While working at the New Variety, Besser was cast and directed by New Variety founder and Artistic Director R. O ’ Donnell in the TV comedy / variety special Twisted which aired on Fox, Chicago.

* 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor and comedian ( d. 1988 )

In the late 1990s, Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh founded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and later they founded one in Los Angeles, each with an accompanying improv / sketch comedy school.

* August 12 – Joe Besser, American comedian ( d. 1988 )

* March 1 – Joe Besser, American actor and comedian ( b. 1907 )

In order to complete four Shemp-era shorts, film actor Joe Palma was used as a temporary body double before Joe Besser became the long-term replacement as the third Stooge.

Joe DeRita ( nicknamed " Curly Joe ") replaced Besser by 1958.

Joe Besser replaced Shemp in 1956, appearing in 16 shorts.

Besser was the only " third " Stooge that dared to hit Moe back in retaliation and get away with it ; Larry Fine was also known to hit Moe on occasion, but always with serious repercussions.

" I usually played the kind of character who would hit others back ," Besser recalled.

Television was the new popular medium, and by the time Besser joined the act, the Stooges were generally considered throwbacks to a bygone era.

The Besser films have long been considered the worst of the Stooge films.

However, Besser was not solely to blame for the lackluster quality of these final entries: the scripts were tired rehashes of earlier efforts ( 7 of the 16 films were remakes ) and Moe and Larry's performances lacked energy.

Moe quickly signed movie and burlesque comic Joe DeRita for the " third Stooge " role ; DeRita adopted first a crew cut and then a completely shaven hairstyle and became " Curly Joe " because of his resemblance to the original Curly Howard ( also to make it easier to distinguish him from Joe Besser, the earlier Stooge called Joe ). The Three Stooges with Curly Joe DeRita filling the role of the third stooge.

Of the remaining " original-replacement " Stooges, Joe Besser died of heart failure on March 1, 1988, followed by Joe DeRita of pneumonia on July 3, 1993.

The release of nearly all their films on DVD by 2010 has allowed critics of Joe Besser and Joe DeRita — often the recipients of significant fan backlash — to appreciate the unique style of comedy both comedians brought to the Stooges.

Police Battalion 45, commanded by Major Besser, conducted the massacre, supported by members of a Waffen-SS battalion.

* Besser Museum Log Cabin Day, last Sunday in June.

The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan spotlights their own two log cabins on this day and celebrates by offering old fashioned, family activities.

* The Besser Museum and Planetarium.

Other semi-regulars were future Stooge Joe Besser as Stinky, a 40-year-old sissy dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit, and Gordon Jones as Mike the cop, who always lost patience with Lou.

The doctor who had served as his tour guide, Professor Mike Besser, tried unsuccessfully to save Smith's life.

* August 12-Joe Besser, actor, comedian ( d. 1988 )

Almost 400 of Columbia's 529 two-reel comedies were released to television in the late 1950s ; to date, only the Stooges, Keaton, and short films starring Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Joe DeRita have been released to home video.

* Joe Besser, actor, comedian, and member of The Three Stooges.

* " Practical RF circuit design for modern wireless systems ", volume I, by Les Besser and Rowan Gilmore ; chapter 3. 2. 6, " Receiver selectivity " ( p. 113 ), ISBN 1-58053-521-6.

Miele's motto is Immer Besser, German for " Always Better ".

In 1932, Besser married dancer Erna Kay ( born Ernestine Dora Kretschmer ), known as " Ernie ".

She previously appeared on Y & R as Gretchen in 1981.

Notable alumni include former Secretary of State George Schultz 1938, former governor of Connecticut Ella T. Grasso 1936, satirist Tom Lehrer 1943, New York Times chairman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger 1945, financier Henry R. Kravis 1963, actor, writer and producer James Widdoes 1972, 1998 Winter Olympic Games United States women's ice hockey Olympic gold medalist Gretchen Ulion 1990 and Taiwanese fashion designer Jason Wu graduated in 2001.

in the past have included national acts in concert, such as Kid Rock, 3 Doors Down, O. A. R., Sister Hazel, VHS or Beta, Goo Goo Dolls, Tracy Lawrence, Jason Michael Carroll, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Clay Walker, Three Dog Night, Phil Vassar, Buddy Jewell, Emerson Drive, Finger Eleven, The Marshall Tucker Band, Little Texas, Blue October, Shiny Toy Guns, Gavin Degraw, Violent Femmes, Gretchen Wilson, Justin Bieber and many others.

-- A Southeast Library Workshop will be held here Oct. 9, conducted by Mrs. Gretchen Schenk of Summerdale, Ala., author, lecturer and library leader.

The names of the two members involved were later released on the Pensacola News Journal website / forum as pilot No. 4 USMC Maj. Clint Harris and the administrative officer, Navy Lt. Gretchen Doane.

Many of his students have gone on to successful writing careers ; they include Gretchen Mazur, Helen Fremont, Michael Byers, Jardine Libaire, Porter Shreve, Davy Rothbart, John Fulton, Marc Nesbitt, Patrick O ' Keeffe, Jess Row, Francesca Delbano, Peter Orner, Heidi Julavits, Karl Iagnemma, Achy Obejas, James Morrison and Elwood Reid.

While Gretchen Daily's original definition distinguished between ecosystem goods and ecosystem services, Robert Costanza and colleagues ' later work and that of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment lumped all of these together as ecosystem services.

* 1932 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer ( d. 2007 )

Moving into Villa Nellcôte with the guitarist during the sessions for Exile on Main Street, Parsons remained in a consistently incapacitated state and frequently quarreled with his much younger girlfriend, aspiring actress Gretchen Burrell.

The touring party also included Gretchen Parsons — by this point extremely envious of Harris — and Harris ' young daughter.

* 1911 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress ( d. 2005 )

The album contained the last two performances of Joe C. on " Devil Without a Cause " and " Early Mornin ' Stoned Pimp ," as well as Kid duetting with country star Gretchen Wilson on " Picture.

Kid Rock has influenced such artist and groups as Uncle Kracker, Paradime, Ty Stone, Jocaine and 75 North, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean, & The Young Brothers.

At the state level, Lansing is located in the 23rd district of the Michigan Senate, which has been represented by Democratic state senator Gretchen Whitmer since January 1, 2007.

Later on, the body resurfaces in a lab where his ex-wife Arianna Carlin ( played by Emma Samms ) with the help of devoted scientist Gretchen Kelly ( played by Denise Crosby ) freezes Luthor's remains and labors to bring him back from the dead.

Arianna and the double are then jailed leaving Gretchen behind to care for Luthor's body.

* 2007 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress ( b. 1932 )

* Gretchen Edgren, editor.

** Gretchen Wyler, American actress and founder of the Genesis Awards for animal protection ( d. 2007 )

This was the pilot edition of the long-running series Till Death Us Do Part with Gretchen Franklin, Una Stubbs and Anthony Booth.

The part of Mum, played by Gretchen Franklin, was taken by Dandy Nichols when the programme was commissioned as a series.

* Bataille, Gretchen, M. and Silet Charles L., editors.

She was not the only female skier to win two medals though, United States skier Gretchen Fraser won gold in the slalom and took silver behind Beiser in the combined.