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I love the Stooges, and I was rewatching some of my favorite shorts on YT and came across some funny music related things I'd forgotten about. Professor Shemp Howard, teacher of voice with accompanist Larry and a horrible soprano ( Brideless Groom): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3AwJTOABAk (Later in part 2, they lose the wedding ring in the piano, and the lid falls on Shemp as he attempts to retrieve it) Larry breaks into Rachmaninoff's Op. 3-2 Prelude at 0:54 ( Hula La La): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRoOskndIk4 Crooked exterminators Moe, Larry, and Curly infest a high society mansion with mice, moths, and ants. Then they knock on the doors as exterminators. But since a party is in progress, they must hide the cats they brought for mouse catching. So Larry and Curly put them in the piano ( Ants in the Pantry). It's in Part 2, from about 0:29 and then again at about 3:50: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5pXkjkApF4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L246WzY7eNQ There are others, but I figured that would get us started off. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/roflmao.gif) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/stooges.gif)
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Just what I needed on a gray afternoon -- the Stooges! For me, it only works with Curly; Shemp, Curly Joe and Joe add nothing to the soup. I hoped to respond with my favorite Stooge moment -- the "Slowly I turned" bit where Moe (I think) goes psycho every time someone says Niagara Falls, which reminds him of a lost love. But they've pulled it off of YouTube, and I don't have time to go on a hunt. Anyway, it's nice to know that there's a fan base for these characters here in Piano World. Thanks for brightening the day. 
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You're welcome!  The gag you are referring to is from Gents without Cents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WTOW9ELRsY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrRZBoGwKc Overall, I like Curly best as well. But Shemp's pretty good. Things went way downhill with Joe. 
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There's a PW member named Moe Howard. Of course, everyone already knows about Larry Fine.  Steven
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One of my favorite scenes from "Micro-phonies": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEoZRcTaiKE
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Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.
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Originally posted by sotto voce: There's a PW member named Moe Howard. Of course, everyone already knows about Larry Fine.
Steven
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Thanks! That one's a classic. The second short they did, and the only one they wrote themselves. I love the duel between the kid and the guy manning the bell...and Larry's valiant effort to get Pop Goes the Weasel back after his violin got broken.
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How about the "Original Two-Man Quartet"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BsqXXqZvqA (1:57)
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