Re: The Big 3...... Hahahahahahaha ... and Hahahahahahaha ROFLMAOPIP!!! LOL Dog, Hoooooowwwwwwl -Peace, Dave PS does that make the 4th CRA Shemp?
Re: The Big 3...... 4. How many Stooges were there? Short answer: Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe, Curly Joe. 6. Moe and Larry were there for the Stooges' entire film career, but the position of the "third Stooge" was filled by several people. After Curly left the act, Shemp played the part, and after Shemp, there was Joe, and finally Curly Joe. That makes six. However, in vaudeville there was more than one act calling themselves "Stooges" or even "The Three Stooges". Furthermore, our Stooges were once part of an act called "Ted Healy and his Three Southern Gentlemen" that consisted of Ted Healy, Moe, Larry, and Shemp. That's right: Shemp. Soon Shemp moved on to other things, and Curly took his place in 1932, before they ever made their first Columbia short. The long answer? Even more complicated. The name "Three Stooges" was in dispute in the 30's, and there were no less than twenty so-called 'Stooges' groups doing vaudeville and other engagements, enough such that Columbia (actually, Columbia's lawyers) placed ads in several papers at the time announcing that the name "The Three Stooges" and "Stooges" were trademarks. Violators were subject to civil suits. 5. What were their real names? Moe was born Moses Horwitz, and his brothers were Samuel (Shemp) and Jerome (Curly). Larry was born Louis Feinberg. Joe "Not So Haaaaard" Besser used his given name; Joe DeRita's real name was Joseph Wardell. Moe was called "Harry" while he was growing up. http://www.3-stooges.com/text/faq.html
