I'll try again *** Trivia Pursuit for Boomers ***

[MADem]

43. You're the closest to correct thus far....I'm gonna call it for you!

In the "Curly" role, there was Curly, SheMp, Curly Joe--these are the three most people can cough up, but there was also a fake Shemp--he looked a lot like Shemp, he only made a few appearances (4 as fake Shemp) as a Stooge, th, but he wasn't him (his name was Joe Palma) and another couple of guys named "Joe." Curly Joe looked like original Curly with more hair--he was played by Joe DeRita, another Joe, who looked a bit like Ernest Borgnine, was played by Joe Besser.

So, we count all those guys up

Larry
Moe
Curly
Shemp
Fake Shemp
Curly Joe
Joe....

And we have SEVEN Stooges!!

But, to trick it all out, at the very, very end of their run, Larry had a stroke, and they hired a guy to substitute for him. His name was Emil Sitka. They were all set to make a film with him, but then Moe died, so the film was never made.

So, if you want to count the guy who was hired and had publicity pictures taken, but who never made a film, there were EIGHT Stooges in total!

Who knew? Woo woo woo woo woo!!!!!!