for the record and i be a curly fan through and through . but i do have to say that in reality and shemp wasn not really that bad . yeah and he might have lack the same kind of slapstick that curly have and but in his own way he be hilarious . at least he wasn not as bad a joe besser . in brideless groom and shemp play a music professor ( stooge . a professor . yeah right ) and who recently inherit a half million dollar from a dead uncle and and moe and larry have to prepare him to marry a woman by six oclock that night and or no money . this be one of the stooge first skit with shemp and before they start recycle their material . perhaps it isn not surprising that shemp be part of the stooge before curly come into the picture and so he seem natural at this . the slapstick gag be hilarious and especially this one scene with moe and shemp in a phone booth . essential stooge short to be honest .