PTA Slams TV Content Circa 1958

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Whatever they made while with Columbia it was apparently enough for them to live the good life (although Larry seems to have spent most of his at the horse track). Curly liked to party but Moe was more frugal. They began their vaudeville act with Ted Healy who wasn't known as a very generous sort so perhaps they weren't accustomed to the big bucks once on their own. Whatever, it seems to have worked for them as they were very popular both in their shorts movies and on stage.

I had Easter breakfast with some friends of mine who didn't really know who they were until I played "Disorder In The Court" for them on my phone. They laughed so hard I thought once or twice they'd quit breathing.

My favorite radio-related Stooges bit (from "They Stooge to Conga"):

MOE: Get outta here and take that radio with ya! Get busy
CURLY: Hmmmmm!!
Curly walks away and tries to take the radio with him, but the wire gets stuck and he''s struggling to pull the radio. Eventually, the radio flies out of Curly''s arms and whacks Moe right in the face.
MOE: Oh!!!!!!!
CURLY (slapping his own face): Nyaaaaah!
Moe grabs the radio and walks over to Curly.
CURLY (scared): Short wave?
MOE: No, permanent!
Moe smashes the radio over Curly''s head and twists Curly''s eyebrows like radio knobs.