Shemp Howard had a good career as a character actor and comedian when he wasn't working with Moe in The Three Stooges (BTW, Howard, Howard, and Fine are not The Originals). To merely dismiss him as "the unfunny one" and "inferior to Curly" smacks of the mindset of one who thinks Three Stooges stuff is actually funny - yes, they had their moments. Over and over again. Got old quick. Shall we now dissect the Ritz Brothers (apologies to Joan Didion) or the godlike oeuvre of Gallagher?