Larry and I were pen pals while he was a resident at the Woodland Hills Home for retired show business people. Corresponding with his fans is what kept him going those last years, and I still treasure the letters that he wrote to me.

like the saying goes: as a child you watched curly, as a teenager you watched moe, and as an adult you watched larry

Nobody goes to the barber and says "Gimme the Larry Fine." - George Costanza

What about buying and renaming it “Larry’s Fine Dining”?

“You don’t have to be dirty to be funny.” -Larry Fine

Larry was the glue that held the Stooges together.

*Shemp mumbles* Moe: what'd he say? Larry: dibabadebdibabauuu Moe slaps Larry: Get outta here That gets me EVERY TIME

I can't pick a favorite Stooge. Moe, Larry, Curly and Shemp were pure perfection. They are icons.

Larry was the perfect middleman ...watch his gestures and expressions ....priceless.

I visited Larry twice in 1973 when I was a little kid, this was at the Motion Picture Country Home. He invited me through one of his handwritten letters, always written on stationary which had a caricature of him on the paper. We corresponded for several years until his death. He was then confined to a wheelchair but was the sweetest man I could have imagined. I treasure the memory of those 2 meetings, he was everything I could have hoped for in meeting my idol. I was also going to visit Moe, but his lung cancer had advanced so much by 1975, his wife Helen wrote to me and said Moe was too under the weather for me to visit. I love these 2 men dearly.

Moe: "Go take a bath!" Larry: "But it ain't spring yet!" LOLOL!

"The Stooges weren't worth a damn without Larry." - Ed Bernds, director

Someone singing the praises of Larry Fine? No one's ever done that...unless you're Billy West.

Ever since I was a kid Larry was always my favorite stooge. One thing I never noticed until years later was how Larry's coats were always way too big for him. Curly always had a coat that was too small, but I never got the joke that Larry's coat was too big and all they had to do was switch coats and they would fit them both.

Larry is the glue of the stooges. It doesn't work without him.

Moe and Curly: the most famous. Larry and Shemp: the most underrated. Besser and Derita: the most flawed.

"Let's plug him, and see if he's ripe!" *SLAP* Possibly my favorite Three Stooges line. Never fails to crack me up.

My two favorite Larry moments is him playing the straight man in the scene with the dog and the cat in the restaurant chasing them with a butcher's knife and when he kissed that one girl, looked at the camera and said "This I like... and I get paid to do it too." Larry did a 4th wall break. I love it.

Larry's Tarzan yell in Disorder in the Court, is one of the funniest moments Stooge history. I can't wait for your episode on CURLY, he's my favorite.

When I met Billy West he said the exact same thing, you get older and you can't keep your eyes off Larry because he brings the whole thing together. You really enjoy the shorts more grown up watching what Larry is going to do and how he's going to react to what's going on. "Be careful, Mo!"

Larry and Shemp are not given appropriate levels of respect. They are two of my favorites! I loved every single one of the original four (the Brothers Howard, and Fine).

How could anyone ignore Larry?! He has the best head of hair!✨

Larry was always my favorite. When I was 5 I tried imitating the “I can’t see, my eyes are closed” routine outside the blockbuster when we returned the Stooges tape. Yeah I ran into a pilar because well, my eyes were closed.

"Do you have petit de foie gras?" "I'll see if the band can play it." Reminds me of Groundhog Day: "Have you ever had deja vu?" "No, but I can check with the kitchen."

The stuff Larry would do in the background was priceless. He was like a living Easter Egg in the scenes.

Larry is my favorite stooge. Shemp is my close second

When my parents and niece came to visit me and my daughter a couple years ago, my niece being a huge fan of the Stooges, we made the trip there to see the mural. The meter maid came just as we were done, so we sprinted back to my car. Fortunately, she respected the fandom and didn't write a ticket. Amazing thing to be able to see the birthplace of a comedy legend.

I feel like during the curly era , larry didn't do anything. They always had him in the background. When shemp came back , larry was on screen just as much Moe and Shemp.

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Has always been my favorite stooge, even as a kid. I liked his dry deliveries and that he was a musician. Larry is also responsible for my favorite punchline of all time. Larry: *shivering* Moe: What, are you scared? Larry: No, I'm apprehensive. Moe: . . . What does that mean? Larry: It means I'm scared with a college education.

My Dad is one of those fans who appreciated the genius of Larry Fine. I can remember two instances in particular where he was just overcome with laughter and I was a bit too young to really appreciate it. The first was in "Idiots Deluxe". Moe thinks that Larry & Curly have taken his food when it's a bear who happens to be doing the thievery. When he suspects Larry, Moe says, "Oh, another chiseler, eh?" before delivering a slap. But as Moe is confronting him, Larry just has this completely unsuspecting and bewildered look on his face like, "Oh what's wrong Moe" and it was literally making my Dad almost cry because of how funny he found Larry's face. The other scene is from "Disorder in the Court". When the gun accidentally goes off and they're trying to wrestle control of it from Curly the gun is momentarily pointed at Larry, prompting him to scream, "DON'T point that gun at me!" Over the years, I too have come to really pay attention to Larry and all he's doing even though he might not be the focus of the scene. Great video, I really enjoy your content.

Larry always had that the world has defeated me look on his face. Especially after moe slapped the hell out of him lol

What I liked best about Larry was his character always came across as a sweet person. There's a certain pathos with him the rest of the boys never went for, giving him a unique personality amidst the chaos. Thank you for this.

"Here's a flower for your hat, madam." That one never fails to crack me up.

Larry was the perfect middle Stooge and a good comedian in his own right

While Curly will always be my favorite Stooge, there's no denying it. Larry is why "The Three Stooges" IS "The THREE Stooges" and not an Abbot and Costello or a Laurel and Hardy. A Moe and Shemp or Curly act would have been okay, but Larry's more reasonable and gentle persona is a perfect counterpoint to Moe's aggressiveness and Curly's wackiness or Shemp's goofiness. He even brings his own brand of comedy into the mix and sometimes even has the best dialogue. But by far, I really think what works best is that, low key, he's actually the smarter of the three most of the time. Even Moe seems to treat him with a little more respect than whichever one of his brothers in the short.

After his stroke he welcomed many fans who came to see him and I'm sure he was pleased he was loved and remembered

“ The gas gauge points half way. I can’t tell if it’s half empty or half full”

A plumbing we will go is the perfect three stooges short. Each character does something that effects the other and Larry has a great bit digging for a pipe.

When I was a kid I used to call The Three Stooges "The Larry Show". I also had a Larry doll that I treasured.

The photo at 4 minutes is of my friend Scott Reboul.

"Did I just drink paint?" *takes another sip* That's hilarious!

My father worked at the home he lived at and I met Larry in 1972 when I was 11 years old, still have the picture of us. Lord that day!!!

The famous voice actor Billy West said his voice for Stimpy was just an impression of Larry Fine.

I think that When Larry passed away early in 1975, it finished Moe off. He went about 4 months later.

Larry has always been my personal favorite, partially because he always felt like the overlooked one to me. He was truly the perfect middle man

Many times I've watched their shorts and consciously paid more attention to Larry. I also love his signature joke: "This place reminds me of the reform school."

I see Larry as the "straight" man, as much as one could be in the Stooges. I often use the "I can't see" bit to annoy my wife who also is a Stooges fan

Yes, Larry's contribution is seriously underappreciated. One short that made me realize his talents is "He Cooked His Goose" where Larry plays a villainous, sleazy character.

His hair was a bridge between the bowling balls

As someone that plays violin, I can't tell you how many times people bring up Larry from three Stooges. The funny thing is though that I didn't even know he played violin until people started mentioning it. Although Larry is great, my favorite stooge has always been Shemp, but Larry is number 2 for sure.

Larry has been my favorite for about 10 years or so. I’ve been watching the stooges since about ‘83. It gets me every time when he thinks he’s doing a great job and gets blasted for it. Moe: “Hey imbecile, move the radio.” Shemp: “oh, move the radio.” Larry to Moe: “Stupid, isn’t he.” *laughs More: “yeah...”. *looks over at Larry laughing at Shemp and slaps him across the face.

I think Larry is my second favorite Stooge to Shemp. I like how Larry could sometimes be the straight man in certain situations or the goof ball as in others. I especially liked him in the Shemp era, he seems to have been utilized much more effectively than in the Curly era. He was used well in the Curly era, but you can see it more in the Shemp era I think. Part of it is the subtlety in his facial expressions when he reacts.

When you said that whenever someone tells you they are a Larry fan you know they are a true fan, I feel vindicated as a Stooges fan. P.s. I would LOVE to open a restaurant in Larry's honour.

My father taught me at a young age how to appreciate Larry! Can’t wait to show him this video!

I really appreciate Larry's ability to seamlessly go from straightman to comic, to somewhere in between. Both skills are so difficult on their own, let alone Larry's mastering of both. He had such a unique style, and a type of comedy that perfectly complemented any arrangement of the three Howard brothers. I feel like the only reason Moe didn't make it a double act after Shemp's passing is because they had such a wealth of material that required three people to work. Larry and Moe definitely did the heavy lifting in the Joe and Curly Joe years, but it certainly would have been something to see for them to be forced to play solely off of one another. Moe often channeled Curly in the Shemp years, even doing the angry "HMMMM" noise and even a few "N'yuk N'yuks", and Larry out-and-out performs some of Shemp's material in the four posthumous "Fake Shemp" shorts. They definitely both demonstrate they could have jumped from role to role adapting a three person act down to two without losing what made their characters unique. I just wish they had made at least one 2 reeler as a duo!

It’s amazing how Larry’s style flawlessly blended with the Howard brothers. Moe and Larry alone would have made a brilliant duo.

Easy to see why Larry is Billy West's favorite Stooge. Also, notice how between 9:12 and 9:14 Larry's mug changes from clear glass to opaque ceramic

In the early shorts, you can get a sense of their characters by their head shots. Larry certainly looks like the one who's thinking to himself 'Oh GOD, what did I get into by agreeing with these two?!' XD

Just like the narrator said, there comes a time when our eyes wander, and we start to watch Larry. Happened to me and I just watched Larry for about a year and truly came to appreciate his genius.

It wasn't until I got older that I fully appreciated Larry. I knew the trivia, but I really didn't get it growing up. Now, I watch all of The Three Stooges shorts differently. Especially after seeing what they looked like out of character.

Having read "Larry the Stooge in the Middle" by his brother Morris "Moe" Feinberg three times, I would say this is right up my alley. Great content as always.

Larry's voice was distinctive and iconic. I liked that shemp had his own style his movements and gestures were funny. Curly was the real deal a alot of soul.

Beautiful homage to the middle Stooge! I have a lot of love for the underdogs, and Larry is no exception.

6:18 Larry using 1% of his power, worse yet he ruined the Saturday comics.

Larry sure is a delight.

These documentaries on the Stooges are so good that it makes you want to go back and watch their shorts over and over again, watching these documentaries made me appreciate all four of them more now than ever.

Larry was a good comedian and by all accounts a nice man who loved his and the Stooges fans

While Shemp is my personal favorite stooge, I love Larry as well! Another great video dude, keep up the excellent work!

Larry was a trooper. Always quick to pick up extra weight when needed. I remember when most of the Stooges shorts had leaked to KZfaq back in the 2000s. You could really tell Larry was picking up most of the slack during the Besser years while Joe tried to figure out his place in the act during his brief tenure.

Growing up in the 70s, my brother and I latched on to Larry as our favorite almost from the beginning. Most of our other friends were Curly guys but it was Larry or bust for us. To this day we playfully call each other Larry as both an insult and a term of endearment. He was truly sublime.

Aww, they died within months of each other. Shows you how much they loved each other. when one checked out the other one said 'screw it I'm off too'. Some of my earliest memories as a kid were watching their reruns on the television. They are missed.

Actually moe and Larry wanted Joe De Rita to replace shemp but De Rita was under contract on a off Broadway play and wasn’t available at the time . Thats why they went with Joe Besser to finish up there shorts contract at Columbia. Joe Besser was under contract at the time at Columbia working in B comedy’s movies and he also had his own series of shorts

I'm down with that! Let's start a go fund me or something for Larry's it should be a historical landmark really! Dude deserves it!

Larry was always my favorite.

The absolute funniest Stooges moment is when Moe slams the radio on Larry's head when the weasel music stops - it's in the top 10 comedy moments of all time!

I always found Larry to be the most relatable of the group

When I'm in Philadelphia visiting my nephew I sometimes go to the corner of Third and South Street and stare at the door of the home in which Larry was born and consider myself lucky that I can do this any time I want. I hope that someone does buy that restaurant and refurbish it and name it Larry's. P.S. he IS my favorite stooge.

It brings warmth to my heart to find out that larry was married for 41 years and also brings great sadness to find out that she passed before him either way it's heartbreaking i can't imagine how he felt each and every day without his soulmate until he passed I'd like to think they have reunited in heaven

I wonder/HOPE that the boys realize that even 50 years after the last Stooge died, they would STILL be a beloved as when they were alive.........Thanks for ALL the laughs guys, WE will never forget you, any of you.

It's always been clear to me that Larry and Moe had one of the world's greatest bromances. And, like you, it was when I was older that I started to notice Larry's brilliance and his frequent forays into surrealism. Terrific, and hilarious, doc. Thanks for making and sharing it with us!

I often wonder what would have happened in an alternate history where Curly managed to fully recover from his strokes and get his health under control and came back to the stooges. What if he came back and Shemp decided he didn't want to leave and thus we got the four stooges. Maybe it wouldn't work with four, maybe it would have......

Larry Fine was the Most Talented too since he was a Light Weight Boxer and a Great Musician Playing the Violin 🎻and the Piano 🎹

I was at a novelty shop with my son when he was six years old and they had The Three Stooges dolls in a display case. I'm a big Stooge fan so my son had seen a lot of episodes. He pointed at the dolls and said, look mommy...there's Moe, Curly and Pumpkin Pie. I say, Pumpkin Pie? My son then says Moe calls him Pumpkin Pie...lol! 😆

You should really do a video on Emil Sitka he is always overlooked

Larry's my favorite Stooge as an adult. As a kid, I liked Moe, and I still do, but Larry I think has some of the funniest dialogue and is so underrated

When I was really young (4ish), I saw this TV commercial with Fines asking to support our veterans. He really old and sitting in a wheelchair. He was helping real people to very end! It's hard for me to not say he's my favorite Stooge. I love all of them. Curly is buried in ELA, walking distance from where I grew up.

The middle scrooge was by far my favorite. He was the perfect , second,,lead man. Timing, incredible.

It all goes to show just how much talent the boys had... Larry, Shemp, Curley and Moe, all could do well individually or together. Larry and Moe would have made a great team on their own, as you have intimated, and its a shame they did not go on as a duo.

There's a reason they're always remembered as Larry, Moe and Curly for the years these three worked together.

Larry was always my favorite. Even as a kid. I can't explain why I I liked him as a kid, but as an adult I grew to appreciate what he did on the screen. If you watch, he is always doing something in a scene...even when the other 2 stooges are the one the camera is suppose to be focused on. Three Little Pigskins has some of my favorite bits with Larry. His screaming in that is just beyond hilarious to me.

Larry has long been my favorite Stooge. He was brilliant.

Awesome video. Just like Candy and Belushi, with great comedy skill comes great personal and emotional pain

In my opinion there isn't anything bad you can say about this channel. It's is so well spoken, presented and most importantly respectful.

Larry is my all time favorite of the Three Stooges. I wish I could've been born in their time and seen them perform live. I bet it was one hell of a show!!! 😂

Larry was always my favorite of the Three Stooges…but I’ve loved them all for over 50 years! My mother would tell my brother and I when we were watching them that she didn’t approve of all that slapping…….when I had my kids I encouraged them to enjoy the genius of all the Stooges ❤❤❤

Larry Fine has always been my favorite Stooge. I have enjoyed Moe, Curly and Shemp, but I always found Larry to be the funniest. He was always fantastic. Thanks for this docu-mini Joe!

I've been watching Larry's reactions for a long time. Like in professional wresting, Larry "sells" the abuse Moe is dishing out.

Billy West said it best: You NEED that other guy if only to say, "Be careful, Moe..." Larry was that guy and so much more.

Honestly, Larry was my favorite. Moe once said that he couldn't do anything without him.