Posted on 03/01/2021 3:26:44 PM PST by PBRCat
Following the death of Shemp Howard, Columbia continued to churn out "Three Stooges" short subjects without a replacement actor being selected. Eventually, Joe Besser was chosen to replace Shemp Howard.
During the period when the studio kept filming with only Moe Howard and Larry Fein available, the method used was to combine recycled stock footage of Shemp Howard as well as the use of body doubles to cover for Shemp in a number of films. Stooge fans referred to these stand-ins (usually shot from behind with their backs to the cameras) as "the Fake Shemps."
This made me think about our current "president." Biden is kept out of sight most of the time and only presented for limited photo opportunities. He is "the Fake Shemp" of US Presidents in terms of both the 2020 election and his fitness to hold office. Kamala Harris is probably the Joe Besser of Vice Presidents.
Another creepy reminder of the frailty of Joe Biden is that his limited appearances are reminiscent of the aged leaders of the Soviet Union (Yuri Andropov and Constantin Chernenko) who preceded Mikhail Gorbachev. In fact, the entire leadership of the Democrats -- Biden, Pelosi, Hoyer, and Clyburn are positively ancient.
I thought Joe Besser was a fag..... he sure acted like one
It’s too late for Dementia Joe to go for the William Henry Harrison record. He can still go for the silver medal.
Are you sure? That is definitely Moe and Larry - but the other two don’t look like Curly and Shemp.
I’d call them the fake Curlys.
Nobody attended his rallies......And nobody voted for him.
> That is an insult to Shemp. <
I agree. Shemp is far and away my favorite Stooge. To link him with Biden...come on man, that’s just wrong.
Biden will be restoring the 20 year curse.
Joe Besser played Stinky on the Abbott & Costello TV show in the 50’s.
Just then Abbott would show up. “Stop picking on that little boy, Costello!”
Poor Lou!
Curly grew out his hair after leaving the Stooges, he’s the one in the chair.
I think that it’s closer to reality that the presidency is now just a figurehead and a cabal of deep state and DNC members is really behind all of the Executive’s policies. Deep behind the scenes the PRC is really running the country via influence and lots of $$$.
Biden has to hang on until early August to beat Garfield’s record (Garfield died 6 months and 15 days after his inauguration).
Ok. I’ll buy that.. but the guy on the right doesn’t look like Shemp either... maybe just an odd picture
This is a better shot. It's from the Stooges short "Hold That Lion" in 1947, when Curly was still recovering from his stroke.
That was Curly’s last appearance, as I recall. He never recovered enough from his stroke to return as a Stooge.
Curly didn’t really want to be a comedian...he wanted to be a singer.
Joe Biden is Nowhere Man.
Yeah you are right - in that picture they look like themselves
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