Season 3 · Episode 158
Shemp Howard and The Three Stooges
Comedy History 101: Where We School You in Comedy
December 14, 202340m 12s
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Show Notes
In the world of The Three Stooges, Shemp Howard deserves more love.
Shemp was the original Stooge who appeared in 76 Stooge shorts. He also virtually saved The Three Stooges, was noted as the Ugliest Man in Hollywood, and is responsible for the phenomenon of 'The Fake Shemps.'
And we talk to Geoff Dale, the only man in history to have written a biography of Shemp Howard, aptly titled: Much More Than a Stooge: Shemp Howard.
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