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dbaxter1991 · **Reply #225 on:** October 07, 2005, 06:59:57 PM

I was reading the Cookoo Cavaliers page at StoogeWorld.com, and it said that Curly wiggled his ears with invisible threads. How exactly did he get the wires on his ears is my question?

Dunrobin · **Reply #226 on:** October 08, 2005, 10:28:00 AM

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Everybody else; when someone acts up like this please DO NOT answer their question in any way. Once you do that you have given them what they wanted, thus encouraging this kind of behavior in the future.

I tend to agree, but SullivanBo's original question did make me realize that I should add some better stats for the Stooges filmography. I've added a table to the site's home page that gives a breakdown of the filmography, showing the number of short subjects, feature films and "other" (everthing that doesn't fit the other two categories, like newsreels) made by each Stooge Team over the years. Maybe that will help clarify things. I also made it "dynamic," so if BeAStooge or the other Team Stooge members discover any other episodes that weren't included, the list will be automatically updated.

I don't know why Moe would say there were 200 shorts, but I haven't watched that interview in years. He didn't say "a couple of hundred" by any chance?

There were 190 shorts made by the Stooges at Columbia, and the boys appeared in 6 earlier ones with Ted Healy, which would explain Douglas' comment about 196, and Moe was in a total of 199 shorts, which would account for "a couple of hundred."

dbaxter1991 · **Reply #227 on:** October 08, 2005, 11:34:00 AM

Oh! That's what he meant. $:-\$

dbaxter1991 · **Reply #228 on:** October 09, 2005, 10:33:37 AM

I was watching "Ren and Stimpy" a few minutes ago. It was the episode where Stimpy is addicted to TV. One of the TV shows he was watching was the Three Stooges. It sound like a real episode. I think it went like this:

CURLY: I wonder how I was when I delivered by the stork.

MOE: Nah! You were delivered by a buzzard!

What episode is that from?

Shemoeley Fine · **Reply #229 on:** October 13, 2005, 11:34:58 AM

I am a newbie to this forum however I'm no neophyte when it somes to the Stooges, been a fan since 1957.... Now my daughter and even 2 grand daughters like the antics of the Horowitz brothers and their sidekick Fine.

When I am able to post a new thread, mine will be about how Lou Costello "ripped of Curley", being very influenced by Jerome. he would be on the side stage of many live shows by Larry, Curley and Moe in the early days. We all know Shemp was in several Abbot & Costello films, one of which Africa Screams also features future Stooge and long-time A & C sideman, Joe Besser. What I am most dismayed by is that Lou Costello individualy and Abbott & Costello as duo seem to garner more respect and held in higher esteem than our favorite trio, such a shame!

A & C's greatest assest are the play of words skits, like Who's On First and others in that vein including a classic math problem done by Shemp on a blackboard in A & C's In The Navy

If I could go back in time, I'd arrange to have one performance where the 3 Horwitz's, Shemp, Moe and Curley would be the 3 Stooges....

Shemoeley

Dunrobin · **Reply #230 on:** October 14, 2005, 09:05:15 PM

Welcome to the site, Shemoeley Fine.

I don't think Abbott and Costello are necessarily held in "higher esteem" than the Stooges except in the sense that feature films are considered "more important" than short subjects. (Unfortunately.)

All comedians have borrowed from others since time immemorial; it's the nature of the business. The Stooges routines owe a lot to their predecessors and contemporaries, such as Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and others. It's not so much where the routine or material came from, as how well a particular performer presents it. Lou Costello deserves his acclaim every bit as much as Curly, Moe, Larry or Shemp; he was a very funny guy, and his timing was impeccable

I've got to admit, I've always wished for a film or short with all three Howard brothers, myself, but you can't leave out Larry! He was like an adopted brother, and it just wouldn't be the same without him.

CurlyCue · **Reply #231 on:** October 21, 2005, 11:21:57 AM

I've never seen a board that required you to post 10 times before asking questions. I pulled my hair out trying to find this thread. My question is Moe's arm mannerisums. In the early shorts he kept his arms close to his body and swung them up and down and talked out of the side of his mouth in a more tough guy type of talk. By the 50's his hands were no longer cupped and the arms stayed at his side the side of mouth talk all but gone. Why did he change?

Shemoeley Fine · **Reply #232 on:** October 21, 2005, 12:12:39 PM

CurlyCue asked <<<<<< My question is Moe's arm mannerisums. In the early shorts he kept his arms close to his body and swung them up and down and talked out of the side of his mouth in a more tough guy type of talk. By the 50's his hands were no longer cupped and the arms stayed at his side the side of mouth talk all but gone. Why did he change >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This reply is strictly speculative based on logic, obviously no one can get inside of Moe's head to determine the details of this "change" and I don't recall he being asked that question or talking about it in any interviews or articles. All of the Stooges "evolved" from the beginning to the end as do all actors and performers, it's human nature. Moe may not have even been aware of this change you pointed to. Larry's mannerisms are quite different in the 50's as they were in the 30's, Curly and Shemp changed too. It's no big whoop in my book but it is an interesting observation.

Atheletes evolve throughout their careers as we do too in our daily jobs or family duties, if we remained the same, the world would become stagnant.

Shemoeley El Fino Fine

CurlyCue · **Reply #233 on:** October 21, 2005, 04:02:18 PM

Thanks. I recall someone saying that Curly never did a serious interview as Moe did in later years. I can say I never saw an interview with larry that he sat down and did where he answered any questions. I wish Curly had been interviewed at least once where he was serious or answered questions.

dbaxter1991 · **Reply #234 on:** October 22, 2005, 03:12:07 PM

I found this quote on a website, and I want to know where it's from.

Curly: "You know I'm tempermental"
Moe: "Yeah, 95% temper, 5% mental"

Where's that from?

Dunrobin · **Reply #235 on:** October 22, 2005, 10:25:01 PM

Quote from: dbaxter1991 on October 22, 2005, 03:12:07 PM

I found this quote on a website, and I want to know where it's from.

Curly: "You know I'm tempermental"
Moe: "Yeah, 95% temper, 5% mental"

Where's that from?

Dude, weak! Now I'm going to go crazy, because I can't think which one it's from either! Aarrrggghhh!

Help guys -which episode is that from? (I just know that I'm going to go "D'oh!" as soon as someone posts the answer!)

BeAStooge · **Reply #236 on:** October 23, 2005, 08:17:56 AM

Quote from: dbaxter1991 on October 22, 2005, 03:12:07 PM

Curly: "You know I'm tempermental"
Moe: "Yeah, 95% temper, 5% mental"

Where's that from?

SAVED BY THE BELLE (1939)

Dunrobin · **Reply #237 on:** October 23, 2005, 08:21:41 AM

Quote from: BeAStooge on October 23, 2005, 08:17:56 AM

SAVED BY THE BELLE (1939)

Damn - I knew it! D'oh!

Thanks, Brent!

falsealarms · **Reply #238 on:** October 23, 2005, 06:55:55 PM

If anyone cares, Amazon has a major sale on two Stooge DVDs. They are selling the each of the two 3 packs put out by Columbia for $24.98 - they are usually about 50.00. One includes the DVDs "Curly Classics," "Spook Louder," and "All The World's a Stooge." The other has "Three Smart Saps," "Cops and Robbers," and "G.I Stooge."

Dunrobin · **Reply #239 on:** October 23, 2005, 07:12:06 PM

Quote from: falsealarms on October 23, 2005, 06:55:55 PM

If anyone cares, Amazon has a major sale on two Stooge DVDs. They are selling the each of the two 3 packs put out by Columbia for $24.98 - they are usually about 50.00. One includes the DVDs "Curly Classics," "Spook Louder," and "All The World's a Stooge." The other has "Three Smart Saps," "Cops and Robbers," and "G.I Stooge."

Thanks, falsealarms, and if anyone goes to Amazon.com through a link on this site, any purchases they make would mean a small commission going to support ThreeStooges.net.

dbaxter1991 · **Reply #240 on:** October 27, 2005, 08:30:47 PM

Hey Dunrobin, since I'm usually giving out quizzes. I should do a Fact of the...whatever and then I put the fact in this forum. I thought this was a pretty good idea.

Do you agree??

Dunrobin · **Reply #241 on:** October 27, 2005, 08:36:02 PM

Quote from: dbaxter1991 on October 27, 2005, 08:30:47 PM

Hey Dunrobin, since I'm usually giving out quizzes. I should do a Fact of the...whatever and then I put the fact in this forum. I thought this was a pretty good idea. Do you agree??

Sounds good to me. You can just create separate topics for each one here in the General Discussion board. If they seem popular, I'll create a spearate "child" board for them.

dbaxter1991 · **Reply #242 on:** October 28, 2005, 02:29:13 PM

Oh but there's a catch. You might know the facts, you might not. I'm gonna start right after I'm done my project.

disgracefulvagabnd · **Reply #243 on:** October 29, 2005, 01:26:50 PM

Which short is it where Moe/Larry/Curly are learning to be gentlemen and they have to follow everything "Miss Lulu" does? I thought it was maybe 1945/46 but can't find it.

Dunrobin · **Reply #244 on:** October 29, 2005, 01:52:38 PM

Quote from: disgracefulvagabnd on October 29, 2005, 01:26:50 PM

Which short is it where Moe/Larry/Curly are learning to be gentlemen and they have to follow everything "Miss Lulu" does? I thought it was maybe 1945/46 but can't find it.

Disgraceful - I moved your question to the end of the NEWBIES thread, where it belonged. Please try to post replies on the approriate threads, and not just anywhere.

To answer your question, you're thinking of HALF-WITS' HOLIDAY (1947), Curley's last short. It's a remake of the early Curly classic, HOI POLLOI.

Pilsner Panther · **Reply #245 on:** October 30, 2005, 05:14:13 PM

Quote from: dbaxter1991 on October 30, 2005, 03:26:58 PM

Daily Fact #1:
Curly Joe DeRita was the only non-Jewish member of the Three Stooges.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Ted Healy was was Jewish. Of course, technically, he wasn't a member of the Three Stooges, if you want to split hairs, but he was still the founding father of Stoogedom.

Shemoeley Fine · **Reply #246 on:** October 30, 2005, 10:52:51 PM

When the Stooges, Shemp, Moe and Larry left Ted Healy for a while before returning later on with Curly, Ted was jealous of their success without him and in Moe Howard and the Three Stooges, Moe talks about when Winnie Sheehan offered the Stooges a solo deal after their work in Soup to Nuts and Healy is quoted as telling Sheehan, "you're ruining my act by signing the boys, I didn't think that one Irishman would that to another Irishman."

Shemoeley Fine

Giff me dat fill-em! · **Reply #247 on:** October 31, 2005, 06:58:54 AM

I'm not sure of your assertion about Ted Healy's religious background, but here's a website devoted to Charles Earnest Lee Nash (a.k.a. Ted Healy) that makes almost no mention of his religious up-bringing ...

http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Biographies/Healy.htm

... and in light of the fact that Ted was born in Kaufman, Texas, I suspect that the quip Moe makes "I don't think one Irishman would do that to another Irishman" line is false, or else Ted is referring to his lineage.

Pilsner Panther · **Reply #248 on:** October 31, 2005, 11:49:33 AM

Quote from: Giff me dat fill-em! on October 31, 2005, 06:58:54 AM

I'm not sure of your assertion about Ted Healy's religious background, but here's a website devoted to Charles Earnest Lee Nash (a.k.a. Ted Healy) that makes almost no mention of his religious up-bringing ...

http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Biographies/Healy.htm

... and in light of the fact that Ted was born in Kaufman, Texas, I suspect that the quip Moe makes "I don't think one Irishman would do that to another Irishman" line is false, or else Ted is referring to his lineage.

Giff, a little Google searching indicates that the schools Ted attended were all Catholic. It's not true today, but back then (even before the 1970's) it was really unusual for non-Catholic kids to go through the Catholic school system. I'd say, then, that the circumstantial evidence is pretty strong that Ted was not Jewish.

As to his being of Irish descent, he still could have been Jewish despite that, but it's not very likely.

disgracefulvagabnd · **Reply #249 on:** November 04, 2005, 04:06:25 PM

What short is it where they rip the car jack from under the car and the wheel smashes Moe's foot?

(Still can not post in other sections yet.)

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