Forget pics of the ship, I would be begging them to take me with them! #MeTVThreeStooges #FlyingSaucerDaffy

When the aliens give Joe their card, their spacecraft is described as a "Sputnik-G.i-8." Sputnik is the name of the first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on Oct 4, 1957. This was filmed less than three months later, on Dec 19-20, 1957. #MeTVThreeStooges #FlyingSaucerDaffy

Joe Besser later reported that this was his favorite Three Stooges short. #MeTVThreeStooges #FlyingSaucerDaffy

This is the last Stooge short to be filmed but this wasn't the last Stooge short released (the final stooge short that was released was #SappyBullFighters). #MeTVThreeStooges #FlyingSaucerDaffy

Moe Howard was actually four years older than Gail Bonney who played Moe and Larry's mother. #MeTVThreeStooges #FlyingSaucerDaffy