| | I can't believe that it's been 25 years since I've seen the Curly Shuffle on American Bandstand. Then again, I'm aging myself by admitting that I've watched AB. Hey, both my parents and my sister and I have seen James Brown perform, so...
Not to get this on to an American Bandstand thing, but I miss shows like that--there was something about watching it on a Saturday afternoon, seeing who the new groups were, and seeing Dick Clark hold up the record that the band was going to sing a song from. (Yeah, it was a record...which is, to me, the best format of music. You can have your mp3s, CDs, those horrible monstrosities called cassettes AND 4 and 8-tracks, nothing will ever beat the warmth of a well-cared for record. Now, I'm not talking mono here--mono sucked total ass.
Okay, back to the subject at hand, Mr. Curly Howard (or Jerome Horwitz). That man lived a mere (I hate using "mere" when much younger people die, but I'll use it here) 48 years. The man lived enough lives for at least five people. There were the many marriages, the many affairs, and his love of food and drink which definitely contributed to his demise. If you look at a short from early 1945, then from later that year, you cannot believe the total difference in the man--I mean, he looked 10 years older in a matter of months. I don't know what the hell kind of treatment they were using back in the 40s, but damn! Giving him boiled rice and apples to lose weight?! Shit, weight'd drop off me in a manner of microseconds. Ewww!
But, however sad his life ended, you have to say the man lived hard, and died hard. How many of us can say that we were on top of the world, at least for a while, one of the most beloved entertainers in history? Most of us are living sad, loud-ass lives of hysterical desperation, wishing that there was something different that we could be doing. (Of course, that could just be me, the secretary talking....well, not just a secretary--I'm also a psych major who's planning to go to grad school whenever I can figure out what the fuck I need to do to actually do it.
Wow--this did not really go as well as Larry's tribute, did it? But I feel a little differently about Curly than Larry. Larry was my favorite--the man was the best actor of the three (Norman Maurer--Moe's son-in-law even said so), so when it comes to him, it's just funny to look at him because he was the true definition of a Stooge--stand there and look dopey. Curly? Dude could not stand still--even with such a handsome face, he was funnier than hell. And speaking of which, here's a picture of the world's most famous Stooge: 
(And yes, I know that his birthday was actually October 22, but I probably won't be able to "work" tomorrow!)
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