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Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 10:29 PM
I think I mentioned this on the old site - I'm a huge Stooges aficionado. I have every Stooges episode ever made in my DVD collection and regularly watch them with my kids.

So I'll post a couple of my favorites here, for entertainment purposes.

Two favorites (one a classic). This first one is one of mine, the second one of my 8yr olds. We watched it a couple times in Niagara Falls, for the nostalgia.

Higher than a kite - the first half is absolute genius. The 'stuck in a pipe' part is off the charts and a great throwback to WWII culture.

(They're in Part I/Part II segments)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4k8c5GyI_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz7GuKu7pxE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFMpS3KJYkI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgMRlMl2BrE&feature=related

Peter1469
03-04-2012, 10:30 PM
great stuff

Conley
03-04-2012, 10:45 PM
Might be a silly question but did they ever get hurt doing any of these movies? Some of this stuff looks a little too realistic, especially for the time when it was filmed.

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 10:50 PM
It was reported that Larry had a somewhat permanent red mark on his face from being slapped all the time.

Joe Besser put it in his contract that he was not to be physically harmed during his stint with the Stooges.

There is a video of Moe on the Mike Douglas show on Youtube where he talks about how kids were going around and poking each other in the eye.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvx3i6HhBWc

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 10:51 PM
Youtube sucks, btw - did I mention that?

Conley
03-04-2012, 10:58 PM
Curly died at 48...didn't realize. :sad:

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 11:07 PM
Curly died at 48...didn't realize. :sad:

He had a stroke but continued for a while producing films. You can tell the pre/post stroke curly since he slurs his dialogue after the stroke - like in this classic, a favorite with home brewers (one of my favorites - note curly's slurring):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBuVPOBHZzs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMq33p57sI&feature=related

And, if you noticed in Part II, Curly seems pretty vibrant. It's because when, after Curly's stroke, they cut/mixed footage from old scenes into new shorts. Recycled footage. There was the "false Shemp" thingy also.

There is a classic scene - Curly's last appearance as a train passenger. He spoke no words. It was the only time Curly, Moe, Larry and Shemp appeared in a film. He's not very recognizable, he has hair. It's reported that he could barely speak at this stage of his life.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOEaId5hkx4

Conley
03-04-2012, 11:22 PM
I just looked a photo of that scene - the 'four stooges' - on Wikipedia reading about life.

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 11:30 PM
Yeah, Moe, Shemp and Curly were brothers. Brothers Horowitz.

Curly was Jerome Horowitz - or "Babe" to Moe. Shemp was Sam Horowitz, got his nickname from his mother's tendency to mispronounce his English version of his name. Moe was Moses Horowitz.

Larry was a musician from (I think) NJ, auditioned for the Stooges and woke up late or something like that (or fell asleep after washing his hair) and didn't have time to fix it - hence the crazy hair look.

Conley
03-04-2012, 11:34 PM
I guess having a shaved head was unusual back in those days? If Wiki is to be believed it did a number on his psyche.

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 11:34 PM
The "Americanized" version of their name was Howard also.

Captain Obvious
03-04-2012, 11:37 PM
I guess having a shaved head was unusual back in those days? If Wiki is to be believed it did a number on his psyche.

I'm not sure that I've ever heard of that being an issue with Curly. I remember seeing photos of Curly at home with his dogs and he still had a shaved head.

Conley
03-04-2012, 11:44 PM
Great shot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Curlypooches.jpg/689px-Curlypooches.jpg

Mister D
03-05-2012, 08:46 AM
I had no idea that had happened to Curloy. I vaguely remembered that he died young.

Mister D
03-05-2012, 03:54 PM
I prefer the Marx Brothers but the Stooges are funny. Different animals but both are funny.

Captain Obvious
03-05-2012, 05:16 PM
Great shot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Curlypooches.jpg/689px-Curlypooches.jpg

Yeah, that's the one I remember seeing. I forgot where I saw it though.

Curly was also rumored to be a bit of a fuckaholic.

Chris
03-13-2012, 08:43 PM
OK, affectionados, is this the 3 Stooges?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFB25M4K78M&feature=player_embedded

Captain Obvious
04-08-2012, 02:14 PM
OK, affectionados, is this the 3 Stooges?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFB25M4K78M&feature=player_embedded

Looked like it, never saw that one though.

Captain Obvious
04-08-2012, 02:16 PM
Here's a good one. Remember, these were filmed during WWII. Lots of war reference in these films.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40Hb8vvHec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOd0nj8D3mo