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Jul 26, 2019 · Joe Besser never really fit in as a Stooge, and I believe he was the worst Stooge of all of them. The zany comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, whose Broadway revues were fast-paced collections of songs and blackouts, hired Joe Besser to join their company.
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Joe Besser (born Jessel Besser, [1] August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was an American actor, comedian, and musician, known for his impish humor and wimpy characters. He is best known for his brief stint as a member of The Three Stooges in movie short subjects of 1957–1959.
Worst fucking Stooge. Curly Joe DaRita was streets ahead of Joe Besser, and he paled in comparison to Shemp . Moe should have made Emil Sitka the third Stooge as opposed to Joe Besser.
I just recently started looking into the Stooges’ later work and I kept coming across comments from those who said that Joe Besser was the worst Stooge. After watching several of the shorts with Joe Besser I can’t seem to understand the dislike.
Jan 4, 2024 · There is a myth that Besser was a wimp – because he wouldn’t let Moe hit him – who big leagued the Stooges. The 2000 biopic depicts him this way. There is a nugget of truth to the claim that Besser didn’t want to be hit.
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Mar 2, 1988 · Joe Besser, a comedian who was one of the later members of the Three Stooges and played the whining brat Stinky in the Abbott and Costello television show, was found dead in his home today....
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Mar 2, 1988 · Joe Besser, the rotund knockabout comic who played a succession of crazy characters in a long film and TV career but found his greatest satisfaction as Joe, the “Oooh, you crazy” of the...
