![]() So, the forced inventiveness of accommodating a Stooge’s medical condition in 1946 led to a popular GIF of a gorilla firing a machine gun in 2018!ĭo you have other pop culture (especially) geeky questions you’d like answered? Feel free to ask…and check my series of The Professor is looking for a human brain small enough to transplant into Igor…and Curly’s would fit (there is also a bit of animation in this short, unusual for the Stooges, showing an animated cuckoo clock inside Curly’s head instead of a brain). He decided (he was also the screenwriter) to expand the roles of the mad doctor Professor Panzer, and his gorilla, Igor (played by Art Miles). However, the director, Edward Bernds (this was his first film as director) realized that Curly wasn’t at full capacity. If you watch the short, he appears to be okay, even doing some physical comedy. On the set of A Bird in the Head, Curly’s performance was impacted. Prior to that stroke in May, Curly already was being impacted by medical issues…what has been described as a series of “mini-strokes”. Shemp rejoined the act after Curly had a major stroke in 1946…reportedly reluctantly, but realizing that Moe and Larry would be in trouble without a third stooge. Shemp was off as a successful solo act (including appearing with Abbott and Costello), supposedly with the promotional line, “The Ugliest Man in Hollywood” (and this is while Rondo Hatton was working…Hatton had a medical condition which gave him unusual looks which led to him being cast in horror movies). With the Moe/Larry/Curly team, the Stooges made a number of now legendary comic shorts (after parting ways with Healy and changing studios). Moe (who was the leader in real life, as he was in the eventual shorts), took him out, shaved his head, told Healy he was a different brother, and Healy fell for it. Shemp left the act, and the third brother, Curly (then nicknamed “Babe”) joined it…the version I like the best is that Curly (then with long curly hair and a mustache) auditioned, and Healy (who reportedly had alcohol issues) didn’t like him. Healy was the front man, the lead comedian, and the Stooges (originally Moe, then his brother Shemp joined, and later friend Larry Fine) would interrupt him, leading to slapstick abuse. The Stooges were part of an act, and they didn’t get top billing…it was Ted Healy and His Stooges. While many people think of Curly as the original third stooge, who was replaced by his brother Shemp, that’s not exactly how it happened. In this case, the “third stooge” is Curly…and that’s important, and surprisingly, may have a good deal to do with why this video exists. Posted by “Retro Horror” ( was some curiosity as to what the origin of the clip was…and I was happy to answer! I got it recently in one of my Twitter feeds, the one for ![]() It can be used to express different things, but I think I’ve seen it most as unbridled joy and enthusiasm…for example, because it’s Friday. There is a popular GIF (in this usage, a short, repeating movie) of a gorilla maniacally firing a machine gun. Or check out the latest stories on our homepage.The strange Stooge story behind the gorilla with a gun GIF Want to write for Task & Purpose? Click here. Air Force Reserve major helps to subdue unruly passenger aboard American Airlines flight.How a rivalry between two WWII vets led to the world’s smallest flyable airplanes.The best gear under $25 to make life in the field suck less, according to soldiers.Army 3-star general suspended amid investigation into toxic climate and racist comments.A Marine sued the Navy over how it handles ‘bad paper’ discharges and won.Follow her on Twitter What’s hot on Task & Purpose Army and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War and articles for The New York Times, Military Review, and War on the Rocks. Her publications include contributions to Modern Warfare in an Ancient Land, The U.S. Miranda Summers Lowe is a curator of modern military history at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and an officer in the Army National Guard.
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