But he loved looking back and talking Spanky.”, Rick was the first person to approach him as an adult to make appearances. Television syndication package of the classic 1929-1938 shorts from the "Our Gang Comedies" movie series. Episode Ep. Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Our Gang Little Rascals Varieties. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's principles after falling for the beautiful nine-year old Darla, the rest of the … Short clip from Little Rascals "A Lad An' A' Lamp" ©1932. Share the best GIFs now >>> He also traveled the country doing speaking engagements and lectures about his movie roles and his days on The Little Rascals. While all of the kids were great, Spanky was the absolute standout: naturally funny and with the greatest reactions you could possibly imagine — which is why they kept him a part of the gang for as long as they did. So we left and he called me later and said, ‘Okay, let’s do it,’ and then he added — and these were his words — ‘I can’t believe that college kids of today are going to be excited about coming to see a little fat man who hasn’t made a movie in 30 years.’ And I said, ‘Spanky, I guarantee you’re going to get a standing ovation before you even open your mouth.’ My problem was that after he agreed to do it, I had to now invent a show, because I’d never produced a college show in my life.”. The same thing holds true today where the child stars and their families think that it’s going to last forever; that they will automatically transition from whatever they’re doing as a kid into the rest of their life and it doesn’t. Synopsis: The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! He used to say that he was slinging hash, he owned a restaurant, he had a steak sauce he manufactured, he worked at a gas station at one time and he hosted a local kid’s TV show where he wore a beanie and introduced the Our Gang or Little Rascals comedies. The Rascals try anything to raise the money needed … He made personal appearances, appeared on talk shows, and served as general manager of The Nostalgia Channel in the 1980s. The kids believe there is a "magic lamp" amongst them so they all grab… I Wish Cotton Was A Monkey - Spanky, Cotton & Stymie in Little Rascal's clip from 1932 on Vimeo (1932). I watched “Spanky and The Little Rascals” as re-runs on TV when I was a kid. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, the film takes look-alike kids and casts them as Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the rest, minus any sense of what made the old Hal Roach comedies funny. Porky Ross Bagley. They try several different schemes, including trying to buy lumber with a pile of pennies, the little rascals and trying to get money from a bank by disguising themselves as adults. Our Gang Story. The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride. They loved watching their work and were critical of themselves. Episode Ep. I also did 14 feature-length motion pictures during my tenure with Roach and MGM. But he did not have any illusions of being a movie actor like Tommy Bond or Alfalfa did. When his contract was up, he moved on. Memang film yang bagus … Follow us on. Rick asked him if he’d be interested in performing on the college circuit, which meant that they would go from college to college, Spanky would do a presentation and then take questions from the audience. One thing I told Haley Mills [from The Parent Trap], who had a tough time looking back, was, ‘Haley, I think you’ll feel better about yourself if you make friends with that little girl,’ meaning herself. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? He's chasing a bug with a toy shotgun (I think) and a hammer. In 1952, Spanky was 24 and he decided that he would join the United States Air Force. Where so many of these kids go wrong is they don’t have a proper exit strategy going into it. As it turned out, Spanky really didn’t need to worry about it. There’s something odd about referring to a man in his sixties as “Spanky,” and yet if George McFarland was still with us, that’s exactly what he would have wanted to be called. The Little Rascals is a 1994 American family comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment, and released by Universal Pictures on August 5, 1994. The feature film General Spanky is available on DVD separately. date unkown. He loved that little guy.”, Here’s What Happened to the Kids from ‘The Little Rascals’ (2020). I even have the postmark on the envelope the day he died.”. date unkown. “I did them for 13 years, from 1931 to 1944,” said Spanky. Certainly not where George … uh, Spanky … was concerned. 10. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Rick Saphire, who managed Spanky’s college tours, where he shared his memories of his days as part of The Little Rascals, points out that some of the earliest years were pretty dim, given that he began shooting the shorts when he was just three. I think I've said enough so that's definitely a recommendation. Certificate: Passed I went to see Spanky at a local TV station in Philadelphia because he was either working for Philco-Ford or Magic Chef at the time, but he was doing a local appearance and he was a curiosity.”. date unkown. IMDb 6.3 1 h 22 min 1994 7+ Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky, and Petey the dog recapture the mischief that made the original series a timeless favorite in this charming adventure. This FAQ is empty. TV Guide. Choose per series where you want be kept informed of. Hal Roach's RaScals. Then we transition to a talkie remake of Uncle Tom's Uncle with most of the same gags intact. Rick was given permission to come down and meet him and they sat down with each other, discovering that they had many things and people in common. We watched these old 1933 videos of Spanky and The Little Rascals, not to be confused with the 1994 movie, The Little Rascals… The Little Rascals quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from The Little Rascals. Travis Tedford, Actor: The Little Rascals. Travis Tedford – Spanky. I don’t want to do it anymore.’ And they were, like, ‘You’re going to have to find something else, then.’”. In fact, they're so realistic that 7 out of 10 people sued Club Spanky for serious mouth damage. 75:55 Alfalfa's line "All's it ever gotten me is, conviction, probation, a frog in my leotard, and a butt-naked chase. Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. When he was really young, George (who his family referred to as “Sonny”) got to work, modeling clothing for a Dallas department store and was featured on Dallas billboards and in print advertisements. Even today there are a lot of people who think they remember everything about Our Gang and say to me, ‘How long was that show on the air?’ But that’s how they were introduced to it, on television.”, The tour went on for a few years, but things “started wearing thin and the times were changing,” he says. Our Gang Comedy Festival. (Everett Collection) The Little Rascals (which were originally called Our Gang, but retitled when the comedy shorts began airing on television — just to clear up the confusion) began in 1922 with silent shorts.It was a decade later that the newly-christened Spanky, at the ripe old age of three, became a part of the group, which would include Matthew Beard as Stymie, Tommy Bond as … The Little Rascals (1994) KIDS & FAMILY Mischievous youngsters Spanky (Travis Tedford) and Buckwheat (Ross Elliot Bagley) lead an anti-girl organization, and they pick their buddy Alfalfa (Bug Hall) to represent them in an all-important soapbox car rally. It seems that all of those stories of former cast members from the classic Our Gang/Little Rascals comedy shorts being bitter adults who felt screwed over and discarded by the business once their cuteness turned to awkwardness, wasn’t really the truth. That lasted until 1960, when he worked more odd jobs until he found his calling at the Philco-Ford Corporation, eventually becoming a national sales training director. I stared at it and then I opened it and I still have all the stuff that he sent to me. Watch The Little Rascals (1994) - Comedy, Family, Romance Movie: Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. Decades after famous child star George McFarland warmed hearts as Spanky in the old 30s-40s show, "The Little Rascals," many still remember him as the precious little boy they all loved. While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune.". Oct 27, 2016 - Explore Joyce Frasure's board "Spanky & Little Rascals" on Pinterest. I'll just say this was another very funny Our Gang short mainly because of Spanky. It was a decade later that the newly-christened Spanky, at the ripe old age of three, became a part of the group, which would include Matthew Beard as Stymie, Tommy Bond as Tommy and, later, Butch; Scotty Beckett, Billie Thomas as Buckwheat, Carl Switzer as Alfalfa, Darla Hood and Eugene Gordon Lee as Porky. “From the story told to me by his wife,” he reflects, “he put the package together for me, went to the post office to mail it, came home from the post office, laid down … and died. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Golden Globe nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life, Title: The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire. He is an actor, known for The Little Rascals (1994), Slappy and the Stinkers (1998) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999). I was going out with other celebrities at the time, but he called me and he said, ‘Ricky, I would really like to do a really good tour of autograph shows.’ I said, ‘Spanky, you’ll make a fortune.’ And I knew that he would, because I knew what some of my other stars were doing. He got a big charge out of having me run the films on screen while he sat in a chair on stage and watched the film along with the audience. The Little Rascals Complete Collection contains the 80 Hal Roach produced talkies (1929-1938) and the Our Gang Collection contains the 52 MGM produced shorts (1938-1944). Spanky was always friends with that little boy. However, Porky and Buckwheat manage to raise $500 by putting up an … Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. At that age, especially boys, get kind of awkward-looking, and the voice changes. The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher. Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck. The film is an adaptation of Hal Roach's Our Gang, a series of short films of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s (many of which were broadcast on television as The Little Rascals) which centered on the adventures of a group of neighborhood … The He-Man Woman Haters try to raise money to afford both a new clubhouse at a local fair, and they try to come up with at least $450. This is my residual.’ He considered these shows as the residual money he was making as a result of his working for Hal Roach.”, Once they agreed to do the autograph shows, Spanky told Rick he would put together a package of photos and things that could possibly be autographed, and mail them to him for approval. Stymie Jordan Warkol. See more ideas about rascal, old tv shows, spanky little rascals. “As it turned out, he loved to talk about his career. View production, box office, & company info, ‘The Florida Project’ Director Sean Baker on His Modern-Day ‘Little Rascals’ and America’s Hidden Homeless, Why Sean Baker’s ‘The Florida Project’ Was the Hot Buy of Cannes, iCM Forum's Favourite Movies of the 1930s (2nd edition), Favourite_Films_Under_400_ICM_Checks_2013. The feature film General Spanky is available on DVD separately. The Little Rascals. Not because we didn’t have a wonderful relationship, but there just wasn’t any work in that area. Along the way, he’d gotten married to Doris McFarland in 1967, and they have three kids. Spanky, Tommy (aka “Butch”), Alfalfa, Darla … Sounds like a reunion with old friends, doesn’t it? Join the fun with Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Petey the dog and the whole gang as they are up to their usual mischief! Darla stayed in show business very successfully, but she became an entertainer more than an actress. Rick Saphire, an entertainer turned manager, who worked with the former head of He-Man Woman Hater’s Club in his adult years, emphasizes, “You know, he was Spanky. They would talk to anybody and they weren’t shy about taking money for appearances, but they loved doing them, because they felt secure in themselves. Then when the movie was over, he had anecdotes and answered questions about the particular movie that we’d watched. Travis Tedford was born on August 19, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Travis William Tedford. The only trouble is -- they can't seem to do anything right! While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune." “There was a big riot at Kent State University where some kids were shot — it was during the Vietnam War. They traveled to different colleges armed with 16-millimeter film, slides, and audio cassettes. Check out some of our favorite Hollywood couples who found romance together on screen and in real life. George “Spanky” McFarland died unexpectedly on June 30, 1993, at age 64, the cause believed to be either a heart attack or aneurysm. Froggy Zachary Mabry. The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! “The whole market changed and the Little Rascals weren’t shown like they had been. I was very excited about it.”, “For the autograph shows, there would have been no more perfect celebrity than Spanky McFarland, because he spanned from the beginning of talkies and his fame was intact right through the time we were booking him in the 1990s due to the fact that the films were still popular on TV and coming out on DVD. Spanky 4.3 out of 5 stars 5 “It was the early 1970s and everything in the colleges was a protest,” notes Rick. With Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods. When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park. Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house. 08. “When he was five or six,” he says, “Spanky thought that every kid woke up and went to school on the set — that was just his life at Hal Roach Studios. Directed by Robert F. McGowan. 1 of 2 people found this review helpful. Hal Roach put together ‘Spanky On Tour’ where he would go to movie theaters in major cities all over the country, promoting Our Gang and The Little Rascals. Episode Ep. The Little Rascals FULL MOVIE 1994 English Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes They’d ask things like, ‘Do you remember when Petey [the dog] did this or that?’ He didn’t want to let his fans down, so he made up the most logical answer to the question. His memory, of course, lives on thanks to all of those filmed moments of that wiseass, but oh-so-funny, little kid who has delighted generations of fans. In 1955 he hosted The Spanky Show on Tulsa, Oklahoma’s KOTV, with a studio audience and celebrity guests and installments of The Little Rascals being shown. The He-Man Woman Haters try to raise money to afford both a new clubhouse at a local fair, and they try to come up with at least $450. Find all of the little rascals back for one more reunion: Bug Hall (Alfalfa), Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla), Blake McIver (Waldo), Kevin Jamal Woods (Stymie), Travis Tedford (Spanky), Zachary Mabry (Porky), Ross Bagley (Buckwheat), Sam Saletta (Butch) and Blake Jeremy Collins (Woim). “That was longer than most, and three years longer than the next, which was Buckwheat, which was 10 years. An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help. Uh-Huh Sam Saletta. Points out Rick, “Spanky would tell people, ‘I didn’t make any residuals from the movies, but now I’m appearing as Spanky McFarland in colleges all over the country. 1936 | CC. Even his wife called him Spanky; that was just his name. “Of all the people I represented over the years,” closes Rick Saphire, “Spanky and [actress] Beverly Washburn were two of the people in the business who I feel were truly genuine. When we did our college tours, we would open it up for a question and answer period and the questions were all pretty dependable; you knew what they would be. The Little Rascals (which were originally called Our Gang, but retitled when the comedy shorts began airing on television — just to clear up the confusion) began in 1922 with silent shorts. “When his acting career was over,” he explains, “Spanky had a theatrical career in movie theaters. Hal Roach’s Little Rascals, Carl Switzer, Spanky McFarland, 1938 After leaving the series in 1940, he was the victim of typecasting and struggled to find roles. 3. date unkown. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by Movie Quotes .com . They weren’t taken up by their past. I couldn’t open it for, like, a week. And then they transferred over to MGM for the rest of their run, and he saw primarily the same kids all the time and worked with them as they spit out movies like crazy. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Spanky also had his own namesake charity golf classic for 16 years, held in Marion, Indiana. The Little Rascals: Best of Spanky (In Color) ( 46 ) 1 h 24 min 1932 7+ Join him and his rascally friends as they discover the strange wonder of a magic lamp, coax their well-to-do pal into a forbidden game of mud football, and put on a splashy musical number dressed as girls! However, Porky and Buckwheat manage to raise $500 by … Starring Travis Tedford, Kevin Jamal Woods, Jordan Warkol Genres He would have made a killing, and I’m sorry that he didn’t get the chance, because when he was playing Spanky, he, like the other kids, had a contract with Hal Roach that precluded them from receiving any kind of royalty or residual from the showing of these films in any medium, even mediums that had not yet been invented.”, Many people assumed that by that stage of his life, Spanky would have made millions, but that wasn’t the case as noted by that contractual clause. Butch … There was also a very funny sound effect of someone "crying" in the play. “What surprised Spanky,” Rick adds, “is that most of those college kids thought that the Our Gang or Little Rascals films were made for television; they always called it a TV show. The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain. date unkown. 11. “I also did a one-minute film commercial for Wonder Bread that was shown in local theaters in the Dallas Fort-Worth area,” Spanky related to Harry Smith at CBS News. 65:29 The close-up shot of Alfalfa, Spanky, and two girls as Alfalfa and Spanky react to the frog noise has been cut. George McFarland was born on October 2, 1928, in Dallas, Texas to parents Virginia Winifred and Robert Emmett McFarland and was one of three kids. But when it was over, I told my parents, ‘I’m tired of it. Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship. In the 1930s and1940s, actor George McFarland appeared on screens as a child star favorite in one of the period's most beloved shows. Upon his return home, he toyed with the idea of acting work but found that no one would hire him, so he began working some of those jobs described above. So now, kids going to college might’ve been sort of familiar with Spanky, but all of that wasn’t a part of their wonder years. Buckwheat might have gotten firecracker ice cream, complete with realistic firecrackers. She was a musical performer and did well.”.
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