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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]]''.
*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>
*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>
*The "maze of pipes" routine performed by Curly Joe DeRita had been previously filmed by the Stooges no less than four times:
*The "maze of pipes" routine performed by Joe DeRita 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]]
**''[[A Plumbing We Will Go]]'' and ''[[Swing Parade of 1946]]'' featured [[Curly Howard]]
**''[[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>
**''[[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>
*''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' is the one Stooge feature film in which a sofa spring manages to become attached to someone's backside. This gag was also used in ''[[Hoi Polloi (1935 film)|Hoi Polloi]]'', ''[[Three Little Sew and Sews]]'', ''[[An Ache in Every Stake]]'' and ''[[Hugs and Mugs]]''.
*The film has yet to be released on DVD.
*''Have Rocket, Will Travel'' is the only Curly Joe-era feature length film not currently available on DVD as of 2010.


==Primary cast==
==Primary cast==

Revision as of 21:54, 29 September 2010

Have Rocket, Will Travel
Directed byDavid Lowell Rich
Written byRaphael Hayes
Produced byHarry A. Romm
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Joe DeRita
Anna-Lisa
Robert Colbert
Jerome Cowan
Don Lamond
Robert Stevenson
CinematographyRay Cory
Edited byDanny B. Landres
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Distributed byColumbia Pictures Corporation
Release date
August 1, 1959 (U.S.)
Running time
76' 14"
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish

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. The title is a parody of the then popular television show Have Gun, Will Travel.

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 triplets 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

Primary cast

References

  1. ^ a b Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. ISBN 0971186804. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Maurer, Joan Howard (1985). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. p. 187. ISBN 0806509465. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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