Shemp's Last Cigar

 

(Cigar Aficionado) Ponder poor Shemp, the Stooge we never loved.

Dear Shemp, his mangy puss suspended in time on grainy Columbia stock, scowling out from beneath klieg light sweat and dripping Brylcreem. He did his best to make us laugh, this Shemp Howard, with his patented shadowboxing routine and "ee-bee-bee-bee" snuffle snores, though, truth be told, the more Shemp mugged, the more we shrugged.

Our problem with Mr. Howard? He was OK...but he wasn't his brother Curly. Continued