Editing Curly Howard (section)

==In popular culture==
* The titular character of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[Saturday-morning cartoon]] series, ''[[Jabberjaw]]'', was modeled after Curly. The character was voiced by [[Frank Welker]].
*[[John Candy]] played Curly in three sketches on the TV series ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'' as part of a "Three Dummies" short that aired in the "Muley's Roundhouse" sketch. The comedy bits centered around: the techy host of an afternoon kids' show (Season 1, ep. 23, airing Nov. 21 and 25, 1977); a parody commercial for a mail-order record of Curly "singing" songs such as "Love Theme from [[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]", "Theme from The Graduate" (actually "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel), "The Godfather" theme, and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (actually "The Windmills of Your Mind") (Season 5, ep. 4, airing Nov. 26, 1982); and Curly being picked up by Melvin Dumar and forced to sing in a parody promo for '[[Melvin and Howard]]' (Season 4, ep. 3, airing May 29, 1981.) 
*The ABC TV sketch comedy series ''[[Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'' (ABC, 1980–82) featured an occasional skit of "The Numb Boys" – essentially a Stooges routine related to a recent news topic – with John Roarke playing Curly, [[Bruce Mahler]] as Moe and [[Larry David]] as Larry.
*Curly's legend far outlived him when the otherwise-obscure country-pop [[Jump 'n the Saddle Band]] scored one of the biggest novelty hits of the 1980s with their 1983 single, "[[The Curly Shuffle]]". The video featured some of Curly's best scenes. One band member claimed they watched hundreds of hours' worth of Three Stooges films to find the right clips.
*In the ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' episode "Cowboys and Cossacks", the Russian sailors mimic Curly when the Three Stooges are mentioned.
*In 2000, longtime Stooges fan [[Mel Gibson]] produced a [[The Three Stooges (2000 film)|television film]] for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] about the lives and careers of the Stooges. In an interview promoting the film, he said Curly was his favorite of the Stooges.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/News/Insider/default.htm?cmsRedir=true&rmDate=04242000&cmsGuid=%7B25CADB7C-8616-4F77-8FF3-53D40A7080E6%7D/ TV Guide.com]{{Dead link|date=February 2021}}</ref> In the film; Curly was played by [[Michael Chiklis]].
*In the 2012 [[Farrelly brothers]]' film ''[[The Three Stooges (2012 film)|The Three Stooges]]'', [[Will Sasso]] portrays Curly Howard. [[Robert Capron]] portrays young Curly.
*In the children's novel series ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' and [[Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie|its film adaptation]], the elementary school that the main characters attend is named Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, in Howard's honor.
*One of Curly's grandsons, Bradley Server, performs at Stooge tribute shows under the moniker "Curly G", and has a YouTube channel named "Curly's Grandson".