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The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)

One of the happiest moviegoing memories of my life did not take place in a cinema, but inside the auditorium of Junior High School 141 in the Bronx, New York, when I was in seventh grade. For reasons that had nothing to do with educational enlightenment, someone in charge decided it would be a good idea to show “The Three Stooges in Orbit” to the kids during their lunch break.
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The Bootleg Files: Spook to Me

BOOTLEG FILES 895: “Spook to Me” (1945 comedy short starring Andy Clyde and Dudley Dickerson).

LAST SEEN: On the Internet Archive.

AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.

REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.

CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely.

If any star of Hollywood’s Golden Age was in need of a revived public interest, it would be Andy Clyde. With a career spanning from the Mack Sennett silent comedies to the 1960s sitcoms, Clyde was a welcome presence both as a star and a supporting character – usually playing a doddering, slightly cranky but mostly endearing elderly chap.
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