'' (1963) was the fifth feature film made by the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of
Moe Howard ,
Larry Fine , and
Curly Joe DeRita . Directed by Howard's son-in-law
Norman Maurer , ''The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze'' was loosely based on the
Jules Verne classic,
''
Around The World In 80 Days ''.
Phileas Fogg III, great-grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great-grandfather's famous trip around the world in response to a challenge made by Randolph Stuart III, the descendant of the original Fogg's nemesis. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, "Stuart" is the infamous con man Vicker Cavendish who made the bet in order to cover up his robbing the bank of England by framing Fogg for the crime. With him in this plot is his weaselly -bound British cargo ship (and poke the cook in his fat behind with a
Gaff in the process); watch an elaborate
India n dance at a
Maharajah 's palace, where blind-as-a-bat Curly Joe also regales the maharajah and the viceroy with knife throwing--until his disguise falls off; get captured in
China by the Chinese Army, and survive
Communist brainwashing in
Shanghai (Moe tells the Chinese general, "No brainee to washee!") and the disgusted Chinese set them adrift in a small boat; use Curly Joe's music-provoked strength to cadge food, clothes, and a trip to
San Francisco from the manager of the monstrous
Sumo Itchy Kitchy after a demonstration in a park in
Tokyo ; stow away in a moving van, supposedly headed for
New York . Of course, they're caught, and arrested in
Canada by the British inspector (the Stooges and Amelia fake British accents so the inspector will arrest them too). Back in London, they cross paths again with the two conspirators, again disguised as police--and armed. Of course, the Stooges win out, and, as with the original Phileas Fogg, his descendant miscalculated by one day and still has a chance. Curly Joe gets behind the wheel of the
Bobby paddy wagon and speeds across London, and young Fogg wins the bet--crashing into the Reformer's Club with two seconds to spare.
The gag of Curly-Joe becoming combative when he hears "
Pop Goes The Weasel " was recycled from one of the earliest (1934) Stooges shorts, ''
Punch Drunks ''.
- ''Moe Howard and the Three Stooges''; by Moe Howard {Link without Title} , (Citadel Press, 1977).
- ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion''; by Jon Solomon {Link without Title} , (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
- ''The Three Stooges Scrapbook''; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg {Link without Title} (Citadel Press, 1994).
- ''The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons''; by Michael Fleming {Link without Title} (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- ''One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures''; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry {Link without Title} , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
