Flying Saucer Daffy

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Flying Saucer Daffy
Directed by Jules White
Produced by Jules White
Written by Jack White
Warren Wilson
Starring Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Joe Besser
Gail Bonney
Emil Sitka
Harriette Tarler
Diana Darrin
Bek Nelson
Joe Palma
Cinematography Fred Jackman Jr.
Editing by Saul A. Goodkind
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States October 9, 1958
Running time 16' 07"
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by Sweet and Hot
Followed by Oil's Well That Ends Well
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Flying Saucer Daffy is the 187th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

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[edit] Plot

Joe is the odd man out in Flying Saucer Daffy, the last Three Stooges short filmed.
Joe is the odd man out in Flying Saucer Daffy, the last Three Stooges short filmed.

Joe's accidental snapshot of a paper plate blown by a breeze, is mistaken for a picture of a UFO. Moe and Larry, however, take the credit for the photo, and are paid a huge sum. Angered, Joe leaves the boys for a camping trip, only to meet two genuine and beautiful aliens from Planet Zircon.

[edit] End of an era

Though Flying Saucer Daffy was not the last short subject released by the Stooges (that honor goes to Sappy Bull Fighters), it was the last one produced. Filming took place on December 19-20, 1957.[1] Several days later, the Stooges were unceremoniously fired from Columbia Pictures after 24 years making low-budget shorts. Joan Howard Maurer, daughter of Moe Howard, wrote the following in 1982:

“ The boys' careers had suddenly come to an end. They were at Columbia one day and gone the next—no 'Thank yous,' no farewell party for their 24 years of dedication and service and the dollars their comedies had reaped for the studio.

Moe Howard recalled that a few weeks after their exit from Columbia, he drove to the studio to say goodbye to several studio executives when he was stopped by a guard at the gate (obviously, not a Stooges fan) and, since he did not have the current year's studio pass, was refused entry. For the moment, it was a crushing blow.[1]

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[edit] Notes

  • Flying Saucer Daffy features Moe and Larry's more "gentlemanly" haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser. These had to be used sparingly, however, as most of the shorts with Besser were remakes of earlier films, and new footage had to be matched with old.[1]
  • Joe Besser reported that Flying Saucer Daffy was his favorite Stooge comedy.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Maurer, Joan Howard; Jeff Lenburg, Greg Lenburg (1982). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press, 87, 266. ISBN 0806509465. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
  • The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [2](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
  • One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [3], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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