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Jim Burns	Joe Besser: A Requiem...	Lead	[-]
Mar 30 12 3:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For whatever reasons, Joe Besser has always made me laugh... As you'll see! ;-) "A Requiem For Joe Besser" http://www.tvparty.com/50-joe-besser.html I was tempted to put this in the '50s SF forum, because of a couple of the shorts Besser was in, but... I wasn't sure! Joe is certainly well remembered for his work wth Abbott and Costello, and on THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW, as well as for numerous voice-overs, but I've often wondered if his contrbution to the 3 Stooges may have been ill-appreciated... Best, Jim
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Jim Burns		#1	[-]
Mar 30 12 3:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey, That url didn't get converted... ;-) "A Requiem For Joe Besser" http://www.tvparty.com/50-joe-besser.html
skelton knaggs		#2	[-]
Mar 30 12 3:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you for the link and article Jim.And although I was never really enthusiastic of Joe Besser's stint with the Stooges, I've always been appreciative of Besser's comic talent. But he'll still always be Stinky to me..... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Jim Burns		#3	[-]
Mar 30 12 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just thought of something: Should Stooge-related web addresses be known as: cURLies? ;-) N'yuk, n'yuk, n'yuk... OWWW!
Red Gargon		#4	[-]
Mar 30 12 7:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe Besser can be absolutely hilarious in small doses, like the A&C skit and also numerous JACK BENNY appearances. I enjoy those. Kinda hard to take as a "lead" though. And lest we forget around these parts, he gets radiation-fried by John Agar in HAND OF DEATH!
Omega Man		#5	[-]
Mar 31 12 3:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	(The godawful) Joe Besser is the butt of "invention exchange" jokes in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode The Castle of Fu Manchu. "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
blackbiped		#6	[-]
Mar 31 12 7:08 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As I have stated emphatically many times on this board and numerous other places, I love Joe Besser! Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Mil Mascaras		#7	[-]
Mar 31 12 9:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Though I've never felt Besser quite cut it as a Stooge, it wasn't until recently seeing him on Abbott and Costello Show dvds that I was able to truly appreciate his talents. I thought he was just great.
Rakshasa		#8	[-]
Mar 31 12 9:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love Joe Besser as well. Here are a few grabs from (correct me if I'm wrong) Besser's only monster movie appearance, 1962s HAND OF DEATH starring John Agar: Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
bela lugosi		#9	[-]
Mar 31 12 9:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He was no Stooge, but he was a cool guy in his own right.
Liz.stoogeworld		#10	[-]
Mar 31 12 3:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Maybe I'm getting him confused with DeRita, but I agree with bela lugosi. The guy who's filling in for Curly (and Shemp) is supposed to be able to take a hit. If you don't take the hits, you aren't one of the Stooges, plain and simple. Then again, I don't believe I've ever seen a Besser short except for one. Why don't you do something to help me? The Psycho Ward's Classic Film Reviews - request a film to be reviewed!
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skelton knaggs		#11	[-]
Mar 31 12 7:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Liz wrote: Maybe I'm getting him confused with DeRita, but I agree with bela lugosi. The guy who's filling in for Curly (and Shemp) is supposed to be able to take a hit. If you don't take the hits, you aren't one of the Stooges, plain and simple. Then again, I don't believe I've ever seen a Besser short except for one. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Rakshasa		#12	[-]
Mar 31 12 9:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"I'll HARRRM you!" Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Rakshasa		#13	[-]
Mar 31 12 9:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow! Check out this brief Joe Besser biography segment: Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
skelton knaggs		#14	[-]
Mar 31 12 10:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nice find Rak, That was very informative in just a short segment. But I gotta say it's a real struggle to watch Besser's Stooge shorts. I do believe Jim Burns in correct about the writing and Moe & Larry just going through the motions..There's a very good reason why these Stooge shorts get knocked. Just watch for yourself.... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Rakshasa		#15	[-]
Mar 31 12 10:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't doubt it, Skelly. I love Besser from The Abbott And Costello Show and elsewhere. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
blackbiped		#16	[-]
Mar 31 12 11:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love the Joe Besser Stooge shorts for what they are, not for what they aren't. I find them enjoyably entertaining even though they aren't up to the standard of the earlier ones. Besser, to me, is an underrated Stooge who DID take plenty of punishment from Moe, probably after he found out it wasn't as bad as it looked. And any chance to see Moe and Larry still at it is a good one. (Which is what makes the Joe DeRita films bearable.) Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
bela lugosi		#17	[-]
Apr 1 12 7:08 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Blackbiped, I definitely can respect that view, and I agree with you...more Moe and Larry is always, ALWAYS, welcome! I'm also enjoying watching TCM's Saturday broadcasts of their features. They aren't great and definitely not up to their early short standards, but they are fun to watch, nevertheless.
Saturday8pm		#18	[-]
Apr 1 12 10:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yapple Dapppppppple! "Lord I love Spring! The birds, the fair weather, the new flowers. It doesn't get any better than this. HOLY CRAP! what's THAT?!?"
telegonus		#19	[-]
Apr 2 12 4:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've always liked Joe Besser, going back to his role of Jilson on Joey Bishop's show, which featured some good, old time supporting players like Mary Treen. It was only later that I caught Joe as the replacement for Shemp in the final few Three Stooges shorts. He wasn't a good fit for Moe and Larry, and those later Besser shorts get a lot of criticism for being inferior to the earlier ones. I agree, but this wasn't Joe's fault. Sometimes when an actor replaces another one in a movie or TV series it works. Ken Curtis did very well when he replaced Dennis Weaver as the new second banana-comic relief on Gunsmoke, but the series was in its prime at the time, and in the end I found myself more of a Festus fan than a Chester one. Alas, poor Joe, he wasn't so lucky when he joined the Stooges in those last shorts they made under their Columbia contract.
Joe Karlosi		#20	[-]
Apr 2 12 8:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've always liked Joe Besser, though in smaller doses. As one of the Three Stooges, I think he was funnier than Curly Joe DeRita, for what that is worth. His short subjects with the Stooges are still enjoyable enough to me, even if you mainly watch them for Moe and Larry. I think that clip that skelton posted above is a good sample, and is still plenty funny. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel." Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Apr 2 12 8:24 AM. Edited 1 times.
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