Stills of The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges
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The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the mid–20th century, best known for their numerous Columbia short subject films that are still syndicated on television. Their hallmark was physical farce andslapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names of "Moe, Larry, and Curly", or as "Moe, Larry, and Shemp" (among other lineups, depending on the particular film). There were six active stooges, five of whom performed in the shorts. Moe and Larry were always present, until the final years of the ensemble's run of more than forty years.
The act began as part of a mid-1920s vaudeville comedy act, billed as Ted Healy and his Stooges, consisting of Healy, Moe Howard, his brother Shemp Howard, and Larry Fine. The four made one feature film titled Soup to Nuts before Shemp left to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by his younger brother Jerome (Curly Howard) in 1932. Two years later, the trio left Healy and signed on to appear in their own short subjects for Columbia, now billed as The Three Stooges.
Curly suffered a debilitating stroke in May 1946, and Shemp returned, reinstating the original lineup, until his death of a heart attack in November 1955. Film actor Joe Palma was used as a temporary stand-in to complete four Shemp-era shorts under contract (the maneuver thereafter became known as the term of art "Fake Shemp"). Columbia contract player Joe Besser joined as the third Stooge for two years (1956–57), departing in 1958 to nurse his ailing wife. Columbia terminated its shorts division and released its Stooges contractual rights to the Screen Gemsproduction studio. Screen Gems then syndicated the shorts to television, and the Stooges became one of the most popular comedy acts of the early 1960s.
Comic actor Joe DeRita became "Curly Joe" in 1958, replacing Besser. With intense television exposure, the act regained momentum throughout the 1960s as popular kiddie fare, until Larry Fine's paralyzing stroke in January 1970. Fine died in 1975 after a further series of strokes. Moe tried to revive the Stooges with longtime supporting actor Emil Sitka in Larry's role in 1970, and again in 1975, but this attempt was cut short with Moe's death in May 1975.
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Jump In The Saddle – Curly Shuffle Lyrics
When me and my friends go out on the town
We can't sit still. We can't sit down
We don't like to fight and we don't like to scuffle
Dancin' all night doin' the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe. Hey, Moe.
Well, a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.
La-le-li-li
woo-woo-woo-woo
Well, we never miss a chance
We get up and dance and do the Curly Shuffle
Well, me and my friends love Larry and Moe
We love Curly's brother Shemp and his fat clone Joe
It's such a delight to boogie and hustle
Dancin' all night doin' the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe. Hey, Moe.
Well, a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.
We-be-be-be-be-be
Oh, a wise guy
Well, we never miss a chance
We get up and dance and do the Curly Shuffle
Well, me and my friends-we all love to see
Comedy classics on late night TV
Those knuckleheads always get in a scuffle
A push and a shove doin' the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe. Hey, Moe.
Well, a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.
Look at the grouse, Look at the grouse
Ruff-Ruff-Ruff-Ruff
Well, we never miss a chance
We get up and dance and do the Curly Shuffle
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