Followed by Shemp, Joe and Curly Joe :eek: , I think after the original Curly …
Not entirely off-topic (since if the answer is yes, I’d know where you were first exposed to the Stooges) – love your username, SallyStar – are you, by any chance, a Philly native of a certain age?
They definitely went downhill after Curly died and Shemp came back.
When their shorts became a fav. of cheap 1950s TV and brought back their careers, pretty much all the features they did from then on were bad. So that’s a “low point of note.”
Note: I don’t use A Certain Overused and Trite Expression.
This thing is really pounded into the ground. When did so and so “jump the shark”?
For me, it was when Joe Besser replaced Shemp.
Granted, Shemp was not as funny as Curley. But who is? I think you can make a strong argument that Curley was the funniest human who has ever lived. Shemp did some good work and had his own persona.
Joe Besser, on the other hand, was just obnoxious. He sets my teeth on edge. He makes me cringe. Even Curly Joe DeRita kicked Joe Besser’s ass in the funny department.