Stooges fan, but the stuff they did after the thirties and forties was pretty bad. No, Shemp was not Curly, but Shemp was pretty funny as well. Sometimes acts have to realize when it’s time to quit. Maybe some of the Stooges needed the money, but virtually all their routines from the fifties on were dreck.
One other thing that I learned in time was to watch their expressions (especially Larry) when the action wasn't specifically on them.
Curly Howard would be a gigantic step up from Governor Moonbeam.
Look at the grouse!
“Every time you think, you weaken the nation.”
Curly: “I’ve got an uncle in Cairo.”
Moe: “Oh yea?”
Curly: “He’s a chiropractor. Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.”
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