Before George Pal’s version of The Time Machine hit the silver screen, actual time machines were a rarity in film. But afterwards, even Moe, Larry, and Curly could throw one together in an afternoon to take them, their pal Schuyler, and their Lady friend Diane back to ancient Greece where, among other things, they restore Ulysses to the crown, kill a pair of conjoined Cyclopes, impersonate Hercules, and attract the wrath of the real Hercules.

Side note: The trio of stooges are also the first time travelers we’ve seen in film who fret over changing the course of history. Who woulda thunk?
—Michael Main
We helped the wrong army. We put a skunk on the throne of Ithaca.

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Variants

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  1. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules by Elwood Ullman, directed by Edward Bernds (premiered at an unknown movie theater, New York City, 26 January 1962).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Elwood Ullman
    Norman Maurer (story)
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  1. The initial release was in New York City, according to The Three Stooges Scrapbook by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, and Greg Lenburg, updated edition (2012), p. 103.