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*''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' is not the first starring feature for The Three Stooges. That honor goes to ''[[Rockin' in the Rockies]]'', the only starring feature made with the lineup of Moe, Larry and Curly. |
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*''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' is reminiscent of ''[[Abbott and Costello Go to Mars]]''. |
*''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' is reminiscent of ''[[Abbott and Costello Go to Mars]]''. |
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*The [[soundtrack]] to ''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' featured songs such as "[[Swinging the Alphabet]]" and "[[Aba Daba Honeymoon]]".<ref>{{cite book |title= The Three Stooges Scrapbook|last= Maurer|first= Joan Howard |authorlink= |coauthors= Jeff Lenburg, Norman Maurer, Greg Lenburg|year= 1985|publisher= Citadel Press|location= |isbn= 0806509465|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iTQXz-zQK5MC&pg=PA187&dq=%22Aba+Daba+Honeymoon%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U15NhKCNMPIi9UgsIRsUBfVDas7ag#PPA187,M1|page= 187}}</ref> |
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*The "maze of pipes" routine performed by Curly Joe had been previously filmed by the Stooges no less than four times: |
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*Curly-Joe makes a pipe maze similar to what Curly made in [[A Plumbing We Will Go]] & [[Swing Parade of 1946]]. |
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*''[[A Plumbing We Will Go]]'' and ''[[Swing Parade of 1946]]'' featured [[Curly Howard]] |
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*''[[Vagabond Loafers]]'' and ''[[Scheming Schemers]]'' featured [[Shemp Howard]]<ref name="Solomon">{{cite book| last = Solomon| first = Jon| authorlink = Jon Solomon| coauthors =| title = The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion | publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc | date = 2002| location = | url = http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Three-Stooges-Filmography-Companion/dp/0971186804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201570359&sr=1-1| doi =| id = | isbn = 0971186804 | page =}}</ref> |
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==Primary cast== |
==Primary cast== |
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| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Written by | Raphael Hayes |
| Produced by | Harry A. Romm |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Anna-Lisa Robert Colbert Jerome Cowan Don Lamond Robert Stevenson |
| Cinematography | Ray Cory |
| Edited by | Danny B. Landres |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Release date | August 1, 1959 |
Running time | 76' 14" |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
Have Rocket, Will Travel was the first starring feature film with The Three Stooges. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita. Released by Columbia Pictures, the feature was produced to capitalize on the comedy trio's 1959 resurgence in popularity.
Plot
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil twins of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.
Space travel craze
The space travel theme of Have Rocket, Will Travel was quite prevalent in the late 1950s. The Stooges had already filmed several shorts for Columbia revolving around this theme (Space Ship Sappy, Outer Space Jitters, Flying Saucer Daffy). They followed up with yet another space entry in 1962 for The Three Stooges in Orbit.
Notes
- Have Rocket, Will Travel is not the first starring feature for The Three Stooges. That honor goes to Rockin' in the Rockies, the only starring feature made with the best known lineup of Moe, Larry and Curly.Cite error: A
<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page). - The "maze of pipes" routine performed by Curly Joe had been previously filmed by the Stooges no less than four times:
- A Plumbing We Will Go and Swing Parade of 1946 featured Curly Howard
- Vagabond Loafers and Scheming Schemers featured Shemp Howard[1]
Primary cast
- Moe Howard: Moe
- Larry Fine: Larry
- Joe DeRita: Curly-Joe
- Anna-Lisa: Dr. Ingrid Naarveg
- Robert Colbert: Dr. Ted Benson
- Jerome Cowan: Mr. Morse
- Don Lamond: The Venusian Robot/Reporter/Narrator
- Robert Stevenson: Voice of The Thingtz
References
- ^ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. ISBN 0971186804.
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