A Stooge’s question! Curlie’s early job

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On a recent newspaper celebrity article, the early jobs that comedians had before becoming famous appeared.

It mentioned the stooges:

Moe was into real state
Larry: Violin player and wrestler.
Shemp: Plumber.

But Curly was left out! Anybody knows what the straight nyuck on Curly’s early career?

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According to The Stoogephile Trivia Book, Curly worked in vaudeville as a “comedy conductor” with the Orville Knapp Band before he became the third stooge.

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But he didn’t get that job until 1928 when he was 25. His history before that is pretty mysterious including a marriage to an “unknown” woman.

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Thanks kawliga!

I could have thanked you early; but the hamsters decided to revel and I was afraid to post.