AAAAGH! OOOOOH! YA-ARRRRRRGH! WHAOOOOAH! etcetera...
January 26, 2014 7:16 PM Subscribe
Somebody needs to intercut this with the John Goodman screaming video.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:28 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:28 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
Why am I reminded of Steve Ballmer?
posted by zippy at 7:38 PM on January 26, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by zippy at 7:38 PM on January 26, 2014 [2 favorites]
Obligatory...
..because Shemp was much underrated, but Curley made the best noises.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:01 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
..because Shemp was much underrated, but Curley made the best noises.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:01 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
Somebody needs to intercut this with the John Goodman screaming video.
or just any footage from Congress, Parliament -- any legislative body really.
posted by philip-random at 8:12 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
or just any footage from Congress, Parliament -- any legislative body really.
posted by philip-random at 8:12 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
When I was a kid, I liked Curly better, but now that I'm older and more mature, I appreciate the depth and complexity of Shemp's work.
posted by RobotHero at 8:16 PM on January 26, 2014 [8 favorites]
posted by RobotHero at 8:16 PM on January 26, 2014 [8 favorites]
When I was a kid, I liked Curly better, but now that I'm older and more mature, I appreciate the depth and complexity of Shemp's work.
Oh, but for my wife to drop a bombshell like this one day. But no, instead all I get are beleaguered harrumphs if I bring up even the slightest inkling that watching The Three Stooges Meet Hercules or the like would be enjoyable.
I know, they are first world nerd comedian problems but they're my first world nerd comedian problems.
posted by RolandOfEld at 8:48 PM on January 26, 2014
Oh, but for my wife to drop a bombshell like this one day. But no, instead all I get are beleaguered harrumphs if I bring up even the slightest inkling that watching The Three Stooges Meet Hercules or the like would be enjoyable.
I know, they are first world nerd comedian problems but they're my first world nerd comedian problems.
posted by RolandOfEld at 8:48 PM on January 26, 2014
It's basically "Ginger or Marianne?" for the sophisticated set.
posted by stargell at 8:52 PM on January 26, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by stargell at 8:52 PM on January 26, 2014 [6 favorites]
I am a fully paid-up member of the unofficial Metafilter Shemp Howard Appreciation Society. I said it before and I will say it again: There is a subtlety and nuance to Shemp's brand of slapstick that I find lacking in the work of the other Stooges, and I say this with all sincerity.
posted by KingEdRa at 9:10 PM on January 26, 2014
posted by KingEdRa at 9:10 PM on January 26, 2014
I had a very cynical eye towards TV from an early age, and as a kid, figured that Shemp was the studio's attempt to pass off a cheap replacement for Curly, who left under what I assumed to be seedy circumstances because show business was full of terrible people.
It wasn't until the age of Wikipedia, when I hadn't watched a Stooges short in at least a decade, and one day my mind wandered to what was the deal with Shemp anyway that I found out the actual story, and it exploded my brain. Fuckin' Shemp, man. And for Moe to have to finish four films with various "fake Shemp" gimmicks after their brother's sudden death must have been sad as hell.
posted by Jon_Evil at 1:01 AM on January 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
It wasn't until the age of Wikipedia, when I hadn't watched a Stooges short in at least a decade, and one day my mind wandered to what was the deal with Shemp anyway that I found out the actual story, and it exploded my brain. Fuckin' Shemp, man. And for Moe to have to finish four films with various "fake Shemp" gimmicks after their brother's sudden death must have been sad as hell.
posted by Jon_Evil at 1:01 AM on January 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
If that wasn't enough Shemp zen for you there's always the Shemp Meditation Tapes for Ultimate Enlightenment.
posted by Fuzzypumper at 1:38 AM on January 27, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by Fuzzypumper at 1:38 AM on January 27, 2014 [3 favorites]
Was never a Shemp fan. In fact, as a kid, I tended to change the channel when a Shemp came on. He's just not Curly.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:53 AM on January 27, 2014
posted by Thorzdad at 5:53 AM on January 27, 2014
So in Shemp's Wikipedia page, it mentions that Barney Frank is a cousin of Shemp's wife? How cool is that?
posted by octothorpe at 6:26 AM on January 27, 2014
posted by octothorpe at 6:26 AM on January 27, 2014
How can you forget Joe Besser? I'll give you SUCH a PINCH!
posted by entropicamericana at 8:15 AM on January 27, 2014
posted by entropicamericana at 8:15 AM on January 27, 2014
OK, I'll buy the premise that Shemp was underrated, but I don't see how you can make an argument that he's better than Curly.
Just watch this clip of Curly in action, from "Disorder in the Court". Observe the delicate, daintiness of his movements. Marvel at the odd, frankly insane choices he makes as a performer (specifically the move he makes with his hat and cane at the :36 mark). Watch him run the gamut of facial expressions during his interactions with the exasperated judge and bailiff.
Shemp was the best of the Curly replacements, but there's a reason nobody ever wrote a song called "The Shemp Shuffle".
posted by Atom Eyes at 10:25 AM on January 27, 2014 [2 favorites]
Just watch this clip of Curly in action, from "Disorder in the Court". Observe the delicate, daintiness of his movements. Marvel at the odd, frankly insane choices he makes as a performer (specifically the move he makes with his hat and cane at the :36 mark). Watch him run the gamut of facial expressions during his interactions with the exasperated judge and bailiff.
Shemp was the best of the Curly replacements, but there's a reason nobody ever wrote a song called "The Shemp Shuffle".
posted by Atom Eyes at 10:25 AM on January 27, 2014 [2 favorites]
Stooges sans makeup
Holy shit those guys look dapper.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:06 PM on January 27, 2014
Holy shit those guys look dapper.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:06 PM on January 27, 2014
« Older Wash down those pretzels with a big frosty mug of... | The Ninth Floor Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by arcticseal at 7:21 PM on January 26, 2014 [1 favorite]