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bela lugosi		#21	[-]
Mar 13 12 7:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick, I share your experience to the extent that my first introduction to the Stooges was seeing their films, only later did I catch their shorts. I, also, thought that Curly and "Curly Joe" were one and the same somehow, at that early age, you know. I was still a kid when I first saw the shorts, so I couldn't really discern between them that well. However, once I got older and knew what was what...I can't really go back to DeRita and enjoy his performance that much. I still enjoy the films, they are fun enough, and I am enjoying watching them re-air on TCM these days.
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bela lugosi		#22	[-]
Mar 13 12 7:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wich2 wrote: >If only they would have bucked the times and gone with Mantan Moreland.< That could've been so, SO ace - in many ways! Wouldn't it though? I crack up just thinking about it!
Wich2		#23	[-]
Mar 13 12 8:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mantan had A-List chops, and could handle comedy. (...sigh...)
Mora		#24	[-]
Mar 14 12 11:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure Joe Besser was a heckuva nice man but his screen persona just annoys the crap out of me, such as "Stinky" in the Abbott & Costello TV series. Obnoxious to no end. Apparently Moe and Larry weren't too fond of Besser also as he reportedly would not put up with the abuse so courageously endured by Curly and Shemp. As with Rick, my introduction to the Stooges came with DeRita. No Curly but at least there was that passing resemblance. Personal note: My fave has always been Shemp.
Wich2		#25	[-]
Mar 14 12 12:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm a Shemp Man too, Mora.
Mora		#26	[-]
Mar 14 12 1:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Right on, Craig! He mighta been deemed "the ugliest man in Hollywood", but his talent was undeniable. I'll laught at those Shemp shorts more than I can with any other "third" Stooge.
DonM435		#27	[-]
Mar 14 12 6:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mora wrote: Right on, Craig! He mighta been deemed "the ugliest man in Hollywood", but his talent was undeniable. I'll laught at those Shemp shorts more than I can with any other "third" Stooge. It seemed that a several Stooges plots involved romance for Shemp. He may have been ugly by Hollywood standards, but he was a stud amongst the Stooges!
Dale Sherman		#28	[-]
Mar 14 12 7:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	STUD AMONGST THE STOOGES! What a great title for a western.
DonM435		#29	[-]
Mar 17 12 12:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I mean, how can he be the ugliest man in Hollywood if he isn't even the ugliest man in his family?
Friend of Daniel		#30	[-]
Mar 24 12 9:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great self aware moment in ...AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAZE (which playing on TCM now): Moe stops the Chinese Moe from doing the infamous eye poke and cautions "We don't do that one anymore!". I bet the Chinese kids excitedly getting DeRita's autograph thought he was the real Curly. Poor saps. Last Edited By: Friend of Daniel Mar 24 12 9:08 AM. Edited 1 times.
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rockinrichard		#31	[-]
Mar 24 12 10:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe Besser is great in the Abbott and Costello tv show. I think he's way better than DeRita as a Stooge, but he's not at his best as part of a team like the Stooges. Moe, Larry, and Curly ARE the Three Stooges. Shemp ain't bad. Ted Healey sucked. DeRita just wasn't funny. Nobody could really "replace" Curly.
HalLane		#32	[-]
Mar 24 12 10:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: I bet the Chinese kids excitedly getting DeRita's autograph thought he was the real Curly. Poor saps. DeRita was great in person with the kids, actually, but he never fooled me he was the real Curly, even as a wee lad.
Friend of Daniel		#33	[-]
Mar 24 12 3:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HalLane wrote: Friend of Daniel wrote: I bet the Chinese kids excitedly getting DeRita's autograph thought he was the real Curly. Poor saps. DeRita was great in person with the kids, actually, but he never fooled me he was the real Curly, even as a wee lad. Hopefully if the kids did think they really met the proper Curly their cynical grand-kids don't spoil it for them. "Did I ever tell you kids about the time I met Curly from The Three Stooges?" "Grandpa, that wasn't Curly, that was Curly Joe DeRita. Sheesh." <Sad old man noise> Last Edited By: Friend of Daniel Mar 24 12 3:32 PM. Edited 1 times.
bela lugosi		#34	[-]
Mar 24 12 3:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Curly is the best for me, but Shemp is definitely funny. DeRita was unfunny, but not annoying. Besser was not only unfunny (in the Stooges, he's kinda funny elsewhere), but annoying as heck. He just didn't fit in and it showed.
Wich2		#35	[-]
Mar 24 12 3:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hal, I assume that's lil' Hal as The Fourth Stooge?
HalLane		#36	[-]
Mar 24 12 5:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The stooge in the middle, right in front of The Stooge In The Middle, yes. Moe was a little scary, but Curly Joe was -- well, ok, he was a little scary too.
Friend of Daniel		#37	[-]
Mar 24 12 5:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HalLane wrote: The stooge in the middle, right in front of The Stooge In The Middle, yes. Moe was a little scary, but Curly Joe was -- well, ok, he was a little scary too. You certainly could have been billed as The Lil'est Stooge. Larry seemed to age the best. To me he looked in the 60's films pretty much like he did in the 30's shorts.
TAUBLAR		#38	[-]
Mar 24 12 5:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This was one of my great childhood disappointments -- they looked so old, the movie was so slow, Joe DeRita was a terrible Curly -- and my opinion hasn't changed much now that I'm watching it this morning. It may not be a good movie but I'll never for get it. My father took me to see it when I was 8 years old. He died 2 years later.
bela lugosi		#39	[-]
Mar 24 12 6:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great story, Taublar.
doktorgoulfinger		#40	[-]
Mar 24 12 8:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Stooges toured a lot of local kid shows when their shorts were released to TV. Here they are with our local favorite, Captain Satellite, in the early 60s.
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