The Three Stooges' comedy routines have inspired generations of
tributes in other media. The following information is a partial list
of such tributes. Depending on the form of media used, there are
direct and indirect references to the Three Stooges. Beginning with
the Stooges themselves as the trio did make small guest appearances in
movies or in small bumper clips for their cartoon series. Clips from
the Stooges shorts are sometimes featured in the actual footage of a
movie, TV show, or advertisement, or the line from the 1934 short Men
in Black, "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" is used. Moe
Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard (Or Curly Joe DeRita) appeared as
cartoon versions of themselves.The indirect references are harder to
spot. These are the ones that fans of the shorts would instantly
recognize, but another viewer not familiar with the series may not
recognize. A careful viewing of all the original shorts reveals that
each of the Stooges had his own signature haircut, catchphrase, and
action. The easiest reference would be simply talking about the
Stooges, or accusing another character of acting or reminding them of
the Stooges.Each Stooge had his own signature insult or catchphrase.
While very rarely did any of the other Stooges insult or injure Moe,
he did come up with the most insults of the entire group. He
frequently called Larry a porcupine. He used other insults such as
mongoose, dope, hyena, applehead, soft-boiled egghead, grapehead,
frizzletop, and birdbrain. While the catchphrases for each Stooges
such as Moe's use of "Remind me to kill you later", Curly's with
"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" or "woob, woob, woob", Shemp Howard's noise
babbling, and Joe Besser's "Not so hard!", are nearly always paired
with the signature haircut of the same Stooge.For their haircuts, Moe
had a bowl cut, Larry was bald on the top of his head with his
remaining hair frizzled out, Shemp had a more loose hairstyle (It
frequently fell into his face), while Curly, Joe, and Curly-Joe were
all bald. Characters could appear in groups of three, sporting the
signature haircuts.
tributes in other media. The following information is a partial list
of such tributes. Depending on the form of media used, there are
direct and indirect references to the Three Stooges. Beginning with
the Stooges themselves as the trio did make small guest appearances in
movies or in small bumper clips for their cartoon series. Clips from
the Stooges shorts are sometimes featured in the actual footage of a
movie, TV show, or advertisement, or the line from the 1934 short Men
in Black, "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" is used. Moe
Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard (Or Curly Joe DeRita) appeared as
cartoon versions of themselves.The indirect references are harder to
spot. These are the ones that fans of the shorts would instantly
recognize, but another viewer not familiar with the series may not
recognize. A careful viewing of all the original shorts reveals that
each of the Stooges had his own signature haircut, catchphrase, and
action. The easiest reference would be simply talking about the
Stooges, or accusing another character of acting or reminding them of
the Stooges.Each Stooge had his own signature insult or catchphrase.
While very rarely did any of the other Stooges insult or injure Moe,
he did come up with the most insults of the entire group. He
frequently called Larry a porcupine. He used other insults such as
mongoose, dope, hyena, applehead, soft-boiled egghead, grapehead,
frizzletop, and birdbrain. While the catchphrases for each Stooges
such as Moe's use of "Remind me to kill you later", Curly's with
"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" or "woob, woob, woob", Shemp Howard's noise
babbling, and Joe Besser's "Not so hard!", are nearly always paired
with the signature haircut of the same Stooge.For their haircuts, Moe
had a bowl cut, Larry was bald on the top of his head with his
remaining hair frizzled out, Shemp had a more loose hairstyle (It
frequently fell into his face), while Curly, Joe, and Curly-Joe were
all bald. Characters could appear in groups of three, sporting the
signature haircuts.
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