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21. Curly was funny, Larry occasionally had some funny lines.

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:37 PM

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Moe, on the other hand, is not funny at all in my opinion. Most of his "humor" consisted of slapping and physically abusing the other Stooges.

I never found Shemp that funny, but some people I know think he's the funniest one.

They were probably all funnier to audiences in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Three Stooges--Funny/Not Funny. Why/Why not. [View all] debm55 Jul 6 OP

Kinda funny, but BOSSHOG Jul 6 #1

Same here, BOSSHOG debm55 Jul 6 #7

Hilarious The Madcap Jul 6 #2

Thank you The Madcap. I agree with the anti-Hitler takes. debm55 Jul 6 #8

Interesting.Watched them pretty young - all that went past me. electric_blue68 Jul 6 #59

They did a couple of shorts where Moe was a Hitler like character. I didn't like that at all debm55 Jul 6 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Omnipresent Jul 8 #76

I thought they were pretty funny when I was a kid. Ocelot II Jul 6 #3

Thank you very much Ocelot II Same here. debm55 Jul 6 #9

Intensely not funny. Eye-gouging is not gigg;e-inducing. Glorfindel Jul 6 #4

Thank you Glorfindel. debm55 Jul 6 #10

Never cared for that kind of comedy, even as a kid Jilly_in_VA Jul 6 #5

I get you Jilly_in_VA debm55 Jul 6 #12

I liked it as a kid kimbutgar Jul 6 #6

Thank you very much kimbutgar. debm55 Jul 6 #13

No wonder the water don't work, there's wires in these pipes. dem4decades Jul 6 #11

Thank you, dem4decades they were against fascism. debm55 Jul 6 #14

I thought they were hilarious ... crosinski Jul 6 #15

HAHAHAHAHA, Thank you very much for sharing with us.crosinski. debm55 Jul 6 #17

Well it all depends on who the third stooge is Fiendish Thingy Jul 6 #16

Thank you very much, Fiendish Thingy. I didn't know that there were four actors playing the Third Stooge at different debm55 Jul 6 #18

Agreed on 3rd stooge The Madcap Jul 6 #41

They had some pretty pointed social commentary in their dialogue rurallib Jul 6 #19

Thank you rurallib, debm55 Jul 6 #26

As a child, Moe frightened me. Harker Jul 6 #20

Same here. As a young kid My grandmother would cut our hair using a bowl. I looked like Moe debm55 Jul 6 #22

You've transcended much, to everyone's benefit. Harker Jul 6 #33

Omg! {hug} electric_blue68 Jul 6 #60

I wore a babushka when I was a kid so you could only see my bangs. debm55 Jul 6 #62

Curly was funny, Larry occasionally had some funny lines. subterranean Jul 6 #21

That's very true. The only short that I found funny was when Curley had to deliver a hunk of ice to a house with many, debm55 Jul 6 #24

That short was titled "An Ache In Every Stake." One of their best! subterranean Jul 6 #39

Hilarious! johnp3907 Jul 6 #23

Thank you johnp3907, but I don't read German. debm55 Jul 6 #25

Yiddish! johnp3907 Jul 6 #27

As a kid I spoke to my grandparents in Yiddish and don't remember those words.But it was many many years ago. debm55 Jul 6 #30

I kinda liked them---until I heard that Mel Gibson considered them to be comic geniuses. Paladin Jul 6 #28

Mel Gibson is a stooge. I think he is a Moe. debm55 Jul 6 #31

Mel Gibson is a trashy rightwing douchebag. Paladin Jul 6 #37

That too. Thank you Paladin. debm55 Jul 6 #49

Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck. Funny. My Mom forbid us from watching it. underpants Jul 6 #29

Thank you underpants. That is a funny memory. debm55 Jul 6 #32

Glorfindel's post #4 speaks for me. 3catwoman3 Jul 6 #34

Thank you very much 3catwoman3 debm55 Jul 7 #71

Funny ProfessorGAC Jul 6 #35

Im shocked, shocked I tell ya.HAHAHAH. Thank you ProfessorGAC debm55 Jul 6 #57

Loved them for 60 years. MichMan Jul 6 #36

Thank you very much for sharing that information, MichMan. debm55 Jul 6 #55

Hilarious as a kid SheltieLover Jul 6 #38

Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Jul 6 #47

not fun justaprogressive Jul 6 #40

Thank you justaprogressive. I will add, and abused debm55 Jul 6 #46

Some very funny shorts Mystery To Me Jul 6 #42

Great post, Mystery To Me, and welcome to DU debm55 Jul 6 #44

Not funny. I'm not really into their type of comedy. sakabatou Jul 6 #43

Thank you very much sakabatou debm55 Jul 6 #45

If you wanna know my type of classic comedy, it's the Marx Brothers sakabatou Jul 6 #64

Very good choice, sakabatou. Thank you. debm55 Jul 7 #68

saw a latter three stooges movie where the stooges got a rocket into space and landed on venus and came back. AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #48

Thank you Bear. My aunt took us to the theater to see it. debm55 Jul 6 #54

i esp: liked the "unicorn" AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #56

Thanks bear. debm55 Jul 6 #58

Funny as hell. edbermac Jul 6 #50

Thank you edbermac.for sharing debm55 Jul 6 #53

They were awesome. LuvLoogie Jul 6 #51

That you , LuvLoogie. for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #52

I liked them briefly as a young kid, but fairly quickly disliked the violence. The anti-fascist, and other social... electric_blue68 Jul 6 #63

Same here. thank you electric_blue68. debm55 Jul 7 #72

Definitely slapstick humor LogDog75 Jul 6 #65

i agree ,I really liked Laurel and Hardy. Thank you sharing LogDog75 debm55 Jul 7 #73

Once I was a little girl and I loved the fun of the Three Stooges.. Tikki Jul 6 #66

Thank you very much, Tikki for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 7 #70

What's funnier than the Three Stooges themselves ... Jeebo Jul 7 #67

So true, Jeebo.thank you. debm55 Jul 7 #69

Not funny. Slapstick is too broad. haele Jul 7 #74

Thank you very much, haele. for expressing your opinion. debm55 Jul 8 #75

I have never thought they were not funny. Emile Jul 8 #77

thank you so much. Double negative. You thought they funny. debm55 Jul 8 #78