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Moe & Larry's haircuts in the Besser shorts
Jamison:
Joe Besser played the building superintendent on "The Joey Bishop Show" in the 60s. He was 10 times funnier there than in any Stooge film.
horwitz-halfwits:
--- Quote from: Shemp_Diesel on November 16, 2010, 03:33:14 PM ---The story I've always heard is that it was Joe Besser's idea for Moe & Larry to go without their traditional stooge hairstyles. The idea being that the stooges should look more like gentlemen, if you can believe that & it was a sign to some fans that Moe & Larry didn't care anymore since they never would've done it during the Curly or Shemp eras.
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Ok, I never watched any Besser films, but I sense that he was trying to change Moe and Larry's styles there. In my opinion, that was totally uncalled for. You can never change the stooges! Not even a slightest movement or cut of the hair! I also agree w/ xraffle and everything that he said. What's the point in trying to change the way Moe and Larry look? ??? Same thing is true w/ Curly's style.
simgershon:
First, everyone has is entitled to their opinion about Joe Besser. Opinions are like ryhmes with.... Joe Besser was funny in the 3 stoogurly to fill in the role of a cjild brat es shirts but arguably he was no curlyand to compare him to curly would be not fair. Its like asking curly to act in the position of Stinky, Joe's charaqcter from the Abbott and Costello show. It would be funny but it fits Joe better!
As far as hairstyles go, Moe tried it at his own thoughts. It was obly in a couple of shorts and did not suit him. It was a change of times he was a victim of circumstance.... [3stooges]
Big Chief Apumtagribonitz:
I have never bought into the argument that the new haircombs were Besser's idea. He was the new boy, even if he had made that suggestion, who would have listened to him? I tell you who wouldn't have: control freak Moe, that's who wouldn't have. I go along with the theory that they were trying to make the shorts more like the ultra-bland, "normal" sitcoms which were huge on TV at the time, Father Knows Best, Ozzie and Harriet, Love That Bob, etc. Ozzie and Harriet is so bland that even though it has a laugh track, the track seems to be operating at random because there are no accompanying jokes. The effect is as weird as I'm describing it. Those haircomb orders would have come from above, not from the new low man on the totem pole. And the other slander of Besser has been disproved since the Sony re-releases, that Besser refused to be hit. It turns out he got hit plenty, and more so as time went on. Why would he refuse to be hit? Stinky and Costello used to wail on each other. I had almost forgotten about Besser on Joey Bishop's sitcom - he was hilarious. Great with A & C, great with Bishop, bad in the middle with the stooges. It's because the stooge scripts were awful. Besser was by no means a good fit, I'm not saying he was, but he was a trouper. This time around, it was the scripts that were stinky.
Paul Pain:
I'm still alive folks!
Would have been interesting if the Besser shorts had better scripts. As was seen in "A Merry Mix-Up," Besser could be funny with Moe and Larry.
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