Have Rocket, Will Travel

With newcomer Curly look-a-like Joe DeRita joining the team, the Three Stooges finally (after 24 years of shorts!) made the jump to feature films with "Have Rocket, Will Travel".An often bizarre adventure (The Stooges encounter such things as a friendly alien unicorn, an unfriendly giant fire-breathing tarantula, and a trio of robots resembling you-know-who), their feature debut confirmed that the Stooges were back, and bigger & more popular than ever.Lightweight in plot--and budget--the Stooges succeed on clever scripts such as this one, which places most of the more violent slapstick moments on others, yet gives them plenty of room to clown. Besides this is the fact that, after years of hard labor & exposure, the Stooges were immediately identifiable personalities, and could carry a picture on this strength alone.Just one question: WHEN are Columbia/Sony Pictures going to wake up and give this movie the DVD treatment as well??

This 3 stooges movie is really unique. It's not on DVD but at least it's still on video. It's a good movie. Not so funny but a little funny. If you are a 3 stooges fan, buy all the great stooges product right here on Amazon. Woop woop woop.

As funny and entertaining as I remember it from my childlhood.Thank you for taking me back!

"Have Rocket" (1959) was the closest the Stooges' feature-length film with DeRita came to the speed and intensity of their late 30s/early 40s shorts. Yet, while all their other "Curly Joe"-era features are on DVD this remains absent. There a reason for this? It can't be "lack of interest"- especially since lesser known films ("Gold Raiders", "Meet the Baron", "Soup To Nuts") and lesser accepted films (fake Shemp and Joe Besser are) are now immortalized on DVD. Is it a legal reason? Litagation between Jean DeRita and the Howard family, perhaps?I may be wrong. For all I know there are plans for a DVD. If anyone knows yes-or-no, and any reasons why, please post in the coments section. Thanx...

"Have Rocket Will Travel" kicked off the first in the series of feature films with Larry,Moe and Curly Joe. You know something, this was a funny film to kick off this series! Typical Stooge humor throughout with lots of eye poking, head banging numskull fun. They also sing quite well with the opening theme! I am hoping Columbia Tristar will release this on DVD since I have the other Three Stooges DVD movies from the early to mid 1960s. Enjoy!!

As huge of a Three Stooges fan that I've been since like the age of ten, here recently was my very first time I happen to sit all the way through this 1959 (truly) waste-of-time film. Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe do manage to scrap together a few (and, I talking very few) laughable scenes. But for the most part, Curly-Joe (Joe De Rita) is a complete dork. At least, Joe Besser had his moments - sort of maybe wish he had filled the role of Curly-Joe in the six Stooges feature films.

Here's a Stooges classic finally on DVD by itself...you used to have to buy a boxset to get this one. A must for every collector of Three Stooges films!

Loved it, Typical 3 Stooges!