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What If Curly Returned?
12Medbe:
Wow, that's a great question, It would have been really interesting to see.
TXShemp:
I'm thinking even if Curly never came back, and Shemp hadn't passed on suddenly, they would have probably made it into a TV series. There was a pilot for a sit-com with Shemp, with Symona Boniface and Emil Sitka. Shemp was an awesome Stooge, just not as recognized as Curly. Personally, I think Moe felt like he was running out of options but he and Larry had no choice but to continue, and out of desperation he brought in Joe Besser. Moe had his hands tied in that Columbia contract. Curly could have made 190 A+ shorts and they still would have gotten the short end of the stick. Its amazing how celebrities were treated like regular people in those days. Just some thoughts....
Boid Brain:
--- Quote from: TXShemp on November 19, 2010, 10:58:15 PM ---I'm thinking even if Curly never came back, and Shemp hadn't passed on suddenly, they would have probably made it into a TV series. There was a pilot for a sit-com with Shemp, with Symona Boniface and Emil Sitka. Shemp was an awesome Stooge, just not as recognized as Curly. Personally, I think Moe felt like he was running out of options but he and Larry had no choice but to continue, and out of desperation he brought in Joe Besser. Moe had his hands tied in that Columbia contract. Curly could have made 190 A+ shorts and they still would have gotten the short end of the stick. Its amazing how celebrities were treated like regular people in those days. Just some thoughts....
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That pilot was putrid. (it's on You Tube) No reason to think it would have been better with Curly. Nope, the only way they would have made it on TV would be to be hired by a local station for one market.
TXShemp:
I was just thinking outloud. When I was a kid, of course Curly was my favorite. As I got older, I enjoyed watching Shemp, after I discovered he was funny without Moe and Larry as well.
Frank Rizzo:
I'm thinking if Curly came back, Shemp *maybe* would have gone back to working with Abbott and Costello? (He was in quite a few of their movies if I recall correctly).
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