Unpopular Opinion. The Three Stooges weren't funny, entertaining, or anything less than obnoxious.
I never really got the mass appeal for them. Pretty meh and boring.
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JSul3 · 70-79
They were originally vaudeville performers, under Ted Healy...."Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen."
Slapstick comedy was their calling card.
After breaking with Healy, they signed a contract at Columbia.
The original Stooges were:
Moses(Moe) Horowitz, Samuel (Shemp) Horowitz, and Larry Feinberg.
They changed their names to Howard and Fine, in order to assimilate.
Shemp left to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by brother Jerome (Curley).
When Curley suffered a stroke in '46, Shemp returned for a couple of years.
Their comedy films were for adult audiences but when tv hit its mark in the 1950s, their films were then targeted to the kids.
Slapstick comedy was their calling card.
After breaking with Healy, they signed a contract at Columbia.
The original Stooges were:
Moses(Moe) Horowitz, Samuel (Shemp) Horowitz, and Larry Feinberg.
They changed their names to Howard and Fine, in order to assimilate.
Shemp left to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by brother Jerome (Curley).
When Curley suffered a stroke in '46, Shemp returned for a couple of years.
Their comedy films were for adult audiences but when tv hit its mark in the 1950s, their films were then targeted to the kids.