# Do you like the Three Stooges? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410 "2009-02-18T16:43:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/21 "2009-02-18T19:35:54Z")
I like the old Curly stuff best. Shemp and all the other Curly-replacements sucked. Not that it’s among my favorites or anything, but if I catch the stooges on the rare occasions I watch television I’ll watch them. I’m a guy btw. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/22 "2009-02-18T19:40:00Z")
Man. I never liked them, even as a child. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/23 "2009-02-18T19:46:33Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > I like the old Curly stuff best. Shemp and all the other Curly-replacements sucked. Not that it’s among my favorites or anything, but if I catch the stooges on the rare occasions I watch television I’ll watch them. > > I’m a guy btw. Shemp was actually a Stooge before Curly was. Shemp was the third member when they were stooges in vaudeville for Ted Healy and in their first couple of films, but left the act when Healy’s behavior became unbearable. He was replaced by Curly and that’s when the act took off. Shemp eventually came back when Curly’s health was failing and he couldn’t do the physically demanding “business”. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/24 "2009-02-18T19:48:41Z")
30yr male. Always have loved them and hopefully always will. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/25 "2009-02-18T19:50:13Z")
I’m in the “men who don’t” camp. Even as a kid I found their antics repetitive and devoid of wit and invention (although I might not have used those exact terms). I have nothing against GOOD physical comedy (Harold Lloyd, anyone?), but the Stooges were just lame. OK, they had their moments, but with ~200 films you’re bound to have a moment or two by sheer happenstance. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/26 "2009-02-18T19:51:30Z")
I like 'em briefly. Very briefly. Not even one skit briefly. Right up to about the second hit, then I start wincing. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/27 "2009-02-18T19:52:48Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > I’m in the “men who don’t” camp. Even as a kid I found their antics repetitive and devoid of wit and invention (although I might not have used those exact terms). I have nothing against GOOD physical comedy (Harold Lloyd, anyone?), but the Stooges were just lame. (OK, jayjay, they had their moments, but with ~200 films your bound to have a moment or two by sheer happenstance.) Eh. I don’t have a passion about the subject. I just grew up in an era (the mid-70s to mid-80s) when the only things on afterschool television were Tom & Jerry, Li’l Rascals and the 3 Stooges, so they figure big in my nostalgia vault. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/28 "2009-02-18T19:54:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Eh. I don’t have a passion about the subject. Yeah, I acknowledged your point in my post and then edited out your name because I thought it might come across as confrontational. It wasn’t meant to be. ETA: I can totally relate to growing up in an era of limited TV choices. When I contemplate the fact that I’ve probably seen every episode of the “The Flying Nun” more than once… _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/29 "2009-02-18T19:56:38Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Yeah, I acknowledged your point in my post and then edited out your name because I thought it might come across as confrontational. It wasn’t meant to be. Heh…I didn’t even notice the edit. No worries. I didn’t read it that way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/30 "2009-02-18T19:59:17Z")
37-year-old male here. Never watched the Stooges, and the clips I’ve seen don’t really stand out for me. From a very early age my brother and I were into verbal comedy, the Marx Brothers in particular (our mom was a huge fan of them). We both did (and do) watch Chaplin and Keaton, but for some reason, Stooges don’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/31 "2009-02-18T20:00:00Z")
Male 65… I love the stooges. Only they could get away with what they did. I still do not know how. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/32 "2009-02-18T20:00:17Z")
44 year old male. Always thought they were stupid and unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/33 "2009-02-18T20:40:29Z")
Male 56. I don’t like them as much as I did when I was a kid. But there’s one place in their work I still think is just plain brilliant: the ending of “Hoi Polloi”, where the rich people start acting like the Stooges and throwing pies. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/34 "2009-02-18T20:44:14Z")
54 year old male here. Love the Stooges, have all of the DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/35 "2009-02-18T21:29:06Z")
53 year old male. The Stooges make me go nyuk nyuk nyuk, and always have. My wife hates them. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/36 "2009-02-18T21:41:19Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I don’t think the Stooges are funny in and of themselves, but I think it’s hilarious that anyone would think they’re funny. So in a strange way they amuse me. That’s how I feel about Have You Been Served? and most of those PBS British comedies. So I keep watching. And I don’t like the Three Stooges either. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/37 "2009-02-18T22:06:12Z")
Male in my thirties - I only discovered the 3 Stooges about five years ago. I mean, I knew about them, but I’d never really sat down and watched them. They’re far from just slapstick, and right up there with my favourites of all time, along with WC Fields and The Marx Brothers. I’m one of the minority who think that the Shemp movies are the best, but I still like all of the vintage ones. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/38 "2009-02-18T22:28:26Z")
Anybody who doesn’t crack a smile at Curly going “woo woo woo woo!” deserves a pie in the face. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/39 "2009-02-18T22:48:42Z")
I usually don’t find them funny; however, I do think that Shemp gets an undeserved bad rap. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410/40 "2009-02-18T22:58:55Z")
HEY MOE! Nyuck! Nyuck! Nyuck! 45, male, & just ordered a remastered DVD collection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-three-stooges/486410.md?page=3)