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Columbia
76.4 min. (Feature Film)
The space agency's latest attempt to launch a rocket into space has failed, and Mr. Morse (Jerome Cowan) lays blame with Dr. Ingred Naarveg's fuel formula. Janitors Moe, Larry and Curly Joe want to help her, and break into the laboratory at night to concoct their own special brand of fuel. Wrecking the lab in the process of pumping the fuel into the rocket, the Stooges find themselves on the run from Morse when he stumbles across their latest disaster. Hiding in the rocket, they accidentally launch themselves into space on a collision course with the planet Venus, where they find a giant flame-breathing tarantula, and a talking unicorn whom they befriend. But also waiting for them is a computer brain that controls the planet, which plans to create robot replicas of the Stooges and conquer the Earth.
The final reel finds the Stooges back on Earth to a heroes' welcome, and recreates the party scene from HOI POLLOI (1935).
If the voice of the unicorn sounds familiar to some, it's Dallas McKennon, the voice of 'Archie' (THE ARCHIES) and 'Gumby.'
Costar Robert Colbert ('Dr. Benson') is best known as star of the TV series THE TIME TUNNEL.
| Prod. No.: |
8556 |
| Shooting Days: |
13 days From: 1959-05-18 To: 1959-06-01 |
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- Audio error
When Larry says "She's gonna lose her job", the end of his line is muted for some reason.
- Bad dubbing
When Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe are climbing down the ladder in the spaceship, for some strange reason, they dub in Curly's woo-woo-woo's from another short.
- Bad dubbing
When the Stooges are climbing back inside the rocket the second time to get away from the boss, for some reason, they dub in Moe saying "I'm caught! Help me! I'm caught!" from later in the film (when he gets stuck in the bird cage).
- Bad dubbing
Similar to the "bad dubbing" goof in OUT WEST: when Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe are yelling as they're being dropped out of the bird cage, you can hear Shemp yelling as well. This is because they dubbed in the Stooges' yells from a Shemp short.
- No mouth movement
When the monkey jumps on top of Moe and Larry, you hear one of them yelling, but neither of their mouths are moving.
- Prop mishap
When Curly Joe is pouring salt into the big tub of chemicals, he almost accidentally drops the whole jar of salt in the tub. Moe was in the middle of saying something as Curly Joe's goof happened, so Moe was kinda distracted for a moment.
- Replayed shot
When Larry is trying to find his lost shoe on the dance floor, after he gets kicked on the head, that same shot of him getting kicked is accidentally (?) replayed in reverse. This might have been intentional, though.
- Visible shadows
When the camera first shows Moe adding chemicals into that big tub, you can see the shadow on the tub of somebody (maybe the cameraman) walking up, then backing away. Likewise, when Curly Joe is sitting down and trying to cross his legs, on the bottom of the screen, you can see a shadow of somebody behind the camera for a few seconds.
- Visible wires
When Larry floats in the rocket, you can see the wires lifting him.
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- "Say, they made Moe really ugly, didn't they?""Oh I don't know, I think he's uglier in person."[smack!]
(Curly Joe and Larry)
- "Ain't he quaint?" "Ain't?! The word is Isn't!" "Isn't he quisn't?"
(Larry & Moe)
- "Watch what you're doin'. He's my friend." "Would you go halvies with him on everything?" "Coitainly." "Here's your half!" [clang!]
(Larry & Moe)
- "Why didn't I learn French instead of Latin?... oooh, a Latin."
(Larry)
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- Clothes under pajamas
After the Stooges wake up in the morning, they take off their pajamas and reveal that they already have their clothes on under it.
Also used in: DIZZY DOCTORS · ROCKIN' THRU THE ROCKIES · CACTUS MAKES PERFECT · MONKEY BUSINESSMEN · UP IN DAISY'S PENTHOUSE · GOOF ON THE ROOF · RUMPUS IN THE HAREM ·
- Getting hit continuously by digging tools
While the Stooges are digging, Moe keeps getting hit by the other two Stooges' digging tools.
Also used in: CASH AND CARRY · YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA · CACTUS MAKES PERFECT ·
- Hair standing up on end
When Moe gets scared by something, his hair flies up and stands up on end.
Also used in: SPOOK LOUDER · IF A BODY MEETS A BODY · THE GHOST TALKS · SCOTCHED IN SCOTLAND · CREEPS · SPACE SHIP SAPPY · OUTER SPACE JITTERS · QUIZ WHIZZ ·
- Hard head
After Moe hits one of the other Stooges on the head with a hard object, the object gets ruined.
Also used in: YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA · OILY TO BED, OILY TO RISE · COOKOO CAVALIERS · SO LONG MR. CHUMPS · IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE · DIZZY DETECTIVES · DIZZY PILOTS · IDIOTS DELUXE · BEER BARREL POLECATS · CORNY CASANOVAS · GUNS A POPPIN! ·
- Hit with a pie while singing
As the Stooges are singing at the end of a film, two Stooges stop singing, take out two pies, and hit the remaining Stooge with it.
Also used in: NUTTY BUT NICE ·
- In-one-door-and-out-the-other chase
A wild chase between the Stooges and villians where they run in and out of various doors.
Also used in: SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE · LOOSE LOOT · KNUTZY KNIGHTS ·
- Isn't that quisn't
When Larry says "Ain't that quaint?", Moe corrects him by saying "Ain't? You mean Isn't!" Then Larry says "Yeah, isn't that quisn't?"
Also used in: JERKS OF ALL TRADES
- Knocking Moe out
When the Stooges are running from enemies, Moe sneaks past something. Larry, who's on the other side, sees Moe and, mistaking him for an enemy, hits him on the head with a mallet or club. He then runs all the way around to see the "enemy" he knocked out, but he sees Moe instead. Larry says "Hey, Moe, where were you? I just knocked a guy cold right here!" As Larry is demonstrating how he did it, Moe snatches Larry's mallet/club away and knocks him out with it.
Also used in: A GEM OF A JAM · FRIGHT NIGHT · FLING IN THE RING ·
- Losing shoe during a dance
Larry loses his shoe on the dance floor and crawls on the floor through other dancing guests to find it.
Also used in: HOI POLLOI ·
- Mallet as anesthetic
During an operation, the Stooges knock out a patient with a mallet.
Also used in: MEN IN BLACK · DIZZY DOCTORS · CALLING ALL CURS · ALL THE WORLD'S A STOOGE · A GEM OF A JAM · HOT ICE ·
- Maze of pipes
When a leak starts in one pipe, the third Stooge connects another pipe to that one, thinking it will stop the leak. When it doesn't and just causes the water to flow through the 2nd pipe, the third Stooge keeps on connecting more and more pipes until he finds himself trapped inside a maze of pipes.
Also used in: A PLUMBING WE WILL GO · VAGABOND LOAFERS · SWING PARADE OF 1946 ·
- Mention Of Title In Short
A Stooge or supporting character says the title of the short that they're in.
Also used in: WOMAN HATERS · HOI POLLOI · YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA · CALLING ALL CURS · YOU NAZTY SPY! · I CAN HARDLY WAIT · MICRO-PHONIES · A BIRD IN THE HEAD · OUT WEST · FIDDLERS THREE · HOKUS POKUS · LOVE AT FIRST BITE · PARDON MY BACKFIRE · HOT ICE · CREEPS · HORSING AROUND · OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL · SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES
- Morse code message
The Stooges receive a message in morse code. Moe asks the other two what it said, and the third Stooge responds by imitating the morse code sound exactly.
Also used in: SPOOK LOUDER · FUELIN' AROUND ·
- Party guests acting like the Stooges
A high-society party degenerates into the party guests slapping and hitting each other like the Stooges.
Also used in: HOI POLLOI ·
- Right...right..right
When the Stooges are told to do something, they respond "Right...right...right...right...right" over and over. The person then stops them and asks "Everything alright?" The Stooges respond "Right!"
Also used in: HALF SHOT SHOOTERS · THREE LITTLE TWIRPS · DANCING LADY ·
- Shoving Larry down sink pipe
After something valuable drops down a sink pipe, Moe picks up Larry and tries to actually shove him down the pipe.
Also used in: FALSE ALARMS · SCHEMING SCHEMERS · SWING PARADE OF 1946 ·
- Spring caught on behind
The third Stooge unknowingly gets a spring from a couch caught on his behind. The end of the spring gets caught on something else, causing the third Stooge to get repeatedly pulled back into it as he tries to move forward.
Also used in: HOI POLLOI · THREE LITTLE SEW AND SEWS · AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE · HUGS AND MUGS ·
- That was ME!
Larry mistakes either Moe or Curly as a ghost or enemy and whacks him on the head with a club. He then runs away, then runs back and sees Moe/Curly, then tells him that he just knocked out a ghost/enemy. Moe/Curly then describes himself when asking what the ghost/enemy was like. After Larry responds "Yeah!" to all the descriptions, Moe/Curly says "That was me!"
Also used in: SPOOK LOUDER · FRIGHT NIGHT · FLING IN THE RING ·
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Re: HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL
Posted 2003-07-30 22:34:00 by Del Lord
This picture was clearly made to cash in on the Stooges' sudden resurgence in popularity, and, sad to say, it's not very good. In spite of some ressurected routines, and a fairly good supporting cast (Anna-Lisa does quite well with her role) the whole thing just kind of sits there. The pacing is off, and the story moves far too slowly. Some of the mayhem on hand is presented in too-tightly framed shots (specifically, the scene with the picks-and-shovels). DeRita tries to get off a couple off half-assed Curlyesque noises, and fails miserably. Moe looks worse here than he did in films made a couple of years later. The only one who seems about right is Larry, and that's probably becausehis charachter was so non-descript by that time it had almost ceased to exist! All in all, a missable effort.
Reviewer's Rating:
(2)
Re: HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL
Posted 2002-04-07 06:00:00 by Mike Holme
There seem to be a lot of re-hashed routines in this one. There is a variation of the "maze-of pipes" gag from "A Plumbing We Will Go" and in the party sequences Curly-Joe does the "spring attached to the butt" gag previously done in "Hoi Polloi", "Three Little Sew And Sews", and "An Ache In Every Stake". Unfortunately the scenes on Venus are for the most part, pretty stupid. The gags that are redone are actually redone pretty well and there are a few new gags. A decent outing with our boys.2 1/2 pokesMike Holme
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