The Three Stooges


 * For the in-universe TV show, see The Three Stooges (TV show).

The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act consisting of Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine, as well as Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita. Between the 1930s and early 1960s they made numerous slapstick movies, which also proved popular in reruns on U.S. television. Numerous references to them have been made on The Simpsons.