Happy Birthday to Moe! In real life, he was one of the kindest people. He took care of Curly after he had his stroke during Half-Wits Holiday, and visited Larry everyday in the 1970s after he had a stroke later in life, as well. Also, fun fact, when filming "You Nazty Spy" Moe was running late for his daughter's party, so he full on ran there while still wearing his Hailstone (Hitler) costume.
I love the real-life Moe stories! Even though he had the reputation being the “mean” brother it was so nice to know that he really did care for the others. I think that’s what makes the team work so well, thinking about how they had a sibling (real and found, as with Larry) relationship that involved them rough-housing and still being close at the end of the day.
Joan Howard had this pretty great interview with Letterman that gave me a brand-new perspective of who he was, so I’ll link it here for anyone else who’s interested:
