The Three Stooges

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   A simple poll. Pick your favorite Stooge. I'm excluding Ted Healy because he never really seemed to be an authentic Stooge to me.

A brief history of the personnel:

Shemp was part of the original line-up with Moe and Larry, but left in 1932. Moe's brother Curly replaced him and worked until he had a debilitating stroke in 1946. Shemp came back to fill Curly's role and died of a heart attack in 1955. Shemp was replaced by Joe Besser who was a stooge until 1957, when Besser left to care for his ailing wife. "Curly Joe" DeRita replaced him in 1958 starring during the Three Stooges "movie period." After Larry Fine suffered a stroke during the filming of Kook's Tour (the last Stooges film), Moe Howard asked Emil Sitka to replace Larry. Emil Sitka never appeared as a Stooge although he made many appearances in their short films dating back to 1947. The Three Stooges ended in 1975 when Moe Howard died.

Poll Question: Who was the greatest Stooge of them all?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Moe Howard	0	[0.00%]
Curly Howard	2	[66.67%]
Larry Fine	0	[0.00%]
Shemp Howard	1	[33.33%]
Joe Besser	0	[0.00%]
Joe "Curly Joe" DeRita	0	[0.00%]
Emil Sitka	0	[0.00%]
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progaeopteryx Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 03 2005 Location: Refrigerator Status: Offline Points: 3613	Topic: The Three Stooges Posted: January 07 2008 at 19:29
	A simple poll. Pick your favorite Stooge. I'm excluding Ted Healy because he never really seemed to be an authentic Stooge to me. A brief history of the personnel: Shemp was part of the original line-up with Moe and Larry, but left in 1932. Moe's brother Curly replaced him and worked until he had a debilitating stroke in 1946. Shemp came back to fill Curly's role and died of a heart attack in 1955. Shemp was replaced by Joe Besser who was a stooge until 1957, when Besser left to care for his ailing wife. "Curly Joe" DeRita replaced him in 1958 starring during the Three Stooges "movie period." After Larry Fine suffered a stroke during the filming of Kook's Tour (the last Stooges film), Moe Howard asked Emil Sitka to replace Larry. Emil Sitka never appeared as a Stooge although he made many appearances in their short films dating back to 1947. The Three Stooges ended in 1975 when Moe Howard died.

rileydog22 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 24 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 8844	Posted: January 07 2008 at 20:00
	Ian Bishop.


Leningrad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 7991	Posted: January 07 2008 at 21:20
	I consider the classic lineup Larry, Curly and Moe. I always liked Larry.

Sinusoid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 07 2007 Location: South Illinois Status: Offline Points: 55	Posted: January 12 2008 at 19:42
	I have to go with Shemp. In my mind, he had the best lines. Like this one, "OW! A dog bit me!"(Shemp stabbed himself in the rump with an axe) from Blunder Boys.