English Explanatory Dictionary

fake Shemp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who appears disguised in a film as a replacement for another actor or person.

Word forms

fake Shemp fake Shemps

Etymology

Coined by film director Sam Raimi in reference to Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges, whose sudden death in 1955 necessitated the use of these techniques to finish the films to which he was already committed.

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