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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by QuinceHead on April 10, 2024, 11:38:25 AM »

While it’s self-evident that Shemp’s style of Stooging (Stoogery?) is not the same as Curly’s, it’s also true that pre-stroke(s) Curly’s Stoogery is noticeably different than post-stroke(s) Curly’s.  Each has their strengths and weaknesses.  Curly also benefitted from the newness/freshness of the scripts, characterizations and so on; by the time Shemp arrived on the scene, all these factors had long since lost their bloom.

Shemp has a similar “cut-off” point when the Stooges’ shorts budget got slashed by Columbia suits, and “new” shorts from that point onwards had up to 50% recycled footage from old shorts patched into them.

(I’m not sure if it’s 100% true, but I’ve heard/read that Shemp’s mild stroke in 1952 may have also been a factor in so much recycled footage being crammed into the shorts?)

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The Three Stooges - Curly Years / Re: Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)

« Last post by J_Kasumi on April 09, 2024, 10:18:40 PM »

I've recently rewatched this short on the YouTube channel, Three Stooges+. This is coming from someone who has watched it about six or seven times in her life. But, long story short, I adore this short. It's honestly nice to see the Stooges in a decent light. Granted, the opening before they get to Ms. Jenkins is a bit slow, that's not a negative in my personal opinion. Sometimes you need a bit of slowness to build up to a great payoff. I especially love the comedic line of "Hey ,don't look now, but, I think we're about to be killed." I don't know why, but, something about how Curly says it, kills me with laughter. It's also nice to see the boys want to do something good for someone who did right by them, and we get to see them get what they want in the end. Another bit that cracks me up to no end is Moe's face with the destroyed cigar. That facial expression just slays me with a laugh. A great short, in my top 20 list. Pokes: I give it more than ten, about ninety five pokes out of ten. Yes, it's that good, in my personal opinion.

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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by J_Kasumi on April 09, 2024, 05:34:45 PM »

I am a member of The Three Stooges Fan Server, Paul. Only Stooge related server I've ever found.

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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by Paul Pain on April 09, 2024, 05:01:22 PM »

As someone who has been a Stoogie for far too long, I have never had a problem with either Shemp or Curly. Granted, I'm not the biggest Joe Besser fan. But, that's besides the point. I have always enjoyed Curly a bit more than Shemp, but, that's not to say Shemp stinks. Far from it, he's talented in his own right, and like I said on a Discord server I'm in, he's underrated as a Stooge. Shemp had his fair share of hits and misses, just like Curly. I don't agree with one being better than the other. Each Stooge is unique in their own right. We can have our personal preferences, and that's fine with me. Where I get salty is one says one is better than the other and then insult you for not liking which Stooge they like. We're all human, and we should be able to like who we like, without it devolving into a war about who is better, in my personal opinion.

Is this a Stooge themed Discord server by any chance?

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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by J_Kasumi on April 09, 2024, 03:28:37 PM »

As someone who has been a Stoogie for far too long, I have never had a problem with either Shemp or Curly. Granted, I'm not the biggest Joe Besser fan. But, that's besides the point. I have always enjoyed Curly a bit more than Shemp, but, that's not to say Shemp stinks. Far from it, he's talented in his own right, and like I said on a Discord server I'm in, he's underrated as a Stooge. Shemp had his fair share of hits and misses, just like Curly. I don't agree with one being better than the other. Each Stooge is unique in their own right. We can have our personal preferences, and that's fine with me. Where I get salty is one says one is better than the other and then insult you for not liking which Stooge they like. We're all human, and we should be able to like who we like, without it devolving into a war about who is better, in my personal opinion.

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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by metaldams on April 09, 2024, 03:16:16 PM »

I’m with you guys.  The older I get, the less interested I am in comparing things and just enjoying things for what they are, be it Stooges, silent comedians, rock musicians, etc.

I literally don’t think I had a thought comparing Curly and Shemp in years, they’re just both ingrained in me by now.

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General Discussion / Re: The New SHEMP BOOK

« Last post by QuinceHead on April 09, 2024, 07:13:43 AM »

 

There’s another Shemp biography coming out later this year, it looks quite interesting.

Oh?? Do tell!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pro Wrestling Thread

« Last post by HomokHarcos on April 08, 2024, 10:11:55 AM »

I went to Philadelphia to see my first ever WrestleMania, and I had to go and see this Larry mural in person.

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Youtube and Google Videos / New Joe Besser Premiere!

« Last post by middlenamewayne on April 07, 2024, 12:40:51 PM »

Yes, you read right. 93 year old George "Laugh-In" Schlatter has been going through his vaults and as I type this he is premiering 1970's never-aired special "Burlesque is Alive and Well in Burbank" with Joe Besser, Carl Reiner, Goldie Hawn, Henny Young man and others. Check it out: https://youtu.be/_5bLTC6U7lY?si=1Tzhf4vRz3AlwYAH

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General Discussion / Re: A Gripe about the Curly-Shemp Wars

« Last post by Dunrobin on April 06, 2024, 09:39:33 AM »

When I was a kid my favorite Stooge was Curly.  Later Shemp became my favorite, then as an adult I found myself appreciating Moe a lot more, and then in middle age I started paying more attention to Larry and realized how important he was to the team.  Eventually, after the DVD set came out, I started liking Joe Besser more, even though the shorts he was in weren't as good as they were in the Stooges heyday (not his fault.)  Likewise, I eventually came to appreciate Joe DeRita for helping the Stooges carry on in the 60s.

So these days I don't really have a "favorite Stooge"; it's the team working together that I love, regardless of which configuration of Stooges it might be.