The Ritzes were appearing at New Orleans Roosevelt Hotel in December 1965 when Al died of a sudden heart attack. Harry and Jimmy were devastated, as the trio had always been very close. The two surviving brothers continued the act, and appeared together in a couple of films. The last appearances of the Ritz Brothers as a team (minus Al) were in the mid-1970s films "Blazing Stewardesses" and "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood", a spoof of the old "Rin Tin Tin" and "Lassie" movies. In "Blazing Stewardesses" the Ritzes were cast as replacements for The Three Stooges, who dropped out of the film when Moe Howard's declining health forced the trio to cancel. (Contrary to many accounts, Moe was still alive when "Blazing Stewardesses" filmed in March 1975; he was simply too ill to work. Moe died in early May of that year; "Blazing Stewardesses" opened a month later in June 1975.) Harry and Jimmy made semi-regular appearances on the 1970 television revival of the comedy-themed game show, "Can You Top This?"