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I have to agree with Sr NONliberal on this. Though Mr. Payne may be right. The stooges spent way too much time fighting with each other and only “saved the day” at the last moment. But everyone still ended up with pie in the face. Boehnor must be Shemp in this depiction. Curley was way too nice to be a politician. Respectfully, C.
Curly was known to be a shameless, slobbering hedonist in real life. It’s partly what killed him at an early age and made his brothers too sad to effectively continue with the stooges.
Awww…Chillbilly, you made me as sad as when I found out how Alfalfa from “Our Gang” died. I never read anything about the stooges in real life, I just liked Curley’s character the best. Howgozit, i totally agree. C.
On TV yesterday, a small business owner in New York, whose small business was destroyed by Sandy, compared congress’ response to the response to the last disaster in Haiti. Ouch.
According to Moe Howard’s biography of the Three Stooges, Curly basically died of a broken heart. Because of his screen personality, and his intentionally-buffoonlike appearance, he was not a big hit with the ladies. Also, the fact that they were paid basically nothing to produce those films was made worse by the Screen Actors Guild’s decision to exempt films made before sometime in the 1950s from royalties. In other words, none of the Stooges gets a penny from the re-runs on TV. Interestingly, the President of the Screen Actors Guild at that time: Ronald Reagan.
You’ll notice I didn’t touch the subject of the cartoon. But I know you are interested in correctness, so I offered what I know. Happy New Year, Mr. Downs.
Thank you I Play One, You continue to be considerate beyond the quality of your comments. I knew the stooges, like many performers of their time, received little compensation and no royalties for their services. I believe it was in the 1990’s that many blues musicians started to get some payment from the rock bands who had become famous playing the music of much older, but less known, artists. Correctness is important, but less so than objectivity and respectfullness. An open mind welcomes constructive criticisms and corrections and I do strive to keep an open mind. I like your description of Curley more than the one offered by Chillbilly. I look forward to your continued comments on these forums. Sincerely, C.
An overall comment on the two previous posts is “we’ve gotten better” about ensuring that professional entertainers (artists, singers, athletes, etc) are given fair compensation for their services. It’s called “Law”, and it helps entrepreneurs make a fair living by their brush.
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Radish
said, 5 months ago
Why you, I oughta…
Sr NONliberal said, 5 months ago
16.3 trillion reasons this isn’t funny.
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
I have to agree with Sr NONliberal on this. Though Mr. Payne may be right. The stooges spent way too much time fighting with each other and only “saved the day” at the last moment. But everyone still ended up with pie in the face. Boehnor must be Shemp in this depiction. Curley was way too nice to be a politician.
Respectfully,
C.
Chillbilly
said, 5 months ago
Curly was known to be a shameless, slobbering hedonist in real life. It’s partly what killed him at an early age and made his brothers too sad to effectively continue with the stooges.
Harleyquinn
said, 5 months ago
Mo was at least a leader, Obama might be the non funny 4th curly…. just saying
jack75287 said, 5 months ago
Got there is a lot of truth here all they are missing is Nancy!
Ransom D Stone said, 5 months ago
Pain never fails to offend.
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
Awww…Chillbilly, you made me as sad as when I found out how Alfalfa from “Our Gang” died. I never read anything about the stooges in real life, I just liked Curley’s character the best.
Howgozit, i totally agree.
C.
Radish
said, 5 months ago
Women never get the Stooges.
Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago
On TV yesterday, a small business owner in New York, whose small business was destroyed by Sandy, compared congress’ response to the response to the last disaster in Haiti. Ouch.
I Play One On TV said, 5 months ago
@Respectful Troll
According to Moe Howard’s biography of the Three Stooges, Curly basically died of a broken heart. Because of his screen personality, and his intentionally-buffoonlike appearance, he was not a big hit with the ladies. Also, the fact that they were paid basically nothing to produce those films was made worse by the Screen Actors Guild’s decision to exempt films made before sometime in the 1950s from royalties. In other words, none of the Stooges gets a penny from the re-runs on TV. Interestingly, the President of the Screen Actors Guild at that time: Ronald Reagan.
You’ll notice I didn’t touch the subject of the cartoon. But I know you are interested in correctness, so I offered what I know. Happy New Year, Mr. Downs.
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
@I Play One On TV
Thank you I Play One,
You continue to be considerate beyond the quality of your comments. I knew the stooges, like many performers of their time, received little compensation and no royalties for their services. I believe it was in the 1990’s that many blues musicians started to get some payment from the rock bands who had become famous playing the music of much older, but less known, artists.
Correctness is important, but less so than objectivity and respectfullness. An open mind welcomes constructive criticisms and corrections and I do strive to keep an open mind.
I like your description of Curley more than the one offered by Chillbilly.
I look forward to your continued comments on these forums.
Sincerely,
C.
Zuhlamon said, 5 months ago
An overall comment on the two previous posts is “we’ve gotten better” about ensuring that professional entertainers (artists, singers, athletes, etc) are given fair compensation for their services. It’s called “Law”, and it helps entrepreneurs make a fair living by their brush.
DrCanuck said, 5 months ago
@Zuhlamon
^ And all because the entertainers unionized.