Happy Birthday to Shemp Howard!

[edbermac]

Born March 17, 1895.

Okay he was no Curly, but he was a helluva lot funnier than Joe Besser or Joe DeRita.

[Drum]

1. .

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Loved him more than any of the others

and, in truth, Curly was a bit scary in his odd sort of way,,, :scared:

[terrya]

4. I liked Shemp more than I did Curly.

I thought that the combination of Moe, Larry and Shemp was the funniest.

In my humble opinion.

[Cobalt-60]

3. Would you want to follow Curly's Act?

Shemp was a potent Stooge.
Indeed, while on hiatus from the Three Stooges he performed in other features.
He even had his own 6 pack of "Super Stooges", featured , I think, in Open Season on Saps.
They were the margarine of Stoogery though, and in the wake of Curly's stroke, he returned to the team.

[Graybeard]

5. The forgotten Stooge.

The Stooge who gets no respect. It's a shame because I too think the Moe, Larry and Shemp combination was the funniest. Curly's shtick was funny but I thought Shemp added more than Curly's man/child dopiness.

[Auggie]

6. Shemp was part of the act before Jerome,

when they were with Ted Healy.