Eric Stevenson I'm going to say right off the bat that this is by no means a good movie. The worst part is probably how they utilize the going to Venus thing. Yeah, they don't go to Mars. It's true that they THINK they're going to Mars, but it's actually Venus. As you might have predicted, they use the joke about it being populated entirely by women. It's interesting how they first appear in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.They think the people wearing the costumes are aliens. I thought there were a lot of good jokes in this. I even liked the romantic bit they got in at the end. Okay, it's not as good as them meeting Frankenstein, but it's still okay for what it is. I'm impressed at how prolific they were. It's just alright. **1/2

mark.waltz O.K., so there are some very funny visuals in this film, but lots of sight gags do not make an excellent film. Sure, this was made for the kiddie trade, but ultimately, it is the adults who review it. First of all, from a scientific level: this does not teach the young the powers of good writing, because the boys never make it to Mars. They think they are on Mars for about half an hour because that's where the space ship was making its destination as before dumb Lou hit the button that made them crash, right in the middle of the Louisiana bayou. It just so happens that it's Mardi Gras, and everybody is weird costumes with large heads that either spin around or come detached from the rest of the body. Bud and Lou's space suits go in great with the Mardi Gras crowd, and the laughs come fast and furious. The arrival of two escaped bank robbers who disguise themselves in space suits then proceed to rob a bank results in Bud and Lou being chased and the spaceship with the two robbers aboard taking off and ending up on Venus. There, they meet man-hating queen Mari Blanchard who had all men banished centuries before because they were not faithful. Of course, her all-women army is man crazy, and even the presence of plump Lou has their hot Venus blood pumping. Lou becomes king, but the jealous queen knows he'll stray. When Lou kisses one of the women goodbye, a curse from the queen turns her back into her real age, a funny visual to watch as she becomes an old hag in gold lame' with certain body parts changing location to reflect her true age.Having been around for well over a decade in the 1950's, by this time, Abbott and Costello were still popular but adults who enjoyed their hijinks during World War II were staying away. At least with "Buck Privates" and "Hold That Ghost", they were hysterically funny if still juvenile, but they were surrounded by actors who brought an adult mentality to the proceedings. This is not only juvenile in the sense of the age group of where it strives to be mentally, but in the fact that it presents women as jealous creatures who if they can't fully get a man's attention and manipulate them to keep them from going astray, then they will have to banish them altogether. Of course, it's only one woman making this rule as the women underneath her will do anything to get a man's attention. Certainly, the costumes for the Mardis Gras sequence are very funny (as is a sequence involving a plate of limburger cheese) and the crystallized sets for Venus are attractive as well. But what about the giant dog who chases Bud into a cave where he discovers the women's army? It is there, then gone. Even the Three Stooges rip-off, "Have Rocket, Will Travel", would introduce freaky creatures in their Venus sequence and do something with them. This film pretty much is a pointless comedy for little boys of a by-gone era who might look back on this as a fond childhood memory but in retrospect, leaves one longing for something so much better.

AaronCapenBanner Abbott & Costello play Lester & Orville, who somehow are on a top secret rocket-ship project. They accidentally launch it and wind up not going to Mars, but to Mardi Gras here on Earth(which they think is Mars). Two equally bumbling bank robbers named Mugsy & Harry force their way on board the ship, which does take off for outer space, though Venus, not Mars, which is inhabited by beautiful women who have banished the men, making these four guys both feared but welcome. Utterly inept and entirely unfunny farce is the team's worst; they look bored and indifferent the whole time, and there is no energy or point to this farrago at all. Just dreadful.

Dalbert Pringle Released in 1953 - This Sci-Fi/Comedy, with its weak storyline and inferior humor, was a clear indication that the end was just around the corner for Abbott & Costello's careers as one of Hollywood's most popular, slapstick comedy-duos.Following "Go To Mars", Abbott & Costello would go on to star in 4 more films together. With all of them being big flops, "Dance With Me, Henry" would be the last, which was released in 1956.Playing characters Lester & Orville (respectively), our 2 dim-witted protagonists are menial lab-workers who are assigned to load supplies onto a high-tech rocket-ship.In a state of bewilderment Orville accidentally hits the ignition switch which immediately launches the rocket into the sky.Believing that they have actually landed on Mars (but it's really New Orleans during Mardi Gras), Orville and Lester don spacesuits and venture out of the rocket to meet the Martians (who are really just regular people wearing wild costumes).In the meantime, 2 escaped convicts, Harry the Horse and Mugsy, find the rocket and after putting on a couple of extra spacesuits, go out and rob a bank.As circumstances turn out, Lester, Orville, Harry and Mugsy, all end up together back inside the rocket and they blast off to Venus where they discover the planet to be inhabited by only scantily-clad women in high-heels. (All men had been banished by Queen Allura long ago) Even though Venus appears to be a heavenly paradise for these men, it doesn't take long for the boys to get themselves back to Earth, where justice is finally served to Harry and Mugsy.This movie actually sounds a lot better than it really is. The whole production was very rushed and noticeably inferior in every aspect.Filmed in b&w, this film had a running time of only 77 minutes.