Movie Plot: The
stooges are inept deliverymen at a brewery. When they learn about a company
golf tournament, they sneak onto a golf course to get some practice. They
quickly proceed to bother the other golfers and destroy the course. Forced
to escape in their beer truck, more havoc ensues when the load of beer
barrels are spilled out down a steep hill.
Three Little Beers - Part 2
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The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to
mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their
hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were
commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" or "Moe, Larry, and
Shemp," among other lineups. They started as "Ted Healy and his Southern
Gentlemen" which comprised Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard. This
original trio did one feature film entitled Soup to Nuts after which Shemp left
the group to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by his brother Curly Howard.
This incarnation of the team was the first to be known on film as The Three
Stooges.
Shemp rejoined the group after Curly suffered a debilitating stroke in May 1946,
reinstating the original line-up until November 1955, when Shemp died of a heart
attack. In order to complete four Shemp-era shorts, film actor Joe Palma was
used as a temporary body double before Joe Besser became the long-term
replacement as the third Stooge. Joe DeRita (nicknamed "Curly Joe") replaced
Besser by 1958. The act regained momentum throughout the 1960s as popular kiddie
fare until Larry Fine's paralyzing stroke in January 1970 effectively marked the
end of the act proper. Moe tried, unsuccessfully, one final time to revive the
Stooges with longtime supporting actor Emil Sitka filling in for Larry. Larry
died from a series of strokes in January 1975, Moe died of lung cancer in May
1975.
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