Curly was a beast, a trooper. Most people during that time didn't survive one stroke. (Shoot some people today don't survive one stroke.) He went through several of them fighting, throwing punches. He might've lost his battle, but he didn't go down without a fight. And for that alone, I respect him whole heartly.

It’s so fitting that one of the last lines Moe says to him as a stooge is to call him a stooge.

Curly was the heart and soul of The Three Stooges.

@finckel2682

Жыл бұрын

Moe was the brain and Larry was the violinist.

@forgetyourlife

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh no, Moe Howard started it all. Curly came in as a replacement for Shemp.

@damnbigstoned420

Жыл бұрын

@@forgetyourlifeshemp*

@MaxOrDieYT

6 ай бұрын

@@forgetyourlifecurly was funniest to me

@mmv3345

6 ай бұрын

​@forgetyourlife Ted Healy started it all, not Moe. That being said I'll always be a die hard stooges fan. Probably the funniest show of all time

Curly is one of the best and favorite stooges of mine and my siblings. As many problems as he had, he and the guys really made us laugh.

This is one of the most darkest and saddest moments in Hollywood history.

@RonnieDillJrLoveIsADarkPlace

6 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed it was.

@racheldianeames3729

5 жыл бұрын

POOR CURLY :( he had a unexpected stroke and he ended up retired permanently from being a stooge

@kevinmiller1985

4 жыл бұрын

@@racheldianeames3729 A lot of the blame can be placed on Harry Cohn, his refusal to let Curly rest was the worst mistake he ever made. Because of this Curly's health and performances took a drastic nosedive. He could not remember even the simplest dialogue; he had to be coached by Moe, line by line, until he got it right. Things got so bad for Curly that many of his lines were either given to Larry, or scrapped entirely. In the mid 40s, when Curly first started showing signs of slowing down, brother Shemp would be recruited to sub for him. Makes me wonder what Moe told live audiences when Shemp came onstage instead of Curly?

@kevinmiller6324

3 жыл бұрын

What caused that involuntary jerk on Curly's part as he walked off camera for the last time?

@jbustop

3 жыл бұрын

Not his final scene, after his stroke he played a passenger on a train, and his hair had grown out, Moe picks up passengers hat while he is sitting in seat😕

He came back and shot a scene in another movie with the other three. The only scene with all four in it.

@KHayes666

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this was his last scene BEFORE he retired.

@MetallicaFanSandman

6 жыл бұрын

Gerber Bernstein that short was a SHEMP short called Hold That Lion.

@MFPhoto1

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen two shorts from the "Shemp Era" which had a cameo by Curly. One was in a haunted house where they were attacked by a bat with Curly's head on it, with Curly saying, "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk," or something to that effect. The other was on a train where Curly was asleep with a clothespin on his nose. When it was removed, he snored.

@bethdibartolomeo2042

5 жыл бұрын

Curly was supposed to have an addiitional cameo in the Shemp short Malice in the Palace as a chef, but it was cut, which is a shame. The head honchos should not have kept pushing him to keep making shorts if his health was poor. :(

@debbutcher9087

5 жыл бұрын

MFPhoto1; that was Shemp as a bat not Curly. Though it's very funny that he's scared of his own ugly face. Lol!

I slowed this down and paused it the moment Curly twitched. You can see Moe's expression that something was wrong

@chadglasner4755

2 жыл бұрын

Look's like Moe did a double take?

@chadglasner4755

2 жыл бұрын

And Moe looked at Curly. You're right Moe knew something was going on.

The end of an era 😢, The Stooges were never the same

The saddest part is, like many stroke victims, Curly became irritable and violent - instead of the gentle soul he was before.

You can see he looked very ill he wasn't his usual chipper energetic self. Poor curly. I loved him he was my fave stooge and to this day he still is no one will take his place.

@moonbeamskies3346

6 жыл бұрын

mimi mure Despite his poor health this scene was still funny.

@flcl64

5 жыл бұрын

Watch any of the late 45's to 1946 episodes. You can tell Curly had had strokes before. He was almost normal in this episode, but most others you could tell his voice is wrong and his scenes had to be chopped together. He had an absent stare and every movement he made was done in short straight lines, like a scene would consist of Moe giving him a cue line, Curly moved from point A to point B then they'd have to cut. I find it really hard to watch those years because it reminded me a lot of my grandpa after he'd had a stroke.

@GisherJohn24

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. From 44 to 47 is when he was really going down hill . God bless him in heaven

@davidekstrand8544

5 жыл бұрын

In 1946, you can see how thin he had gotten.

@racheldianeames3729

5 жыл бұрын

CURLY is still my favorite stooge because he was so hilarious and funny!!! ID MISS CURLY HOWARD :(

Poor curly

I always heard his last scene was as an extra in a later stooge short. No lines, just sitting there...in a train I believe. But he was awesome, one of a kind.

@threestoogescritic3280

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but this is his last as a stooge

That twitch wasn’t written in... Curly soon suffered a stroke after that scene, and suffered for six years. God rest his soul.

@lancelink2812

5 жыл бұрын

In Bedrock, Twitch Twitch.....

Curly was no longer able to act in the concluding pie fight.

This was not his last scene after his frist stroke in 1946 he came back and did a cameo as a passenger on a train then he retired and had a few more strokes and died. And Moe made sure he was takin good care of till he died.

So sad....

This was his last appearance as a protagonist. In Hold That Lion in 1947, Curly make a cameo, which would be the only film to have all 3 Horwitz Brothers together on film.

Very sad after reading these comments God bless his sole thanks for making me laugh so many times you should of lived forever!! Man

@rotunda57

5 жыл бұрын

Curly was great and my favorite of the bunch, but why would anyone bless the underside of his feet?

Later curly was in the director chair head to his chest mouth disorted unable to speak only cry he had tears running down his face he suffered another stroke

@dianaarneson6590

6 жыл бұрын

If only they'd had tPa back then, he might have lived a lot longer, and done a lot more shorts. :(

@RuminatingWizard

4 жыл бұрын

You act as if he died that day. He actually went on to remarry and have another child.

@ps2abbachio137

4 жыл бұрын

@@RuminatingWizard Wow, Nobody Ever Knew That

@RuminatingWizard

4 жыл бұрын

@@ps2abbachio137 Same with your comment. No difference whatsoever.

Lucky moe didn’t pie him

I had read that Curly was having trouble with his lines and Moe knew something was wrong; girl he had been having trouble with his health for quite some time and Moe kept A vigilant ion him. So,in the scene before the last one, when he took the pie from him Moe pointed for him to go sit down; but that wasn’t part of the script, it was because he knew that Curly was in trouble 😢😔

@landonjohnson1782

2 ай бұрын

Yes and further to that I had 'heard' that Curly suffered a full-on stroke behind that curtain and the rest of the scene went on.

RIP on your would have been 119th birthday Curlington ..

Man these guys were great.

when he walked off and you seen a jerk of his body that was the beginning of the stroke. moe found him in the directors chair back stage and they rushed him to the hospital. moe wasn't able to go with him, but had to finish the pie fight. curly lived another 6 years. they all were the best R.I.P three stooges.

@MrNine1wing

7 жыл бұрын

brian smedley no dumbass that was him acting like moe hit his butt

@jocelynmcelroy3034

7 жыл бұрын

Some people think they are so deep lol. Don't mind him.

@henryreinoso4143

6 жыл бұрын

MrNine1wing He did not

@ryanfox5578

6 жыл бұрын

HENRY REINOSO, J. MCELROY, AND MRNINE1WING- KNOCK IT OFF AND QUIT BULLING EACH OTHER AND ESPECIALLY TO BRIAN SMEDLEY WHO IS THE TRUE WINNER WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT AND NO MATTER WHAT CRITISIZING CRAP YOU THROW AT ME AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST SPLITTING HAIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ryanfox5578

6 жыл бұрын

BULLYING

Poor curly. He didn't look healthy at all:-(

Love those 3 guys. That's classic

The stooges was never the same again after curly no longer with them

@joelgoldenberg1100

2 жыл бұрын

Watch Brideless Groom with Shemp.

Bless you, curly

The twitch at the 18 second was the start of his stroke,he was not the healthiest person,he was overweight,drank a lot,smoked heavily,the same way Shemp died,it could have been easy avoid if Harry Cohn,the president of Columbia Pictures wasn’t so demanding and let curly rest and get better,he would went on for years,

A great clip! These gentleman have done more for the public mind set as far mental levity that we will ever know! We surely can use them more today! So pop in that DVD and sit back and laugh!☺😁👍

So sad

Final scene of him as a regular (bald) Stooge, but he showed up briefly (with hair) in a short cameo in "Hold That Lion".

CURLY HOWARD DIED FROM A STROKE AND MOE HOWARD DIED FROM CANCER AND LARRY FINE DIED FROM OLD AGE AND HE WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIR BEFORE HE DIED AND CURLY HOWARD WAS THE FUNNIEST COMEDY ACTOR IN THE 3 STOOGES 😔

Technically Curly’s last scene was in hold that lion a shemp short .

Poor cully

I miss curly 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

The moment I watched this episode of half wit holidays when moe moved his younger brother curly from the seen he was not seen during this episode and it was only larry and moe finishing up the role before it ended the moment they went to the hospital after curly had that stroke he was out for a good while til he came back on next episode called Hold that Lion sitting on a train making noises and the dog noises for the first time after he had that stroke during his career sadly he passed during the time when his older brother Shemp took his spot Curly will always be a favorite stooge as I know it he will always makes you laugh with his nyuk nyuk nyuk lol

That's Curly's last scene as a Stooge. He had two more last appearances as a non-Stooge: Hold That Lion! (which reunites the three Howard brothers and is considered his de facto last scene ever) and Malice In The Palace (his scenes were removed from the final cut due to his ill health and poor performance. Larry subsequently got his role as the chef).

It is not his final appearance in a three stooges short but the last one as curly. He was in one scene looking thin with a full head of hair after his hospitalization.

Rip Curley

Not his last scene. He did a cameo later with all four in one in scene

@KHayes666

6 жыл бұрын

shavguru Im talking about as a full time character.

@shavguru

6 жыл бұрын

KHayes666 fair enough

They sure had an awful lot of pies at those wing dings in the 1930s. When we have a party we have like 2 or 3 pies.

Richard!!!!!! Love u!!!!!!!!

Jerry even looked bad in the scene....no offense...but it was also the beginning of the end.😮😮😢😢😢😮😮😮...rest in peace big guy.😢😢😢😢😊

This isn't Curly's last scene. It was in "Hold That Lion" (1947) one year after his stroke. He played a passenger on a train that remained seated as he could not stand up well. Shemp was in the short as well, so it was also the only time all four appeared in the same short.

@butchblancq

5 жыл бұрын

Making the short "The Four Stooges"!

@nobonesinicecream5489

5 жыл бұрын

yes siree bob.............

@timepoet77

5 жыл бұрын

That was also the one time we saw Curly with a full head of hair.

@butchblancq

5 жыл бұрын

@@timepoet77 And beard (obviously fake), and he only barked. No lines.

@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616

5 жыл бұрын

this was his last scene as an official member of the Stooges. In Hold that Lion, Curly Q Link (wink) was just a cameo

He was also in hold that lion as train passenger. 🚂

I USED TO WATCH THE THREE STOOGES ON CHANNEL 11WPIX IN THE '60'S RERUNS WITH OFFICER JOE BOLTON!!!!!!!

awww u stopped it right b4 the good part lol

This may have his last scene as "Curly", but he did do one more scene as a unspeaking passenger on a train with a full head of hair. He was seated and asleep and one of the other stooges lifted up his hat for a second as I remember it.

@SL-vi4tk

2 жыл бұрын

His hair and weight loss... the hair reminds me how he hated to have to shave his head year-round (for the act)

i think moe found him between filmings of this short and he had already had his stroke

That jolt was the start of his stroke. Luckily Moe didnt pie him.

Any =ting stooge I love mate

Bad recording of a recording. Can niether hear nor understand it!

@KHayes666

2 жыл бұрын

Oh well

That jerky movement is NOT related to the stroke.

Curly IS The Three Stooges!!😂

That jerk was Moe poking Curly. Not a precursor to the stroke. In EMS, I see no indication a stroke is coming on.

@waynelimeburner7334

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Gift if you noticed , moe had both hands under the Pie when Curly walked away !!!!

@richardsantalone9380

5 жыл бұрын

Actually Robert Gift and Wayne Limeburner, I believe Curly's stroke started way earlier in the picture, immediately after the Stooges do their "Morons" chant. If you look at Curly's face carefully in this scene, you will notice his left eye starts to drift while the right one remains stationary. He was undoubtedly experiencing a brief episode of double vision at this point. FYI my late grandfather suffered a very mild stroke the same way back in the summer of 1989 (he was 86 at the time). He was driving his car when suddenly he started complaining about double vision. Fortunately he wasn't going very fast and he was also less than three miles from the local hospital's ER -- he managed to get there driving with one eye closed.

@robertgift

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Have not seen that earlier footage. Would hope that Curlyvould have stopped the filming and had himself checked out by the studio RN. I think they had them.Glad your grandfather did not crash. Good thinking, closing oneye and promptly getting to a hospital.

I love pie🤣

Hola yo tengo un canal de los tres chiflados 🙋‍♂️🇦🇷🥛( telegram)

The director, Julies White in a 1975 interview: "I was on the fourth day of my-usually we had four-day schedules. This was at lunchtime. I came back from lunch and they said, 'Curly has had a stroke.' They took him to the hospital, and here I am with about twenty people making a picture. I’ve got a half a day’s shooting and he was in everything. I was lucky. Moe had done a scene-I had a line in the scene where Moe says, 'Listen, you ... you go over and sit down...' Well, that saved my life, because the rest of the stuff that I had to shoot. There was nothing I could do about it. All I was concentrating on for the rest of the day was getting my picture finished."

This was not his last. In his last scene, He was on a train as a passenger. It was moe Larry and shemp

@TheArtiststoolbox

4 жыл бұрын

Hold that lion was the short. He had grown his hair back. R.I.P. always Jerome "Curly " Howard.

I'm sorry, but in my personal opinion as a Stooge fan, this should of been their last film. After Curly was gone it was nothing but remakes of old shorts and getting older and slower. Nothing against Shemp, but he just wasn't as good as Curly. Joe Besser was about as funny as watching mold grow. Curly Joe was nothing but a stand in Curly with no personality. By this time Moe and Larry were well into their 60s and it was painful to watch them. I know many would disagree with me, but once again its my opinion.

@KHayes666

5 жыл бұрын

The only thing I'm going to counter was stopping after Curly got sick. Shemp was the original third stooge and Curly replaced him in 1932 when Shemp got a better job offer elsewhere. Shemp fit in flawlessly and the Stooges didnt miss a beat. When he died then it all went to hell. I dont care for Joe or Curly Joe's performances much either.

@debbutcher9087

5 жыл бұрын

KHayes666; like I said, nothing against Shemp. He was a very good comedian in his own right. I just favored Curly and think it was silly to try to remake Curly shorts with Shemp. That's all.

@ginoborrero2222

4 жыл бұрын

Deb Butcher I mean I liked Shemp but I wasn’t a fan of Joe Besser. But I did enjoy curly joe in the 3 stooges cartoon. Curly was definitely the greatest stooge. I miss curly 🥺😞☹️😣

@kevinmiller1985

4 жыл бұрын

@@KHayes666 Not to mention the fact Shemp was tired of Ted Healy's Jekyll and Hyde personality brought on by his boozing, plus the mean practical jokes he played.

Not true. He appeared twice more in non speaking bit parts, with hair.

Pointing a camera at a tv is tacky.

@KHayes666

5 жыл бұрын

Merendo Bereglidditz Cant get hit with copyright infringement that way

@merendobereglidditz9304

5 жыл бұрын

KHayes666 Still tacky.

@WillScarlet1991

5 жыл бұрын

@@KHayes666 I'm sure you can.

@entourage26

5 жыл бұрын

Again you are trash. A complete troll.

@merendobereglidditz9304

5 жыл бұрын

@@entourage26 Tacky nonetheless. Very tacky. Bleh. So tacky. 😝

Is the 3 stooges

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thats not curleys final scene, his final scene is in the following clip, when all the brothers got to act together, kzread.info/dash/bejne/eH-TmJJ_c9aqoc4.html

Was this half-wits holiday?

@bryanbrooks4005

5 жыл бұрын

ATV STUDIOS yes

Was this filmed on the Titanic or The San Francisco earthquake of 1918?

@KHayes666

3 жыл бұрын

Hiroshima

He’s not ill he looks fine!!!!!

@marcojahn2564

2 жыл бұрын

A stroke usually comes unannounced. I have had a mild stroke myself and did not notice anything beforehand. However, in this scene you can tell that Curly is no longer as relaxed as he was in earlier films. It makes the impression that playing his role was more of an effort for him than usual.

(In-universe theory) So Curly really did listen to Moe and sat down at a table for the rest of the short, guess he had enough of being crowned

Very sad. Problem is the recording of this makes me sea sick.

It seems odd now to think Larry & Moe were both still alive when I was a teenager. They passed within months of each other in 1975.

@KHayes666

Жыл бұрын

I remember when Joe De Rita died, it was on the news when I was young