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Larry saw DeRita in a Las Vegas stage engagement and told Moe that DeRita would be "perfect for the third Stooge." Howard and Fine invited DeRita to join the act, and he readily accepted. At first, they had difficulty drawing an audience. But Columbia began releasing their shorts to television through their Screen Gems subsidiary, and their popularity with children put them back on top.
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in 1956; both Shemp Howard and Joe Besser had starred in their own separate short subjects. Columbia eventually shut down the short-subjects department at the end of 1957, and Besser quit the act in 1958 to take care of his ailing wife. The two remaining Stooges seriously considered retirement. But
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DeRita) and Frank Wardell, and of French-Canadian and English ancestry. He was the youngest of 5 brothers. Wardell's father was a stage technician, his mother a professional stage dancer, and the three often acted on stage together from his early childhood. Taking his mother's maiden name, DeRita,
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was twice named as "the middle stooge", but never got to perform with the team. Shortly after Larry's stroke, Moe, Emil, and Joe were going to appear in a movie written by Moe's grandson, but financing fell through. Before Moe's death on May 4, 1975, the Stooges, with Sitka, had planned to film a
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It was rumored that Jules White had attempted to recruit DeRita for the Three Stooges in 1955 because he wanted "another Curly", but that strong-willed DeRita had refused to change his act or imitate another performer, and White eventually gave up on him. DeRita himself debunked the rumor, saying
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DeRita was married twice. His first marriage was to a chorus girl named Bonnie Brooks, born Esther M. Hartenstine. They were married from July 13, 1935, until her death on September 6, 1965; they had no children. DeRita married his second wife, Jean Sullivan, the following year on December 28.
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I don't think the Stooges were funny. I'm not putting you on, I'm telling the truth—they were physical, but they just didn't have any humor about them. Take, for instance,
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DeRita remained a member of the team through the 1960s, participating in a full workload of television appearances and commercials, a multiyear movie contract, and
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Although DeRita enjoyed working with Moe and Larry and made a living doing it, he was not a fan of the Stooges' humor. He once told an interviewer the following:
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animated cartoons series, which included live-action introductions. In January 1970 Larry Fine had a stroke during the production of
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and did so during initial live stage performances. However, with the restored popularity of the Three Stooges shorts on TV featuring
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that it "added a romance to the story". When he first joined the act, shortly after appearing in a dramatic role in the
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In the early 1970s, with Moe's approval, DeRita attempted to form a "new" Three Stooges. He recruited burlesque and
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was the only Stooge to show up at the ceremony because of DeRita's illness; Stooges longtime supporting player
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to replace Moe and Larry for nightclub engagements. Their act was poorly received, thereby ending the group.
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The team embarked on a new series of six feature-length theatrical Three Stooges films, including
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The Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time
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In 1946, DeRita was hired by Columbia Pictures Short Subjects Division head/director
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aired a television movie about the Stooges, with actor Peter Callan playing DeRita.
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Lenburg, Jeff; Howard Maurer, Joan; Lenburg, Greg; (1982, rev. 2012).
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DeRita died of pneumonia on July 3, 1993. He was residing at the
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DeRita was the only member of the Stooges who was not Jewish.
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circuit during the 1920s, gaining fame as a comedian. During
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On August 30, 1983, the Three Stooges received a star on the
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to star in his own series of comedies. The first effort,
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Curly Joe DeRita with Moe Howard and Larry Fine in 1959
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