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Columbia
16.3 min. (Short Subject)
Vagrants Moe, Larry and Joe answer a want ad for merchant seamen, and arrive at the futuristic house of eccentric Professor A. K. Rimple, and his beautiful assistant/daughter. Rimple's house is actually a rocket ship, and the Stooges find themselves shanghaied for a trip to the planet Sunev (Sunev is Venus spelled backwards, but don'tchu tell somebody, it's a secret!). Exploring the planet surface, the Stooges are captured by amazon cannibals and inadvertently saved by the arrival of a giant-sized reptile monster. Returning to the ship, the boys accidentally knock out the Rimples, and are left to pilot the ship to safety by themselves before the monster destroys it.
| Working Title(s): |
ROCKET AND ROLL IT |
| Prod. No.: |
4253 |
| Shooting Days: |
3 days From: 1956-08-27 To: 1956-08-29 |
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Face Slaps: 3
Eye Pokes: 0
Head Bonks: 1
Pastry Thrown: 0
- "I don't wanna die! I can't die! I haven't seen THE EDDIE DUCHIN STORY yet! And I did so wanna... [sob]"
(Joe)
- "Sunev is Venus spelled backwards, but don'tchu tell somebody, it's a secret!"
(Benny Rubin)
- "How's American Can?" "It's slipping too, but Pinpoint Pimple is up 6." "It is? Squeeze it!"
(Larry & Moe)
- "We have landed on Sunev!" "And the sunev we leave, the better I'll like it!"
(Benny Rubin & Joe)
- "The air-test gauge show the air outside to be the same as on Earth!" "Oh, smog!"
(Doreen Woodbury & Moe)
- "Pay strict attention to flora and fauna." "Oh boy, dames!"
(Benny Rubin & Joe)
- "Look what we're down to... filet of sole and heel."
(Joe)
- "Get a load of that rock & roll dialogue" "They must've heard Elvis Presley."
(Moe & Larry)
- "These girls don't know how to kiss." "Let's teach 'em!" "I know all about it. When I go walk down the street, all the girls say "Look at that kisser!" "
(Moe, Joe & Larry)
- "Could you read a log?" "Oh, we read logs, signs on fence posts, comic books..."
(Benny Rubin & Moe)
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- Boiling pot under bed frame
The Stooges are so poor that they have to use a boiling pot under a bed frame as a stove.
Also used in: IF A BODY MEETS A BODY ·
- Breaking lever or doorknob
When trying to turn something off or open a door, somebody pulls the lever or doorknob of it so hard that it accidentally breaks off.
Also used in: DISORDER IN THE COURT · A BIRD IN THE HEAD ·
- Burning kisses
A Stooge gets a kiss that's so sizzling, it causes him to blow actual smoke from his mouth.
Also used in: RHYTHM AND WEEP · LOVE AT FIRST BITE · CUCKOO ON A CHOO CHOO · GYPPED IN THE PENTHOUSE · BEDLAM IN PARADISE · FIFI BLOWS HER TOP · FLYING SAUCER DAFFY
- Burning nose with match
A Stooge tries to light a cigar in his mouth, but accidentally burns his nose with the match.
Also used in: GOOF ON THE ROOF ·
- Eat standing up
After getting stabbed in the behind, a Stooge cries "Now I'll have to eat standing up!"
Also used in: CORNY CASANOVAS · BLUNDER BOYS ·
- Filet of sole and heel
The Stooges are cooking a boot and call it "Filet of Sole and Heel". When the Stooges have to leave suddenly, one Stooge puts the hot boot on and burns his foot.
Also used in: A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN ·
- 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 · OUTER SPACE JITTERS · QUIZ WHIZZ · HAVE ROCKET -- WILL TRAVEL
- Hitting another Stooge with duffel bag
A Stooge lifts a duffel bag and accidentally hits another Stooge with it.
Also used in: G. I. WANNA HOME ·
- Human calculator
The third Stooge acts like a calculator when the Stooges need to add a few numbers up, and usually when he's done, the third Stooge pulls an actual paper out of his mouth or jacket with the final calculations on it.
Also used in: NO CENSUS, NO FEELING · CACTUS MAKES PERFECT · THREE PESTS IN A MESS · SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS · INCOME TAX SAPPY ·
- I can't die
When the Stooges find out they're going to die, a Stooge cries "I can't die! I haven't seen 'The _______ Story' yet!"
Also used in: SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE ·
- Keep an eye on him
When the Stooges are suspicious about somebody, Moe tells another Stooge to "keep an eye on him". The other Stooge responds "I'll keep both eyes on him!"
Also used in: SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS · MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER ·
- Needle accidentally in behind
A Stooge accidentally backs into a needle.
Also used in: CALLING ALL CURS · SOME MORE OF SAMOA ·
- Russian dance
When somebody hops up in down in pain from getting something dropped on their foot or something thrown down the back of their shirt, the Stooges imitate them by doing a mock Russian dance.
Also used in: ANTS IN THE PANTRY · BACK TO THE WOODS · TASSELS IN THE AIR · CALLING ALL CURS · NUTTY BUT NICE · A GEM OF A JAM · PEST MAN WINS · WHAM-BAM-SLAM! · PIES AND GUYS
- Sunev
Venus spelled backwards.
Also used in: OUTER SPACE JITTERS
- Who came in?
Somebody refers to the Stooges as gentlemen, and the Stooges respond by asking "Who came in?" and looking behind them.
Also used in: WE WANT OUR MUMMY · YOU NAZTY SPY! · MONKEY BUSINESSMEN · MALICE IN THE PALACE · SPOOKS! · RUMPUS IN THE HAREM ·
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Re: SPACE SHIP SAPPY
Posted 2014-05-10 15:28:01 by Carrie The Canary
I suppose this short has a kind of tawdry charm to it. The aging Stooges saddled with the ill-fitting Joe Besser do the best they can, but they don't have much to work with. It seems that Jules White knew that this production needed something to bring it up to speed, so bring on the girls! Aye aye aye, be bop! Some of the girls look like it is all that they can do to keep from bursting out laughing while saying that line, the whole thing is so ridiculous.
Benny Rubin is a hoot as always.
And Doreen Woodbury is a real treat. Oh my God, a genuine actress! What is she doing here? Sad that she came to a tragic end not long after this was filmed.
Looks like they couldn't think of an ending, so why not "we made the whole thing up" or "it was a dream"? Works every time. Instant ending.
All in all, summing up my thoughts on this short: Aye aye aye....be bop!
Re: SPACE SHIP SAPPY
Posted 2007-10-08 13:19:34 by FourthThird
Edited 2007-10-08 13:33:09 by Dunrobin
OK Besser short, neither among the best or worst in my book. The best of the "space trilogy," I'd say. Some parts show me that Joe could pull off funny material quite well, on the rare occasions when someone actually bothered to give him any; for example:Moe: "You're not scared, are you?"Joe (shaking head "no" emphatically): "Yes."
Memorable to say the least
Posted 2006-11-23 16:07:19 by [Deleted Member]
Space Ship Sappy was one of the few Joe Besser-era Three Stooges films that was not a remake of either a Shemp or Curly Three Stooges flick. But like almost all the Besser films, it's not funny but the Amazon woman make it memorable when the tie the guys to stakes and tickle torture their feet. I would like to know who thought of the tickling scene and why it was part of the story - just for laughs, watching the women overpower and via tickling humiliate the Stooges? The professor's daughter thinks the Amazon gals are "tickling them to death" but the girls don't finish the job. In fact, it appears they want to eat Moe, Larry and Joe Besser alive before the dinosaur scares them away. So, why have them tickle the Stooges?
Re: SPACE SHIP SAPPY
Posted 2002-05-19 05:08:00 by Mike Holme
A great Besser short, even though the amazons tickling the stooges' feet was the funniest part of this short, there were many other very funny scenes making this my second favorite Besser short.3 1/2 pokes
Re: SPACE SHIP SAPPY
Posted 2002-04-29 17:10:00 by BeatleMoe
I finally have this version uncut. It is a scream. They each get a slap in this. The part where they get those enormouse flu shots was funny, as was the eggs that flew into the ship, hitting Moe. I even liked the part where the Stooges were getting tickled to death. A riotRating: 3 starsBeatleMoe
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