The Three Stooges do their thing

The Three Stooges do their thing -- that is, slapstick comedy in the extreme -- sometime in the 1940s in this undated publicity photo. Shown from left are the "classic" Stooges Curly Howard, Larry Fine, and Moe Howard. Here's hoping that's paint on Curly's face and not blood, which would be taking slapstick to a *real* extreme.