# The Farrellys don't understand the Stooges **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394 "2011-03-03T19:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/21 "2011-03-04T01:54:27Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Definitely solid. It was a unique movie, blending slapstick and biopic. I think it could be argued that it fictionalized events a bit too much, but, hey, that’s what biopics are for. I really liked the movie even if the Stooges are not my thing. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/22 "2011-03-04T02:56:46Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > “Benny, Dick, and Johnny” with three actors simply _hired_ to play the roles is also a bad idea. > ([incidentally, IMDB only lists “Bennie” and “Dick”.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/) \*\* muldoonthief\*\*, who’s “Johnny”???) You wise guy! (pokes bienville in both eyes, then drags him across the room with a hammer in his nose) I found an older article that mentioned that Johnny Knoxville was being considered for a part. Not much, but I needed a third name. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/23 "2011-03-04T03:08:11Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I was surprised when I learned a few months ago about the plan to replace Larry with Emil Sitka. He was such a big part of a lot of the classic shorts in supporting roles, so it’s just weird to think of him almost being an actual Stooge. “Hold hands, you lovebirds.” Here’s a [promotional photo](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emilstooge.jpg) of Moe, Joe De Rita, and Emil Sitka in character. He named his character “Harry” and there is a slight resemblance to Larry Fine in that photo. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/24 "2011-03-08T22:22:21Z")
If they do it like they did with _Brain Doners_ [Brain Donors (1992) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103872/) it could turn out to be a decent movie. _Brain Doners_ was a re-make of the Marx Bros _A Night at the Opera_, and rather than dress like and mimick the bros, the characters all had their own personalities loosely based on the originals. I think a Stooge film made in this way could work. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/25 "2011-03-08T22:31:37Z")
Bets on this thing actually getting made? I feel like I’ve been hearing about it for years and half the actors out there have been attached at one point or another. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/26 "2011-03-09T15:17:00Z")
A movie about the Stooges would likely have an audience limited almost exlusive to heterosexual men. I’ve never met a woman who didn’t loathe the Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/27 "2011-03-09T15:38:35Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > If they do it like they did with _Brain Doners_ [Brain Donors (1992) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103872/) it could turn out to be a decent movie. _Brain Doners_ was a re-make of the Marx Bros _A Night at the Opera_, and rather than dress like and mimick the bros, the characters all had their own personalities loosely based on the originals. > > I think a Stooge film made in this way could work. I was going to post about \*Brain Doners \*also but couldn’t recall the name. So glad you kept me from going down that Google rabbit-hole. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/28 "2011-03-09T16:00:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A movie about the Stooges would likely have an audience limited almost exlusive to heterosexual men. I’ve never met a woman who didn’t loathe the Stooges. Hi, **Chefguy**! Nice to meet you! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/29 "2011-03-09T16:37:43Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Hi, **Chefguy**! Nice to meet you! Have you had your testosterone levels checked? You’re a rare breed, indeed. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/30 "2011-03-09T16:43:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve never met a woman who didn’t loathe the Stooges. I’ve heard this many times (it was even a plot point on an episode of “Cheers”) but it simply isn’t true. There are enough women out there who enjoy a bit of the Stooges. And while the personalities of the individual Stooges are important, there were always three “roles” to be filled. Anything that called itself the Three Stooges would have to have characters in those roles. Moe’s is most clear, and Larry’s is the counterpoint to Moe, and the third Stooge (either Shemp, Curly, or one of the others) brought the most individuality to their role. But they occupied the same place in the troika. I heard the Farrelly’s on the radio the other day, and I think they do get it. And I think it will get made. Their vision is actually three shorts, collected into a single movie length showing. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/31 "2011-03-09T16:44:17Z")
They’re perfectly normal. I also like Laurel & Hardy and the Marx Brothers. But I don’t like the Farrelly Brothers and I am very leery about this project. I think a biopic _could_ be awesome, if it went through the _The Aviator_ treatment, or it could be bad beyond belief. I just don’t think a modern-day Three Stooges would fly. _Dumb and Dumber_ came as close as it’s ever going to get. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/32 "2011-03-09T18:23:44Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I’ve heard this many times (it was even a plot point on an episode of “Cheers”) but it simply isn’t true. Perhaps generally, but true in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/33 "2011-03-09T18:31:42Z")
I’ve met plenty of women who like the Stooges. What I’ve never met, however, is a woman willing to re-enact Stooge routines while watching them. Try poking her eyes out, or grabbing her tongue with pliers, or catapulting a paint can onto her head, and she gets all pissy. Just call a woman “numbskull” and next thing you know you’re sleeping on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/34 "2011-03-09T19:05:11Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I was surprised when I learned a few months ago about the plan to replace Larry with Emil Sitka. He was such a big part of a lot of the classic shorts in supporting roles, so it’s just weird to think of him almost being an actual Stooge. “Hold hands you lovebirds.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394/35 "2011-03-09T19:29:37Z")
Damn you, **Cochrane**! What about a Ted Healy knockoff? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farrellys-dont-understand-the-stooges/573394.md?page=1)