Production Information
Title: Flying Saucer Daffy
Studio: Columbia
Short Number: 187
Release Date: October 9, 1958
Running Time: 16:07
“With all that space up there, there might be a space ship!”
Short Take
Joe’s accidentally takes a snapshot of a paper plate blown by a breeze, and people believe it to be a UFO. However, Moe and Larry take the credit for the photo, and receive a huge sum while Joe becomes their servant.
Angered, Joe leaves the boys for a camping trip, only to meet two genuine and beautiful aliens from Planet Zircon who allow Joe to photograph them. Moe and Larry end up arrested when their UFO picture is revealed to be a fraud. They are put in straitjackets and incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital while Joe becomes a national hero.
Flying Saucer Daffy Cast & Crew
| 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. |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
Flying Saucer Daffy Trivia
- Although it wasn’t the last released short, Flying Saucer Daffy was the last Stooge short produced by Columbia
- Flying Saucer Daffy features Moe and Larry’s more “gentlemanly” haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser
- Besser later reported that Flying Saucer Daffy was his favorite Stooge comedy
Production Notes
- Filming took place on December 19–20, 1957
- The short features stock footage from Earth vs the Flying Saucers