Question 1

What real technique was Professor Danforth's cartoon machine based on?

Accepted Answer

It was based on a technique developed by producer Norman Maurer that involved filming live action actors in special high contrast makeup and using special processing to create cartoon-like images, but it never succeeded.

Question 2

Which actors played the Martians and also appeared without makeup as airline crew?

Accepted Answer

George N. Neise and Rayford Barnes played Martians Ogg and Zogg, and they can be seen without Martian makeup as the airline pilot and co-pilot.

Question 3

What is the reused footage in the first 20 minutes originally from?

Accepted Answer

The first 20 minutes is reused footage from an unsold television pilot called The Three Stooges Scrapbook (1963), which originally had a laugh track and was filmed in color.

Question 4

Which earlier film provided the Martian attack footage of a building being blasted?

Accepted Answer

At least one scene of the Martian's attack (a building being blasted) is from Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956).

Question 5

What is the premise of The Three Stooges in Orbit?

Accepted Answer

The Stooges befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from malevolent Martians, bumbling through an adventure of intergalactic proportions.

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