yeah well moe howard took it upon himself to oversee all of the others financial affairs because the other two were bad with money and he didnt want to see them broke and ruined
He was not only a part of the comedy team but also it’s manager. He was the face of the team. Larry was also like a brother to Moe anyway. So it makes sense he would be pissed at Jules White.
white wasn't the easiest guy to get along with. In his defense he was under pressure to turn out the short subject filmas as quickly as possible, which increased the danger risk for the actors. The Stooges took most of it on the chin for the sake of the act.
The fact that these three men dedicated to their job and their own safety to slapstick comedy and made it so great. When it meant breaking bones or seriously harming themselves. Its honestly enough to get them Oscars.
Oscars are a scam. They dont need no oscars to make em feel good like most pansy ass actors. They live in history as legonds forever. Three stoges are the godfathers of modern comedy. Who cares about a stupid pointless oscar when u accomplish so much almost 100 years ago and are still relèvent today
Could be adrenaline. It's common for pain to not set in for a minute or two. Even gunshot wounds some people have said they didn't even feel it initially.
@@mermaidman961 It was not adrenaline, you need a build up for adrenaline ex. You hear gunshots, you’re about to fight someone, someone’s chasing you through a dark alley, etc. This is definitely just them being bad ass
I have a friend that shared a similar story to me. He was working at a stable in high school when a coworker was trying to walk a horse out of the barn. The horse was being stubborn that day and resisted the entire way. Suddenly, the horse reared up and slammed its head down on the coworker's. The coworker staggered back from the headbutt, shouted "F!@#), kicked at the horse, then passed out. That all happened in the span of five seconds.
As a kid, you know Moe as the angry, violent one that hurts Curly and Larry. As an adult, it's heartwarming to know in real life that he looked out for Curly and Larry like he did, and he always got it the worst stunt-wise.
I've heard Larry had some choice words for Jules White... unfortunately, some schoolchildren were touring the studios that day, and learned a few colorful new vocabulary enhancers.
You had to know things went wrong in a lot of their gags. I hope they knew how beloved they were by their fans. Even by millions of people who weren’t born before they passed on.
Moe has some anime protagonist's level of physical tolerance. In the last one he broke some ribs, stood up, and kept on acting like it was nothing before passing out. That's metal as hell.
The worst part is that they didn’t even know how popular the show was, they were being taken advantage of and only paid a small amount of what was theirs.
The Stooges agent, Harry Romm, was allied with Columbia president Harry Cohn and helped convince them that they were getting a good deal and dissuade them from demanding more.
Jeez 9 stiches when Curly hit the window and he still continued to shoot man...that's dedication. Larry getting hit by that pen is like getting hit by a dart! Moe's eyes, broken ankle and ribs jeez... These guys deserve more credit they're legends.
"Jeez 9 stiches when Curly hit the window and he still continued to shoot man...that's dedication." He didn't continue to shoot, he went to the hospital to get nine stiches. He most certainly did not go right back to filming because he will have had the mother of all headaches and he will have been told by the doctor to rests for a few days until, you kow, the wound stops bleeding.
@@bigdaddydiesel5520 "I didn't even see any blood on Curly, but it was black and white, too." You do realise that the takes they used in the film are not neccessarily the takes where they actually got hurt, right? This video is clickbait, he pretends that they are actuaklly getting hurt but feel free to explain why a person who gets a pen in the forehead just keeps saying "ouch" in a funny way, instead of breaking character because of the brainsplitting pain to his forehead? Why doesnt he at least grab the pen? Because this is not the take where it happens.
Moe getting hurt the most doesn’t surprise me. He usually got the brunt of the staged accident, and he would just later slap the shit out of the other two for causing the predicament.
Beat me to it. And I always suspected Curly and Shemp did it vindictively on purpose because they couldn’t take the lifelong brotherly abuse anymore from Moe. Just imagine what they were like as kids.
@@krayzeejojo lol moe was actually really protective of curly n Moe was more of a scrapper he got into a lot of fights about his hair b4 his friend gave him some scissors to cut off all the curls
@@devotedrealestate1540 they deserved much better, (especially compared to some modern lazier celebrities) but at least their legacy lives on nearly a century later.
@@devotedrealestate1540 It's fine. the Studios are men also. Are you stupid? I am so done with weak men thinking that government bodies or business are not just men like you in the situation they will make profit.
They wanted that top slot and they still have it. If that pen really stuck in Larry's forehead, that was absolute mastery under pain and still pulling off the scene.
@@akuma4u I am not quite sure professional wrestling can be regarded slapstick. But they are definitly athletes and do take big hits often. Of course, there is definitly a script and acting. Maybe you are right. Maybe it can be retarded extreme slapstick.
@@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 untrue. They rehearse for huge matches but 95% of the time its just a verbal rundown backstage and executed live one take.
@@indridcold8433 "retarded extreme slapstick" is your opinion on that form of entertainment which is not true. Wrestling has slapstick segments but it also has romance, horror, sci fi, reality etc. They are creating the illusion of fighting and often get injured. They dont repeat the same slap and hairpull every match. Its far more advanced. Hence why i said they surpassed 3 stooges in that sense.
It looks like they tried to put protective puddy or something on Larry's forehead, seeing as even with the pie all over it, his forehead protrudes a bit more then normal, but the pen punctured too deep, as the puddy didn't harden enough to catch it. Larry's agonizing screams also sound much different than his usual faked screams of pain. Showing he is in genuine pain. The more you inspect these scenes, the more real you realize they are.
This is disturbing. I just read an article recently that said Curly's strokes were caused by him getting hit in the head so much. When his doctors strongly advised he take time off but his boss wouldn't let him. It breaks my heart.
That is completely true. But he also had a troubled life with women (he married 4 times but was divorced 3), was a heavy alcoholic and was obese. All these factors contributed to the strokes he suffered which tragically cost him his life at just 48.
@@CrestedSaguaro520 Yes, I am aware of this. But the part that really upsets me is Harry Cohn, their boss, not giving Curly time off to recover from the first stroke when Moe requested it. That horrible man was only worried about making money and didn't give a flip about the guys who were bringing that money in. Harry Cohn was pure evil.
@@karenstepp669 yes... Tragically at that time there were no orgazationss like the Screen Actor's Guild. Actors had no rights when they worked for a company. The company could do whatever they wanted to them and pay the actors whatever they felt necessary. The actors had deadlines and if they didn't meet them, the studio wouldn't pay them and they could get fired.
@@CrestedSaguaro520 It's just terrible when people get so focused on money that they lose all sense of compassion for others. It's very sad. I become very defensive of Jerome Lester "Curly" Howard because I have loved him since I was 5 years old. He brought so much joy into my life when I was a little girl, and I didn't know he had already passed away when I was born ( in 1953 ). I didn't know anything about his illness and suffering and death until about a year ago. I'm glad I never knew it as a child but since I have learned how much he suffered it breaks my heart. I believe he was a sweet and gentle-hearted man, and he will always be the hero of my heart. Thanks so much for your comments and for taking time to be sure I understood the full situation. I appreciate that very much!
once had carpal tunnel at work & i had a doctors note saying i needed personal breaks for hand exercises to heal my hands. my boss completely ignored my doctors note & to work like usual even though my hands actually were hurting for how i was working. i still did those breaks anyway for my hands. years later did i realize i could've taken action for that
Adrenaline is a powerful drug. It probably took less amount of time for it to wear off though, I’ve gone whole tournaments with concussions and didn’t even feel it until it was over. What a cool thing when you think about it.
They even took the pain just to make us laugh. They are comedy legends and will never be forgotten. I have so much respect for such a talented group of people.
All these years I've been saying "poor Curly" and "Damn, Moe was such a jerk.", now after watching this, I'm thinking, "Poor Moe. I understand you now."
Yeah mo was the responsible one who took care of finances and got their movies on track. He was more than the glue he was the foundation, the bedrock, a great investor and manager and partner and brother. mo was the real deal and someone you’d follow into battle.
@@williamsmith666 Yes, in real life he was an absolute mensch in every sense of the word. His being so concerned about Larry's safety is very typical. He was a very good partner to have. For example, he insisted that his brothers, and Larry, give him a certain percentage of their Stooges income every time they were paid, and he faithfully invested it in things like real estate and bonds so that they would not be poor whenever their careers ended. (He was the only one good at managing money, so the fact that he took time to do this was huge. Curly was a lady's man who especially loved to live it up, and would **absolutely** have been broke without his brother's work for him, lol) He was a devoted family man who adored his wife, and they continued to do romantic and sentimental things for each other like they were still a young dating couple. They had two children together who say they provided a very warm and tightknit home for them. I think one of my favourite things about Moe, though, was the way he was eager to take part in both formal charity and the kind of personal, every day charity that people don't get credit for. One year, Moe (a Jew) found out that a character actor who they sometimes worked with them, Emil Sitka (a Christian) was having a very hard time making ends meet. (Stooges fans will remember him right away. He was the minister who kept trying to deliver the line "hold hands, you lovebirds!" While everything falls apart, lol) In real life, he had seven children, and that year he had no money for Christmas gifts, or much else really. Moe found out, visited his wife, and without telling Sitka himself, took care of things. He arrived home one day to not only find everything they needed for Christmas, but also all their cupboards crammed full of food. Sitka was overwhelmed by this kindness, and wrote him a letter that included the phrase, "the oil burns eight days for Chanukah, but the torch of my gratitude to you will burn forever." 😭😭😭
@@BloodySeaGullsRoss While I know these "Three Stooges" shows are for comedy of all three men hitting each other for comedy, that fountain pen shooting at Larry's forehead was the only time I didn't laugh especially now I learned that Larry wasn't saying "ow" for the show but, he was saying "ow" in real life that he really got hurt. For myself when the fountain pen shot at Larry's forehead, I said to myself, "ouch that would hurt" and another person who watched that "Heavenly Daze" episode with me said that he wonders if Larry has to go to the hospital now where maybe he did once they finished making the episode.
@@BloodySeaGullsRoss I guess it was the directors fault for coming up with that idea for the fountain pen to shoot at Larry's forehead and I was glad in some ways that Moe gave the director a confrontation since I'm sure there was blood oozing out from under the whip cream. Someone else here mentioned that Larry was wearing a protective plate on his forehead but the fountain pen missed the plate. Perhaps maybe the director should have came up with a different idea for comedy like maybe Larry was wearing a rubber see through mask and someone here squirts the ink at him making it look like the ink from the fountain pen is shooting out at him from the cake mixer.
afriendofbean I’m only guessing the director was testing how far he could ‘reasonably’ take these stunts. Still rewatching it I’m like yeah it ain’t funny. Initially it was because I wasn’t expecting it but damn though.
They did some painful stuff, we used to bring up the funniest episodes at work and my boss told me to look up the most violent episode of The Three Stooges where they were telephone lineman mode took a pretty good beating there with curly but I don't think he got hurt on that one but it's still hard to look at and hilarious at the same time.
They suffered for their art. These guys will live on as comedic legends. Many people think their humor is merely slapstick, but there are elements of many forms of humor in their work. Millions and millions of people have been uplifted by their work, and not many people can claim to still be relevant, known, and watched 100 years later.
They were not a TV show , they did short subject films played at movie houses 1930's to 1950's, They later had a TV show were they would get into mischief and then show their cartoon's that was 1965 & 1966, you can view the cartoons here on Y.T.
@@vassa1972 Your welcome, as a kid I would see the 3 Stooges at the kiddie matinee, Plus Bugs Bunny cartoons and a Movie maybe a Godzilla film from 1967 all for 75 cents!
@@improperbostonian6722 I'm not that old I was born in Toronto in July of '72 I'm also a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor now at 47 but anyways I loved all the old bugs Bunny cartoons, mostly a fan of the original g1 transformers series cartoons
@@vassa1972 , Good luck with your health, I am retired from tractor trailer driving I am ill with deafness and inner ear bone decay had to leave my job, Born June 1960 in Boston. Toronto is very elegant lovely city like mine.
That's because the part where he gets up and let's the door fall on him was filmed later. His ribs were broken the second he landed on the sawed table.
There's an old film of an elderly Larry describing this scene. Larry said that Moe had to go to Mt. Sinai Hospital for x-rays and to have his ribs taped up, then he came back to the studio that day to finish filming.
The Pen Gag, true story: In practice they had a 17 year old intern lightly throw the pen at Larry's forehead. It bounced. For the real shot, they had a minor league baseball player throw the pen as hard as he could at Larry's forehead to make sure it stuck.
@@chucklebutt4470 Well what were you expecting? A pen throwing machine? You make do with what you have available. Compared to some of the stuff Hitchcock did to get child actors to cry realistically, (and by that I mean for real) a baseball player throwing a pen is nothing.
Okay, that sounds terrifying. Haven't they considered that the pen might accidentally go straight into one of Larry's eyes? The guy who threw the pen may be an expert on throwing but they should have at least used eye protection like as a precaution.
@@Mynthium ... This is during WW2, and their job was to make it look real, They couldn't go out in a bubble suit with helmets and goggles on. Now a days we can CGI this type of stuff or editing of some kind.
You can tell by Larry's cry that was painful, a real cry of pain not a put on. Also, notice how gingerly Moe moves after falling through that table, you can see he was in real pain.
And then the scene abruptly cuts to a close-up, showing they had to stop it there to tend to his injuries, as according to the video he went unconscious after stage slapping them. The part where he chases them was filmed weeks later after he recovered a bit. And yeah, Larry's agonized screams with the pen sound more genuine then his usual fake, comical ones. If you look at his forehead it looks like they put some make-up putty or something on it under the foam for the pen to puncture, but it went in too deep, and actually went into his skin.
@@kristofer1004 Do your research. It was an accident with real glass, and he didn't even break character. Go look the scene up and you can see his own blood on his hand :0
In the short, "Violent is the Word for Curly" (1938), Curly is frozen from sleeping in the back of an ice cream truck and is tied to a spit over a fire to thaw him out. According to screenwriter Edward Bernds, during filming, a sudden gust of wind caused the fire to flare up. Curly yelled for help (using his natural voice, not his comic voice) and Moe rushed to untie him. This is all captured in the short.
As part of the 'thawing' process, Curly was too heavy for Moe and Larry to use the crank. Even so, when the flames went up, Moe was first to rush over and try to get his brother down. Moe for best brother award.
Another good one is Shemp getting his nose broken by Christine McIntyre in the Brideless Groom. She was required to hit Shemp but was afraid to do it. After a few failed takes, Shemp pulled McIntyre aside and insisted she just let loose. She went all out and leaned too far into a punch and broke his nose when she knocked him through the door. She apologized relentlessly while crying but Shemp commending her for letting him have it.
"Ironically, Moe sustained the most on-set injuries." That does surprise me, since it always seemed like Moe was the one handing out the most slaps and eye-pokes, but they probably had those antics honed down to a fine art after a while.
Agreed. Always wondered how they were able to do all of that. Didn't have all the special effects and stunt men like they do now. Sometimes when I see these old episodes i just shake my head and think: "what in the World..."
@@sheilaolfieway1885 Uh yeah, I never thought that the eye-pokes were real, that's why I said their antics were honed to a fine art. Even so, they were done at very close range and didn't resort to the endless cut scenes we have today. Even pokes at the eyebrows were risky and carried the chance of doing real damage. Physical comedy a generation ago took a lot more chances than it does today. Maybe not a good thing because of the risk, but it left us a heritage we'll probably never see again, true slap-stick comedy that was genuine.
Whatever you might think of the Stooges' material, and my grandmother and mom absolutely detested it and them, their execution of it was absolutely impeccable. Their sense of comedic timing and their abilities to make what was happening on the screen look real and natural and genuine have never been equalled by any other comedy team, never mind surpassed. Not by Laurel & Hardy, not by Abbott & Costello, not by the Marx Brothers, not by anyone.
I think all the greats have their place. The Stooges were a ballet of physical comedy, like a dance. The Marx Brothers were a bit smarter and wittier, a bit more sophisticated. Duck Soup, for example, is filled with social commentary way beyond most of the Stooges work. Abbot and Costello were more about snappy dialog and facial expressions, being able to get out complex wordplay without breaking or stumbling. Laurel and Hardy I'm less familiar with, but I'm sure they also had unique strengths.
Laurel & Hardy is a close second. They pioneered many comedy techniques and their films are still enjoyed to this day. Abbott & Costello blew up in the 1940’s during the war, but their material began to decline afterwards. Their stuff in the 1950’s was mostly to keep them relevant. The Marx Brothers had a dozen films in the 1930s and 1940s. They never did shorts. Groucho Marx stole the show however, and by the time he did his radio show turned TV show it was all Groucho. Nobody else. Martin & Lewis, Bob Hope, the Bowery Boys and other comedy acts fall further down the list.
These gentlemen are absolute legends of slapstick comedy. They deserve all the respect they get. Timeless Hollywood legends they are. They sustained real injury all for the sake of entertaining us.
You couldn't pay me enough to be one of the Three Stoo- ges, seeing as how they pra- ctically killed themselves jus t to make people laugh, esp- cially what happened to Larr y during the filming of Heav- enly Daze.
Little did they know while they were getting hurt daily and being taken advantage of, they were also making history and bringing laughs to a generation and many more generations to come, the stooges are timeless, true legends
You couldn't do it today, because safety issues would stop much of what they did. Buster Keaton's stunt in Steamboat Bill, Jr. is legendary. He was even told if it went wrong or if he was in the wrong spot that stunt would possibly kill him. He did it anyway. You couldn't do this today, in fact, after he did it, there was some who supported banning such stunts. SO I agree, you could never have a team like that again because the stunts and actions are either banned, faked, or digitalised.
I always thought that was a pretty bad fall from the table Moe took, one you don't normally get up from. Ends up he broke a few ribs but got up anyway and saved the scene. Amazing.
I figured that they would have gotten injured during the filming of some of those shorts! But I had no idea that it was this bad for the guys. They definitely suffered for their art. I hope that they knew how loved they were/are!
Idk if it was just the UK but back then retakes were expensive like for Doctor Who a lot of the 1st doctor era has flubs left in bc it wouldve been too expensive to reshoot but idk about the US
@@HopeAuq I think for the most part that it was the same here in the US. Though you can find rare outtakes/blooper reels from those times. Also, I think Hartnell's mess ups were what made the Doctor seem like "a madman with a blue box". But I honestly find it cool, shows the history of film/acting and how it has changed over the years
@@e.j5813 The Japanese ones do at least, they actually have to go to school to do voice-overs. Unlike English dubs where they take celebrities or whoever they find on the street that day.
the sad thing is, they got heavily cheated by their studio, which was making a ton off of them, wile they were worked heavily for little pay. the public back then also did not realize it was fake and would often do things they did in the show to them (like hitting them across the head with stuff) because they thought it was funny. its sad how awful their lives were.
*The Lone Wolf Assassin*: Moe and Larry got to smell their roses at least, The Three Stooges became on the highest paid acts in Hollywood during their return in the '60s.
Nobody working in the Columbia shorts got paid very much. (I think the Stooges and Buster Keaton made the highest salaries.) But there were some compensations. The Stooges could take their act on the road and could occasionally make films for other studios, both of which paid more.
Thankfully Moe had a keen eye for real estate investments and often managed to turn the peanuts Columbia paid them into quite a bit of money. The stooges never had the insanely wealthy lifestyle of many modern celebrities, but they spent most of their time living a fairly cushy lifestyle thanks mostly to Moe being good with money.
Yup. Moe Howard was a swell dude by all accounts as well, did a lot of guest appearances in the late 60's/early 70's. During those appearances he basically relayed what you just stated: They never saw a dime from most of their shorts as syndication wasn't a thing when they signed the contract. So while they were all over TV, they got nothing from most of their early work. Curly Howard had a stroke on set and couldn't act anymore afterwards - the most he did was a short appearance in one of their shorts in a non speaking role. Larry Fine, like Curly, suffered a stroke, followed by several others during his later years, and from my understanding, it was Moe who paid for his interment. Despite that though, he was very approachable and always willing to play host to fans. Devastatingly sad stuff, but it makes you respect them all the more. No matter what happened they were always genial and welcoming towards their fans and very approachable by all accounts. Even if not all of them loved the work itself, they always appreciated their fans, and THAT takes real dedication.
@@mresturk9336 It's kind of ironic that one of the most genuinely nice guys in hollywood was the one who portrayed the grouchy, hard nosed leader and schemer.
I'll be honest with you... I don't want that. That's dumb. I want to be entertained, but not to the point of which the entertainers are being physically harmed. Fuck that. You can make me laugh without stabbing yourself. Don't put your lives in danger over a few damn laughs.
@@PrydeWater901 a lot of the real asshole characters are the sweetest people. I think its because they limit their personal lives so much that they take the aggression on the acting. I hear this so much about villains being super awesome people, especially the voice of vegeta from dragon ball z. Super awesome guy.
Lol imagine if he had finished that whole thing, running into the wall with the 2x4 smashing against his ribs THEN a door falling on him?! These guys are american gold!
@@Totalballa41 oh no please don't start linking subreddits outside of reddit HahA r/wuuuuush yu cring normie I didn't even missed a joke because your comment is simply stupid
This trio is iconic, nothing makes me laugh more consistently than the gags they get themselves into. They certainly put in work for their art, fantastic talents. May they rest easy knowing their pains did not go in vain, and that many still find joy in their content.
Sadly, they ended up poor after it. While the accomplishment of them doing this crazy stuff and finishing the shot is cool, they shouldn’t have had to.
all you needed was a cut away to place a pad underneath all the cream and you could have thrown the pen at that instead, still dangerous, but not metal to the skull dangerous.
@@underzog One of the many reasons, but think about that: Moe put him and his brothers' lives at risk so his gambling friend could stay employed. There are better ways to fix that problem sure, but he didn't even really think about it, all he saw was his friend needed work so he took care of it, no questions asked.
The level of commitment here is legendary. I doubt many actors today would be half this tough. These guys were comedic geniuses. They invented more slapstick ways to beat on someone than any other team. Pretty much unappreciated in their time too. I bet in real life they were the safest most careful people around.
The one with the pen into Larry's head had me dying of laughter. I realize it was real pain and reaction coming from him, but it just made it all the more funnier. RIP gentlemen, you are legends.
I'm shocked Larry had the presence of mind to focus so he wouldn't ruin the take while feeling the intense pain of a heavy metal pen skewering his forehead. Dedication.
These men were treasures, sacrificing their bodies for the sake of our entertainment. Rest in peace, you gems! Edit : Yes we get it, Jackass did similar stuff. You can all shut up now. Edit 2: Jesus Christ, first everyone said "LiKe JaCkAsS" but now suddenly people realize it's NOT the same? No shit!
@@quicksylver5684 Oh fuck off. It has nothing to do with your "PC bogeyman". The problem is that people are just obnoxious and stupid now. Everyone with Internet access thinks they're a comedian with their idiotic online jokes and memes, and they get plenty of conformation bias from like-minded morons. The quality of humor is at an all time low, and it has nothing to do with politics. That's just a lazy cop-out excuse. Comedy used to be a serious art, but since the advent of the Internet, it's become nothing more than passing gas with today's generation.
Yeah, I hear ya. He had a callous on the left side of his face from being slapped over the years. He got a bald spot in the back of his head towards the early 1940's from where his hair got pulled out. Sometimes it would come out when Moe would bump his and Curly's heads together, or some would come out when he had his fake ''hair'' pulled out.
When Joe Besser joined the act after the sudden death of Shemp, Larry volunteered to take the brunt of the slaps since Besser was reluctant to take the abuse. By that point he was so used to it his face probably didn't even hurt anymore.
These guys were the consumate professionals. They took laughter seriously, and will always have a spot of high honor and respect in my heart. Thanks for the laughs, gentlemen (who walked in?)!
“The pen deeply punctured Larry’s forehead and moe took off after white.”
We all need a bro like moe.
That's why Moe was the leader
I like to think he went "Why you..." before he took off
@@bink “Oh a wise guy huh?”
You could tell Larry was in real pain! That wasn't acting.
@@braedenmclean5304 Nyuk nyuk nyuk
"He rises and finishes the shot before passing out."
Table collapsed under the weight of Moe's balls.
Jacob Grant 2:26 the shot changed which means that everything after the slap was filmed post injury
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@@asherz8202 Haha! Thanks for the love!
@@barackobama5530 Still, to get up and slap someone with broken ribs. Damn.
Imagine finishing a shot with broken ribs. That's dedication
@Hingle McCringleberry Not necessarily . and I don't like your way of thinking.
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Rebirth Resurrection Huh...? What’s wrong with his comment?
It like you fall on your ass hard but feeling the pain the next day whenever you try to sit or get up
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Props to Moe for charging and wanting to fight the dude who stuck the pen in Larry's head. Shows he stuck up for his homeys.
yeah well moe howard took it upon himself to oversee all of the others financial affairs because the other two were bad with money and he didnt want to see them broke and ruined
He was not only a part of the comedy team but also it’s manager. He was the face of the team. Larry was also like a brother to Moe anyway. So it makes sense he would be pissed at Jules White.
white wasn't the easiest guy to get along with. In his defense he was under pressure to turn out the short subject filmas as quickly as possible, which increased the danger risk for the actors. The Stooges took most of it on the chin for the sake of the act.
@@ernestgarner8377 Unfortunately Moe never asked for more Money and they all ended up broke anyways. They got fleeced.
Not only that but for those who remember Shemp.. Shemp, Curly and Moe were brothers irl. I didn't find that out till recently 🤷♂️
The fact that these three men dedicated to their job and their own safety to slapstick comedy and made it so great. When it meant breaking bones or seriously harming themselves. Its honestly enough to get them Oscars.
Oscars are a scam. They dont need no oscars to make em feel good like most pansy ass actors. They live in history as legonds forever. Three stoges are the godfathers of modern comedy. Who cares about a stupid pointless oscar when u accomplish so much almost 100 years ago and are still relèvent today
I love how you realize it can apply to comedy and not only high concept drama (DiCaprio and ‘The reverent’).
Jackass?
Your hear will break when you discover how swindled they actually were by the studio system in Hollywood...
Alex Simic I’ve never seen the “legonds” typo
Your statement is good but that legonds makes it so funny 😂
What really surprises me is that they all have the strength to continue the scene without making it noticeable they were injured.
Could be adrenaline. It's common for pain to not set in for a minute or two. Even gunshot wounds some people have said they didn't even feel it initially.
They had to or they'd be disciplined or fired. There were no actors guilds fighting for actors rights and safety back then.
@@mermaidman961 It was not adrenaline, you need a build up for adrenaline ex. You hear gunshots, you’re about to fight someone, someone’s chasing you through a dark alley, etc. This is definitely just them being bad ass
@@pachinkomachine7347 yeah but adrenaline can also kick in within seconds like an adrenaline rush
show must go on! Still today the first rule for pro's! ;]
a man who could break several ribs, get up, smack his two co-workers and then pass out is a man I wanna be like.
Who? Moe?
Human resources wants to see you in their office..Immediately!
I have a friend that shared a similar story to me. He was working at a stable in high school when a coworker was trying to walk a horse out of the barn. The horse was being stubborn that day and resisted the entire way. Suddenly, the horse reared up and slammed its head down on the coworker's. The coworker staggered back from the headbutt, shouted "F!@#), kicked at the horse, then passed out. That all happened in the span of five seconds.
Nowadays, someone breaks a nail on the job, they’ll sue the company then apply for disability.
@@Lawrence_Talbot no they wont. its entirely their own fault. not the company smh
As a kid, you know Moe as the angry, violent one that hurts Curly and Larry. As an adult, it's heartwarming to know in real life that he looked out for Curly and Larry like he did, and he always got it the worst stunt-wise.
Moe was actually very kind hearted IRL. He even invited Stooge fans he met to his home so often it started to annoy his wife.
@@beauwalker9820I find it kinda ironic moe and curly were the opposite of their on screen characters
Director: "Break a leg!"
Stoogies: "I'll finish the shot with two broken legs if I have to!"
Sounds like a Moe thing to say .
@@yin-mei-gou2526 I read that in his voice
"I'd rather not break any!"
I like to imagine that when the pen stunt hurt Larry and Moe took off after the director, the usual Three Stooges sound effects continued.
He never chased him lol.
I've heard Larry had some choice words for Jules White... unfortunately, some schoolchildren were touring the studios that day, and learned a few colorful new vocabulary enhancers.
@@smokingcatcomicscollectibl2131 He made them rich and famous. They sold themselves so tough shit.
Smoking Cat Comics & Collectibles and those schoolchildren are probably all in their 80s now lol
@@hx2975 Ok? Doesn't mean it's ok to lie to them about getting hurt lol.
You had to know things went wrong in a lot of their gags. I hope they knew how beloved they were by their fans. Even by millions of people who weren’t born before they passed on.
i became a fan at 9 yrs old i was born in '84 i found out about them 1 day when my grampa was still alive n i started watching them n was hooked
I found these awesome slapstick masters on RUclips when I graduated high school, they always got me through tough times in my job
@@AceripXF I was born in '82 and as far back as I can remember my grandpa and I watched them on TV every Sunday evening like a religion.
@@Kara_Kay_Eschel thats awesome! when i found out theyd already passed on is when i started reading the books n learning the history
My pops and I used to watch this all the time. Nothing brought a smile to my dad's face like the stooges and the apple didnt fall far from the tree!
this is heartbreaking to watch, they were treated so poorly but they made some legendary slapstick humor
Yeah. They were the best. It's too bad they weren't treated like the best.
@@solamon77 just goes to show the best are always treated like crap
@@cheefqueef6494 no. Go outside (:
@@cheefqueef6494 cringiest comment ive seen in a while
@@cheefqueef6494 what
Breaking ribs, gets up like a boss to complete the scene, by slapping the shit out of Curly!
Then passes out for a well-deserved nap LOL
Dudes a legend
"Breaking ribs, gets up like a boss to complete the scene, by slapping the shit out of Curly"! Priceless.....
Adrenaline is a crazy chemical
It literally says, “the rest of the scene was filmed later.” So as soon as the camera cuts is when they restarted.
Moe has some anime protagonist's level of physical tolerance.
In the last one he broke some ribs, stood up, and kept on acting like it was nothing before passing out. That's metal as hell.
Jojo characters irl basically
Thus passes the glory of adrenaline
That's pretty typical, you can see videos of motorcyclists getting hurt, having ribs broken in car crashes before standing up and walking around.
🤘 "Heroes get remembered, legends never die!" Curly was always my favorite stooge.
Tyler Lackey OH MY GOD!!!!
The worst part is that they didn’t even know how popular the show was, they were being taken advantage of and only paid a small amount of what was theirs.
what!?!? seriously??
yep its sad
Residuals did come along until 1960 for tv reruns and then some contracts limited it to 6 reruns.
The Stooges agent, Harry Romm, was allied with Columbia president Harry Cohn and helped convince them that they were getting a good deal and dissuade them from demanding more.
@DRE_Talks You can leave if you don't like it.
Jeez 9 stiches when Curly hit the window and he still continued to shoot man...that's dedication.
Larry getting hit by that pen is like getting hit by a dart!
Moe's eyes, broken ankle and ribs jeez...
These guys deserve more credit they're legends.
I didn't even see any blood on Curly, but it was black and white, too.
@J M Good eyes!
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"Jeez 9 stiches when Curly hit the window and he still continued to shoot man...that's dedication."
He didn't continue to shoot, he went to the hospital to get nine stiches. He most certainly did not go right back to filming because he will have had the mother of all headaches and he will have been told by the doctor to rests for a few days until, you kow, the wound stops bleeding.
@@bigdaddydiesel5520 "I didn't even see any blood on Curly, but it was black and white, too."
You do realise that the takes they used in the film are not neccessarily the takes where they actually got hurt, right? This video is clickbait, he pretends that they are actuaklly getting hurt but feel free to explain why a person who gets a pen in the forehead just keeps saying "ouch" in a funny way, instead of breaking character because of the brainsplitting pain to his forehead? Why doesnt he at least grab the pen? Because this is not the take where it happens.
Youre an amazing actor if you can fiinish a scene while needing emergency medical attention. I couldnt even tell with half of these.
@Nostalgia Poodle im like 5"2
@@AceripXF We found Jerma's alt account.
@@Zorro9129 who?
@@Zorro9129 Lol he'll never live that picture down.
I could see the pain in his face when the pen hit him. But he made it look part the act
Moe getting hurt the most doesn’t surprise me. He usually got the brunt of the staged accident, and he would just later slap the shit out of the other two for causing the predicament.
Beat me to it.
And I always suspected Curly and Shemp did it vindictively on purpose because they couldn’t take the lifelong brotherly abuse anymore from Moe. Just imagine what they were like as kids.
@@krayzeejojo lol moe was actually really protective of curly n Moe was more of a scrapper he got into a lot of fights about his hair b4 his friend gave him some scissors to cut off all the curls
1:23 The line actually rhymes
Damn it..That was True!!
@@AceripXF - Mo used to tell his brothers if you come home and tell me somebody F"ed you up, I'm gonna F you up again!
Damn they took "the show must go on" seriously congrats to them
"Suffer for the art" taken quite literally in strides of course
Leonardo DiCaprio learned the lesson
Old school Hollywood was no joke
That's how it was back then.
Cannibal corpse 👌🤘🤘🤘🤘
NFL players: "we sacrifice our bodies for your entertainment."
The 3 stooges: "hold my beer"
both can be true. all workers need safer working conditions.
@A J Yeah they do now. The Three Stoogies weren't paid shit.
DONT LIKE ITS AT 420
Since when did the NFL players say that?
Oh bears are to big to hold
"Pain is temporary, film is forever." - Michael J.Fox
That's crazy Moe sustain more injury's then the rest of the stooges
What sucks the most is that they got paid peanuts compared to what the studios made off of them...greatest of entertainers, bad businessmen
@@devotedrealestate1540 they deserved much better, (especially compared to some modern lazier celebrities) but at least their legacy lives on nearly a century later.
@@devotedrealestate1540 It's fine. the Studios are men also. Are you stupid? I am so done with weak men thinking that government bodies or business are not just men like you in the situation they will make profit.
@@Adventure_fuel
What the fuck does ogs comment have to do with males???
These guys literally gave their lives so we could laugh....
huh?
@@dajzilla They shortened their lifespan by doing their own stunts.
😢God bless the three stooges
They wanted that top slot and they still have it. If that pen really stuck in Larry's forehead, that was absolute mastery under pain and still pulling off the scene.
You don't understand what literally means.
The masters did all their own stunts. There will never be others as dedicated to slapstick as the Stooges.
Wrong. Professional wrestlers have surpassed them by miles.
@@akuma4u I am not quite sure professional wrestling can be regarded slapstick. But they are definitly athletes and do take big hits often. Of course, there is definitly a script and acting. Maybe you are right. Maybe it can be retarded extreme slapstick.
@@akuma4u All that professional wrestler garbage is rehearsed, specifically so it's all staged!
@@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 untrue. They rehearse for huge matches but 95% of the time its just a verbal rundown backstage and executed live one take.
@@indridcold8433 "retarded extreme slapstick" is your opinion on that form of entertainment which is not true. Wrestling has slapstick segments but it also has romance, horror, sci fi, reality etc. They are creating the illusion of fighting and often get injured. They dont repeat the same slap and hairpull every match. Its far more advanced. Hence why i said they surpassed 3 stooges in that sense.
The freeze frame after the pen stuck, with “it did hurt” killed me
It looks like they tried to put protective puddy or something on Larry's forehead, seeing as even with the pie all over it, his forehead protrudes a bit more then normal, but the pen punctured too deep, as the puddy didn't harden enough to catch it.
Larry's agonizing screams also sound much different than his usual faked screams of pain. Showing he is in genuine pain.
The more you inspect these scenes, the more real you realize they are.
they didnt.... moe nearly chased the person who threw that pen. he was held by like 5 people including larry with fkn pen in his head
This is disturbing. I just read an article recently that said Curly's strokes were caused by him getting hit in the head so much. When his doctors strongly advised he take time off but his boss wouldn't let him. It breaks my heart.
That is completely true. But he also had a troubled life with women (he married 4 times but was divorced 3), was a heavy alcoholic and was obese. All these factors contributed to the strokes he suffered which tragically cost him his life at just 48.
@@CrestedSaguaro520 Yes, I am aware of this. But the part that really upsets me is Harry Cohn, their boss, not giving Curly time off to recover from the first stroke when Moe requested it. That horrible man was only worried about making money and didn't give a flip about the guys who were bringing that money in. Harry Cohn was pure evil.
@@karenstepp669 yes... Tragically at that time there were no orgazationss like the Screen Actor's Guild. Actors had no rights when they worked for a company. The company could do whatever they wanted to them and pay the actors whatever they felt necessary. The actors had deadlines and if they didn't meet them, the studio wouldn't pay them and they could get fired.
@@CrestedSaguaro520 It's just terrible when people get so focused on money that they lose all sense of compassion for others. It's very sad. I become very defensive of Jerome Lester "Curly" Howard because I have loved him since I was 5 years old. He brought so much joy into my life when I was a little girl, and I didn't know he had already passed away when I was born ( in 1953 ). I didn't know anything about his illness and suffering and death until about a year ago. I'm glad I never knew it as a child but since I have learned how much he suffered it breaks my heart. I believe he was a sweet and gentle-hearted man, and he will always be the hero of my heart.
Thanks so much for your comments and for taking time to be sure I understood the full situation. I appreciate that very much!
once had carpal tunnel at work & i had a doctors note saying i needed personal breaks for hand exercises to heal my hands. my boss completely ignored my doctors note & to work like usual even though my hands actually were hurting for how i was working. i still did those breaks anyway for my hands. years later did i realize i could've taken action for that
Ironically the three most funny men in comedy was so tragic. rip boys, rip.
Mr.Wellington Von Duke III Amen 🙏
What happened ?
@@pokerface4 They died, this stuff was filmed like 80 years ago
@@geyotepilkington2892
Huh, i thought he was talking about some event that happened to them during their lifetime.
Mr.Wellington Von Duke III I wouldn’t say most funny men in comedy
2:18
So that means he had just broken his ribs, got right back up, and slapped his friends before falling unconscious. This man is a legend.
Professionals have standards
Adrenaline is a powerful drug. It probably took less amount of time for it to wear off though, I’ve gone whole tournaments with concussions and didn’t even feel it until it was over. What a cool thing when you think about it.
What episode was this???
@@star-tc7xv That is very true.
@@ace6074 yeah like anyone memorized the god damn episode. Idiot. Go look it up
They even took the pain just to make us laugh. They are comedy legends and will never be forgotten. I have so much respect for such a talented group of people.
All these years I've been saying "poor Curly" and "Damn, Moe was such a jerk.", now after watching this, I'm thinking, "Poor Moe. I understand you now."
Also, Moe in real life was also the complete opposite of his on-screen persona.
Yeah mo was the responsible one who took care of finances and got their movies on track. He was more than the glue he was the foundation, the bedrock, a great investor and manager and partner and brother. mo was the real deal and someone you’d follow into battle.
@@williamsmith666 Yes, in real life he was an absolute mensch in every sense of the word.
His being so concerned about Larry's safety is very typical. He was a very good partner to have.
For example, he insisted that his brothers, and Larry, give him a certain percentage of their Stooges income every time they were paid, and he faithfully invested it in things like real estate and bonds so that they would not be poor whenever their careers ended.
(He was the only one good at managing money, so the fact that he took time to do this was huge. Curly was a lady's man who especially loved to live it up, and would **absolutely** have been broke without his brother's work for him, lol)
He was a devoted family man who adored his wife, and they continued to do romantic and sentimental things for each other like they were still a young dating couple.
They had two children together who say they provided a very warm and tightknit home for them.
I think one of my favourite things about Moe, though, was the way he was eager to take part in both formal charity and the kind of personal, every day charity that people don't get credit for.
One year, Moe (a Jew) found out that a character actor who they sometimes worked with them, Emil Sitka (a Christian) was having a very hard time making ends meet.
(Stooges fans will remember him right away. He was the minister who kept trying to deliver the line "hold hands, you lovebirds!" While everything falls apart, lol)
In real life, he had seven children, and that year he had no money for Christmas gifts, or much else really.
Moe found out, visited his wife, and without telling Sitka himself, took care of things.
He arrived home one day to not only find everything they needed for Christmas, but also all their cupboards crammed full of food.
Sitka was overwhelmed by this kindness, and wrote him a letter that included the phrase, "the oil burns eight days for Chanukah, but the torch of my gratitude to you will burn forever."
😭😭😭
melissa saint When I was 12 I used to hate one of the stooges until early 2020.
That genuine reaction when the pen lands in his head.
TheCaptain008 I feel bad for laughing 😂
@@BloodySeaGullsRoss While I know these "Three Stooges" shows are for comedy of all three men hitting each other for comedy, that fountain pen shooting at Larry's forehead was the only time I didn't laugh especially now I learned that Larry wasn't saying "ow" for the show but, he was saying "ow" in real life that he really got hurt. For myself when the fountain pen shot at Larry's forehead, I said to myself, "ouch that would hurt" and another person who watched that "Heavenly Daze" episode with me said that he wonders if Larry has to go to the hospital now where maybe he did once they finished making the episode.
afriendofbean I agree
@@BloodySeaGullsRoss I guess it was the directors fault for coming up with that idea for the fountain pen to shoot at Larry's forehead and I was glad in some ways that Moe gave the director a confrontation since I'm sure there was blood oozing out from under the whip cream. Someone else here mentioned that Larry was wearing a protective plate on his forehead but the fountain pen missed the plate. Perhaps maybe the director should have came up with a different idea for comedy like maybe Larry was wearing a rubber see through mask and someone here squirts the ink at him making it look like the ink from the fountain pen is shooting out at him from the cake mixer.
afriendofbean I’m only guessing the director was testing how far he could ‘reasonably’ take these stunts. Still rewatching it I’m like yeah it ain’t funny. Initially it was because I wasn’t expecting it but damn though.
When I was young and saw Moe fall on that table I could tell that it hurt him but never knew how badly.
Unbelievable you said that, I was just watching that episode a week or two ago and thought the same thing.
Ikr. I think that maybe that remaining edge of the table that he landed on was up at an angle enough to look painful?
They did some painful stuff, we used to bring up the funniest episodes at work and my boss told me to look up the most violent episode of The Three Stooges where they were telephone lineman mode took a pretty good beating there with curly but I don't think he got hurt on that one but it's still hard to look at and hilarious at the same time.
SAMEEEEE
I've had a fall similar as a kid, and luckily didn't break anything. But yah that made me cringe seeing it happen to him.
They suffered for their art. These guys will live on as comedic legends. Many people think their humor is merely slapstick, but there are elements of many forms of humor in their work. Millions and millions of people have been uplifted by their work, and not many people can claim to still be relevant, known, and watched 100 years later.
The dialogue has some very clever moments too.
Larry actually developed callousing down the side of his face from all the years of Moe slapping him.
Damn that is dedication
I got the same thing from my ex wife.
@the hevy simping is a lifestyle
@@Raptorsified Damn, that is defecation.
@@FederalBureauOfIntelligence if you don't think getting married doesn't make you a simp you're blessed to not know about marriage law
They were the greatest Show growing up and still make me laugh
They were not a TV show , they did short subject films played at movie houses 1930's to 1950's, They later had a TV show were they would get into mischief and then show their cartoon's that was 1965 & 1966, you can view the cartoons here on Y.T.
@@improperbostonian6722 thanks for the info
@@vassa1972 Your welcome, as a kid I would see the 3 Stooges at the kiddie matinee, Plus Bugs Bunny cartoons and a Movie maybe a Godzilla film from 1967 all for 75 cents!
@@improperbostonian6722 I'm not that old I was born in Toronto in July of '72 I'm also a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor now at 47 but anyways I loved all the old bugs Bunny cartoons, mostly a fan of the original g1 transformers series cartoons
@@vassa1972 , Good luck with your health, I am retired from tractor trailer driving I am ill with deafness and inner ear bone decay had to leave my job, Born June 1960 in Boston. Toronto is very elegant lovely city like mine.
It’s amazing Moe was able to finish the scene after breaking his ribs. He didn’t even look like he was in pain!
That's because the part where he gets up and let's the door fall on him was filmed later. His ribs were broken the second he landed on the sawed table.
The power of adrenaline
There's an old film of an elderly Larry describing this scene. Larry said that Moe had to go to Mt. Sinai Hospital for x-rays and to have his ribs taped up, then he came back to the studio that day to finish filming.
Either the scene where he gets up is after the broken ribs, or adrenaline
Adrenaline is the strongest drug out there.
The Pen Gag, true story: In practice they had a 17 year old intern lightly throw the pen at Larry's forehead. It bounced. For the real shot, they had a minor league baseball player throw the pen as hard as he could at Larry's forehead to make sure it stuck.
No offense Grandpa, that seems like total bullshit?
@@chucklebutt4470 Well what were you expecting? A pen throwing machine? You make do with what you have available. Compared to some of the stuff Hitchcock did to get child actors to cry realistically, (and by that I mean for real) a baseball player throwing a pen is nothing.
Okay, that sounds terrifying. Haven't they considered that the pen might accidentally go straight into one of Larry's eyes?
The guy who threw the pen may be an expert on throwing but they should have at least used eye protection like as a precaution.
@@Mynthium ... This is during WW2, and their job was to make it look real, They couldn't go out in a bubble suit with helmets and goggles on. Now a days we can CGI this type of stuff or editing of some kind.
Imagine if it hit his eye.
You can tell by Larry's cry that was painful, a real cry of pain not a put on. Also, notice how gingerly Moe moves after falling through that table, you can see he was in real pain.
And then the scene abruptly cuts to a close-up, showing they had to stop it there to tend to his injuries, as according to the video he went unconscious after stage slapping them. The part where he chases them was filmed weeks later after he recovered a bit.
And yeah, Larry's agonized screams with the pen sound more genuine then his usual fake, comical ones.
If you look at his forehead it looks like they put some make-up putty or something on it under the foam for the pen to puncture, but it went in too deep, and actually went into his skin.
You can see Moe shaking his head as he rises, definitely cursing internally. What a pro.
The film editing for their era was very good you would never know a injury took place. Long live the 3 Stooges!
That's because most of this is fake. They were not injured in most of these scenes.
More so well done on them for playing it off so convincingly.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 Nah, that last one is 100% real. He hits that so fucking badly XD
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 dude, they just fucking said it. Lol
That last one with Moe looked painful, yet the scene immediately after the slap felt so smooth of a transition that it looked normal.
1:50 that actually ended up making the shot even funnier. True pro for holding his composure.
Yeah
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A lot of these behind the scene facts make most of these clips funnier, especially knowing that's real pain they're going through lmao
Wait a minute. This isn’t a Doom video. What are you doing here?
That scene is hilarious lol but damn its alot to go with it
Even with severe injuries, these guys pulled through and gave us so much entertainment. True dedication to the roles
Leo DiCaprio: breaks a glass in his hand
Moe: Hold my table saw
that was still a good scene lol
If you didnt know then in movies they use "Sugar glass" that is doesnt hurt and is fragile
@@kristofer1004 Do your research. It was an accident with real glass, and he didn't even break character. Go look the scene up and you can see his own blood on his hand :0
Jackie chan did a stunt like that. On an actual tablesaw. Crazy bastard
Larry: hold my sharp pen.
In the short, "Violent is the Word for Curly" (1938), Curly is frozen from sleeping in the back of an ice cream truck and is tied to a spit over a fire to thaw him out. According to screenwriter Edward Bernds, during filming, a sudden gust of wind caused the fire to flare up. Curly yelled for help (using his natural voice, not his comic voice) and Moe rushed to untie him. This is all captured in the short.
gonna look that up now
I remember that episode, didn’t know it was unintentional
Can you send a link i cant find it
As part of the 'thawing' process, Curly was too heavy for Moe and Larry to use the crank. Even so, when the flames went up, Moe was first to rush over and try to get his brother down.
Moe for best brother award.
Another good one is Shemp getting his nose broken by Christine McIntyre in the Brideless Groom. She was required to hit Shemp but was afraid to do it. After a few failed takes, Shemp pulled McIntyre aside and insisted she just let loose. She went all out and leaned too far into a punch and broke his nose when she knocked him through the door. She apologized relentlessly while crying but Shemp commending her for letting him have it.
"Ironically, Moe sustained the most on-set injuries." That does surprise me, since it always seemed like Moe was the one handing out the most slaps and eye-pokes, but they probably had those antics honed down to a fine art after a while.
Agreed. Always wondered how they were able to do all of that. Didn't have all the special effects and stunt men like they do now. Sometimes when I see these old episodes i just shake my head and think: "what in the World..."
the eye pokes were very fake and they actually poked at the eyebrows.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 Uh yeah, I never thought that the eye-pokes were real, that's why I said their antics were honed to a fine art. Even so, they were done at very close range and didn't resort to the endless cut scenes we have today. Even pokes at the eyebrows were risky and carried the chance of doing real damage. Physical comedy a generation ago took a lot more chances than it does today. Maybe not a good thing because of the risk, but it left us a heritage we'll probably never see again, true slap-stick comedy that was genuine.
@@graytonw5238 That's just what i heard they did..
@@sheilaolfieway1885 They were convincing enough for me when i was younger. Remember Moms telling kids not to do that.
Whatever you might think of the Stooges' material, and my grandmother and mom absolutely detested it and them, their execution of it was absolutely impeccable. Their sense of comedic timing and their abilities to make what was happening on the screen look real and natural and genuine have never been equalled by any other comedy team, never mind surpassed. Not by Laurel & Hardy, not by Abbott & Costello, not by the Marx Brothers, not by anyone.
Yeah, my mother doesnt get it, either.
Mind you, she didnt get my dad liking benny hill either.
Love the stooges
I think all the greats have their place. The Stooges were a ballet of physical comedy, like a dance. The Marx Brothers were a bit smarter and wittier, a bit more sophisticated. Duck Soup, for example, is filled with social commentary way beyond most of the Stooges work. Abbot and Costello were more about snappy dialog and facial expressions, being able to get out complex wordplay without breaking or stumbling. Laurel and Hardy I'm less familiar with, but I'm sure they also had unique strengths.
and it is a simple kind of comedy that stays relevent for decades
Laurel & Hardy is a close second. They pioneered many comedy techniques and their films are still enjoyed to this day.
Abbott & Costello blew up in the 1940’s during the war, but their material began to decline afterwards. Their stuff in the 1950’s was mostly to keep them relevant.
The Marx Brothers had a dozen films in the 1930s and 1940s. They never did shorts. Groucho Marx stole the show however, and by the time he did his radio show turned TV show it was all Groucho. Nobody else.
Martin & Lewis, Bob Hope, the Bowery Boys and other comedy acts fall further down the list.
These gentlemen are absolute legends of slapstick comedy. They deserve all the respect they get. Timeless Hollywood legends they are. They sustained real injury all for the sake of entertaining us.
Can't imagine oil getting blasted in my eyes and remaining calm enough to finish a scene . Also breaking ribs. Respect to the dedication.
It wasnt real oil
@@jizou1581 he still needed medical attention
@@TheOminousBlade real oil wouldve required more medical attention
@@jizou1581 are you attempting to downplay what the actors had to go through?
Yeah things happening to my eyes, is when i tend to go into berserker mode.
"what happened?"
"nothin" *slap*
Lmaoo the stooges were some tuff bastards haha
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You couldn't pay me enough to be one of the Three Stoo- ges, seeing as how they pra- ctically killed themselves jus t to make people laugh, esp- cially what happened to Larr y during the filming of Heav- enly Daze.
Kevin Miller why the fuck are you spelling like that dude lol
@@Shadynastys76 What's wr ong with my spelling?
Kevin Miller you put hyphens in the middle of words when you didn’t need to and some words have letters that are too space out.
Little did they know while they were getting hurt daily and being taken advantage of, they were also making history and bringing laughs to a generation and many more generations to come, the stooges are timeless, true legends
Director: cut
Moe: Now if you excuse me, I shall lose my consciousness.
Lol Imagine if I see this I would watch Moe fight on the set
Being a Stooge requires nerves of steel, balls of steel, and generally being made of steel.
Helps to have a hard head too.
so they superman, man of steel
@@ambujbansal2652 Basically, Yes.
Fuck it, just jump into molten illuminum
None of this is true. Are you really that dense?
The Three Stooges will never ever be duplicated. Larry, Moe, and Curly are legends.
What about Bill, Hillary and Barrack? Those clowns are every bit as funny as the Stooges.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 why don't you have yourself a bowl of shut the fuck up? Who's talking politics in a 3 stooges video?
You see those warriors from hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 Did youre mom not love you enough? Is that why you gotta be "That guy"?
You couldn't do it today, because safety issues would stop much of what they did. Buster Keaton's stunt in Steamboat Bill, Jr. is legendary. He was even told if it went wrong or if he was in the wrong spot that stunt would possibly kill him. He did it anyway. You couldn't do this today, in fact, after he did it, there was some who supported banning such stunts. SO I agree, you could never have a team like that again because the stunts and actions are either banned, faked, or digitalised.
I always thought that was a pretty bad fall from the table Moe took, one you don't normally get up from. Ends up he broke a few ribs but got up anyway and saved the scene. Amazing.
I figured that they would have gotten injured during the filming of some of those shorts! But I had no idea that it was this bad for the guys.
They definitely suffered for their art. I hope that they knew how loved they were/are!
im sure they do even in spirit
Moe, at least did. He lived the longest and saw the resurgence of interest. Made quite a bit of money from speaking engagements and such.
This is some high level "the show must go on" acting skills. They probably wouldn't accept retakes
Idk if it was just the UK but back then retakes were expensive like for Doctor Who a lot of the 1st doctor era has flubs left in bc it wouldve been too expensive to reshoot but idk about the US
@@HopeAuq I think for the most part that it was the same here in the US. Though you can find rare outtakes/blooper reels from those times. Also, I think Hartnell's mess ups were what made the Doctor seem like "a madman with a blue box". But I honestly find it cool, shows the history of film/acting and how it has changed over the years
Anime actors need to take notes
@@e.j5813 Anime _english voice actors_ should take notes. Some English dubs are good, but 90-95% of them are straight garbage. TURBO garbage.
@@e.j5813 The Japanese ones do at least, they actually have to go to school to do voice-overs. Unlike English dubs where they take celebrities or whoever they find on the street that day.
the sad thing is, they got heavily cheated by their studio, which was making a ton off of them, wile they were worked heavily for little pay. the public back then also did not realize it was fake and would often do things they did in the show to them (like hitting them across the head with stuff) because they thought it was funny. its sad how awful their lives were.
*The Lone Wolf Assassin*: Moe and Larry got to smell their roses at least, The Three Stooges became on the highest paid acts in Hollywood during their return in the '60s.
Nobody working in the Columbia shorts got paid very much. (I think the Stooges and Buster Keaton made the highest salaries.) But there were some compensations. The Stooges could take their act on the road and could occasionally make films for other studios, both of which paid more.
Thankfully Moe had a keen eye for real estate investments and often managed to turn the peanuts Columbia paid them into quite a bit of money. The stooges never had the insanely wealthy lifestyle of many modern celebrities, but they spent most of their time living a fairly cushy lifestyle thanks mostly to Moe being good with money.
Yup. Moe Howard was a swell dude by all accounts as well, did a lot of guest appearances in the late 60's/early 70's. During those appearances he basically relayed what you just stated: They never saw a dime from most of their shorts as syndication wasn't a thing when they signed the contract. So while they were all over TV, they got nothing from most of their early work.
Curly Howard had a stroke on set and couldn't act anymore afterwards - the most he did was a short appearance in one of their shorts in a non speaking role.
Larry Fine, like Curly, suffered a stroke, followed by several others during his later years, and from my understanding, it was Moe who paid for his interment. Despite that though, he was very approachable and always willing to play host to fans.
Devastatingly sad stuff, but it makes you respect them all the more. No matter what happened they were always genial and welcoming towards their fans and very approachable by all accounts. Even if not all of them loved the work itself, they always appreciated their fans, and THAT takes real dedication.
@@mresturk9336 It's kind of ironic that one of the most genuinely nice guys in hollywood was the one who portrayed the grouchy, hard nosed leader and schemer.
I admire their dedication to their craft but I'm glad now actors have a union to actually protect them
Damn...they took their shots and just kept going! I probably saw every episode at least 20 times as a kid!
@KILLING⚡HEROS more like BUZZ🍆KILL
Me also. I never tired of them.
Hi we're the The Three Stooges and welcome to Jackass!
Yesss
Yes
"My name is Larry Fine, and this is the Pen Target Practice!"
If they were alive in their primes during the jackass years I bet they would have done something together 😂.
1960's Clint Eastwood
Nice to see a Familiar face🚬
My grandfather used to sit me on his lap when I was a baby and have me watch the three stooges with him. I am 38 now and still watch and laugh.
Respect to the Stooges, who could take a fall with the best of them. Thank you, gents, for making comedy that remains funny to this very second.
When getting hurt for comedy sake was scary and it still is.
I'll be honest with you... I don't want that. That's dumb. I want to be entertained, but not to the point of which the entertainers are being physically harmed. Fuck that. You can make me laugh without stabbing yourself. Don't put your lives in danger over a few damn laughs.
Now days they all have stunt men & much more safety measures.
@Nostalgia Poodle Yeah it's pretty messed up. I like dark humor but that's just a bit too far.
@@writershard5065 take it ur not a fan of jackass?
Seeing how these gentlemen go beyond their way just to bring a smile to our faces makes me love vintage comedy even more.
My great aunt went on a date with moe while he was still stooging... she said he was the most gentlemenly, kindest man.
Was this before moe got married?..
@@stubborn-red-head I would have to believe so... it’s just funny how different he was in real life compared to his character
The polar opposite of the Moe they show and we think we know. Ya know?
@@PrydeWater901 a lot of the real asshole characters are the sweetest people. I think its because they limit their personal lives so much that they take the aggression on the acting. I hear this so much about villains being super awesome people, especially the voice of vegeta from dragon ball z. Super awesome guy.
@TLS Jesus, man... calm the fuck down.
Their thoughts when reading the script: This gonna hurt like a bitch
He breaks multiple ribs, stands up, and let's a door fall on him. Now that's dedication.
Edit: I forgot that the door part was filmed later
The part with the door was filmed later I believe, you can even see the camera cut after he goes "nothing" and slaps them.
@@hatad321 -- Exactly.
Read the captions again. It says "the rest of the scene was filmed later". The door scene was filmed after his recovery.
Lol imagine if he had finished that whole thing, running into the wall with the 2x4 smashing against his ribs THEN a door falling on him?!
These guys are american gold!
Still though, he did that double-slap while he was an inch from passing out.
_falls on table_
_gets up and jack slaps the shit outta him before passing out_
i loved this xD
Jack-slaps, bahaha I haven't heard that one in a while
@@Totalballa41 you're the douchebag the comment isn't even edited and it doesn't say "his" you moron
@@Totalballa41 do you even know what a douchebag mean?
@@Totalballa41 do you know how to read?
@@Totalballa41 oh no please don't start linking subreddits outside of reddit
HahA r/wuuuuush yu cring normie
I didn't even missed a joke because your comment is simply stupid
Not only did and still do make us laugh, they were tough as hell!
This trio is iconic, nothing makes me laugh more consistently than the gags they get themselves into. They certainly put in work for their art, fantastic talents. May they rest easy knowing their pains did not go in vain, and that many still find joy in their content.
U can't even tell they're hurt, respect
You can definitely tell Larry got hurt with the pen gag, his first reaction was genuine.
@@erikpark
But he played it off so well after though
1:05 “...and Moe took off after White” I wish we had that on film, would’ve been funny to see that.
They really could’ve taken out his eye
Apparently he chased White for several minutes and had to be restrained. Was absolutely ready to beat the shit out of him.
Well tension like that happens on workplace some times
Yea, I'm imagining Moe chasing White and White saying, "Woo woo woo woo! Nyuk Nyuk!"
Nice pfp
Those guys went ham and now they're immortal. Slapstick comedy legends.
Sadly, they ended up poor after it. While the accomplishment of them doing this crazy stuff and finishing the shot is cool, they shouldn’t have had to.
@@Spoon80085 Sad
Absolute legends, the fact that Moe could simply get up after breaking his ribs and smack Curley before fainting is incredible
This makes me sad. I feel like they definitely could've still gotten great shots while keeping these guys safe.
all you needed was a cut away to place a pad underneath all the cream and you could have thrown the pen at that instead, still dangerous, but not metal to the skull dangerous.
@@artycharr i know, but cutaways are already very hard, and with the moving cream? thats some impossible shit
Moe went after White for hurting Larry..awesome
Good guy Moe, standing up for his costar and friend.
Yeah, Moe was a standup guy all the way through. He really doesn't get the attention or recognition that he deserves.
I heard Noe kept the Three Stooges running for the longest time, in opart, to help Larry py for his many gambling debts.
@@underzog One of the many reasons, but think about that: Moe put him and his brothers' lives at risk so his gambling friend could stay employed. There are better ways to fix that problem sure, but he didn't even really think about it, all he saw was his friend needed work so he took care of it, no questions asked.
Although onscreen Moe dished out a lot of abuse to Larry, in real life they were very good friends.
When I first saw the scene where moe slipped off the broken table I was like there is no way he did this without hurting himself. Now I know it's true
The level of commitment here is legendary. I doubt many actors today would be half this tough.
These guys were comedic geniuses. They invented more slapstick ways to beat on someone than any other team.
Pretty much unappreciated in their time too. I bet in real life they were the safest most careful people around.
The one with the pen into Larry's head had me dying of laughter. I realize it was real pain and reaction coming from him, but it just made it all the more funnier. RIP gentlemen, you are legends.
I'm shocked Larry had the presence of mind to focus so he wouldn't ruin the take while feeling the intense pain of a heavy metal pen skewering his forehead. Dedication.
These guys got seriously injured yet kept their character intact for the bit and for our laughs.
What great people.
What the fuck, when did I watch this video a year ago? I don't remember.
These men were treasures, sacrificing their bodies for the sake of our entertainment. Rest in peace, you gems!
Edit : Yes we get it, Jackass did similar stuff. You can all shut up now.
Edit 2: Jesus Christ, first everyone said "LiKe JaCkAsS" but now suddenly people realize it's NOT the same? No shit!
Almust hail todd howard
Let's not forget pro wrestlers do the same
@@Warrior519 right
It just works.
That's show business!
Honestly, the amount of punishment they took, then continued the scenes like it was nothing, is pretty impressive. That’s dedication
Staying in character after having a pen lodged into your forehead like a dart is commendable, great actors.
Not too hard as all he had to do was react screaming in pain, but noticably it's not his usual comedic fake screams. He sounds genuinely in pain.
That moment you realize the 3 stooges were the most manly men in the 40's
Umm World War 2 Vets Hello
@@enjoyitbro no
@Oshabot 16 June 6 1944
@@d3generate804 Ok you're an Idiot.
Men where just way more manly in the 40s than the betas we have now.
The longer you wait to watch these episodes again they get really funny again. They 'll make the following generation laugh.
I think the following generation forgot how to laugh, or never learn how. It's not PC you know!
@@quicksylver5684 Exactly. I've never seen a generation so humorless.
I showed my stepdaughter when she was like 7 or 8 the three stooges and she thought it was stupid. I laughed hysterically when I was a kid at them.
@@quicksylver5684
Oh fuck off. It has nothing to do with your "PC bogeyman". The problem is that people are just obnoxious and stupid now. Everyone with Internet access thinks they're a comedian with their idiotic online jokes and memes, and they get plenty of conformation bias from like-minded morons.
The quality of humor is at an all time low, and it has nothing to do with politics. That's just a lazy cop-out excuse.
Comedy used to be a serious art, but since the advent of the Internet, it's become nothing more than passing gas with today's generation.
@@joetroutt7425 I have a similar situation for me except it's with the Looney Tunes.
The fact moe went after the guy after Larry was hurt is really nice.
Off set, the three are actually good friends. They all truly cared for each other.
I don't know how Larry took all those slaps and hair pulling
Yeah, I hear ya. He had a callous on the left side of his face from being slapped over the years. He got a bald spot in the back of his head towards the early 1940's from where his hair got pulled out. Sometimes it would come out when Moe would bump his and Curly's heads together, or some would come out when he had his fake ''hair'' pulled out.
He got to where his cheeks were numb. Those slaps were real!
When Joe Besser joined the act after the sudden death of Shemp, Larry volunteered to take the brunt of the slaps since Besser was reluctant to take the abuse. By that point he was so used to it his face probably didn't even hurt anymore.
I read that Larry Fines' face was callused(sp) from all the slaps he sustained
Larry was a boxer from what I heard, so a few slaps wouldn't be anything new to the guy.
The Three Stooges were the greatest comedy team of all time. Often imitated but never ever duplicated.
Did people really imitate the three stooges? I don't recall there being another show like it.
@@The_Bad_Guy.
Yes there was a comedy team called The Bowery Boys nowhere near as funny as the Stooges
My dad loved this show reminds me of him I can still hear him laugh
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Shit, that huuurt
same
• Fell and break his ribs
• Gets up to slap his coworker to finish the scene
• Passes out and refuses to elaborate
HE HAD BROKEN RIBS AND FINISHED THE SHOT??!!! HELLO JESUS CRJIST THIS IS SOME INSANE DEDICSTION HOLY POOP. THE PAIN BRO
Gōdon Gurando is it cause I said poop, look I don’t like cursing okay 😂I’m 19..so yeah young I guess. But not a kid
@@freezedriedzombi8242 oh no don't even say the poop word that's fucked up
Dedicstion.
Watch your language young man 😂😂😂
@@freezedriedzombi8242 you're not 19
These guys were the consumate professionals. They took laughter seriously, and will always have a spot of high honor and respect in my heart.
Thanks for the laughs, gentlemen (who walked in?)!
I think it’s safe to give all of them the title of “mad lad” for their commitment
I like how when Moe got asked what happened after breaking his ribs, he says -Nothing- and delivers the swiftest clap to the face 🤣
Moe Howard. What a legend. It takes true dedication to the craft to have things happen that require medical attention, and stay in character.
The Stooges walked so Jackass could run.
This video increased my appreciation of the work these five guys did. They still make people laugh. That's true immortality.
I remember seeing that pen gag as a child. It appeared that he was hurt for real and not acting. Well, now I know that was indeed the case.
This show is timeless. Like they could’ve filmed it now and put it in black and white.
Poor men i loved them so much as a kid and to see them actually get hurt breaks my heart
The carpenter scene was soo funny= "Give it to me!" 50 years later I am still laughing at these shorts many times over.
They’re all legends and even more legends that they got hurt, never showed it, and still finished the shot!! Incredible!