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On the screen Moe was portrayed as "controlling" - in charge of the three, who would generally obey him after a hair pull, eye gouge, or a hit on the head with a large blunt object [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocRd-aajW0&feature=related].  Larry was the calming influence, while Curly was a cauldron of insanity, doing a battle of wits with a plumbing system [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/APlumbing.htm][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akBX-KCUPMg] to the same degree he would use in serving liquor [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNZGj4Dsfg&feature=related] or fighting a clam in his soup [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHLlGtOZbg].

On the screen Moe was portrayed as "controlling" - in charge of the three, who would generally obey him after a hair pull, eye gouge, or a hit on the head with a large blunt object [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocRd-aajW0&feature=related].  Larry was the calming influence, while Curly was a cauldron of insanity, doing a battle of wits with a plumbing system [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/APlumbing.htm][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akBX-KCUPMg] to the same degree he would use in serving liquor [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNZGj4Dsfg&feature=related] or fighting a clam in his soup [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHLlGtOZbg].

97 shorts were made by Moe Larry, and Curly up until 1947; during this period it became evident that Curly was having health problems, exasperated by several failed marriages.  During the filming of ''Half-Wits' Holiday''[http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/Half-Wits.htm] he suffered a major stroke.  His last appearance was a cameo in ''Hold That Lion'' (1947)[http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/HoldLion.htm][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPFuMKgTvN8&feature=related], but he would not recover.  Curly passed away in 1952 at the age of 48.   

97 shorts were made by Moe Larry, and Curly up until 1947; during this period it became evident that Curly was having health problems, exasperated by several failed marriages.  During the filming of ''Half-Wits' Holiday''[http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/Half-Wits.htm] he suffered a major stroke.  His last appearance was a cameo in ''Hold That Lion'' (1947)[http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/HoldLion.htm][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPFuMKgTvN8&feature=related], but he would not recover.  Curly passed away on January 18, 1952 at the age of 48.   

By then, Shemp was back with the troupe, having had a successful career on his own, and the three would star in 76 more shorts.  After the last one was made [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/CommotionOcean.htm] Shemp would suffer a massive heart attack in a taxi in 1956; his death was thought to have ended the act as far as Moe was concerned, but he was persuaded by Columbia executives that it should continue with a new Stooge.  Between 1957 and 1959 fifteen shorts were made with Moe and Larry starring with '''Joe Besser''', a long-time friend from their Vaudeville days whose comedy act consisted of childlike behavior [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvDBdUtx-E] and his catchprase "Not Sooooo Faaaassst!"  After his contract was up, he was replaced by '''Joe DeRita''' (who took the screen name "Curly Joe" because of his passing resemblance to Curly Howard), and the three were able to take advantage of a resurgence of the Stooges in television; feature films and commercials [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DATpxpOeCbg][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEPB_No5Qo&feature=related] were added to the act.

By then, Shemp was back with the troupe, having had a successful career on his own, and the three would star in 76 more shorts.  After the last one was made [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/CommotionOcean.htm] Shemp would suffer a massive heart attack in a taxi in 1956; his death was thought to have ended the act as far as Moe was concerned, but he was persuaded by Columbia executives that it should continue with a new Stooge.  Between 1957 and 1959 fifteen shorts were made with Moe and Larry starring with '''Joe Besser''', a long-time friend from their Vaudeville days whose comedy act consisted of childlike behavior [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvDBdUtx-E] and his catchprase "Not Sooooo Faaaassst!"  After his contract was up, he was replaced by '''Joe DeRita''' (who took the screen name "Curly Joe" because of his passing resemblance to Curly Howard), and the three were able to take advantage of a resurgence of the Stooges in television; feature films and commercials [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DATpxpOeCbg][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEPB_No5Qo&feature=related] were added to the act.

==Famous Quotes==

==Famous Quotes==

"What's the big idea?" (Larry)  

"What's the big idea?" (Larry)