Curly was the energetic and the guy who will always take a slap in the face for no particular reason. Shemp had this same kinda goof ball in him but his character was also like this half coward/ tough guy when ever the time for that came. Joe's character was like the wimpy stooge. He made laugh every time he would say; "Oh, not so Loud!!!!" lol. And last of all Curly Joe was soughrt of a mix between curly, shemp, and Joe. I like how the characters have there simularities and there differences.
I love the all the stooges. but I hate when people say oh shemp is trying to copy curly I hate that so much! I didn't think shemp was trying to to do curly I always thought it was his own thing.
@GrandFunker The story in Moe Howard's book was that he wanted Joe DeRita to replace Shemp,but DeRita was under contract elsewhere.. Joe Besser was already 'in-house' at Colombia which made for a smooth transiton.
Fucking money hungry "J" never gave the stooges respect or money for old films.. well they did that to all actors back in the day.. poor guyss.. hope they get a chance to smake all the old owners of mgm and colombia
@TheJomogogo When Joe de Rita came in, the stooges were pretty much done. Remember they were now in their mid 60's. I, too, was about your age at that time, but I loved the stooges in the 30's - 50's. After Shemp left, it pretty much all fell apart. The stooges also could fill a 20 min short easily. Trying to do a 90 min film was with the slapstick would have gotten old fast, and it did. I think he stooges were better left to doing shorts than movies
Curly Joe (Joe De Rita) had to fill some shoes that were hard to fill! How do you replace Curly and Shemp. I give Joe De Rita all the credit for his attempt and successful at that.
@littletimes I agree -- he did not always succeed in filling those shoes, but check out their appearances on The Steve Allen Show. They were great on there and he's fully integrated into the team. They do some great routines including "Maharajah" and "The Stand-In." It's great stuff -- this is on a DVD set that came out a couple years ago, I don't remember exactly which one but it's on one of the "Legend Films" DVDs.
@littletimes I think the difference may be that when they were on stage or on a TV variety show, they were doing material they knew backwards and forwards because they did the same live show for decades, so they were very well rehearsed and their timing was spot on.
@littletimes The Irony there is that The Stooges did better Financially with Derita. T.V opened up a new world for them I,E Commercials,Personal apperances etc
@starey1 Right. What most fans didn't take into consideration was the advanced age of Moe & Larry. The overall energy was gone,the violence was toned down & the humor was geared a bit more to kids. For the longest time it was geard to adults,tho it was O.K if kids watched so long as they didn't 'imitate' the Stooges physical violence toward each other. Sally Starr, The Host of Stooge shorts in Philly gave us a 'talking to' about it. Loved 'Our Gal Sal'.
@StingBorden64 WERD!!! Outside of the Simoniz commercial, I never got to see the others, heck I didn't even know they existed! This is a rare gem and thanks to ToonORama for posting, and than God someone saved them for posterity!
The Three Stooges, the TRUE kings of everything comedy. Respect The Stooges!
@SuperYantz Well, I don't know about WW1 and WW2, but Moe got his OWN share of the pain pie in "Pardon My Scotch" when he fell off of a table and landed on his side, breaking 4 ribs and passing out, waking up in a hospital later on. But the show went on, and Moe took it like a man.
God bless the Stooges. Curly Joe was a good Stooge and he enjoyed being one. He even looks and sounds a little like what Curly might have if he lived to be older. Joe Besser didn't care about the act, he just wanted a paycheck and to not even be hit by Moe in the shows, or anything physical. Just a pusscake.
@MisterMasterShafter I've read though, that Joe DeRita didn't think the Stooges were funny! I also think Joe Besser not wanting to be hit wasn't so much because he wasn't a team player or was a prima donna -- I think it's more because he continued playing essentially the same character he'd been playing through his whole career (with Abbott & Costello etc.) rather than trying to imitate Curly or Shemp -- so it wasn't really in character, but if you watch his shorts, he did take his share of it.
@ToonORama I have all the remastered DVD's of the Stooge shorts and those last 16 skits with Joe Besser while containing some humor just do NOT have the same magic or charm that the Curly and Shemp skits had. About half of them were just recycled scripts from Curly or Shemp skits. The ones that were not recycled weren't half bad. Also Joe Besser's wife was ill by the time the skits were done so that is why he left. Curly Joe was the closest they ever came to getting a copy of Curly
@MisterMasterShafter Joe Besser cared about the act,Colombia no longer did. It was just a matter of time before the shorts dept was closed there. Besser said he has a Great Time with Moe & Larry .
@MisterMasterShafter Joe Besser played the same character he played with Abbot and Costello and other shows that he was in. While Joe Besser was funny, he just didn't seem to fit in and synchronize well with Moe and Larry. Also while it is true that Joe Besser was not a fan of slap stick violence, he still did take some from Moe , even though Larry did step in to take some more. What also hurt was that of the 16 shorts with Joe Besser, approximately half were recycled Shemp or Curly scripts.
Dear Mr.10toMidnight and Timesobserver, "Curly Joe"De Rita is better suited to performing slapstick and farce than Joe Besser. He also didn't mind getting a hit in the head and getting
I loved their commericals.What's with the Curly-Joe haters? It's not his fault Curly Howard died or Shemp for that matter.He was better than Joe Besser.If he was such a terrible Stooge he wouldn't have been on the team for the next 16 years! Notice if it weren't for him being the 3rd Stooge Moe and Larry wouldn't have been able to make a successful comeback.
I'm wearing Dickie's work pants right now as I watch this. Is that what prevented Larry from being crippled after 25 years of relentless, sadistic abuse?
Here you can really see the resemblance between Moe and Shemp. Meaning that Moe and Shemp look a like.
goku3050 1 month ago
Great commercial .!!!
jripley13 1 month ago
lmao this is awesome. entertainment at its finest
FutureLaugh 1 month ago
No Curly :(
haha... epic final.
Blademan54 2 months ago
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Curly was the energetic and the guy who will always take a slap in the face for no particular reason. Shemp had this same kinda goof ball in him but his character was also like this half coward/ tough guy when ever the time for that came. Joe's character was like the wimpy stooge. He made laugh every time he would say; "Oh, not so Loud!!!!" lol. And last of all Curly Joe was soughrt of a mix between curly, shemp, and Joe. I like how the characters have there simularities and there differences.
Hessey96 3 months ago
I love the all the stooges. but I hate when people say oh shemp is trying to copy curly I hate that so much! I didn't think shemp was trying to to do curly I always thought it was his own thing.
Hessey96 3 months ago
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Hessey96 3 months ago
i jst seen ths TV commercials when i was watchin the 3 stooges lastweek on metoo
Munsterboi1313 5 months ago
lol i love the pie in the face at the end of the dickies commercial. cracks me up.
OreoMan951 7 months ago
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Commercials were much more entertaining back then.
zooweemama24 7 months ago
Dickies should re-run that commercial, people would stop in their tracks and flock to the TV to see that commercial run again!
MrDavkoz 7 months ago
Wasn't Curly Joe, Joe Derita's replacement?
GrandFunker 8 months ago
@GrandFunker Joe DeRita (Nick-named Curly-Joe') was Joe Besser's replacement.
Nickcat5 4 months ago
@Nickcat5 I was confused at your reply...you're right...not sure how I mixed that up!
GrandFunker 4 months ago
@GrandFunker The story in Moe Howard's book was that he wanted Joe DeRita to replace Shemp,but DeRita was under contract elsewhere.. Joe Besser was already 'in-house' at Colombia which made for a smooth transiton.
Nickcat5 4 months ago
@Nickcat5 Thanks for the info! I'm gonna look for his book.
GrandFunker 4 months ago
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@GrandFunker Well worth reading,You won't be disappointed.
Nickcat5 4 months ago
Fucking money hungry "J" never gave the stooges respect or money for old films.. well they did that to all actors back in the day.. poor guyss.. hope they get a chance to smake all the old owners of mgm and colombia
tonysilly 9 months ago
Nice!
Barclay1987 10 months ago
250 million dollars a year at that time the commercial was done? wow wee, its a shame that even back then people were ripped of
floridaman2000 11 months ago
Curly Joe > Joe Besser
SuperLuigiBros 1 year ago
@TheJomogogo When Joe de Rita came in, the stooges were pretty much done. Remember they were now in their mid 60's. I, too, was about your age at that time, but I loved the stooges in the 30's - 50's. After Shemp left, it pretty much all fell apart. The stooges also could fill a 20 min short easily. Trying to do a 90 min film was with the slapstick would have gotten old fast, and it did. I think he stooges were better left to doing shorts than movies
littletimes 1 year ago
Curly Joe (Joe De Rita) had to fill some shoes that were hard to fill! How do you replace Curly and Shemp. I give Joe De Rita all the credit for his attempt and successful at that.
littletimes 1 year ago 10
@littletimes I agree -- he did not always succeed in filling those shoes, but check out their appearances on The Steve Allen Show. They were great on there and he's fully integrated into the team. They do some great routines including "Maharajah" and "The Stand-In." It's great stuff -- this is on a DVD set that came out a couple years ago, I don't remember exactly which one but it's on one of the "Legend Films" DVDs.
ToonORama 1 year ago
@littletimes I think the difference may be that when they were on stage or on a TV variety show, they were doing material they knew backwards and forwards because they did the same live show for decades, so they were very well rehearsed and their timing was spot on.
ToonORama 1 year ago
@littletimes The Irony there is that The Stooges did better Financially with Derita. T.V opened up a new world for them I,E Commercials,Personal apperances etc
Nickcat5 10 months ago
@Nickcat5 yea, Joe DeRita never got the respect he deserved.
starey1 4 months ago
@starey1 Right. What most fans didn't take into consideration was the advanced age of Moe & Larry. The overall energy was gone,the violence was toned down & the humor was geared a bit more to kids. For the longest time it was geard to adults,tho it was O.K if kids watched so long as they didn't 'imitate' the Stooges physical violence toward each other. Sally Starr, The Host of Stooge shorts in Philly gave us a 'talking to' about it. Loved 'Our Gal Sal'.
Nickcat5 4 months ago
@Nickcat5 so, I see you also grew up in philly watchin' "Our gal Sal"!
starey1 4 months ago
@littletimes I liked Shemp, but NO ONE could then, or ever will be as great as Curly!
yryriza 3 months ago
Curly Joe was an okay stooge.
Stoogefan14 1 year ago
Did they spend more than ten seconds on the graphics on the can for Instant Simonize?
RichYan33 1 year ago
Love The Three Stooges The Original Kings of Comedy.
StingBorden64 1 year ago 4
@StingBorden64 WERD!!! Outside of the Simoniz commercial, I never got to see the others, heck I didn't even know they existed! This is a rare gem and thanks to ToonORama for posting, and than God someone saved them for posterity!
The Three Stooges, the TRUE kings of everything comedy. Respect The Stooges!
Shawnster65 1 year ago
joe era mas fome ke la cresta
jackwilsontube 1 year ago
Stop the pain of arthritis? Moe Howard? He inflicted more pain in his short films over 25 years than ww1 and ww2. Get real!
SuperYantz 1 year ago
@SuperYantz Well, I don't know about WW1 and WW2, but Moe got his OWN share of the pain pie in "Pardon My Scotch" when he fell off of a table and landed on his side, breaking 4 ribs and passing out, waking up in a hospital later on. But the show went on, and Moe took it like a man.
Shawnster65 1 year ago
The Stooges should have given after Shemp died.
TheMCC14 1 year ago
God bless the Stooges. Curly Joe was a good Stooge and he enjoyed being one. He even looks and sounds a little like what Curly might have if he lived to be older. Joe Besser didn't care about the act, he just wanted a paycheck and to not even be hit by Moe in the shows, or anything physical. Just a pusscake.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago 5
@MisterMasterShafter I've read though, that Joe DeRita didn't think the Stooges were funny! I also think Joe Besser not wanting to be hit wasn't so much because he wasn't a team player or was a prima donna -- I think it's more because he continued playing essentially the same character he'd been playing through his whole career (with Abbott & Costello etc.) rather than trying to imitate Curly or Shemp -- so it wasn't really in character, but if you watch his shorts, he did take his share of it.
ToonORama 1 year ago 2
@ToonORama I have all the remastered DVD's of the Stooge shorts and those last 16 skits with Joe Besser while containing some humor just do NOT have the same magic or charm that the Curly and Shemp skits had. About half of them were just recycled scripts from Curly or Shemp skits. The ones that were not recycled weren't half bad. Also Joe Besser's wife was ill by the time the skits were done so that is why he left. Curly Joe was the closest they ever came to getting a copy of Curly
transformersforever 10 months ago
@ToonORama
You are right Besser was a fine person and he did actually get hit in the movies.
MikeEder 2 months ago
@MisterMasterShafter Joe and Curly Joe sucked. Curly and shemp were the best!
joetman123 1 year ago
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@MisterMasterShafter Joe Besser cared about the act,Colombia no longer did. It was just a matter of time before the shorts dept was closed there. Besser said he has a Great Time with Moe & Larry .
Nickcat5 10 months ago
@MisterMasterShafter Joe Besser played the same character he played with Abbot and Costello and other shows that he was in. While Joe Besser was funny, he just didn't seem to fit in and synchronize well with Moe and Larry. Also while it is true that Joe Besser was not a fan of slap stick violence, he still did take some from Moe , even though Larry did step in to take some more. What also hurt was that of the 16 shorts with Joe Besser, approximately half were recycled Shemp or Curly scripts.
transformersforever 10 months ago
@MisterMasterShafter Joe Besser liked being a stooge he quit because his wife was sick.
keaton1895 4 months ago
At only a price of Bobeein dollars and 43 cents. hahaha. xD
gyeofhell 2 years ago
I love these commercials!
10tfee 2 years ago
Even with all the Curly-Joe hating, I still perfer him than Joe, at least he would take a hit and not complain about it.
Freebleeper 2 years ago
Curly Joe blew, not an ounce of talent.
If I'm wrong pls tell me ONE instance he cracked up you up.
no signature nothin.
mjp96 2 years ago
Ironically..Many years later.."Curly Joe"DeRita would be
emcumbered by arthritis,diabetes and other aliments.
143AC 2 years ago
Dear Mr.10toMidnight and Timesobserver, "Curly Joe"De Rita is better suited to performing slapstick and farce than Joe Besser. He also didn't mind getting a hit in the head and getting
hit with pies as Mr.Besser did.
143AC 2 years ago
por eso este pais esta asi pues los tres chiflados los educaron
guanacoool 2 years ago
I loved their commericals.What's with the Curly-Joe haters? It's not his fault Curly Howard died or Shemp for that matter.He was better than Joe Besser.If he was such a terrible Stooge he wouldn't have been on the team for the next 16 years! Notice if it weren't for him being the 3rd Stooge Moe and Larry wouldn't have been able to make a successful comeback.
mr10tomidnight 2 years ago 2
That's very true, Mr.10tomidnight. Curly-Joe was a lot better than Joe Besser. He fit in more with the Stooges.
Timesobserver 2 years ago
I'm wearing Dickie's work pants right now as I watch this. Is that what prevented Larry from being crippled after 25 years of relentless, sadistic abuse?
dowhatthouwilt911 2 years ago
Larry was the best of the total group....he truly was the glue....
emmtampa 2 years ago
God...I just want to punch Curly Joe in the fucking mouth
doddsino 2 years ago
Dickies, wash that concrete right out with no stains.
dapoetmaster 2 years ago 3
dickies are the shit!
soccergoalkeeper1 2 years ago 3
hahaha, pie in the face at the end XD
DrClay999 2 years ago 7
Awesome! That smarmy announcer at the end truly deserved that pie.
madman37115 3 years ago 10