A completely hideously funny science fiction comedy, this makes me want to take another look at "Abbott and Costello go to Mars" and "The Three Stooges in Outer Space" to see how juvenile science fiction comedies should be done. There is absolutely nothing funny about the two buffoons (Bob Ball and Frankie Ray) cast as soldiers who are somehow thrust into a mission to deal with female aliens who as scientists from their planet desire to conquer the Earth with the help of monsters who look surprisingly like giant carrots. I'm wondering if this is where "Lost in Space" got the idea to put Dr. Smith in a similar outfit.
Indeed one of the worst turkeys ever made, this film wouldn't go into a time capsule of any nature unless it was planted in another country to make them look like idiots. It's obvious what the writers were thinking when they cast two very tall buxom women and two shorter ridiculously unfunny men to stand right at their "assets". Mickey Rooney may has proclaimed, "Who wants to be tall?" when standing next to Jayne Mansfield, but at least he had the benefit of being funny. I can't believe that even children in 1962 would find this funny, let alone today, with its cheaply-made sets, bad animation and dime-store costumes for the carrot people. With a bad Carney imitation, this one goes right into the recycle bin, although it's unfortunate that this will be embedded in my movie-watching memory for the rest of my life.
Indeed one of the worst turkeys ever made, this film wouldn't go into a time capsule of any nature unless it was planted in another country to make them look like idiots. It's obvious what the writers were thinking when they cast two very tall buxom women and two shorter ridiculously unfunny men to stand right at their "assets". Mickey Rooney may has proclaimed, "Who wants to be tall?" when standing next to Jayne Mansfield, but at least he had the benefit of being funny. I can't believe that even children in 1962 would find this funny, let alone today, with its cheaply-made sets, bad animation and dime-store costumes for the carrot people. With a bad Carney imitation, this one goes right into the recycle bin, although it's unfortunate that this will be embedded in my movie-watching memory for the rest of my life.