Ill see how this turns out. The Little Rascals (1994) | Bullies Chase Alfalfa - YouTube The Little Rascals - The Our Gang Collection: Game Winner | IMDb . Fallen Angel (1945) The Little Rascals (1994) - Clubhouse Fire Scene (3/10) | Movieclips. I used to follow him around the lot, hed buy me ice cream and one day he said, Well, give this kid a derby. Thats why it never fit me; it belonged to Stan Laurel.. This was a second film loosely based on the series and featuring interpretations of classic Our Gang shorts, including Helping Grandma, Mike Fright, and Birthday Blues. His offspring inherited the role of Petey, though his eye circle mysteriously moved to the left side of his face. The last few of the Roach comedies featured Alfalfa Switzer as the lead character; Spanky McFarland had departed from the series just before its sale to MGM. In 2006, Fantagraphics Books began issuing a series of volumes reprinting the Our Gang stories, mostly written and drawn by Pogo creator Walt Kelly. The Little Rascals (film) - Wikipedia William Thomas Jr. was born on March 12, 1931, in Los Angeles. Here's what the cast, including Raven-Symon, the Olsen twins, and Blake McIver Ewing, are up to now. In the mid-1950s, when the Our Gang comedies were syndicated on television as The Little Rascals, McFarland hosted an afternoon children's show, The Spanky Show, on KOTV television in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [3][4][5], Even when there was no talent search, the studio was bombarded by requests from parents who were sure their children were perfect for the series. By the end of 1941, Darla Hood had departed from the series, and Spanky McFarland followed her within a year. The original Petey was an American Pit Bull Terriernamed Pal, the Wonder Dog. Our Gang also had its roots in an aborted Roach short-subject series revolving around the adventures of a black boy called "Sunshine Sammy", played by Ernie Morrison. As a kid I had most everything I wanted and we had a good life. In the 1994 feature-film remake of The Little Rascals, Petey is an American Bulldog. [citation needed] Monogram Pictures and its successor, Allied Artists, reissued the films to theaters beginning in 1950. Like many child actors, the Our Gang children were typecast and had trouble outgrowing their Our Gang images. He had a stroke on Jan. 3, 1981, sustained head injuries from falling down a flight of stairs, and succumbed to pneumonia five days later. Matthew Beard, Wheezer Hutchins, and Dorothy DeBorba carried the series during this period, aided by Sherwood Bailey and Kendall McComas, who would play Breezy Brisbane. At the same time, eight Little Rascals shorts were pulled from the King World television package altogether. Since 1937, Our Gang had been featured as a licensed comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy, drawn by Dudley D. Watkins. [57] Another is Bill English, a grocery store employee who appeared on the October 5, 1990, episode of the ABC investigative television newsmagazine 20/20 claiming to have been Buckwheat. However, by 1934, many movie theater owners were increasingly dropping two-reel (20-minute) comedies like Our Gang and the Laurel & Hardy series from their bills and running double feature programs instead. After the tour, 8-year-old Harold and 6-year-old Carl went for a meal at the Our Gang cafe and began an impromptu performance. We went to school together, played together, laughed together. Other Our Gang members appearing in the early sound shorts included Buddy McDonald, Clifton Young, and Shirley Jean Rickert. On Oct. 16, 2005, at the age of 71, he lost his battle with lung and brain cancer.
