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Monday, October 12, 2009

Another academic honor for a Stooge.

As we ponder the Thursday induction of Louis Feinberg, aka 'Larry', into the Hall of Fame of his alma mater, the bookish Central High School, we received this email from a fellow alum, Dr. David Brookstein, dean of engineering at Philadelphia U.:

Turns out that I too visited the Stoogeum several years ago with a friend of Gary Lassin, David Steinbrink….Steinbrink also was a great fan of the Stooges…Then…several months later we were having a BBQ with Dave Steinbrink and his father Rabbi Dick Steinbrink,,,,We start talking bout the Stooges and Rabbi Steinbrink tells us that he was the one who officiated at Larry Fine’s funeral……Of course we asked him if when they through the dirt on his coffin did they say Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk….And of course they did.

…..I saw Schemp’s army “discharge papers”……The key word here is discharge.  Turns out the Schemp was discharged from the army for “excessive nocturnal emissions”……Serious as I can be.

Today's metro column, honors for the sublime Larry Fine.

Posted by Daniel Rubin @ 7:59 AM  Permalink | 6 comments
Comments   
Posted 10:21 AM, 10/12/2009
apreziosi
That's the problem with spell check. It doesn't recognize the difference between "through" and "threw." Maybe a homonym check?
Posted 10:44 AM, 10/12/2009
Masswhole
Um, why would you say "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" for Larry?
Posted 04:24 PM, 10/12/2009
Blinq
It's a Curlyism, of course. But they were all Nyukleheads in my book.
Posted 04:43 PM, 10/12/2009
Nickawampus Leroy
Oh fine, Larry. I'd knock out your brains, porcupine, if you had any.
Posted 07:20 PM, 10/13/2009
ET
I wish your mother would have let you watch these guys during your formative years.
Posted 08:33 AM, 10/16/2009
Blinq
Couldn't buy comic books either, but she had no problem with Mad Magazine. Which explains a lot.
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About Daniel Rubin
Since joining The Inquirer as a staff writer in 1988, Daniel Rubin has reported from 27 countries, but most of them were small. He's a metro columnist and has been the European Correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. For two years he sat at home and wrote Blinq, the paper's first daily blog. Now we make him come to work. Dan began newspaper work in Norfolk and Louisville, Ky., after getting his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern University. He has lived in all four commonwealths, most recently in Pennsylvania. He teaches urban journalism at the University of Pennsylvania

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