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Coop
Professor
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Shemp = Martin Lawrence Moe = Hugh Jackman Larry = Willam Defoe Curly = Ben Kingsley
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Coop
Professor
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He wasn't bad. He was just very...flamboient, in fact, he seemed a little fruity.
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Dr_Dave
Bending Unit
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Curly was the funniest stooge. Interestingly, he replaced Shemp when the boys went to Hollywood in the early '30s. Shemp then replaced Curly when Curly retired in 1947.
Shemp deserves more credit than he receives, but he suffered from constant comparison with Curly.
Joe Besser was a funny guy, but he just wasn't a stooge. He just didn't fit in. Supposedly, he replaced Shemp only because he was already under contract at Columbia. The poor quality of the Joe films is mostly due to the fact that these were the last two reel short subjects being produced in Hollywood, and they had almost no budget.
Joe DeRita (Curly Joe) was a perfect fit as the third stooge. He did a fine job during the Stooges movie career (1959-1966). In fact, his tombstone says "the last Stooge", which he was when he died.
Personally, as much as I love the Stooges (hey, even Shakespeare said "all the world's a stooge" ), I think a Stooge movie would be a disaster. The art of slapstick is stone cold dead, and I can't think of anyone who could play these roles properly.
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