# Poor Shemp Howard.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 2, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636 "2014-08-02T12:37:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636/41 "2014-08-06T18:00:31Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Joe Besser had a clause in his Stooge contract that prohibited Moe from slapping him excessively the way he would hit Curly, Shemp, or Larry.

That pussy.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Bow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jim\_Bow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Bow)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636/42 "2014-08-06T18:13:33Z")

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I never understood the Stooges. They always worried me as a child. Were they brothers? Some sort of a support group? Were they walkaways from a halfway house?

I don’t like clowns either.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636/43 "2014-08-06T18:34:17Z")

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“Not so haaarrd.”

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636/44 "2014-08-06T20:00:03Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> That pussy.

There you go, jumping to conclusions.

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