The Three Stooges

MOE HOWARD and his brother, SHEMP started out in vaudeville as a comedy team. LARRY FINE joined them 5 years later, and they became THE THREE STOOGES. They went on to make 200 short films between 1934 and 1958. Shemp left in the early '30s and was replaced by CURLY HOWARD. Curly had a stroke in 1946 and Shemp returned. Shemp died in 1955 and was replaced by JOE BESSER and then JOE DERITA in 1959.

CURLY HOWARD Real Name: Jerome Lester Horwitz Born: October 22, 1903 in Brooklyn Died: January 18, 1952

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." DOUGLAS ADAMS

"The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." HARLAN ELLISON

MOE HOWARD Real name: Moses Horwitz Born: June 19, 1897 Died: May 4, 1975

"This world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel." HORACE WALPOLE

LARRY FINE Real name: Louis Fienberg Born: October 5, 1902 in Philadelphia Died: January 24, 1975

"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at." JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

CURLY JOE DERITA Real name: Joseph Wardell Born: July 12, 1899 Died: July 3, 1993

SHEMP HOWARD Real name: Samuel Horwitz Born: March 17, 1895 Died: ca. 1955

JOE BESSER Real name: Joe Besser Born: August 12, 1907 in St. Louis Died: March 1, 1988

Personal Note: I was always bummed when CURLY JOE DERITA or JOE BESSER was on a show instead of CURLY HOWARD.

A slapstick blend of sadism and stupidity - great stuff!

"We are all either fools or undiscovered geniuses." BONNIE LIN

"Maybe this world is another planet's hell." ALDOUS HUXLEY

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