Topic: Is This Stooge Info True?

[Giff me dat fill-em!]

This little snippet of "info" came from clown-ministry.com, just wondering if the term "Shemping" is a valid statement, and if so, is it still used today.

The original Three Stooges split from Healy, signing on with Columbia Pictures where they went on to star in over 190 theatrical short movies in the 30s, 40s and 50s, the longest series in history. They also made an unsuccessful TV pilot called Jerks Of All Trades in 1949. Curly suffered a stroke in 1946 and Shemp left his own successful career to return to the trio. Shemp himself died of a heart attack in 1955. Outtakes and Stooge short regular Joe Palma (filmed from behind) were used to finish Shemp's contract -- this gave rise to the use of stand-ins, known as "shemping".

[ThumpTheShoes]

It's a household term for any Evil Dead/Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell fan for sure! 1979's The Evil Dead was the first picture to employ the term "Fake Shemps" in the credits-- puzzling for viewerws not "in the know" as far a Stooge lore goes but, certainly, worth a snicker for anyone who, at least, recognised the name Shemp. For Raimi and company, though, the term goes back even further to their experimental, Super-8 movie making days.

If you can take anything Bruce Campbell says seriously, it would seem that he and his contemporaries enjoyed the living hell out of spotting the "fake" Shemp (Joe Palma) while watching those all too familiar 2-reelers on television. The branding stuck with Bruce and Raimi, both heavily influenced by the antics of the boys. They even went so far as to remake (along with another up-and-coming filmmaker Josh Becker) some of the Stooges' shorts entirely as Super-8 condensed versions (yes, some are online and they are very, very strange to say the least!). Additionally, Stooge gags were used in all 3 of the Evil Dead films with some of that influence trickling into the blockbuster Spider-Man franchise.

Or, if you just want the easy answer: Yup.