# I like Larry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554 "2003-11-11T05:13:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/1 "2003-11-11T05:13:31Z")

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Yes, Curly had the comic genius, and Moe was good. I even have some fondness for Shemp and can tolerate Joe and Curly Joe to some extent, but I like Larry.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/2 "2003-11-11T06:22:27Z")

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Damn, I thought I was getting stroked! 😉

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**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/3 "2003-11-12T13:17:36Z")

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As the t-shirt says “it’s fine in the middle.” (Moe, Larry, Curly. Larry’s last name was Fine). Of course Curly was my fave when I was a kid, but as an adult Larry is now the business.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/4 "2003-11-12T14:05:57Z")

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There’s apparently a rare bio (book) of Larry Fine entitled **The Stooge in the Middle** , but I’ve never seen it.

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**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/5 "2003-11-12T15:16:10Z")

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Larry’s Fine (hehe), but Curly’s a genius.

I’m one of the few women I know that likes the Three Stooges.

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**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/6 "2003-11-12T16:30:39Z")

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I’m a Shemp man myself.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-larry/212554/7 "2003-11-12T18:05:17Z")

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Larry = Laurence Feinberg

Moe = Moses Horowitz  
Curly = Jerome Horowitz  
Shemp = Samual Horowitz