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'Shemping' is a term coined by the people who made the movie Evil Dead



Actually, unless somehow they independently re-invented it on their own and used the name of a "3 Stooges" character for no real reason, that's not the origin ... or even the original meaning.

My understanding was the "to shemp" originally meant to use an uncredited actor to finish a movie when the original actor dies during production. The source of the term appears to be when producers did this to complete "3 Stooges" shorts after Shemp Howard, brother to Moe & Curly, died unexpectedly.

I've also heard it used to cover when producers use similar looking replacement actors when the original leaves, such as the second Darrin in the TV series "Bewitched".

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