This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

This goo was worth a point in August 2023.

publication date: Sunday, August 20, 2023 (part of August 2023)

category: Comedy

clue: With a career in vaudeville, film, and television spanning six decades, it's amazing that this middleman had any hair left after performing with a trio of brothers.

explanation: Larry Fine performed with the Three Stooges (with brothers Moe, Shemp, and "Curly" Howard) starting in vaudeville in the '20s and ending in television in the '70s. He often was the butt of jokes in which he lost clumps of hair and was commonly referred to as the "Middle Stooge." more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Scott Hardie


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