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kinderscenen:

--- Quote from: Pilsner Panther on January 19, 2005, 06:59:33 PM ---I have to disagree about how willing Moe might have been to retire. From everything I've read about him, he was one of those born performers who wouldn't have felt complete without an audience in front of him. The proof, I think, is that he went on as a solo, making all those TV talk show and college appearances even after the Stooges were no more. Without an audience, he probably would have just folded up and died, a lot sooner than he did.


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Damn, yet again!  That makes me wonder did he actually want to retire the act after the death of Curly and Shemp, or (which is most likely), the thought of basically starting all over again coupled with grief make retirement (at least for a little while) that much more appealing?

I forgot about the "forced" retirement in 1958-59, when obviously no one wanted to quit working, and Moe didn't stop working. 


--- Quote from: Pilsner Panther on January 19, 2005, 06:59:33 PM ---I've also seen violinist Stephane Grappelli, saxophonist/trumpeter/bandleader Benny Carter, and trumpeter Doc Cheatham (all gone now), who were still playing beautifully in their late 80's.

Moe was the same type— going on no matter what— and those people aren't like us ordinary human beings!


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No, he wasn't.  My goodness, he performed for, what, at least 65-70 years? I should've realised that any statements made in his autobiography when he stated he strongly considered retiring the act after Shemp's death--but Helen and Larry encouraged him to keep the act going, were obviously fueled by grief.  After all, they kept going whether they were "popular" or not.

Sunday

No, Roquefort:
It seems like I read that Moe wanted to reprise the Stooges with Emil Sitka just before Larry died. ???

kinderscenen:

--- Quote from: No, Roquefort on January 25, 2005, 02:01:18 PM ---It seems like I read that Moe wanted to reprise the Stooges with Emil Sitka just before Larry died. ???

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I'm not sure if it was "just before"--as mentioned in Scrapbook, it was at least as early as 1971, but yes, the New New Stooges  "officially" got off the ground in April (??!!) 1975.

Sunday

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