Four Take Four

Four Take Four  is an American 2D animated television series that ran from 2018 to 2020 on Cartoon Network for three seasons. It is based on the comedic trio, The Three Stooges. However instead of Three Stooges, there are now Four Stooges. Shemp playing the fourth role. As such, the show, set in the early 1920s to 1950s follows the adventures of Moe, Larry, Curly and Shemp working in many different jobs as they're screwing up most of the time, with those types of jobs they get.

Cast and Characters

 * Hank Azeria as Moe
 * Billy West as Larry
 * Will Sasso as Curly
 * Mike Myers as Shemp

Production
The plans for a reboot of The Three Stooges had been in the works since 2013. Tom Ruegger who was temporarily working with the series creator Nick Jennings, animated a 30 minute remake of the second Three Stooges short "Punch Drunks" using the same audio from the short. The animated short aired on CBS on the 80th anniversary of the original short.

In 2015, Cartoon Network president Christina Miller offered Ruegger a deal about creating an animated reboot of The Three Stooges, however he declined this offer because he was too busy and decided to give it over to Jennings. Nick's goal for the reboot was to go back to the old style of the shorts, in animated form and make them a cross between the original and Popeye. Animation being provided by Bob Camp and Jim Smith, meant that this would be possible.

The show was planned to air sometime in 2017 when the pilot was completed, however it was pushed to 2018 because of the trouble of finding the proper casting that would fit the Stooges.

Shemp's involvement in the show was requested by an executive, since Shemp was his favorite. However Nick didn't think Shemp would add anything to the show other than the Angry Bulldog role in the shorts. He planned to add him in just for the one pilot and then cut him out in the show if the audience didn't like him. However his prediction was proven wrong when the pilot aired on Cartoon Network on September 15th 2018.