Curly Howard

Curly Howard, called Curly Four in the episode, is one of The Three Stooges.

History
He was seen in an episode of  entitled "Brittle Boneheads". He was poked to death by Moe Howard who then tried to wake him up afterwards, to no avail.

The Springfield Shopper's August 1, 1933 headline was "Curly to Shemp: You're Out!".

Behind the Laughter

 * Being called Curly Four is a reference to the original Curly being replaced by Shemp Howard.