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emember the Three Stooges?

A classic of American vaudeville, the comedy trio of Moe, Curly and Larry delighted audiences from 1934 to 1946 with their peculiar brand of slapstick humor. Americans tuned in regularly to watch the over 90 short films the trio made for Columbia, which mainly consisted of them verbally and physically assaulting one another.

It might shock you to know that there were actually six stooges in all. The most popular stooges were the aforementioned Moe, Curly, and Larry, but the original group consisted of Ted Healy and the other three.

Moe’s brother, Shemp Howard joined the group, but left to pursue a solo career, and Joe Besser was replaced by Joe DeRita.

All this is a bit of interesting trivia to say that the stooges had staying power. Even as the cultural climate changed and the 1920s became the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s the stooges remained dominant.

Even now, well into the aughts, everyone still knows who they are, or remembers an image of a pie being thrown in someone’s face. The stooges were the height of American comedy. They changed the way comedians used their bodies forever.

Even more importantly, their images remained ingrained in the American psyche. There was Larry’s curly hair, Curly’s bald head and oversized hat, and Moe Howard’s distinctive bowl cut.