Has there ever been anyone in the history of the world (aside from
Norman Maurer) who liked
Benedict Bogus? It's clear that Norm was packing a major like-on for this particular
Three Stooges villain, since he kept bringing him back in the Stooges comic books every time he had the chance. For that matter, he insisted on co-billing him almost equally with the Stooges themselves in some cases -- though oddly enough, BB never made the
cover of any comic!
That and the fact that Bogus never even got to make a cameo in any of the Normandy-produced Stooges feature films suggests that
Moe and
Larry found the character to be... well, bogus!
Below: Recurrent Bogus outbreaks...
...from 1954...
...to 1974!
-- mnw
TANGENT: The Howards' family dog fared better -- Moose made it into both the "movies" (
Kook's Tour) and the "funnies" ("Moe's Mutt Moose" in
Little Stooges #7).
