1 00:00:05,990 --> 00:00:10,990 (projector whirring) (beep blipping) 2 00:00:11,025 --> 00:00:14,525 (bright orchestral music) 3 00:00:16,127 --> 00:00:18,119 (seat thudding) 4 00:00:18,119 --> 00:00:20,860 (Moe laughing) 5 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:23,729 (bright orchestral music) 6 00:00:23,729 --> 00:00:25,222 - A tarantula! 7 00:00:25,222 --> 00:00:26,552 Woo! 8 00:00:26,552 --> 00:00:28,837 - Hey, you're in a court, not in the woods, Tarzan. 9 00:00:28,837 --> 00:00:30,154 (hand smacking) 10 00:00:30,154 --> 00:00:31,490 (hat thumping) 11 00:00:31,490 --> 00:00:32,410 (hand smacking) 12 00:00:32,410 --> 00:00:33,836 - I'm a victim of circumstance. 13 00:00:33,836 --> 00:00:35,348 (hand smacking) - Eh, who you hittin'? 14 00:00:35,348 --> 00:00:36,395 (fingers poking) - Oh! 15 00:00:36,395 --> 00:00:37,711 - Get goin'. - Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. 16 00:00:37,711 --> 00:00:38,943 (hand smacking) Oh! 17 00:00:38,943 --> 00:00:41,930 (tongue thwacking) 18 00:00:41,930 --> 00:00:43,540 - Whoa! 19 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:46,286 (Shemp laughing) 20 00:00:46,286 --> 00:00:47,898 - Look, where you goin' with the water? 21 00:00:47,898 --> 00:00:49,898 - Oh, my tent's on fire! 22 00:00:51,639 --> 00:00:54,127 (water splashing) 23 00:00:54,127 --> 00:00:56,423 - How's that, eh? - Eh, come on. 24 00:00:56,423 --> 00:00:58,787 - Hey! - What's the matter with you? 25 00:00:58,787 --> 00:01:01,454 (Curly blowing) 26 00:01:03,710 --> 00:01:04,918 - That was for onesies. 27 00:01:04,918 --> 00:01:06,762 - Well, here's twosies. - Oh! Oh! 28 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:08,250 - [Larry and Shemp] Mmmm, nuh. (hands thudding) 29 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:11,409 (thumbs poking) - Oh! 30 00:01:11,409 --> 00:01:14,992 (bright orchestral music) 31 00:01:17,307 --> 00:01:21,057 (playful lighthearted music) 32 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:28,740 - [Paul] Almost everyone is familiar with 33 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:31,680 the screen characters of Curly, Moe and Larry, 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,220 and most people know Shemp, Joe Besser and Curly Joe. 35 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:38,220 These six men formed the world's most loved comedy team, 36 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:39,630 the Three Stooges, 37 00:01:39,630 --> 00:01:41,670 but Moe wasn't always the leader of the group. 38 00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:43,350 In fact, when they first started, 39 00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:45,270 the boys were almost interchangeable. 40 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:46,890 The development of their screen characters 41 00:01:46,890 --> 00:01:48,870 was a slow process of evolution that took 42 00:01:48,870 --> 00:01:50,868 many years of refinement. 43 00:01:50,868 --> 00:01:52,140 (hand smacking) 44 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:53,370 - Do that again. 45 00:01:53,370 --> 00:01:55,169 Do that again. (hand smacking) 46 00:01:55,169 --> 00:01:56,991 - It took it extra. - He's wrong. 47 00:01:56,991 --> 00:01:58,087 - Well, this is the way, isn't it? 48 00:01:58,087 --> 00:01:58,920 (hand smacking) 49 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,330 - [Paul] In the beginning, the Stooges worked 50 00:02:00,330 --> 00:02:02,700 for a brilliant vaudeville comedian who essentially 51 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:05,280 created the concept of stooges. 52 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,160 Ted Healy was born Charles Ernest Lea Nash 53 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,090 on October 1st, 1896 in Kaufman, Texas. 54 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:14,190 He moved to New York with his parents and grew up 55 00:02:14,190 --> 00:02:15,990 planning to pursue a career in business, 56 00:02:15,990 --> 00:02:18,390 but was bitten by the showbiz bug early on. 57 00:02:18,390 --> 00:02:21,480 He changed his name to Ted Healy and eventually found 58 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,580 his niche on Broadway where he was performing 59 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:25,320 with his first wife Betty Brown. 60 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,330 During the winter of 1922, 61 00:02:27,330 --> 00:02:30,060 they were appearing at the Prospect Theater in Brooklyn, 62 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:32,340 where Ted had a visit from a boyhood pal. 63 00:02:32,340 --> 00:02:33,267 It was this chance meeting that would forever alter 64 00:02:33,267 --> 00:02:38,267 the course of Ted's life and the history of film comedy. 65 00:02:38,580 --> 00:02:40,350 That friend was Moe Howard, 66 00:02:40,350 --> 00:02:43,560 born Moses Horwitz on June 19th, 1897 67 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,270 in Bensonhurst, New York. 68 00:02:45,270 --> 00:02:46,890 The Horwitz family was a large one, 69 00:02:46,890 --> 00:02:48,720 like many families of the time, 70 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,970 and Jenny and Solomon had four boys: 71 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:53,700 Jack, Irving, Sam who became Shemp, 72 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:55,320 and Moe who was the youngest, 73 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,910 although that changed six years later 74 00:02:56,910 --> 00:02:59,820 with the birth of Jerome, whom you might know as Curly. 75 00:02:59,820 --> 00:03:02,070 Moe was always fascinated by the theater, 76 00:03:02,070 --> 00:03:04,140 and as a young boy he spent most of his time 77 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,520 at the local playhouses. 78 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,920 He would watch the same show several times 79 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,200 and concentrate on just one performer, 80 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,610 a practice which served him well 81 00:03:11,610 --> 00:03:13,320 when he entered show business himself. 82 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:18,120 - [Moe] I was in many, many films from 1908 to 1911. 83 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:22,110 I must have been in 40 or 50 films. 84 00:03:22,110 --> 00:03:24,070 I honed my way into the studio by 85 00:03:25,230 --> 00:03:27,570 asking if they wanted me to go for sandwiches. 86 00:03:27,570 --> 00:03:29,940 - [Paul] In 1914, Moe ran away from home 87 00:03:29,940 --> 00:03:33,720 to get an acting job on a showboat in Jackson, Mississippi. 88 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,810 After working there for two seasons, Moe returned home, 89 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:39,150 and several months later, he and his older brother Shemp 90 00:03:39,150 --> 00:03:41,760 started a new act called Howard and Howard. 91 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,440 They worked the vaudeville circuits achieving 92 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,500 moderate success until the winter of 1922, 93 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:49,080 when Moe discovered that his old friend Ted Healy 94 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,240 was headlining at the Prospect Theater. 95 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,700 According to Moe, this meeting was essentially 96 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,323 the birth of the Stooges. 97 00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:59,400 - Well, there's controversy as to who were 98 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,390 the first Stooges. 99 00:04:00,390 --> 00:04:02,700 I think everybody sort of agrees that Ted Healy 100 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,440 was the number one Stooge. 101 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,410 And he was a big vaudeville/burlesque-type comedian 102 00:04:07,410 --> 00:04:08,940 who was very popular in his day, 103 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:11,100 and he was boyhood friends with Shemp and Moe Howard 104 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,590 growing up in the same neighborhood. 105 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:15,420 If you listen to Moe and his family, 106 00:04:15,420 --> 00:04:17,250 they sort of think Moe was the first Stooge. 107 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:19,350 If you listen to Shemp and his people, 108 00:04:19,350 --> 00:04:20,643 he was the first Stooge. 109 00:04:21,510 --> 00:04:23,490 What it seems like in the early years, 110 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:26,220 there were various Stooges floating in and out of the act. 111 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:28,020 As one got married and had children, 112 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:29,040 he left for a little while, 113 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,780 another person would come by and replace him. 114 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:35,780 But, basically, it was Ted, Moe and Shemp, some combination. 115 00:04:36,780 --> 00:04:40,860 They picked up Larry after seeing him in a show in Chicago. 116 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:44,820 - [Paul] Enter Louis Feinberg, better known as Larry Fine. 117 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:49,820 - Larry was born on October the 5th, 1902. 118 00:04:50,210 --> 00:04:53,430 He was born in Philadelphia and the address 119 00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:57,600 was 606 South Third Street. 120 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,070 At that time my father had a jewelry store at that address, 121 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:06,360 and my parents lived in an apartment above the store. 122 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,790 - [Paul] Larry was the first of four children. 123 00:05:08,790 --> 00:05:10,650 He was followed by Morris, Philip, 124 00:05:10,650 --> 00:05:13,140 who died of influenza in 1919, 125 00:05:13,140 --> 00:05:14,943 and the last, his sister, Lyla. 126 00:05:15,930 --> 00:05:20,130 - Jewelers used acid to test gold. 127 00:05:20,130 --> 00:05:24,180 And so my father had a bottle with the acid in it. 128 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:27,270 I don't remember what kind of acid it was, 129 00:05:27,270 --> 00:05:30,930 but Larry as a little boy was curious, 130 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:33,820 like other little boys, and he put his hand up 131 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:39,090 and he pulled this acid down and it burned 132 00:05:39,090 --> 00:05:41,730 the right over here on his arm. 133 00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:43,680 He had this very bad acid burn, 134 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,680 and he could not use his left hand. 135 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,480 He was left-handed. 136 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,910 So the doctors suggested 137 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:54,780 learning to play the violin 138 00:05:54,780 --> 00:05:58,320 actually as an exercise to practice using the hand. 139 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,390 So they didn't know what else to get a youngster 140 00:06:00,390 --> 00:06:04,110 of his age to do to use the hand. 141 00:06:04,110 --> 00:06:06,840 That's how he began playing the violin. 142 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:09,640 - [Paul] Music would influence the rest of Larry's life. 143 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:12,870 - He was always an outgoing child. 144 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:15,720 He was always an outgoing person as he grew up. 145 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,510 He was active in school, 146 00:06:18,510 --> 00:06:22,530 but more in the sense that he was a musician. 147 00:06:22,530 --> 00:06:26,400 Larry was studying to be a concert violinist. 148 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,390 He played the violin in the school orchestra 149 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:33,180 even when he was in elementary school, 150 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:35,790 and he was an excellent violinist. 151 00:06:35,790 --> 00:06:40,790 So most of his early years were spent studying the violin, 152 00:06:40,978 --> 00:06:44,640 but he had a need to be funny. 153 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,547 This was within, it was born in him, I guess you'd say. 154 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,495 (whistle tooting) (violin tuning) 155 00:06:51,495 --> 00:06:53,953 (clapper clacking) 156 00:06:53,953 --> 00:06:55,320 (foot stomping) 157 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,820 (bright vaudeville music) 158 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:34,400 (frantic vaudeville music) 159 00:07:40,781 --> 00:07:43,364 (bow thudding) 160 00:07:46,178 --> 00:07:49,385 (cello thudding) 161 00:07:49,385 --> 00:07:52,968 (frantic vaudeville music) 162 00:07:58,162 --> 00:07:59,329 - A tarantula! 163 00:08:00,307 --> 00:08:02,485 (Moe screaming) 164 00:08:02,485 --> 00:08:04,451 - Get it away from me! 165 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:06,277 - Woob, woob, woob, woob, woob! 166 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:08,371 (gavel pounding) - Ow! 167 00:08:08,371 --> 00:08:11,226 (hand smacking) What's the matter with you? 168 00:08:11,226 --> 00:08:13,880 (gun firing) 169 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,150 I killed it! 170 00:08:15,150 --> 00:08:16,580 - Oh! - What's the matter with you? 171 00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:17,860 - A field mouse! 172 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:19,610 Stand back, it's liable to bite ya! 173 00:08:20,850 --> 00:08:21,900 - Tarantula? 174 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:23,501 Shot five holes in a divot. 175 00:08:23,501 --> 00:08:24,870 (hand smacking) Get outta here. Go on! 176 00:08:24,870 --> 00:08:26,730 - [Paul] Larry also loved sports. 177 00:08:26,730 --> 00:08:28,770 He tried boxing under the name Kid Roth, 178 00:08:28,770 --> 00:08:30,720 but his parents disapproved and he quickly 179 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,280 returned to the theater. 180 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,230 He worked in dozens of small shows 181 00:08:34,230 --> 00:08:36,570 and eventually teamed with his sweetheart Mabel Haney 182 00:08:36,570 --> 00:08:39,420 and her sister Loretta for a singing and dancing act 183 00:08:39,420 --> 00:08:41,910 which they called the Haney Sisters and Fine. 184 00:08:41,910 --> 00:08:44,850 But in 1925, Larry was working as an MC 185 00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:46,950 at Fred Mann's Rainbo Gardens in Chicago 186 00:08:46,950 --> 00:08:50,040 when he received a once-in-a-lifetime offer. 187 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,490 - Ted Healy was working in Chicago 188 00:08:53,490 --> 00:08:58,053 with Shemp and Moe Howard, who were his Stooges. 189 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:01,050 I don't recall which one of them. 190 00:09:01,050 --> 00:09:05,400 I think it was Shemp who went to see the show. 191 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,340 And he came back and told Ted I saw someone 192 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:12,090 that I think would fit into our act very well. 193 00:09:12,090 --> 00:09:14,946 - [Moe] So Healy said would you like to be 194 00:09:14,946 --> 00:09:16,497 one of the Stooges? 195 00:09:16,497 --> 00:09:19,017 Make three out of the two, you know? 196 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:20,970 And he said, yes, I'd love that. 197 00:09:20,970 --> 00:09:24,120 He says, okay, I'll give you $90 a week. 198 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,430 Fine, he said, I'll give you an extra 10 199 00:09:25,430 --> 00:09:27,290 if you throw that fiddle away. 200 00:09:27,290 --> 00:09:29,670 - [Paul] In that same year of 1925, 201 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:31,440 Moe married Helen Schonberger. 202 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,840 And shortly afterwards, Shemp married Gertrude Frank, 203 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,370 whose nickname was Babe. 204 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:37,320 The four boys worked the vaudeville circuit 205 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,050 until Ted and Shemp left to join a Broadway show 206 00:09:40,050 --> 00:09:41,700 called "A Night in Spain." 207 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:44,280 During this period, Larry married Mabel Haney, 208 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,890 and eventually he and Moe rejoined Ted and Shemp 209 00:09:46,890 --> 00:09:48,810 in the Broadway show 'A Night in Venice," 210 00:09:48,810 --> 00:09:50,250 which became a hit. 211 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:52,020 This paved the way for better bookings, 212 00:09:52,020 --> 00:09:54,030 and eventually an appearance at the prestigious 213 00:09:54,030 --> 00:09:56,100 Palace Theatre on Broadway. 214 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:58,440 A talent scout from Fox Studios hired them 215 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,170 for Rube Goldberg's feature "Soup To Nuts". 216 00:10:01,170 --> 00:10:03,630 Healy was making over $1,000 a week 217 00:10:03,630 --> 00:10:06,963 while the Stooges' salary remained at the usual $100. 218 00:10:08,430 --> 00:10:11,103 - See, these Stooges were my father's employees, 219 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:14,850 and they came as an act and he was the one 220 00:10:14,850 --> 00:10:17,160 that was paid and he paid them. 221 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,960 And this caused a lot of friction, 222 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,420 especially with Moe because he was a better businessman 223 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:24,690 than probably any one of the other four were. 224 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:26,460 - [Paul] They didn't care for the pay inequity, 225 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:29,190 but in their eyes it was a shot at the big time. 226 00:10:29,190 --> 00:10:32,430 Unfortunately, the film only received lukewarm reviews, 227 00:10:32,430 --> 00:10:35,850 but the Stooges received high praise for their performance. 228 00:10:35,850 --> 00:10:38,490 Fox Studio heads noticed the great reviews for the boys 229 00:10:38,490 --> 00:10:40,350 and offered them a solo contract, 230 00:10:40,350 --> 00:10:42,150 but when Ted caught wind of the deal, 231 00:10:42,150 --> 00:10:44,730 he immediately went to the Fox brass and forced them 232 00:10:44,730 --> 00:10:46,290 to withdraw the offer. 233 00:10:46,290 --> 00:10:48,510 In his eyes, they were breaking up his act, 234 00:10:48,510 --> 00:10:51,090 and after all, they were his employees. 235 00:10:51,090 --> 00:10:53,190 So when the Stooges learned that the deal was off, 236 00:10:53,190 --> 00:10:55,263 they decided to strike out on their own. 237 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,070 - Three boys left Ted Healy because they were offered 238 00:10:59,070 --> 00:11:01,533 more money in the (indistinct) circuit. 239 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:04,890 How much, I don't know. 240 00:11:04,890 --> 00:11:07,980 So he needed three replacements. 241 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:10,942 They couldn't use the name of Healy Stooges, 242 00:11:10,942 --> 00:11:12,150 of The Three Stooges. 243 00:11:12,150 --> 00:11:14,313 So they call himself Howard, Fine and Howard. 244 00:11:15,150 --> 00:11:16,293 Shemp, Moe and Larry. 245 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,540 Now, Ted's got a new audition of Stooges. 246 00:11:21,540 --> 00:11:23,370 Now I never saw that type of comedy before, 247 00:11:23,370 --> 00:11:26,070 where you hit each other, poke your eyes. 248 00:11:26,070 --> 00:11:27,450 I never saw that. 249 00:11:27,450 --> 00:11:32,370 And I never saw their act till I got an audition. 250 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:36,990 I went to my audition and I went up to say hello to Ted. 251 00:11:36,990 --> 00:11:39,267 He gave me a bang in the head you never saw in your life, 252 00:11:39,267 --> 00:11:41,580 and I got so mad. 253 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:44,070 I jumped on him, bit his ear, grabbed his nose, 254 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:44,903 hit him back. 255 00:11:44,903 --> 00:11:47,190 He says, you're hired. Get in the corner. (laughing) 256 00:11:47,190 --> 00:11:48,540 You know why he did that? 257 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:50,190 Get the reaction from ya. 258 00:11:50,190 --> 00:11:51,270 It was a whole thing. 259 00:11:51,270 --> 00:11:52,980 - [Paul] Ted had his new Stooges performing 260 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:55,020 material that was identical to what Moe, 261 00:11:55,020 --> 00:11:56,825 Larry and Shemp had done. 262 00:11:56,825 --> 00:12:01,715 (men shouting in foreign language) 263 00:12:01,715 --> 00:12:03,150 (hand smacking) 264 00:12:03,150 --> 00:12:04,596 - What are ya? A wiseguy? 265 00:12:04,596 --> 00:12:06,079 - Let me at 'em! 266 00:12:06,079 --> 00:12:10,038 (dramatic orchestral music) 267 00:12:10,038 --> 00:12:11,136 - Wait a minute! 268 00:12:11,136 --> 00:12:12,927 Let me see ya make a hard fist. 269 00:12:12,927 --> 00:12:13,760 (hand thwacking) 270 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,008 Let me see you make a hard fist. 271 00:12:15,008 --> 00:12:16,526 (fist thwacking) 272 00:12:16,526 --> 00:12:18,690 (bright orchestral music) 273 00:12:18,690 --> 00:12:19,523 Wait a minute! 274 00:12:19,523 --> 00:12:20,356 Pay me the $50,000. 275 00:12:20,356 --> 00:12:23,100 I'll foreclose this mortgage, you mouse! 276 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:25,230 - I won't pay it! (hand smacking) 277 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:27,480 - Pay me the $50,000 and I'll foreclose 278 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,920 this mortgage, you mouse! 279 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,367 - I won't pay it! (hand smacking) 280 00:12:31,367 --> 00:12:33,780 - Don't get excited. It's in the mortgage. 281 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:36,360 Pay me the 50,000 or I'll foreclose! 282 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,048 - I won't pay it! (hand smacking) 283 00:12:38,048 --> 00:12:39,620 - For goodness sakes, pay the money! 284 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:40,980 - So he was good to work for. 285 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:42,210 When he was not drinking, boy. 286 00:12:42,210 --> 00:12:44,670 He was a college graduate, you know? 287 00:12:44,670 --> 00:12:46,383 Went to college, Ted did. 288 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:51,030 And he always was a good actor, 289 00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:53,283 but he developed to be a great personality. 290 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,120 He was the closest thing as far as telling jokes, 291 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,200 but as far as personality, 292 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,300 the closest thing I ever seen to Jolson. 293 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:02,340 - See, he was the first person that ever played 294 00:13:02,340 --> 00:13:05,070 comedy off of somebody else. 295 00:13:05,070 --> 00:13:10,070 Up to his point in time, comedy was always a Charlie Chaplin 296 00:13:10,288 --> 00:13:13,380 or Harold Lloyd type thing where some guy was funny 297 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,390 and he was the whole show. 298 00:13:15,390 --> 00:13:18,286 And he played off somebody else with the Stooges. 299 00:13:18,286 --> 00:13:20,730 - When I was first with Ted Healy, 300 00:13:20,730 --> 00:13:22,470 I used to go to bed at night and I saw hands. 301 00:13:22,470 --> 00:13:24,360 I saw those hands and fingers (chuckling) 302 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,770 when in my sleep. 303 00:13:25,770 --> 00:13:27,750 That's all I saw at rehearsals. 304 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:29,523 Whacking and banging and all them. 305 00:13:30,733 --> 00:13:33,233 You know the first joke I ever did with Ted Healy? 306 00:13:35,550 --> 00:13:37,080 He said, what time is it? I said, one o'clock. 307 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,917 He went bong. I said I'm glad it ain't 12. 308 00:13:39,917 --> 00:13:42,600 You know, that was the first joke I did. (laughing) 309 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,670 - [Paul] Ted was touring with his new Stooges, 310 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:46,590 but Howard, Fine and Howard were creating 311 00:13:46,590 --> 00:13:47,820 comedy of their own. 312 00:13:47,820 --> 00:13:49,470 - Supposedly, Shemp came up with the eye poke 313 00:13:49,470 --> 00:13:51,390 poke during a card game in which he was, 314 00:13:51,390 --> 00:13:53,700 Larry beat him or something and he was mad, 315 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,860 and he just hauled off and poked him right in eye. 316 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,780 And Moe thought it was so funny that he fell out 317 00:13:57,780 --> 00:14:00,030 of his chair laughing and said that's gonna stay in the act. 318 00:14:00,030 --> 00:14:01,950 And that was probably one of the few things 319 00:14:01,950 --> 00:14:03,720 that the Stooges actually invented themselves. 320 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,990 All the other things, the pie fights and the slapping 321 00:14:06,990 --> 00:14:09,270 and all that had been done for many years before. 322 00:14:09,270 --> 00:14:11,160 - [Paul] Even though Ted had his new Stooges, 323 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,050 the chemistry just wasn't the same, 324 00:14:13,050 --> 00:14:15,030 and he continued to press the original Stooges 325 00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:15,993 into returning. 326 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:19,937 - I think the reason he hired us for the Three Stooges, 327 00:14:19,937 --> 00:14:23,970 it was for revenge for the three guys to see that 328 00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:26,040 they can be replaced. 329 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,130 Not saying we were as good, which I don't think we were, 330 00:14:29,130 --> 00:14:34,130 but that was his mind that he knew we weren't as good. 331 00:14:34,380 --> 00:14:35,213 And finally, 332 00:14:37,950 --> 00:14:38,820 thank God. 333 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:40,860 We went up to Ted and says, Ted, 334 00:14:40,860 --> 00:14:42,060 we like to do our own act. 335 00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:42,960 He didn't fire us. 336 00:14:44,010 --> 00:14:46,620 And about two weeks later, 337 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:47,797 we were rehearsing a walk down Broadway 338 00:14:47,797 --> 00:14:50,100 and I see Ted with the three guys. 339 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:51,630 - [Paul] On a promise to avoid drinking, 340 00:14:51,630 --> 00:14:53,160 Ted won the Stooges back. 341 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,340 But again, change was waiting in the wings. 342 00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:59,160 Shemp decided he wanted to leave the Healy act for good. 343 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,620 - Apparently his wife did not like Ted Healy, 344 00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:04,080 and there's some various stories floating around 345 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,010 of some pranks that Healy pulled that Shemp and his wife 346 00:15:08,010 --> 00:15:09,660 didn't take too kindly to. 347 00:15:09,660 --> 00:15:13,170 And eventually, Shemp just went out on his own. 348 00:15:13,170 --> 00:15:15,060 He had a very successful career on his own, 349 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:16,560 but I don't think he made the kind of money 350 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,290 that the Stooges ultimately made at Columbia. 351 00:15:19,290 --> 00:15:22,290 - [Moe] In 1932, Shemp got the opportunity to play 352 00:15:22,290 --> 00:15:25,890 the character Knobby in Joe Palooka pictures on the coast. 353 00:15:25,890 --> 00:15:28,340 And it seemed like a great opportunity for Shemp. 354 00:15:29,340 --> 00:15:30,780 And he was reluctant about leaving. 355 00:15:30,780 --> 00:15:34,140 He said, well, what are you gonna do for a third man? 356 00:15:34,140 --> 00:15:35,700 I said, Shemp, don't worry about that. 357 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:37,530 Grab your opportunity and we'll get 358 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:38,780 the kid brother Curly in. 359 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,710 And Curly was working with a band 360 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,660 called Orville Knapp and his band. 361 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:48,840 He was a comedy guest conductor, and he got a big laugh. 362 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,571 So we got in touch with Curly and he said, 363 00:15:51,571 --> 00:15:54,390 give the man two week's notice. 364 00:15:54,390 --> 00:15:56,140 Come on, you're gonna join with us. 365 00:15:57,064 --> 00:15:58,010 Of course, Shemp had the long hair, you know. 366 00:15:58,010 --> 00:15:59,913 He used to push it back over his ears 367 00:15:59,913 --> 00:16:01,800 and Larry had the wild hair, I had the bangs. 368 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,470 And he had brown, wavy hair and a mustache. 369 00:16:04,470 --> 00:16:05,793 Wax-tipped mustache. 370 00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:10,140 And he said, don't worry about how I'll wear my hair. 371 00:16:10,140 --> 00:16:12,360 I'll be back here on a half hour. 372 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:13,980 And he was, and he wore a cap. 373 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:17,654 When he took the cap off, he was as bald as a cue ball. 374 00:16:17,654 --> 00:16:18,960 Looked like a naked eggplant. 375 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,420 - [Paul] So Babe was rechristened Curly. 376 00:16:21,420 --> 00:16:23,760 It took a while, but when he hit his stride, 377 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,390 Curly became the most loved and the best known Stooge. 378 00:16:27,390 --> 00:16:30,870 In 1933, Ted Healy and the boys signed a film contract 379 00:16:30,870 --> 00:16:32,610 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 380 00:16:32,610 --> 00:16:35,013 The boys had finally hit the big time. 381 00:16:35,894 --> 00:16:39,477 (bright orchestral music) 382 00:17:02,370 --> 00:17:03,840 In their one year at MGM, 383 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,510 they appeared in six feature pictures with big stars 384 00:17:06,510 --> 00:17:09,720 like Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, even Laurel and Hardy. 385 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,370 And they also starred in a series of five 386 00:17:11,370 --> 00:17:12,810 two-reel short subjects, 387 00:17:12,810 --> 00:17:14,430 some of which were written as wraparounds 388 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:16,800 for elaborate MGM dance numbers that were filmed, 389 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,000 but never used. 390 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,240 They even filmed two of their shorts in a special format. 391 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,350 - They did a couple shorts that were in a experimental, 392 00:17:25,350 --> 00:17:27,090 I think it's called a two-strip Technicolor, 393 00:17:27,090 --> 00:17:29,130 and I'm not a real technical guy, 394 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:31,710 but it was a very early form of Technicolor 395 00:17:31,710 --> 00:17:33,030 that they were experimenting with. 396 00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:34,680 And it's kind of lousy looking color, 397 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,920 but it's color, and it's from 1933. 398 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,720 It's very unusual. 399 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,580 - [Paul] The feature films and short subjects 400 00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:43,410 were well received by the public, 401 00:17:43,410 --> 00:17:45,750 but the Stooges' relationship with Ted once again 402 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:47,670 began to deteriorate. 403 00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:49,710 - Their complaint was two things. 404 00:17:49,710 --> 00:17:51,240 One that he drank too much, and two, 405 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,970 that he didn't give them enough money, 406 00:17:53,970 --> 00:17:56,670 and I think the latter was really the problem. 407 00:17:56,670 --> 00:17:59,160 - I think primarily because A, of his drinking, 408 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,313 and B, because of the inequity in the pay scale. 409 00:18:03,210 --> 00:18:05,400 The Stooges were getting a lot of the laughs, 410 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,780 but they weren't getting any of the money. 411 00:18:06,780 --> 00:18:08,820 And I think they felt that they could be 412 00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:11,580 just as good without him and make a lot more money. 413 00:18:11,580 --> 00:18:14,520 And they had to deal with a lot of his stuff. 414 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,320 He was drunk a lot of the time. 415 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,490 And ultimately, they just decided to go on their own. 416 00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:22,560 - [Paul] So Ted stayed with MGM and the boys 417 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:23,970 set out as a trio. 418 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:26,490 It was decided that Moe would handle the business affairs, 419 00:18:26,490 --> 00:18:29,370 essentially stepping into the Healy role. 420 00:18:29,370 --> 00:18:32,160 - Offscreen he was very much like what he was like onscreen. 421 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,390 Not that he was mean and nasty, 422 00:18:33,390 --> 00:18:36,150 but he was clearly the leader of the group. 423 00:18:36,150 --> 00:18:38,040 He was probably the one who made most 424 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,280 of the financial decisions and arranged a lot 425 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,870 of the bookings and things like that, 426 00:18:42,870 --> 00:18:44,940 and decided what was best for the team. 427 00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:47,610 It seemed like he was the one who had the biggest say. 428 00:18:47,610 --> 00:18:49,170 - [Paul] Moe landed a one film deal 429 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:52,080 at Columbia Pictures, and if the results were favorable, 430 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,870 the studio would offer them a long-term contract. 431 00:18:54,870 --> 00:18:57,210 So the boys co-starred with Marjorie White 432 00:18:57,210 --> 00:19:00,840 in a 20-minute rhyming short subject called "Woman Haters." 433 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,300 As soon as they finished, they began writing a treatment 434 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:06,090 for another comedy called "A Symphony of Punches," 435 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:07,920 which they presented to the studio heads 436 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,050 who were so impressed that the boys were given 437 00:19:10,050 --> 00:19:12,967 a seven-year contract with yearly options. 438 00:19:12,967 --> 00:19:15,390 "A Symphony of Punches" was retitled "Punch Drunks" 439 00:19:15,390 --> 00:19:18,090 and became their second short, but more importantly, 440 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:20,580 Howard, Fine and Howard finally received the billing 441 00:19:20,580 --> 00:19:22,230 that would stay with them forever. 442 00:19:22,230 --> 00:19:24,600 They became The Three Stooges. 443 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,510 - [Moe] We did nine films a year. 444 00:19:27,510 --> 00:19:30,903 And we had under the contract, 445 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,440 we did those in 40 weeks. 446 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,620 We had 12 weeks off in which we did personal appearances. 447 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:38,820 - [Paul] The Stooges evolved into 448 00:19:38,820 --> 00:19:40,770 very specific characters. 449 00:19:40,770 --> 00:19:44,973 - The whole Larry impersonation that I do is, 450 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:50,700 it's a product of watching the Stooges for so many years, 451 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:55,350 so many times, having everything memorized perfectly. 452 00:19:55,350 --> 00:19:59,790 And one day there was just nothing left to like about them. 453 00:19:59,790 --> 00:20:01,020 There was no more surprises. 454 00:20:01,020 --> 00:20:03,240 You knew it so well. 455 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,763 So I began to watch it in a different way. 456 00:20:06,990 --> 00:20:09,120 I would just turn on the TV and I would just watch 457 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:11,190 one thing and one thing only. 458 00:20:11,190 --> 00:20:14,580 I would pay no attention to Moe and Curly, 459 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:16,350 because that's where usually the attention was. 460 00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:19,140 They'd get into a fight and Moe would do a number on Curly. 461 00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:22,830 Meanwhile, no one ever can say that they watched 462 00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:25,200 what Larry was doing all this time. 463 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,450 And I began to look at the faces he made 464 00:20:27,450 --> 00:20:28,590 and the things that he said. 465 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:30,510 Like when Moe was beating on Curly, 466 00:20:30,510 --> 00:20:31,530 you were just watching them. 467 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:33,810 But if you took the time to look at the other side 468 00:20:33,810 --> 00:20:35,313 of the screen, you'd see. 469 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:39,810 You know, and I began watching that. 470 00:20:39,810 --> 00:20:41,550 And then I began paying attention to his voice, 471 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:45,048 and I realized that how much Larry was like 472 00:20:45,048 --> 00:20:48,420 the Keith Richard of the Stooges. 473 00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:49,253 You know what I mean? 474 00:20:49,253 --> 00:20:51,870 It's like without, without Larry, 475 00:20:51,870 --> 00:20:55,380 they wouldn't have had any kind of relationship. 476 00:20:55,380 --> 00:20:58,350 It would just be here all the time 477 00:20:58,350 --> 00:21:01,590 and nothing like setting little blazes here and there. 478 00:21:01,590 --> 00:21:04,890 Like when Moe would climb a ladder and you knew 479 00:21:04,890 --> 00:21:07,020 he was gonna fall and break his ass. 480 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:08,760 But the one little thing Larry would say 481 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,920 before it all happened and you knew it was gonna happen, 482 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,410 he'd go, "Be careful, Moe." 483 00:21:13,410 --> 00:21:16,140 You know, and it just, to me, that was bedlam. 484 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:19,650 That was like the thing that lit the comic fuse. 485 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:20,820 - [Moe] Larry with the bushy hair. 486 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:25,200 He was, you see, he couldn't talk tough to me 487 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,113 because that would the wrong thing to do. 488 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,437 Get a belt in my mouth anyhow if he did. 489 00:21:31,437 --> 00:21:33,216 And Curly was just that simp, you know? 490 00:21:33,216 --> 00:21:34,594 He was just big enough and strong enough 491 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,960 that anything I said or did, he could break me in half, 492 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,750 but his only retaliation was, "Ooh!" 493 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:42,960 Every time I went on a personal appearance in the theater, 494 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,917 every time I smacked Curly, somebody in the audience 495 00:21:44,917 --> 00:21:46,860 would holler, "Hit him back, Curly, hit him back." 496 00:21:46,860 --> 00:21:49,920 And they throw Carmellos at me and everything else. 497 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,390 You know, if we were going through a scene 498 00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:57,543 and he'd forget his words for a moment, you know, 499 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,665 rather than get stoned or pale and stop, 500 00:22:01,665 --> 00:22:02,880 you never knew what he was gonna do. 501 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,410 On one occasion he'd go down to the floor 502 00:22:04,410 --> 00:22:06,630 and spin around like a top till he remembered 503 00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:08,393 what he had to say. 504 00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:10,080 - [Paul] Curly's wild expressions 505 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,110 and childlike mannerisms made him the favorite Stooge, 506 00:22:13,110 --> 00:22:16,110 but off-camera he could be very private and shy. 507 00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:19,080 He was born on October 22nd, 1903, 508 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,273 six years younger than his brother Moe. 509 00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:27,090 - My father thought a lot of Moe. 510 00:22:27,090 --> 00:22:30,693 And in some ways, Moe was maybe a surrogate father. 511 00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:34,350 My father was the baby of the family. 512 00:22:34,350 --> 00:22:35,583 There were five boys. 513 00:22:36,540 --> 00:22:39,843 Moe was not the oldest, but he was the oldest, 514 00:22:40,890 --> 00:22:43,080 of course he was older than my father. 515 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:48,080 And I feel that well, Moe gave him the nickname Babe. 516 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,890 And there was a special bond, that there was a special bond. 517 00:22:52,890 --> 00:22:55,260 - [Paul] When Curly was 13, he accidentally shot 518 00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:56,910 himself in the ankle while hunting, 519 00:22:56,910 --> 00:22:58,740 and he nearly bled to death. 520 00:22:58,740 --> 00:23:01,920 It was Moe who rushed him to the hospital, saving his life. 521 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,620 However, the injury left Curly with a noticeable limp, 522 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:06,930 and this would trouble him throughout his career. 523 00:23:06,930 --> 00:23:09,510 When Curly was with his brothers or his close friends, 524 00:23:09,510 --> 00:23:11,100 he became the life of the party. 525 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,470 He sang, danced and played instruments. 526 00:23:13,470 --> 00:23:15,120 But if his gang wasn't around, 527 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,700 he felt uncomfortable and would simply turn inward. 528 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,480 When he became a star, he started to overindulge himself. 529 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,763 - I saw him at a couple of clubs in New York, 530 00:23:24,887 --> 00:23:26,610 and he danced every dance. 531 00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:28,467 And between dances, he was drinkin'. 532 00:23:30,150 --> 00:23:30,983 Never stopped. 533 00:23:30,983 --> 00:23:32,940 He lived the life of three men. 534 00:23:32,940 --> 00:23:35,610 - Curly was always slipping money to me. (chuckling) 535 00:23:35,610 --> 00:23:37,800 That was his way of treating me well. 536 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,140 He'd always slip a quarter to me. 537 00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:42,540 Here kid, go buy something, you know? 538 00:23:42,540 --> 00:23:45,150 Or he'd go out with me and buy me something. 539 00:23:45,150 --> 00:23:47,430 He was always doing that to me. 540 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:49,770 - He probably apparently had a very sad lifestyle, 541 00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:51,153 sort of a lonely person. 542 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:53,430 Loved dogs. 543 00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:54,930 Every time he went on the road and came home, 544 00:23:54,930 --> 00:23:56,550 he came home with a new dog. 545 00:23:56,550 --> 00:23:59,040 But his personal life was somewhat sad 546 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,620 in that he was remarried four times 547 00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:04,443 and never seemed to find the right girl. 548 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,460 - Curly was nothin'. He just disappeared. 549 00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:10,290 He was, he was really shy. 550 00:24:10,290 --> 00:24:12,030 He would blush when you would talk to him. 551 00:24:12,030 --> 00:24:15,873 I don't think he said one word to me out of script. 552 00:24:16,890 --> 00:24:21,840 I mean, when we weren't on camera. 553 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,660 He said his dialogue and whatever he had to say and do, 554 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:28,740 and the minute they said cut, he disappeared. 555 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:30,480 - [Paul] Although his private life was troubled, 556 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,510 his work with Moe and Larry was unparalleled. 557 00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:36,870 - He seemed to be the center of interest. 558 00:24:36,870 --> 00:24:39,480 I mean, it all, they all worked together. 559 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,620 But to me, I think he was the most delightful 560 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:47,970 of the way he looked and just make you laugh. 561 00:24:47,970 --> 00:24:51,990 But I think Moe and Larry, they were, 562 00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:54,630 they just worked like teamwork. 563 00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:58,290 I mean, it was, it wasn't guesswork with them. 564 00:24:58,290 --> 00:25:01,050 It was, they practiced, 565 00:25:01,050 --> 00:25:03,033 they knew exactly what they were doing, 566 00:25:03,930 --> 00:25:05,250 and it came across. 567 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:06,570 - They didn't do any writing. 568 00:25:06,570 --> 00:25:08,612 Usually they were, they had writers that wrote 569 00:25:08,612 --> 00:25:09,990 the scripts for them, 570 00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:13,499 but there was a lot of leeway in the scripts. 571 00:25:13,499 --> 00:25:16,020 Not that everything they did was ad-libbed, 572 00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:18,210 but there might be a part where it just would say 573 00:25:18,210 --> 00:25:20,010 Stooges do their thing. 574 00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:22,080 And then a few minutes of mayhem would ensue 575 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,110 with, you know, hit, with all this stuff. 576 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:27,150 So there was some room for them to maneuver, 577 00:25:27,150 --> 00:25:29,280 and I'm sure they had such a working relationship 578 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,560 with the producers and directors that if something 579 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,150 just wasn't coming out right, 580 00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:35,070 they changed it around to make it funny. 581 00:25:35,070 --> 00:25:36,070 - Take off your hat. 582 00:25:37,205 --> 00:25:39,000 Now raise your right hand. 583 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,980 Now place your left hand here. 584 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:42,123 - Take off your hat. 585 00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:45,510 - Raise your right hand. 586 00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:46,910 Now put your left hand here. 587 00:25:48,060 --> 00:25:49,653 - Please take off your hat. 588 00:25:51,450 --> 00:25:53,010 - Raise your right hand. 589 00:25:53,010 --> 00:25:54,120 - Hmm. 590 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:55,950 - Now put your left hand here. 591 00:25:55,950 --> 00:25:58,653 - Will you please take off your hat? 592 00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:03,450 - Raise your right hand! 593 00:26:03,450 --> 00:26:05,100 - Hmm! 594 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,020 - Now put your left hand here. 595 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:09,330 - Take off your hat! 596 00:26:09,330 --> 00:26:11,400 - Raise your right hand. 597 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,023 Will you get rid of that hat? 598 00:26:15,060 --> 00:26:16,263 - Raise your right hand. 599 00:26:19,230 --> 00:26:21,004 - Raise your right hand! 600 00:26:21,004 --> 00:26:22,165 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, 601 00:26:22,165 --> 00:26:24,114 the whole truth and nothing but the truth? 602 00:26:24,114 --> 00:26:25,618 - Huh? 603 00:26:25,618 --> 00:26:27,059 - Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, 604 00:26:27,059 --> 00:26:28,579 the whole truth and nothing but the truth? 605 00:26:28,579 --> 00:26:31,110 - Are you trying to gimme the double talk? 606 00:26:31,110 --> 00:26:32,824 - Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, 607 00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:34,807 the whole truth and nothing but the truth? 608 00:26:34,807 --> 00:26:37,102 - Why don't you answer him? 609 00:26:37,102 --> 00:26:38,317 - He's talkin' pig Latin. 610 00:26:38,317 --> 00:26:39,480 I don't know what he's saying. 611 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,360 - He's asking you if you swear- 612 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,070 - No, but I know all the words. 613 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:46,200 - [Paul] The Stooges rough house style of comedy 614 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,000 often left them open to injury. 615 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,740 - Moe was supposed to be a paper hanger, 616 00:26:49,740 --> 00:26:52,117 I think at the time, and he was up on the, 617 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,250 on the wood with planks and everything else. 618 00:26:56,250 --> 00:26:58,830 And it's supposed to break in a certain way 619 00:26:58,830 --> 00:27:00,810 and he was supposed to fall in a certain way, 620 00:27:00,810 --> 00:27:03,453 and it fell the wrong way and he broke his ribs. 621 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:07,080 I forget which picture it was in, 622 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,760 and they cut right there, 623 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,830 and he was out for about a week or so, 624 00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:13,433 and then they brought it back in again. 625 00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:16,140 But when you saw the thing when he fell, 626 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:18,180 you could see the face that he made 627 00:27:18,180 --> 00:27:19,710 that he really cracked his ribs. 628 00:27:19,710 --> 00:27:21,540 You could see if you look for it. 629 00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:22,530 - According to Lyla Budnick, 630 00:27:22,530 --> 00:27:25,140 Larry's face was calloused on the one side 631 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:26,070 where Moe slapped him. 632 00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:29,010 His left cheek was always raw and calloused 633 00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:30,810 because Moe was slapping him with the right hand 634 00:27:30,810 --> 00:27:32,070 across his left cheek. 635 00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:34,380 - His little jaw was like the back of your heel. 636 00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:35,550 That's how tough it was. 637 00:27:35,550 --> 00:27:36,550 You could hit Larry across the jaw 638 00:27:36,550 --> 00:27:38,970 and I don't think he would ever felt it. 639 00:27:38,970 --> 00:27:43,080 He was that calloused from constantly being hit. 640 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,200 You know, it was nothin' but constantly day after day, 641 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,150 day after day being hit. 642 00:27:48,150 --> 00:27:49,323 But he was used to it. 643 00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:53,370 - [Paul] In December of 1937, Moe, Larry and Curly 644 00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:55,350 were on their way to an appearance in Boston 645 00:27:55,350 --> 00:27:57,270 when they received word that their old friend 646 00:27:57,270 --> 00:27:59,760 and partner Ted Healy had died. 647 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,820 - There's a lot of controversy over the way he died. 648 00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:05,643 He was supposedly involved in a bar room brawl. 649 00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:08,520 The circumstances surrounding the brawl 650 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,830 and who were the participants in the brawl 651 00:28:10,830 --> 00:28:13,980 are still subject of conjecture to this day. 652 00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:16,320 But after this brawl, he supposedly went back 653 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,830 to his hotel room and was found dead there the next day. 654 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:21,930 And it was only maybe three, four days after 655 00:28:21,930 --> 00:28:23,100 the birth of his first child, 656 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,530 so it was very sad set of circumstances. 657 00:28:25,530 --> 00:28:27,617 - Ted is not what they think he is, what they write about. 658 00:28:27,617 --> 00:28:29,700 He was a nice man. 659 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:32,203 Only bad thing, he was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 660 00:28:32,203 --> 00:28:35,520 When he drank he was Mr. Hyde. 661 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,353 It's too bad. 662 00:28:36,353 --> 00:28:38,340 We lost a great, great talent when he died 663 00:28:38,340 --> 00:28:39,840 at the age of 41. 664 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,320 He was, I don't care. He was a genius. 665 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,464 Wasn't for him, there wouldn't be no Stooges. 666 00:28:45,464 --> 00:28:47,160 - And he would drag me on the stage, 667 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,730 force me to sing (chuckling) onstage. 668 00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:54,270 And he was, I was never more than a foot away 669 00:28:54,270 --> 00:28:56,640 from him when we were on the road. 670 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,910 And of course, when he died, 671 00:28:59,910 --> 00:29:03,300 I was heartbroken 'cause I loved him dearly. 672 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,670 - And they had a stormy relationship, 673 00:29:05,670 --> 00:29:07,170 but they were boyhood friends with him. 674 00:29:07,170 --> 00:29:08,730 You know, they, I think they, 675 00:29:08,730 --> 00:29:10,470 there was always a place in their hearts for him. 676 00:29:10,470 --> 00:29:11,790 They liked them. They were friends with him. 677 00:29:11,790 --> 00:29:13,710 But he just went a little too far. 678 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:15,870 And you know, there was, they really had no choice 679 00:29:15,870 --> 00:29:17,460 but to leave him. 680 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:18,840 When they found out he passed away, 681 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,220 I think they were truly upset. 682 00:29:20,220 --> 00:29:23,400 And they were, they were shocked, obviously number one. 683 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,110 But I think they really, they were very upset 684 00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:28,170 because although they did have a stormy relationship, 685 00:29:28,170 --> 00:29:29,460 they had known him for a long time 686 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:30,960 and they were friends with him. 687 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,610 - I've thought about many times the fact 688 00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:34,560 that he's the one that started it all. 689 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,290 And without him there would've been no Stooges. 690 00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:42,290 And the fact that he was celebrating my birth, 691 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:45,780 which caused his death, of course, is highly unusual. 692 00:29:45,780 --> 00:29:47,373 It's very strange. 693 00:29:49,890 --> 00:29:51,990 - [Paul] Three Stooges comedies often incorporated 694 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:54,420 contemporary events into the plots. 695 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:56,880 During World War II, they were one of the first teams 696 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,747 to parody Hitler in their two shorts 697 00:29:58,747 --> 00:30:01,680 "You Nasty Spy" and "I'll Never Heil Again." 698 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,510 Curly, Moe and Larry were Jewish, 699 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:05,760 and these films reflected a political statement 700 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:06,810 as well as a personal one. 701 00:30:06,810 --> 00:30:10,230 - Well, he was quite upset about it, naturally. 702 00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:14,430 I mean, anyone who cared about people was upset, 703 00:30:14,430 --> 00:30:17,610 and then you have to remember, we're Jewish. 704 00:30:17,610 --> 00:30:22,610 And so the war in Germany and what went on in Germany 705 00:30:23,070 --> 00:30:25,050 before the war with Hitler and all 706 00:30:25,050 --> 00:30:29,160 was extremely upsetting to all of us. 707 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,570 I think when he was younger, 708 00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:32,400 when he wasn't one of the Stooges 709 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,050 and he was playing in vaudeville 710 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:36,243 in the little acts in small towns, 711 00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:41,940 he was given a hard time in some small towns 712 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:46,080 where they put 'em in bathrooms to dress 713 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,004 or they wouldn't let 'em go outside and dress 714 00:30:50,004 --> 00:30:51,990 in the backyard or something. 715 00:30:51,990 --> 00:30:56,160 Or get that little Jew outta here. 716 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,710 But you, listen, you hear that today. 717 00:30:58,710 --> 00:31:02,010 So it's not, it doesn't surprise you. 718 00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:05,760 The only difference is that 50 or 60 years ago, 719 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,290 you kept your mouth shut. 720 00:31:07,290 --> 00:31:09,390 Today you don't. 721 00:31:09,390 --> 00:31:11,070 - [Paul] The Stooge comedies were more popular 722 00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:14,190 than ever, but Curly's health was beginning to deteriorate. 723 00:31:14,190 --> 00:31:16,500 - Curly hadn't been well. 724 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,540 None of us realized just what was wrong with him. 725 00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:23,040 We know now that he'd had a couple of slight strokes. 726 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:23,873 And 727 00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:29,280 "Three Little Pirates" was some time after 728 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,810 he'd had those strokes, 729 00:31:30,810 --> 00:31:33,063 but he, 730 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:37,860 from time to time, he became almost his old self. 731 00:31:37,860 --> 00:31:39,060 And in "Three Little Pirates," 732 00:31:39,060 --> 00:31:41,673 he was in my opinion, excellent. 733 00:31:42,935 --> 00:31:43,800 He had recovered. 734 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,280 We had high hopes that he would be perfectly all right, 735 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,310 but as we now know, he wasn't. 736 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,616 And on the very next picture, he folded up. 737 00:31:52,616 --> 00:31:55,890 He had a stroke that disabled him. 738 00:31:55,890 --> 00:31:57,480 - [Paul] The stress of Curly's personal life 739 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,370 began to take an obvious toll. 740 00:31:59,370 --> 00:32:01,950 He had been married four times, drank too much, 741 00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:03,450 suffered from high blood pressure 742 00:32:03,450 --> 00:32:05,520 and was rapidly gaining weight. 743 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,000 In May of 1946, Curly's hard living caught up with him 744 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,160 and he suffered a paralyzing stroke on the set 745 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,770 of "Halfwits Holiday" and he was forced to retire 746 00:32:13,770 --> 00:32:14,910 from the act. 747 00:32:14,910 --> 00:32:16,410 Moe hoped that after some rest, 748 00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:17,940 Curly would be able to return. 749 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:20,370 So in the meantime, he convinced his older brother Shemp 750 00:32:20,370 --> 00:32:21,510 to rejoin the group. 751 00:32:21,510 --> 00:32:23,610 - Well, he fit right into the act because he had been 752 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:24,900 the original third Stooge, 753 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:27,660 so there was no problem in that sense. 754 00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:30,540 From this, from the general public standpoint, 755 00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:33,480 I know today people think that he was a weak replacement 756 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,370 for Curly, but those are the people that don't know 757 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:37,050 he was the original Stooge. 758 00:32:37,050 --> 00:32:39,450 I think a lot of people also think Shemp 759 00:32:39,450 --> 00:32:40,890 was trying to imitate Curly, 760 00:32:40,890 --> 00:32:42,900 and he was really not in any way. 761 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,760 He just did his own thing, 762 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,710 which was nothing really like what Curly did. 763 00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:48,450 And I think the people that really don't know 764 00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:50,640 the history of it are the ones that really 765 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,050 don't like Shemp all that much. 766 00:32:52,050 --> 00:32:55,560 The real fans understand that Shemp was perhaps 767 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,600 the leader of the Stooges at the beginning. 768 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,030 And when he came back to replace Curly, 769 00:33:00,030 --> 00:33:01,980 he fit in perfectly with the boys. 770 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,750 - [Paul] Columbia was hesitant to use Shemp 771 00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:05,760 because of his close resemblance to Moe, 772 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,950 but ultimately the Stooges won the point. 773 00:33:07,950 --> 00:33:10,500 Shemp's experience made him the obvious choice. 774 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,770 - [Gary] He was in 100 or more films on his own 775 00:33:13,770 --> 00:33:16,380 between '33, '34 and '46. 776 00:33:16,380 --> 00:33:17,670 During that 13-year period, 777 00:33:17,670 --> 00:33:20,670 he was probably in 90 or 100 films on his own. 778 00:33:20,670 --> 00:33:23,340 He had his own series of which he was the star at Columbia, 779 00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:25,440 where there were several, it was the Shemp Howard series. 780 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,390 And there were, he was the head stooge 781 00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:29,670 and the other people were the knuckleheads. 782 00:33:29,670 --> 00:33:32,070 - [Paul] Shemp Howard had been born Samuel Horwitz 783 00:33:32,070 --> 00:33:34,860 on March 17th, 1895. 784 00:33:34,860 --> 00:33:37,830 According to Moe, their mother had a very thick accent. 785 00:33:37,830 --> 00:33:39,870 And when she called out for her son Sam, 786 00:33:39,870 --> 00:33:41,670 it came out sounding like Shem. 787 00:33:41,670 --> 00:33:45,090 When his brothers took to calling him Shemp, the name stuck. 788 00:33:45,090 --> 00:33:48,540 - Shemp was the most darling man I've ever known. 789 00:33:48,540 --> 00:33:52,080 He also was kind to me as a child 790 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,020 because you have to remember the original group 791 00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:57,480 was Larry, Moe and Shemp. 792 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,760 - He knocked me out when he was serious. 793 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,800 That's when he was scared to death of his own shadow. 794 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:02,730 Walked down the street, looked. 795 00:34:02,730 --> 00:34:05,442 He's always looking back, see was anybody following him. 796 00:34:05,442 --> 00:34:06,810 And he'd go in the hotel room, 797 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:09,690 he'd lock the doors and put chairs by it 798 00:34:09,690 --> 00:34:11,540 so nobody'd get in, lock the windows. 799 00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:14,130 Always waking up see if anybody's there. 800 00:34:14,130 --> 00:34:15,971 You know, oh, he's scared. 801 00:34:15,971 --> 00:34:17,010 That type of guy, nervous. 802 00:34:17,010 --> 00:34:18,925 That's why he's always walking around that way. 803 00:34:18,925 --> 00:34:20,393 What the hell is this? (chuckling) 804 00:34:20,393 --> 00:34:21,630 He was that way, you know? 805 00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:23,070 That was his character. 806 00:34:23,070 --> 00:34:25,140 - [Paul] Off camera, he was a warm, loving, 807 00:34:25,140 --> 00:34:28,140 laid back family man, and he preferred to spend his time 808 00:34:28,140 --> 00:34:30,540 playing with his son Mort or watching the fights. 809 00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:32,580 But on screen, he had a character that was 810 00:34:32,580 --> 00:34:34,083 wild and unpredictable. 811 00:34:46,454 --> 00:34:47,371 - Mmm, mmm. 812 00:34:50,053 --> 00:34:50,886 Mmm. 813 00:34:55,399 --> 00:34:58,549 (Shemp laughing) 814 00:34:58,549 --> 00:34:59,878 Mmm. 815 00:34:59,878 --> 00:35:01,046 (iron sizzling) Oh! 816 00:35:01,046 --> 00:35:01,879 Oh! Oh! 817 00:35:02,985 --> 00:35:04,233 Mmm! 818 00:35:04,233 --> 00:35:07,434 (Shemp grunting) 819 00:35:07,434 --> 00:35:08,267 Oh! 820 00:35:12,753 --> 00:35:15,464 (ironing board thudding) (Shemp screaming) 821 00:35:15,464 --> 00:35:16,381 Oh! Oh! Oh! 822 00:35:17,345 --> 00:35:18,178 Oh! Oh! 823 00:35:20,593 --> 00:35:21,426 Mmm. 824 00:35:23,790 --> 00:35:25,403 You double crosser! 825 00:35:25,403 --> 00:35:28,125 (ironing board thudding) 826 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:29,412 Oh! 827 00:35:29,412 --> 00:35:30,245 Oh! 828 00:35:37,399 --> 00:35:38,673 (door slamming) 829 00:35:38,673 --> 00:35:40,029 Oh! Oh! 830 00:35:40,029 --> 00:35:40,953 Oh! 831 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,350 (Shemp grunting) 832 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:49,597 Wiseguy! This time I'll close ya. 833 00:35:49,597 --> 00:35:52,106 (broom thudding) Oh, no! 834 00:35:52,106 --> 00:35:53,074 I'm sorry, Moe. 835 00:35:53,074 --> 00:35:54,180 - Uh, think nothin' of it. 836 00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:55,260 - Oh, gee. Thanks. 837 00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:56,707 - You're welcome. (broom handle thwacking) 838 00:35:56,707 --> 00:35:57,773 - Ooh! 839 00:35:57,773 --> 00:35:59,550 Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! 840 00:35:59,550 --> 00:36:02,670 - [Paul] In 1947, Curly was still partially paralyzed, 841 00:36:02,670 --> 00:36:03,840 but feeling better. 842 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,720 He made a small cameo appearance with a full head of hair 843 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,550 in the short "Hold That Lion." 844 00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:11,070 It was the only time that the three Howard brothers 845 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:13,710 appeared on screen together, but according to Larry, 846 00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:15,840 Curly was set to make another appearance 847 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,840 in the 1949 short "Malice in the Palace." 848 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,290 The scene was shot, but wasn't used in the final print. 849 00:36:22,290 --> 00:36:23,790 His health was still fragile, 850 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:25,800 but during this time Curly finally found 851 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,300 what he was looking for. 852 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:31,380 On July 31st, 1947, he married a beautiful young woman 853 00:36:31,380 --> 00:36:32,790 named Valerie Newman. 854 00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:34,410 They had a baby girl named Janie, 855 00:36:34,410 --> 00:36:38,010 and for the first time in his life, Curly was truly content. 856 00:36:38,010 --> 00:36:42,720 - They got married in 1947 and he died in 1952. 857 00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:46,080 They had a good marriage, 858 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:50,460 and they seemed to have a lot of good times together. 859 00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:53,170 Unfortunately, into the marriage that he got 860 00:36:54,540 --> 00:36:58,470 strokes and became sick after I was born. 861 00:36:58,470 --> 00:37:01,050 She would want him at home as much as possible, 862 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:05,220 but he wasn't from my viewpoint or what my mother expressed, 863 00:37:05,220 --> 00:37:06,600 at least in parts of the marriage, 864 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,040 an invalid or anything like this. 865 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,650 He, at this time in his life, 866 00:37:10,650 --> 00:37:13,560 enjoyed a family and seemed to have a certain peace 867 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,200 and contentment, and he found his niche of being 868 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,920 the family man, which is probably 869 00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:23,790 what he wasn't in an earlier period in his life. 870 00:37:23,790 --> 00:37:25,790 I don't remember stories, but I remember 871 00:37:27,270 --> 00:37:31,020 bottom lines and what my father meant to my mother. 872 00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:33,600 And to me that what she expressed was that 873 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,620 he was deeper than a comedy clown. 874 00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:39,150 That not only was he a genius in his own, 875 00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:41,640 but he had a lot more depth 876 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,020 than a lot of people realized, 877 00:37:43,020 --> 00:37:46,110 and he took his job seriously. 878 00:37:46,110 --> 00:37:47,880 He loved an audience, 879 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:52,880 but he worked at making it look effortless. 880 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:56,430 I think he found something he loved 881 00:37:56,430 --> 00:37:58,260 and he felt good about doing it, 882 00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:01,710 and he found something that brought him happiness. 883 00:38:01,710 --> 00:38:04,530 One of the things that my mother told me was 884 00:38:04,530 --> 00:38:09,530 he told her, I hope Janie in life does what makes her happy, 885 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,550 'cause I have found what makes me happy. 886 00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:14,400 And that is the most important thing in the world to do, 887 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:15,780 what makes you happy. 888 00:38:15,780 --> 00:38:18,586 I think the worst part is that he didn't live long enough 889 00:38:18,586 --> 00:38:20,830 that I could have known him as an adult 890 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:24,240 and asked the questions that I would like to know 891 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:27,423 as an adult about how he felt about different things. 892 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,470 But it feels good, and I'm very proud of my heritage. 893 00:38:31,470 --> 00:38:35,103 And I think the older you get, the more family means to you. 894 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,980 - [Paul] Curly had several more strokes, 895 00:38:37,980 --> 00:38:41,760 and on January 18th, 1952, Curly Howard, 896 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,693 brother, father and Stooge, died. 897 00:38:49,290 --> 00:38:51,240 Although distraught over Curly's passing, 898 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,420 Moe, Larry and Shemp continued to make two-reel comedies. 899 00:38:54,420 --> 00:38:57,270 They even found time for live television. 900 00:38:57,270 --> 00:38:59,400 - Gotta get rid of these executives! 901 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,800 They're absolutely driving me crazy! 902 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,213 I've gotta get rid of them. (sandbag whistling) 903 00:39:03,213 --> 00:39:05,607 (sandbag thudding) 904 00:39:05,607 --> 00:39:08,690 (audience laughing) 905 00:39:10,110 --> 00:39:11,253 That's a sandbag. 906 00:39:12,690 --> 00:39:14,211 That's dangerous, you know that? 907 00:39:14,211 --> 00:39:16,711 That, that could kill someone. 908 00:39:17,716 --> 00:39:20,799 (audience laughing) 909 00:39:22,987 --> 00:39:23,820 Oh! 910 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,350 May I be forgiven for the thought 911 00:39:28,350 --> 00:39:30,834 which is running right through my... 912 00:39:30,834 --> 00:39:33,450 (audience laughing) 913 00:39:33,450 --> 00:39:34,500 Oh, gentleman? 914 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:35,892 - [Stooges] Yes? 915 00:39:35,892 --> 00:39:36,960 (man laughing) 916 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,200 - I mean, now that you're here from the heat and all, 917 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,670 would you do something for my audience? 918 00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:42,660 Would you sing? Would you sing? 919 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:43,650 - Oh, we'd love to. - We'd love to. 920 00:39:43,650 --> 00:39:44,573 - Two a day. 921 00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:47,460 - Yeah, yeah. - You take the baritone. 922 00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:48,982 ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ 923 00:39:48,982 --> 00:39:51,982 (Stooges murmuring) 924 00:39:54,008 --> 00:39:55,721 ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ 925 00:39:55,721 --> 00:39:58,320 (Stooges murmuring) 926 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,270 - Boys, here. Wait, look, boys. 927 00:40:00,270 --> 00:40:02,340 Look, see, just stand here. 928 00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:03,730 Stand right around the ink well here, 929 00:40:03,730 --> 00:40:05,520 just, just like that. 930 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:06,353 Now wait a minute. 931 00:40:06,353 --> 00:40:08,010 Now you don't have to strike a note. 932 00:40:08,010 --> 00:40:10,600 Would you play some executive music, please? 933 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,237 (bright orchestral music) 934 00:40:12,237 --> 00:40:13,981 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 935 00:40:13,981 --> 00:40:15,515 ♪ A sweet, yellow tulip ♪ 936 00:40:15,515 --> 00:40:18,850 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 937 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:20,731 ♪ When you caressed me ♪ 938 00:40:20,731 --> 00:40:22,747 ♪ 'Twas then Heaven blessed me ♪ 939 00:40:22,747 --> 00:40:25,891 ♪ What a blessing, no one knows ♪ 940 00:40:25,891 --> 00:40:27,735 (sandbag whistling) 941 00:40:27,735 --> 00:40:29,569 (sandbag thudding) 942 00:40:29,569 --> 00:40:32,693 ♪ Down where the blue grass grow ♪ 943 00:40:32,693 --> 00:40:34,880 ♪ Your lips were sweeter than julep ♪ 944 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,762 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 945 00:40:36,762 --> 00:40:40,145 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 946 00:40:40,145 --> 00:40:43,703 ♪ I met her in a garden in an old Kentucky town ♪ 947 00:40:43,703 --> 00:40:45,443 ♪ The moon was shining down ♪ 948 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:46,920 - No, no, no! 949 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,831 Don't dance out of this position, boys. 950 00:40:49,831 --> 00:40:51,650 Just sing like that. 951 00:40:51,650 --> 00:40:54,600 (audience laughing) 952 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,348 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 953 00:40:56,348 --> 00:40:58,026 ♪ A sweet yellow tulip ♪ 954 00:40:58,026 --> 00:40:59,589 (sandbag whistling) 955 00:40:59,589 --> 00:41:01,171 (sandbag thudding) 956 00:41:01,171 --> 00:41:04,171 (audience laughing) 957 00:41:05,319 --> 00:41:09,052 ♪ What a blessing, no one knows ♪ 958 00:41:09,052 --> 00:41:10,773 ♪ You made life cheerie ♪ 959 00:41:10,773 --> 00:41:12,581 ♪ When you called me dearie ♪ 960 00:41:12,581 --> 00:41:15,834 ♪ 'Twas down where the blue grass grow ♪ 961 00:41:15,834 --> 00:41:17,923 ♪ Your lips were sweeter than julep ♪ 962 00:41:17,923 --> 00:41:19,701 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 963 00:41:19,701 --> 00:41:23,277 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 964 00:41:23,277 --> 00:41:26,727 ♪ I met her in the garden in an old Kentucky town ♪ 965 00:41:26,727 --> 00:41:28,620 ♪ The moon was shining down ♪ 966 00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:30,461 ♪ She wore a gingham gown ♪ 967 00:41:30,461 --> 00:41:33,963 ♪ I kissed her as I placed a yellow tulip in her hair ♪ 968 00:41:33,963 --> 00:41:37,804 ♪ Upon my coat you pinned a rose so rare ♪ 969 00:41:37,804 --> 00:41:39,495 ♪ And you wore a tulip ♪ 970 00:41:39,495 --> 00:41:41,378 ♪ A sweet, yellow tulip ♪ 971 00:41:41,378 --> 00:41:44,983 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 972 00:41:44,983 --> 00:41:46,792 ♪ When you caressed me ♪ 973 00:41:46,792 --> 00:41:48,602 ♪ 'Twas then Heaven blessed me ♪ 974 00:41:48,602 --> 00:41:52,385 ♪ What a blessing, no one knows ♪ 975 00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:54,031 ♪ You made life cheerie ♪ 976 00:41:54,031 --> 00:41:55,709 ♪ When you call me dearie ♪ 977 00:41:55,709 --> 00:41:59,393 ♪ Was down where the blue grass grow ♪ 978 00:41:59,393 --> 00:42:01,674 (sandbag whistling) 979 00:42:01,674 --> 00:42:04,453 (sandbag thudding) (audience laughing) 980 00:42:04,453 --> 00:42:08,490 (bright orchestral music) 981 00:42:08,490 --> 00:42:10,380 - For many years they were the top-grossing 982 00:42:10,380 --> 00:42:13,020 short subject series in Hollywood. 983 00:42:13,020 --> 00:42:15,150 And they won the Laurel awards 984 00:42:15,150 --> 00:42:17,423 and these other awards every year that were given 985 00:42:17,423 --> 00:42:18,900 by the theater owners to the top-grossing film. 986 00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:20,910 So they brought in a lot of money for Columbia 987 00:42:20,910 --> 00:42:21,743 over the years. 988 00:42:22,996 --> 00:42:26,579 (bright orchestral music) 989 00:43:08,220 --> 00:43:10,230 - [Paul] Unfortunately, the major studios were 990 00:43:10,230 --> 00:43:13,050 slowly beginning to phase out short subjects. 991 00:43:13,050 --> 00:43:15,570 Less time and effort went into the scripts and production, 992 00:43:15,570 --> 00:43:19,110 and as a result, the end product was sometimes inferior. 993 00:43:19,110 --> 00:43:21,630 Moe was hoping he could get Columbia to put the Stooges 994 00:43:21,630 --> 00:43:23,220 into another feature picture, 995 00:43:23,220 --> 00:43:24,930 but before anything could be planned, 996 00:43:24,930 --> 00:43:27,270 fate struck another crushing blow. 997 00:43:27,270 --> 00:43:29,497 On November 23rd, 1955, 998 00:43:29,497 --> 00:43:32,280 Shemp was coming home from an evening at the fights. 999 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:33,780 - The other guys in the car started smelling 1000 00:43:33,780 --> 00:43:36,180 something burning and Shemp's head had slumped down 1001 00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:37,620 on his chest and the cigar was burning 1002 00:43:37,620 --> 00:43:38,520 his lapel or something. 1003 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,560 They looked back and he was dead. 1004 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,210 - [Paul] Shemp had a massive heart attack 1005 00:43:42,210 --> 00:43:43,770 and died instantly. 1006 00:43:43,770 --> 00:43:45,270 Moe was grief-stricken. 1007 00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:47,670 He had lost two of his brothers in a three-year period 1008 00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:50,070 and seriously considered disbanding the act, 1009 00:43:50,070 --> 00:43:53,610 but both he and Larry were still under contract to Columbia. 1010 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:56,010 - They made four more shorts with Joe Palma 1011 00:43:56,010 --> 00:43:57,630 doubling for Shemp. 1012 00:43:57,630 --> 00:43:59,760 And by shooting him from the rear and having him 1013 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,032 hunch over 'cause he was a little too tall, 1014 00:44:02,032 --> 00:44:03,960 they were sort of able to pull it off, 1015 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,640 but they did what they had to do. 1016 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:06,510 Like I said, they were professionals. 1017 00:44:06,510 --> 00:44:08,760 They were from the show must go on school. 1018 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,430 And they went on without missing a beat. 1019 00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:13,020 - [Paul] Moe thought about continuing the act 1020 00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:15,990 as the Two Stooges, but studio heads dismissed the idea. 1021 00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:18,930 He had to find another third Stooge. 1022 00:44:18,930 --> 00:44:22,350 Joe Besser was born on August 12th, 1907. 1023 00:44:22,350 --> 00:44:23,790 He was popular in his own right, 1024 00:44:23,790 --> 00:44:25,860 having worked with stars like Olson and Johnson 1025 00:44:25,860 --> 00:44:27,270 and Abbott and Costello, 1026 00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:29,970 and even had his own series of films at Columbia, 1027 00:44:29,970 --> 00:44:33,000 so Moe approached him and he agreed to be a Stooge. 1028 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,240 - [Joe] Moe and Larry, they were the best. 1029 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:39,090 I enjoyed every minute of it with them. 1030 00:44:39,090 --> 00:44:41,670 In fact, I'll show you how wonderful they were. 1031 00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:44,070 I never liked to be hit with anything. 1032 00:44:44,070 --> 00:44:47,400 And Larry used to say to me, don't worry, Joe, I'll take it. 1033 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,290 Now that's the kind of guys they were. 1034 00:44:49,290 --> 00:44:54,270 - During '56 and '57, he made 16 shorts with the Stooges, 1035 00:44:54,270 --> 00:44:59,220 which were then shown during the '57-'58 season. 1036 00:44:59,220 --> 00:45:01,290 In fact, one of 'em I think even went into '59. 1037 00:45:01,290 --> 00:45:04,410 But at that point, Columbia decided that they were 1038 00:45:04,410 --> 00:45:05,970 gonna close their shorts department. 1039 00:45:05,970 --> 00:45:09,390 After 24-year run, the Stooges were sort of outta work. 1040 00:45:09,390 --> 00:45:11,970 - A lot of people don't know that even though 1041 00:45:11,970 --> 00:45:15,390 they were successful with their movie career, 1042 00:45:15,390 --> 00:45:16,893 they never made any money. 1043 00:45:18,030 --> 00:45:21,330 In all the years that they worked at Columbia Studios, 1044 00:45:21,330 --> 00:45:23,430 they never got a raise. 1045 00:45:23,430 --> 00:45:26,670 From day one until the last day that they worked, 1046 00:45:26,670 --> 00:45:28,740 they made the same salary. 1047 00:45:28,740 --> 00:45:31,350 - Supposedly they were just denied entrance to the lot. 1048 00:45:31,350 --> 00:45:33,090 I mean, they came back to pick some things up 1049 00:45:33,090 --> 00:45:34,590 and they told 'em, you don't have a contract here, 1050 00:45:34,590 --> 00:45:35,423 get outta here. 1051 00:45:35,423 --> 00:45:38,490 They didn't have any kind of farewell party for them. 1052 00:45:38,490 --> 00:45:40,590 They were denied access to the parking lot and everything, 1053 00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:43,860 which is sort of sad after a 24-year association. 1054 00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:46,560 Very heartless, but they decided, well, 1055 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,360 we'll go on tour because that's the way they had 1056 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,770 made all their money in the past anyway 1057 00:45:49,770 --> 00:45:51,451 was going on tour. 1058 00:45:51,451 --> 00:45:52,920 But Besser's wife was ill and he didn't want to 1059 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,420 travel around the country and leave her, 1060 00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:56,940 so they were forced to come up with somebody else, 1061 00:45:56,940 --> 00:45:59,070 and they came up with Joe DeRita. 1062 00:45:59,070 --> 00:46:01,020 They tried him out and he worked out. 1063 00:46:01,020 --> 00:46:02,283 He became Curly Joe. 1064 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:06,360 Sort of 'cause he looked like Curly and his name was Joe, 1065 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,460 so I guess they figured, well, we already had Curly, 1066 00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:10,770 we already had Joe, we'll call you Curly Joe, 1067 00:46:10,770 --> 00:46:12,630 and the name stuck. 1068 00:46:12,630 --> 00:46:14,850 - [Paul] Joe DeRita was born Joseph Wordell 1069 00:46:14,850 --> 00:46:17,790 on July 12th, 1909 in Philadelphia. 1070 00:46:17,790 --> 00:46:19,770 Like Joe Besser, DeRita had been a star 1071 00:46:19,770 --> 00:46:21,885 in vaudeville and burlesque, 1072 00:46:21,885 --> 00:46:23,640 so he was prepared for the rigors of touring. 1073 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,240 - [Gary] They spent 12, 16, 20 weeks a year on the road 1074 00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:28,800 doing personal appearance tours. 1075 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,533 And they would do three, four, five shows a day. 1076 00:46:32,410 --> 00:46:34,047 And that's really where they made 1077 00:46:34,047 --> 00:46:35,370 the most of their money. 1078 00:46:35,370 --> 00:46:39,360 - [Lyla] They did an act that hadn't changed 1079 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,309 in 35 or 40 years. 1080 00:46:41,309 --> 00:46:43,920 I knew every line of the show. 1081 00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,203 - Joe was a very charitable person. 1082 00:46:47,340 --> 00:46:49,090 Wanna tell you something about Joe. 1083 00:46:50,010 --> 00:46:51,240 Larry had a big Lincoln. 1084 00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:52,980 See, the corporation paid for their cars. 1085 00:46:52,980 --> 00:46:56,370 Now, Larry had a big Lincoln, Moe liked sports car. 1086 00:46:56,370 --> 00:46:58,020 He had a Porsche. 1087 00:46:58,020 --> 00:47:02,163 And Joe would get maybe a Dodge or a Chevy station wagon. 1088 00:47:03,450 --> 00:47:04,800 And everybody would wonder why. 1089 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,663 And I knew why. He told me why. 1090 00:47:07,830 --> 00:47:09,450 They used to trade in every two years, 1091 00:47:09,450 --> 00:47:11,450 and he would buy the station wagon back. 1092 00:47:12,450 --> 00:47:16,380 He had a sister in Baltimore and she was not of any means. 1093 00:47:16,380 --> 00:47:18,653 And he would buy the station wagon back from the trade-in 1094 00:47:18,653 --> 00:47:21,510 because he took care of that station wagon. 1095 00:47:21,510 --> 00:47:23,460 I mean took care of it. 1096 00:47:23,460 --> 00:47:26,670 And gave it to his sister every two years. 1097 00:47:26,670 --> 00:47:28,027 That's the kind of person Joe was. 1098 00:47:28,027 --> 00:47:30,330 I know he took care of his mother. 1099 00:47:30,330 --> 00:47:33,420 Very charitable man, very charitable. 1100 00:47:33,420 --> 00:47:36,063 In fact, to give you ideas of Joe, 1101 00:47:38,123 --> 00:47:40,230 they would send me for different things, 1102 00:47:40,230 --> 00:47:41,580 for food or something. 1103 00:47:41,580 --> 00:47:43,200 I'd say now I'm going out to get a sandwich. 1104 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:44,370 Anybody want anything? 1105 00:47:44,370 --> 00:47:46,500 This one say yes, this one say something. 1106 00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:48,990 And Joe would say, write it down, Nate, 1107 00:47:48,990 --> 00:47:50,010 and I'll pay at the end of the week. 1108 00:47:50,010 --> 00:47:53,160 'Cause Joe took care of the checks and everything. 1109 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:54,900 At the end of the week, whatever I spent, 1110 00:47:54,900 --> 00:47:55,770 he'd say how much you spend? 1111 00:47:55,770 --> 00:47:59,610 I said $36 and 10 cents. I had it all itemized. 1112 00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:01,080 He said, it can't be that much, Nate. 1113 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,250 It's gotta be more than that. 1114 00:48:02,250 --> 00:48:04,110 He says that include a tip that you give the people, 1115 00:48:04,110 --> 00:48:04,950 you know, when you buy somethin'? 1116 00:48:04,950 --> 00:48:07,230 I said, yeah, Joe was everything included. 1117 00:48:07,230 --> 00:48:09,030 Nate, it can't be $36. 1118 00:48:09,030 --> 00:48:09,930 You must be mistaken. 1119 00:48:09,930 --> 00:48:12,300 You forgot to write something down. 1120 00:48:12,300 --> 00:48:15,050 Write out a check for $50. Here's $50. 1121 00:48:15,050 --> 00:48:17,580 - [Paul] In 1958, Columbia Pictures released 1122 00:48:17,580 --> 00:48:20,640 78 of the old Curly two-reelers to television, 1123 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,230 and within one year's time, 1124 00:48:22,230 --> 00:48:25,110 their popularity soared to new heights. 1125 00:48:25,110 --> 00:48:27,630 - None of them were really aware of it. 1126 00:48:27,630 --> 00:48:30,610 When they came to Pittsburgh 1127 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:35,160 on their last, you know, 1128 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:39,660 the reoccurrence of the popularity after television, 1129 00:48:39,660 --> 00:48:42,570 they got off the train 'cause they came by train 1130 00:48:42,570 --> 00:48:43,403 at that time. 1131 00:48:43,403 --> 00:48:45,450 I think it was 1959. 1132 00:48:45,450 --> 00:48:48,420 And they saw all these people at the station, 1133 00:48:48,420 --> 00:48:51,270 and they wondered who the VIP was on the train, 1134 00:48:51,270 --> 00:48:54,030 not realizing the crowds were for them. 1135 00:48:54,030 --> 00:48:58,050 They had absolutely no idea of how popular they were. 1136 00:48:58,050 --> 00:48:59,970 - [Paul] Joe DeRita brought his own comic style 1137 00:48:59,970 --> 00:49:00,803 to the act. 1138 00:49:00,803 --> 00:49:02,520 - [Gary] And obviously he had big shoes to fill, 1139 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,035 but he was a veteran performer, too. 1140 00:49:05,035 --> 00:49:06,300 It wasn't like he was just a nobody. 1141 00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:08,906 He wasn't perhaps as well known as Joe Besser was 1142 00:49:08,906 --> 00:49:11,040 at the time when Besser came in. 1143 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,573 - Most everything was discussed with Larry and Moe, 1144 00:49:13,573 --> 00:49:15,600 where they would take something, 1145 00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:17,250 or do something or anything. 1146 00:49:17,250 --> 00:49:19,113 Not one person made the decision. 1147 00:49:20,790 --> 00:49:24,840 Then after Joe joined him, Joe was like a junior partner. 1148 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,730 Let's put it that way. 1149 00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:30,483 And Larry, after a couple years said to Moe, this I know. 1150 00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,570 Let's make him an even partner. 1151 00:49:33,570 --> 00:49:36,123 I don't know what the partnership was at that time. 1152 00:49:37,260 --> 00:49:40,413 Maybe it was 40, 40, and 20. 1153 00:49:41,430 --> 00:49:42,910 So Moe says, why? 1154 00:49:42,910 --> 00:49:46,080 We been for years this way, you know? 1155 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:49,170 Why should he get part of the good amount? 1156 00:49:49,170 --> 00:49:52,530 Then Larry says, look, between 20 and 33% 1157 00:49:52,530 --> 00:49:54,180 is not that much difference, Moe, 1158 00:49:54,180 --> 00:49:57,060 and it'll make him feel like he's part of us, 1159 00:49:57,060 --> 00:49:59,550 like 'cause he feels like he's a nothin', 1160 00:49:59,550 --> 00:50:01,950 he's a drag owner. Let's make him feel. 1161 00:50:01,950 --> 00:50:04,170 And that's what they did. They made him an even partner. 1162 00:50:04,170 --> 00:50:06,540 Larry forced it all on Moe because I told ya, 1163 00:50:06,540 --> 00:50:08,160 Moe was thrifty. 1164 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,470 But I didn't say cheap. He was thrifty. 1165 00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:12,240 - Outside of their working relationship, 1166 00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:14,860 it was not really 1167 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:17,220 a close friendship 1168 00:50:17,220 --> 00:50:20,070 because they spend so much time together 1169 00:50:20,070 --> 00:50:22,950 in their working relationship that they each 1170 00:50:22,950 --> 00:50:25,710 went their separate ways with their families. 1171 00:50:25,710 --> 00:50:30,270 They got together on big occasions, 1172 00:50:30,270 --> 00:50:33,210 but they each had their own families 1173 00:50:33,210 --> 00:50:35,940 and they didn't spend that much time at home, 1174 00:50:35,940 --> 00:50:37,530 so that when they were at home, 1175 00:50:37,530 --> 00:50:40,050 they wanted to spend as much time as they could 1176 00:50:40,050 --> 00:50:41,520 with their families. 1177 00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,510 So they did not socialize 1178 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,190 on a day-to-day basis. 1179 00:50:47,190 --> 00:50:49,710 - Joe DeRita was a very funny guy. 1180 00:50:49,710 --> 00:50:52,320 Nobody realizes his sense of humor. 1181 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,440 And Joe would like once in a while, say to me, 1182 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:56,670 hey, Nate, it's very quiet. 1183 00:50:56,670 --> 00:50:58,800 Let's jazz up the place. 1184 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,300 I said, what do you wanna do, Joe? 1185 00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:01,890 And Joe and I were very friendly. 1186 00:51:01,890 --> 00:51:03,450 He said, let's play cards together. 1187 00:51:03,450 --> 00:51:04,950 He says, we'll play Gin. 1188 00:51:04,950 --> 00:51:07,410 You make some dumb moves and I'll make some dumb moves, 1189 00:51:07,410 --> 00:51:09,450 an you'll see what'll happen. 1190 00:51:09,450 --> 00:51:12,240 So I'm playing Gin and Larry's looking over my shoulder, 1191 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,190 and I'll make a dumb move. 1192 00:51:14,190 --> 00:51:16,680 Oh, what a stupid move you made, you know? 1193 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,120 I did it purposely. 1194 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,423 And then Moe would go over to Joe's hand and look at his. 1195 00:51:22,410 --> 00:51:23,670 Joe, do you know how to play Gin? 1196 00:51:23,670 --> 00:51:24,503 You really know how to play? 1197 00:51:24,503 --> 00:51:26,220 I don't think you know how to play Gin. 1198 00:51:26,220 --> 00:51:27,720 So Larry would say, let me take your hand. 1199 00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:28,620 I'll show you how to play. 1200 00:51:28,620 --> 00:51:31,410 And I would go look at him. Moe would take Joe's hand. 1201 00:51:31,410 --> 00:51:33,960 And then the two of them would start fighting each other. 1202 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,300 There would be plenty paying for pennies. 1203 00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:38,220 One, two, and three, Knock Rummy or Gin 1204 00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:39,480 or anything like that. 1205 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:41,130 And they would argue like hell. 1206 00:51:41,130 --> 00:51:43,860 Joe and I would stray in the other room and laugh like hell. 1207 00:51:43,860 --> 00:51:46,440 He says, we started somethin'. (laughing) 1208 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:47,910 - [Paul] The boys were back on top, 1209 00:51:47,910 --> 00:51:50,730 and the studio that had fired them in 1957 1210 00:51:50,730 --> 00:51:53,070 wanted them back, this time for a starring 1211 00:51:53,070 --> 00:51:55,767 feature picture called "Have Rocket, Will Travel." 1212 00:51:57,630 --> 00:51:58,590 - [Announcer] Extra! 1213 00:51:58,590 --> 00:52:00,930 Scientists establish visual communication 1214 00:52:00,930 --> 00:52:02,580 with rocket in flight! 1215 00:52:02,580 --> 00:52:04,680 History is being made on the probing grounds 1216 00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,330 of the National Space Foundation, 1217 00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:08,310 as scientists prepare for the ultimate 1218 00:52:08,310 --> 00:52:10,740 total triumph over space. 1219 00:52:10,740 --> 00:52:13,380 Within a matter of moments you will, for the first time, 1220 00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:16,143 see the interior of a space rocket in flight. 1221 00:52:16,980 --> 00:52:18,210 Here's the countdown. 1222 00:52:18,210 --> 00:52:22,380 Five, four, three, two, one. 1223 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:24,473 Blast off! 1224 00:52:25,796 --> 00:52:28,110 And now the wonders of electronic science enable us 1225 00:52:28,110 --> 00:52:30,033 to see the interior of the rocket. 1226 00:52:30,873 --> 00:52:32,910 Oh no! What's this? 1227 00:52:32,910 --> 00:52:34,710 Oh my! Not them. 1228 00:52:34,710 --> 00:52:37,200 Yes, it's the Three Stooges who are making history, 1229 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,000 all right, but laugh history, 1230 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,587 in their first full length feature motion picture 1231 00:52:41,587 --> 00:52:43,633 "Have Rocket, Will Travel." 1232 00:52:43,633 --> 00:52:45,835 - They're throwing things at us! 1233 00:52:45,835 --> 00:52:47,344 - Duck! 1234 00:52:47,344 --> 00:52:51,560 Try to contact earth. 1235 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:52,393 - Ah! 1236 00:52:53,799 --> 00:52:56,296 - Quiet! Oh, oh, oh, oh! 1237 00:52:56,296 --> 00:52:59,162 (Stooges yelping) 1238 00:52:59,162 --> 00:53:02,250 (lighthearted playful music) 1239 00:53:02,250 --> 00:53:03,810 - No change in their course, huh? 1240 00:53:03,810 --> 00:53:04,830 - None. 1241 00:53:04,830 --> 00:53:06,450 They can't control it. 1242 00:53:06,450 --> 00:53:09,300 The ship's on an automatic course to the planet Venus. 1243 00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:10,710 - We got contact. 1244 00:53:10,710 --> 00:53:12,595 Take that down, quick. 1245 00:53:12,595 --> 00:53:15,678 (morse code beeping) 1246 00:53:18,510 --> 00:53:19,598 What's it say? 1247 00:53:19,598 --> 00:53:21,734 - Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. 1248 00:53:21,734 --> 00:53:23,433 (hand smacking) - Get outta here. 1249 00:53:23,433 --> 00:53:24,780 - Hey, the television's on. 1250 00:53:24,780 --> 00:53:27,720 - [Announcer] You heard about the Sputnik and the Mutnik. 1251 00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:29,610 Well, here comes the Laughnik, 1252 00:53:29,610 --> 00:53:33,390 a movie that's a Three Stooge pilot on a three stage rocket. 1253 00:53:33,390 --> 00:53:34,680 - We're landing! 1254 00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:35,550 - [Announcer] For the first time, 1255 00:53:35,550 --> 00:53:39,810 the world's craziest comedians are really out of this world. 1256 00:53:39,810 --> 00:53:40,643 - Admit it. 1257 00:53:42,097 --> 00:53:43,236 ♪ We did it ♪ 1258 00:53:43,236 --> 00:53:44,457 ♪ Have rocket ♪ 1259 00:53:44,457 --> 00:53:47,707 ♪ Will travel in space ♪ 1260 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:52,650 (teleporter whirring) 1261 00:53:52,650 --> 00:53:55,800 - [Automobile] You are expected. Enter. 1262 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,573 - A talkin' automobile. 1263 00:53:57,573 --> 00:53:58,875 - [Automobile] I am waiting. 1264 00:53:58,875 --> 00:54:00,376 - I am Larry. 1265 00:54:00,376 --> 00:54:01,209 - I am Moe. 1266 00:54:01,209 --> 00:54:03,270 - And I am Curly Joe. 1267 00:54:03,270 --> 00:54:05,139 Take us to your leader. 1268 00:54:05,139 --> 00:54:07,413 (lightning booming) 1269 00:54:07,413 --> 00:54:10,133 - Look! 1270 00:54:10,133 --> 00:54:12,432 - They're the spitting image of us, ain't they? 1271 00:54:12,432 --> 00:54:14,550 - Well, they look pretty good for robots. 1272 00:54:14,550 --> 00:54:17,340 - [Curly Joe] They made Moe real ugly, didn't they, Larry? 1273 00:54:17,340 --> 00:54:20,170 - I don't know. I think he's uglier in person. 1274 00:54:20,170 --> 00:54:21,420 (fists thwacking) 1275 00:54:21,420 --> 00:54:23,100 - [Announcer] Don't miss this hilarious mixture 1276 00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:26,010 of missiles and mirth as the Three Stooges blast off 1277 00:54:26,010 --> 00:54:29,150 in the biggest comedy bonanza in years. 1278 00:54:29,150 --> 00:54:32,817 (sweeping orchestral music) 1279 00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:39,330 - [Paul] The Stooges did several more features 1280 00:54:39,330 --> 00:54:41,940 between 1960 and 1969, 1281 00:54:41,940 --> 00:54:43,597 and their last film for Columbia was 1282 00:54:43,597 --> 00:54:45,757 "The Outlaws Is Coming." 1283 00:54:45,757 --> 00:54:50,490 - "The Outlaws Is Coming." (laughing) 1284 00:54:50,490 --> 00:54:52,800 What a wonderful experience. 1285 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:54,660 I think we did that in 1286 00:54:54,660 --> 00:54:59,400 1964 or '65, I'm not sure. 1287 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:03,630 Our first meeting at the Columbia ranch, 1288 00:55:03,630 --> 00:55:05,430 one morning, quite early. 1289 00:55:05,430 --> 00:55:09,150 And I went into makeup and got on my Western duds 1290 00:55:09,150 --> 00:55:10,503 and came out in the street, 1291 00:55:11,490 --> 00:55:14,223 and I saw Larry Fine sitting in a chair. 1292 00:55:15,150 --> 00:55:16,690 And I think his wife was 1293 00:55:18,570 --> 00:55:21,030 yelling at him about something. 1294 00:55:21,030 --> 00:55:24,810 And (laughing) then actually the guys 1295 00:55:24,810 --> 00:55:29,013 were very serious off camera, their demeanors. 1296 00:55:30,810 --> 00:55:35,550 They were really very serious artists in their own way. 1297 00:55:35,550 --> 00:55:38,580 And I was impressed with 1298 00:55:38,580 --> 00:55:41,610 how quiet they were 1299 00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:44,193 in respect to their screen persona. 1300 00:55:45,090 --> 00:55:47,980 I thought Moe basically 1301 00:55:49,020 --> 00:55:50,970 in talking to him here and there 1302 00:55:50,970 --> 00:55:54,540 while we were filming was a kind man, 1303 00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:57,663 and serious, 1304 00:55:58,620 --> 00:56:03,363 almost professorial in a way. 1305 00:56:05,070 --> 00:56:08,310 Larry was a warm 1306 00:56:08,310 --> 00:56:09,900 sort of person, 1307 00:56:09,900 --> 00:56:14,650 and always had a word for somebody 1308 00:56:15,978 --> 00:56:18,003 and would always spend time. 1309 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,793 Joe DeRita was Curly at that time, 1310 00:56:24,630 --> 00:56:27,900 and he was more gregarious 1311 00:56:27,900 --> 00:56:32,613 and I think outgoing and communicative. 1312 00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:35,970 I enjoyed all of them, 1313 00:56:35,970 --> 00:56:38,680 but I suppose I spent more time 1314 00:56:40,020 --> 00:56:42,160 talking with Joe 1315 00:56:43,350 --> 00:56:45,750 because he seemed to wanna talk a little more 1316 00:56:45,750 --> 00:56:46,593 than the others. 1317 00:56:47,460 --> 00:56:51,390 There were a number of silly, bizarre, wacko things 1318 00:56:51,390 --> 00:56:53,320 that happened while we were filming 1319 00:56:54,217 --> 00:56:55,827 "The Outlaws Is Coming." 1320 00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:00,390 As guest villains, 1321 00:57:00,390 --> 00:57:02,880 we had disc jockeys 1322 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,770 from all around the country, 1323 00:57:04,770 --> 00:57:08,970 and Norman Marr and the Stooges figured 1324 00:57:08,970 --> 00:57:11,190 that that would help promote the movie 1325 00:57:11,190 --> 00:57:13,950 if they put the disc jockeys in the pictures, 1326 00:57:13,950 --> 00:57:16,200 villains, gave 'em roles. 1327 00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,620 And so, you can imagine with maybe 1328 00:57:19,620 --> 00:57:22,230 20 radio jocks 1329 00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:26,550 all competing for attention, it was kind of silly and fun. 1330 00:57:26,550 --> 00:57:30,930 And I think the funniest little incident 1331 00:57:30,930 --> 00:57:32,850 with the picture that I remember, 1332 00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:35,820 the main thrust of the plot was that we were trying 1333 00:57:35,820 --> 00:57:37,828 to save the buffalo, 1334 00:57:37,828 --> 00:57:40,200 and I was the young lawyer from Boston, 1335 00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:41,940 and I had the same interests 1336 00:57:41,940 --> 00:57:42,900 and that's how we got together. 1337 00:57:42,900 --> 00:57:45,720 But anyway, so we spent the movie trying to 1338 00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,430 save the buffalo. 1339 00:57:47,430 --> 00:57:50,070 The wrap party at the end of the movie, 1340 00:57:50,070 --> 00:57:53,220 Moe says, "Okay, everyone's invited to my place 1341 00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:56,430 in Bel Air for a buffalo barbecue." 1342 00:57:56,430 --> 00:57:59,770 And that sort of typifies 1343 00:58:01,380 --> 00:58:03,573 these three restless nights. 1344 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:08,763 I never really spent much time with him away from the set. 1345 00:58:10,410 --> 00:58:13,320 People don't do that often in Hollywood. 1346 00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:15,720 You're doing a series and you spend 18 hours 1347 00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,210 a day with people and you just kinda wanna 1348 00:58:18,210 --> 00:58:19,850 get away from 'em. 1349 00:58:19,850 --> 00:58:22,113 I think it's probably more helpful that way. 1350 00:58:23,460 --> 00:58:25,980 I wanted to go home with the Stooges every night, 1351 00:58:25,980 --> 00:58:29,103 but they wouldn't let me. (laughing) 1352 00:58:30,210 --> 00:58:33,090 - [Paul] In 1969, Moe, Larry and Curly Joe 1353 00:58:33,090 --> 00:58:36,150 started work on a self-produced comedy travel log series 1354 00:58:36,150 --> 00:58:37,680 called "Kook's Tour." 1355 00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:40,050 During the last few days of filming the pilot, 1356 00:58:40,050 --> 00:58:44,040 Larry suffered a major stroke, which forced him to retire. 1357 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:46,740 - They were able to patch together a one-hour version 1358 00:58:46,740 --> 00:58:49,500 of the pilot, which nothing ever happened with, 1359 00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:53,160 but that was really the end of the Stooges as we know it. 1360 00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:56,820 - And once he was able to 1361 00:58:56,820 --> 00:58:58,350 really handle himself, 1362 00:58:58,350 --> 00:59:00,887 he was able to speak pretty well again, 1363 00:59:00,887 --> 00:59:03,453 'cause in the beginning he could not talk. 1364 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,540 He decided he wanted to go live at 1365 00:59:06,540 --> 00:59:10,803 the Screen Actor's Guild country house. 1366 00:59:11,910 --> 00:59:16,560 And he applied to go into that. 1367 00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:17,940 That's in Woodland Hills. 1368 00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:19,740 It's a magnificent place. 1369 00:59:19,740 --> 00:59:22,560 And he moved into that, and he lived there 1370 00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:24,930 for the last six years of his life. 1371 00:59:24,930 --> 00:59:26,370 - There were a lot of other people that were 1372 00:59:26,370 --> 00:59:29,550 in the motion picture home too that he got friendly with, 1373 00:59:29,550 --> 00:59:33,360 and he'd befriended other people in Hollywood. 1374 00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:36,420 Ed Asner, the guy from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," 1375 00:59:36,420 --> 00:59:38,160 and couple other people. 1376 00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,540 Ted Knight, also from that show. 1377 00:59:39,540 --> 00:59:41,460 I know that they played shuffleboard together 1378 00:59:41,460 --> 00:59:42,750 and stuff like that. 1379 00:59:42,750 --> 00:59:44,970 - [Paul] It was obvious that Larry couldn't continue, 1380 00:59:44,970 --> 00:59:47,580 so Moe and Curly Joe contacted their old friend 1381 00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:50,400 character actor Emil Sitka to assume the role 1382 00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:51,810 of the middle Stooge. 1383 00:59:51,810 --> 00:59:52,980 - They had played with the idea, 1384 00:59:52,980 --> 00:59:55,320 and Sitka was supposedly even hired and signed, 1385 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,180 signed, sealed and delivered to work on a picture, 1386 00:59:57,180 --> 01:00:00,720 but things fell through, and that group that would've been 1387 01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,720 Moe, Sitka as the Larry role, 1388 01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:07,110 and Joe DeRita has the third Stooge never materialized 1389 01:00:07,110 --> 01:00:09,210 as a group on film. 1390 01:00:09,210 --> 01:00:11,010 - Moe started to work as a solo. 1391 01:00:11,010 --> 01:00:13,230 He gave interviews, lectured at colleges, 1392 01:00:13,230 --> 01:00:15,180 and made dozens of TV appearances. 1393 01:00:15,180 --> 01:00:17,550 And even though Larry was still partially paralyzed, 1394 01:00:17,550 --> 01:00:20,610 he too was able to appear on local talk shows. 1395 01:00:20,610 --> 01:00:23,370 He seemed to be doing well when he suffered a second stroke, 1396 01:00:23,370 --> 01:00:25,320 which further slurred his speech. 1397 01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,510 Two months later, he had a massive stroke, 1398 01:00:27,510 --> 01:00:28,980 which put him in a coma. 1399 01:00:28,980 --> 01:00:33,980 Larry died two weeks later on January 24th, 1975. 1400 01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:36,030 Moe was heartbroken over the news 1401 01:00:36,030 --> 01:00:37,560 of his old friend's passing, 1402 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,620 but continued to work, even though he developed lung cancer. 1403 01:00:40,620 --> 01:00:42,780 - They were trying to work on a film as late as '74 1404 01:00:42,780 --> 01:00:46,530 with Sitka again, but apparently Sitka kept getting a call. 1405 01:00:46,530 --> 01:00:47,700 You know, we're gonna film next week, 1406 01:00:47,700 --> 01:00:48,720 we're gonna film next week, 1407 01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,130 we're gonna film next week, 1408 01:00:50,130 --> 01:00:52,380 and then Moe died and that was the end of it. 1409 01:00:52,380 --> 01:00:57,120 - Moe died May 4th, 1975, just four months after Larry. 1410 01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:59,715 Moe's passing brought an end to the world's 1411 01:00:59,715 --> 01:01:01,065 longest running comedy act. 1412 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,620 Joe Besser continued to work in TV and films 1413 01:01:04,620 --> 01:01:06,600 and take care of his wife Erna until his death 1414 01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,030 on March 1st, 1988. 1415 01:01:09,030 --> 01:01:11,010 Joe DeRita retired from show business 1416 01:01:11,010 --> 01:01:13,440 and lived happily in North Hollywood with his wife Jean 1417 01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:17,520 until he passed away on July 3rd, 1993. 1418 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:20,850 The Stooges are gone, but their legacy of comic mayhem 1419 01:01:20,850 --> 01:01:22,920 will make us laugh for generations. 1420 01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:27,000 - To me, the Stooges weren't based on any kind of reality. 1421 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:28,713 As a kid I even knew that. 1422 01:01:29,670 --> 01:01:32,070 I liked seeing people get hit in the head with hammers. 1423 01:01:32,070 --> 01:01:34,050 - Then he smacks 'em on the head like that. 1424 01:01:34,050 --> 01:01:34,883 - Oh! 1425 01:01:34,883 --> 01:01:37,770 - But I've also been able to create 1426 01:01:37,770 --> 01:01:41,130 original characters based on the Larry voice, 1427 01:01:41,130 --> 01:01:43,050 like for cartoons like "Ren and Stimpy," 1428 01:01:43,050 --> 01:01:46,170 where Stimpy the cat is, 1429 01:01:46,170 --> 01:01:48,930 his voice is very much based on Larry Fine, 1430 01:01:48,930 --> 01:01:50,160 except it's all jazzed up. 1431 01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:53,070 - I think the Stooges will be popular long after 1432 01:01:53,070 --> 01:01:55,500 we are all gone because 1433 01:01:55,500 --> 01:01:58,837 they are poking fun at life. 1434 01:01:58,837 --> 01:02:02,340 - You know, there are some shows that have that effect. 1435 01:02:02,340 --> 01:02:05,670 Make people laugh and smile and hit each other. 1436 01:02:05,670 --> 01:02:07,403 I don't know. (chuckling) 1437 01:02:07,403 --> 01:02:08,400 - Soitenly! 1438 01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:10,888 - [Man] Would you play some executive music, please? 1439 01:02:10,888 --> 01:02:12,667 (bright orchestral music) 1440 01:02:12,667 --> 01:02:14,015 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 1441 01:02:14,015 --> 01:02:15,868 ♪ A sweet, yellow tulip ♪ 1442 01:02:15,868 --> 01:02:19,465 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 1443 01:02:19,465 --> 01:02:20,994 ♪ When you caressed me ♪ 1444 01:02:20,994 --> 01:02:22,697 ♪ It was then heaven blessed me ♪ 1445 01:02:22,697 --> 01:02:26,509 ♪ What a blessing, no one knows ♪ 1446 01:02:26,509 --> 01:02:28,294 ♪ You made life cheerie ♪ 1447 01:02:28,294 --> 01:02:29,994 ♪ When you called me dearie ♪ 1448 01:02:29,994 --> 01:02:33,090 ♪ It was down where the blue grass grows ♪ 1449 01:02:33,090 --> 01:02:35,198 ♪ Your lips were sweeter than julep ♪ 1450 01:02:35,198 --> 01:02:36,996 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 1451 01:02:36,996 --> 01:02:40,499 ♪ And I wore a big, red rose ♪ 1452 01:02:40,499 --> 01:02:43,999 ♪ I met her in a garden in an old Kentucky town ♪ 1453 01:02:43,999 --> 01:02:45,810 ♪ The moon was shining down ♪ 1454 01:02:45,810 --> 01:02:47,310 - [Man] You! No! No! 1455 01:02:47,310 --> 01:02:50,163 Don't dance out of this position, boys. 1456 01:02:50,163 --> 01:02:51,600 Just sing like that. 1457 01:02:54,878 --> 01:02:56,827 ♪ When you wore a tulip ♪ 1458 01:02:56,827 --> 01:02:58,216 ♪ A sweet, yellow tulip ♪ 1459 01:02:58,216 --> 01:02:59,930 (sandbag whistling) 1460 01:02:59,930 --> 01:03:01,442 (sandbag thudding) 1461 01:03:01,442 --> 01:03:04,197 (audience laughing) 1462 01:03:04,197 --> 01:03:05,795 ♪ 'Twas then Heaven blessed me ♪ 1463 01:03:05,795 --> 01:03:09,438 ♪ What a blessing, no one knows ♪ 1464 01:03:09,438 --> 01:03:11,220 ♪ You made life cheerie ♪ 1465 01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:13,228 ♪ When you called me dearie ♪ 1466 01:03:13,228 --> 01:03:16,395 - [Curly] Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah.