Michael Chiklis, who by then was knee-deep in his "roly poly affable guy" phase, was cast as Curly in this ABC movie directed by James Frawley.

"I had an incredible experience making that movie in Australia with those friends of mine, Paul Ben-Victor and Evan Handler," recalls Chiklis. "I was a huge Stooges fan as a child. From where I'm from in Massachusetts, you knew it was a good day after school if Curly was on Three Stooges that day. Boys, we loved the Stooges. It was silliness."

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