Joe besser was a horrible stooge. Joe DiRita (curly joe) was worse.
Shemp Predated Curly in vaudeville. Curly predated Shemp in film. Both great stooges.
Sleepy Joe wouldn’t make it as a member of the Three Stooges.
But Sleepy Joe is a stooge in reality. And a useful idiot to boot.
Ahh, I see you know your Stooges, too.
Shemp was part of the Stooges when they were under Ted Healy, one of the least funny comedians of the late 20s/early 30s (personal opinion of course). Then Shemp wanted to try his own hand at acting, and was a character actor for a number of years before taking Curley’s spot back when C. had his stroke and became disabled.