History Recap / TheThreeStooges

Before becoming "The Three Stooges," the trio was part of a Vaudeville act with entertainer Ted Healy. Healy and the Stooges starred in a feature film for Creator/{{Fox}} and five shorts for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.

In the interim after Columbia Pictures ended their contract with the Stooges, Joe Besser's wife suffered a heart attack, causing Besser to withdraw from the act. In the meantime, Columbia's TV Division, Screen Gems, released their backlog of Stooge shorts to television, which generated demand for the Stooges. Joe [=DeRita=] was recruited as the new and final "third stooge" and, playing off his resemblance to Curly, shaved his head and went by the name "Curly Joe."[[note]]This was also likely to distinguish himself from Joe Besser.[[/note]] "Larry, Moe, and Curly Joe," as they came to be called, made a number of feature-length films, as well as a short-lived animated series. This was the last incarnation of the original Three Stooges.

Years after the Three Stooges act came to an end, the Farrelly Brothers directed a movie based on the comedy trio. It featured Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos, Creator/SeanHayes, and Creator/WillSasso as Moe, Larry, and Curly, respectively.

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When Columbia offered them a contract to appear in theatrical shorts, The Stooges parted ways with Ted Healy and became their own act. This was the time they started officially going as "The Three Stooges."

This is the year that Curly’s health took for the worst. After coming back from a performance tour in New York and after hearing that Curly's absence had temporarily halted production on the shorts, Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn [[WhatAnIdiot prohibited him from taking any more time off]]. This... [[FromBadToWorse didn't end well and it likely proved to be one of the leading factors that led to poor Curly having a stroke while filming for "Half-Wits Holiday"]], though some people speculated that this likely didn’t happen.

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