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Bill S. · 04-14-2017, 03:18 AM

Somebody posted this on Pinterest:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...f8a704b71c.jpg

I'd date it somewhere between 1954 and 1959. Anyone have any info on this? To my knowledge, they never worked together. Fascinating either way.

ChrisTV · 04-15-2017, 10:33 PM

LOVE THIS PIC!!
This is from 1956 "LOOK" magazine.
Here is the link...
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=355745

Bill S. · 04-16-2017, 02:03 AM

Ah, much better quality too. I figured you'd know. Thanks.

katmandu38 · 04-26-2017, 01:27 PM

Moe Howard always said costello stole his act from his brother Curly. i grew up watching the 3 stooges. i loved them before jackie and the rest. costello was similar to joe besser in style. too wimpy and girly. Jackie was unequalled in his humor. and Art was the perfect partner.

Bill S. · 04-26-2017, 11:25 PM

To be fair, Curly borrowed a little bit from Jimmy Durante and Hugh Herbert. And Jackie took his "Away We Go" walk from Harry Ritz. I love them too, but none of them were 100% original.

katmandu38 · 04-27-2017, 01:16 PM

Never heard of ritz or herbert. long forgotten. durante almost the same for him. The Three Stooges are still the most popular of them all since they made there first film in 1930. 87 years ago. NYUK NYUK NYUK

Bill S. · 04-27-2017, 03:27 PM

True, they have outlasted most of their contemporaries. It's a shame that they didn't get the recognition they deserved until years later though. And I always found it odd that Gleason never made reference to them (that I'm aware of) since they were from Bensonhurst and all.

Torgo · 04-27-2017, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill S.

To be fair, Curly borrowed a little bit from Jimmy Durante and Hugh Herbert. And Jackie took his "Away We Go" walk from Harry Ritz. I love them too, but none of them were 100% original.

I like Hugh Herbert, sad he's forgotten, along with some of the others like The Ritz brothers, Olsen & Johnson, Wheeler & Woolsey, and from across the pond Arthur Askey.

Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins together in the comedy Sh! The Octopus is a lot of fun. He's also funny in Hellzapoppin', and in the Blondie & Dagwood movie Blondie In The Dough.

Bill S. · 05-01-2017, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torgo

Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins together in the comedy Sh! The Octopus is a lot of fun.

This was based on the same play as the Ritz Brothers movie The Gorilla, which came out two years later.

Here's where the "Away We Go" walk came from, if anybody's interested:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=E5hlRFFTq6E

katmandu38 · 05-01-2017, 01:29 PM

WANT to talk brothers comedy team, huh. ALL right tell me what brothers were more funny than the HOROWITZ CLAN. The three younger brothers of five in order of age SAMUEL, MOSES AND JEROME. AKA kNown AS SHEMP, MOE AND CURLY. i rest my case.

Bill S. · 05-01-2017, 03:12 PM

The Marx Brothers deserve a mention in that category, but their body of work is so much smaller. And as much as the Stooges wanted to make features, the shorts thankfully didn't leave any room for unnecessary subplots and musical numbers.

katmandu38 · 05-01-2017, 03:55 PM

does that include

katmandu38 · 05-01-2017, 03:56 PM

DOES this include gummo and zeppo,tom and jerry,bugs and tweety also.

Bill S. · 05-01-2017, 05:08 PM

Haha, no, no. Three brothers for three brothers. Larry doesn't count either. Speaking of which, how unfunny could the other two Howard brothers have been for them to use Curly-Joe instead?

Bill S. · 08-04-2017, 03:50 PM

It looks like the Library of Congress has unpublished photos of Gleason & Costello from the same shoot:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016713359/

04-14-2017, 03:18 AM	#1
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	Jackie & Lou Costello Somebody posted this on Pinterest: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...f8a704b71c.jpg I'd date it somewhere between 1954 and 1959. Anyone have any info on this? To my knowledge, they never worked together. Fascinating either way.

04-15-2017, 10:33 PM	#2
ChrisTV Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 773	LOVE THIS PIC!! This is from 1956 "LOOK" magazine. Here is the link... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=355745

04-16-2017, 02:03 AM	#3
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	Ah, much better quality too. I figured you'd know. Thanks.

04-26-2017, 01:27 PM	#4
katmandu38 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: tennessee Posts: 678	Moe Howard always said costello stole his act from his brother Curly. i grew up watching the 3 stooges. i loved them before jackie and the rest. costello was similar to joe besser in style. too wimpy and girly. Jackie was unequalled in his humor. and Art was the perfect partner.

04-26-2017, 11:25 PM	#5
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	To be fair, Curly borrowed a little bit from Jimmy Durante and Hugh Herbert. And Jackie took his "Away We Go" walk from Harry Ritz. I love them too, but none of them were 100% original.

04-27-2017, 01:16 PM	#6
katmandu38 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: tennessee Posts: 678	Never heard of ritz or herbert. long forgotten. durante almost the same for him. The Three Stooges are still the most popular of them all since they made there first film in 1930. 87 years ago. NYUK NYUK NYUK

04-27-2017, 03:27 PM	#7
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	True, they have outlasted most of their contemporaries. It's a shame that they didn't get the recognition they deserved until years later though. And I always found it odd that Gleason never made reference to them (that I'm aware of) since they were from Bensonhurst and all.

05-01-2017, 01:29 PM	#10
katmandu38 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: tennessee Posts: 678	WANT to talk brothers comedy team, huh. ALL right tell me what brothers were more funny than the HOROWITZ CLAN. The three younger brothers of five in order of age SAMUEL, MOSES AND JEROME. AKA kNown AS SHEMP, MOE AND CURLY. i rest my case.

05-01-2017, 03:12 PM	#11
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	The Marx Brothers deserve a mention in that category, but their body of work is so much smaller. And as much as the Stooges wanted to make features, the shorts thankfully didn't leave any room for unnecessary subplots and musical numbers.

05-01-2017, 03:55 PM	#12
katmandu38 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: tennessee Posts: 678	does that include

05-01-2017, 03:56 PM	#13
katmandu38 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: tennessee Posts: 678	DOES this include gummo and zeppo,tom and jerry,bugs and tweety also.

05-01-2017, 05:08 PM	#14
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	Haha, no, no. Three brothers for three brothers. Larry doesn't count either. Speaking of which, how unfunny could the other two Howard brothers have been for them to use Curly-Joe instead?

08-04-2017, 03:50 PM	#15
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	It looks like the Library of Congress has unpublished photos of Gleason & Costello from the same shoot: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016713359/