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I loved them because I thought I could always replicate their little adventures in my life. They gave me a lot of playtime inspirations. LOL. Also, I thought they lived in my town. What can I say, I was really little.
I never watched or had much interest in the Little Rascals. Now I know I wasn’t missing anything. Holy hell, that clip was intolerable.
Same here.
Likewise, though it’s nice to know that sitcom quality hasn’t diminished over the past few decades. It sucked back then, too. That clip was just entirely not funny.
Wheezer was the best. The “man from Borneo” kills. And Froggy eating saltines with a heat lamp under his seat. And Alfalfa dreaming he’s an opera star singing “Barber of Seville.” Wow. Great Win! Plus, the clip you showed was from the greatest TV station ever, WTTV 4 in Indy. Cowboy Bob, Janie, Sammy Terry, heh! Only locals will get those refs.
Oooooo tay.
“Hey Richard who’s your favorite Little Rascal, Alfalfa or Spanky?” (Tommy Boy)
I always liked how they made up these elaborate costumes and schemes. I always wanted to be part of the gang.
Born in 1984, but I had a realy skewed idea of time because I grew up watching Little Rascals, Shirley Temple, and Roy Rodgers.
So had a crush on Alfalfa in kindergarden! Me and my siblings got the idea to put on a circus from the rascals. ^^
I too had a skewed idea of time. Born in the same year and grew up with the Brady Bunch. I teach 2nd grade now, and I use the dvd’s as rewards. They look forward to watching them on Friday afternoons and absolutely love them!
You are doing a service to generations to come by instilling in them a love for the classics. I salute you.
How funny. I feel the same way. I used to watch the black and white shows on Disney like Mickey Mouse Club and Zorro. And on Nickelodeon I watched Lassie. And Nick at Nite used to play Donna Reed, Leave it to Beaver, and Ozzie and Harriet. (Now it’s Home Improvement and Family Matters!)
I made a reference to wanting to buy Ozzie and Harriet beds for me and my hubby (husband and wife sleeping in 2 single beds, rather than sharing a bed) and a friend my age went blank in the eyes and another friend in his mid-forties laughed out loud.
I love Our Gang! Timeless.
Horrid to learn later how the kids ended up though.
How did they end up?
No different from anyone else. Follow the link in RCIAG’s post a few posts down.
As a kid, I didn’t think of it but thse shorts had racial and class equality and a friendl pit bull. Goonie was the x-age generations Little Rascals. And those kids learned their lines in an afternoon.
I would have ruined the comedy aspect of it. Those cute kids come in my diner, I wouldn’t send them out, I would feed them at least a roll each, money or not!
Also, when he asked for a cup of coffee, i would have given it to him black just to see if he really drinks it. Mean but i cant help it, they would probably make the funniest faces.
That was back when people weren’t so afraid of Pit Bulls. The dogs weren’t always the preferred choice of fools with tiny penises.
The pit bull used to be nicknamed the nanny dog because they will practically babysit your kids for you.
Not too long ago someone at work said the phrase “I wish Cotton was a monkey!” & I fell over laughing at it but sadly we were the only two people that got that reference therefore making me old.
Here’s a snopes page about the rumour that there was a Little Rascals curse & it also lists how some of them ended up:
http://www.snopes.com/movies/other/ourgang.asp
I enjoyed Our Gang, but not because I found it terribly funny – it was more for the oddness factor. Darla was awesome but also creepy because little girls should not be able to impersonate frown women that well!
And I remember they were always having to eat “mush.” When I was little I was forever wondering what the hell “mush” was.
^ “grown” women 8D
Moe Szyslak was my favourite. Didn’t he kill Alfalfa for stealing his trademark gag?
Simpson’s reference FTW!
Alfalfa was in Its a Wonderful Life, he’s the guy who turn opens the dance floor to the pool below.
“wookin’ pa nub”…
buckwheat sings!!!
I have some of their old episodes on VHS. I think “Free Wheelin’” was my fave, where they have a donkey cart taxi.
Though there are quite a few VERY inappropriate and racist situations that haven’t held up well. (Which is a good thing. That they haven’t held up well, I mean.)
I remember my mom saying something about a family friend of my grandparents was a cast member of the original silent shorts. Never met her, wish I had though.