Facts About The Three Stooges That Hardcore Fans Don't Even Know

A Possibly Third Stooge Was No Fun

After Shemp passed away and Curly left briefly, they tried to go as the Two Stooges. That didn’t work, so they wanted to recruit a third Stooge. One man, Joe Besser, was going to step in but he had a “no-violence clause.” Well, that defeats the purpose, doesn’t it? “I never was the type of comic to be hit by a pie,” he had said. 

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