Did Joe Besser Avoid Slapstick Comedy In The Three Stooges? (video)

Many Stooge fans maintain that Joe Besser shunned Stooge-style mayhem.

But he objected only to being literally slapped in the face.

And even that objection would eventually be forgotten.

Otherwise, he joined in the roughhouse antics like any other official Stooge.

HOOFS AND GOOFS (1957)
MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER (1957)
A MERRY MIX-UP (1957)
SPACE SHIP SAPPY (1957)
GUNS A POPPIN! (1957)   
HORSING AROUND (1957)
RUSTY ROMEOS (1957)
OUTER SPACE JITTERS (1957)
QUIZ WHIZZ (1958)
FIFI BLOWS HER TOP (1958)
PIES AND GUYS (1958)
SWEET AND HOT (1958)
FLYING SAUCER DAFFY (1958)
OIL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1958)
TRIPLE CROSSED (1959)
SAPPY BULLFIGHTERS (1959)

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