In January 1970, Larry Fine suffered a stroke during the filming of Kook's Tour. Plans were in the works for Sitka to replace him as the Middle Stooge in early 1970 when Moe's grandson was working on a movie that called for having the Three Stooges in it. The project was called off after financing fell through, with Mr. Sitka resuming his previous activities. When Moe got a movie offer for the Stooges in 1974, he called Mr. Sitka and Joe DeRita together for accepting the offer, and commencing a full fledged revival of the Three Stooges as a current act. But nothing other than a few promotional pictures were ever made. This proposed version of the group would never transpire, due to Moe falling ill and dying shortly after its conception.
