Going Solo
Shemp also really wanted to chase a career in the entertainment industry, just like his brother Moe. In 1933, he was the first to leave Ted Healy and his Stooges to pursue a solo career. Luckily, he was pretty successful, appearing in multiple movies.
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Despite his blossoming solo career, he ended up finding his way back to The Three Stooges. Awkwardly, it wasn’t under the greatest circumstances. In the ‘30s and ‘40s, when Shemp ventured off into his movie career, the stooges needed to replace him. That’s when they brought in Moe’s other brother, Jerome “Curly” Howard.