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Space Ship Sappy is a 1957 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe Besser). It is the 178th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Space Ship Sappy
Directed by	Jules White
Written by	Jack White
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe Besser Benny Rubin Doreen Woodbury Emil Sitka Lorraine Crawford Harriette Tarler Marilyn Hanold
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 18, 1957 (1957-04-18) (U.S.)
Running time	16:15
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The Stooges meet up with eccentric Professor A.K. Rimple (Benny Rubin) and his daughter (Doreen Woodbury) who ask the trio to help them with a space mission. The mission lands on the planet Sunev (Venus spelled backwards), where the Stooges are taken in by three attractive female aliens. At first, sparks fly (literally) when the girls kiss the boys, but then the ladies turn cannibalistic and are about to suck the Stooges' blood. However, the boys are able to escape as a huge lizard appears on the horizon, causing the women to run away. The three jump back in the rocket ship, knocking the Professor and his daughter out cold, and fly back to Earth. They are then shown relating the story of their adventure to an assembled group. When they finish, the "Liars Club" presents them with the award for being the biggest liars in the world.

Cast

• Moe Howard as Moe
• Larry Fine as Larry
• Joe Besser as Joe
• Benny Rubin as Professor A. K. Rimple
• Doreen Woodbury as Lisa Rimple
• Lorraine Crawford as Fauna
• Marilyn Hanold as Flora
• Harriette Tarler as 3rd Amazon
• Emil Sitka as Liars Club MC

Production notes

Space Ship Sappy was filmed on August 27–29, 1956.[1] 49-year-old Joe Besser suffered a mild heart attack shortly after filming was completed. Production of the Stooge shorts went on hiatus to allow Besser time to recover. Production eventually resumed on November 19 with Horsing Around.[2][3]

Space Ship Sappy features Moe and Larry's more "gentlemanly" haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser. However, these had to be used sparingly, as most of the shorts with Besser were remakes of earlier films, and new footage had to be matched with old. Larry mentions Elvis Presley.[4]

References

External links

• Space Ship Sappy at IMDb
• Space Ship Sappy at AllMovie
• Space Ship Sappy at threestooges.net

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