RipHer2Shreds said:

now they have to be doing crack, having sex, cursing, stealing and snorting and being mean to some other children for fun.

I love all the kids in those shows.I let my kids watch them but we talk about how Buckwheat and Stymie were portrayed.
They're funny and eye opening at the same time.

shellyevon said:

alright well

it wasnt all racist

it was a long time ago



and stymie was a solid buddie

they all loved him


they didnt call him derogotory names or belittle him

RipHer2Shreds said:

That was a good one. I found a list of tunes he did over the years.



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In Alfalfa's first episode, "Beginner's Luck", he did a rendition of "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain", with his brother Harold accompanying on banjo. This number was derived from a so-called Negro spiritual song called "When the Chariot Comes", and would virtually become the anthem of Alfalfa's early Rascals career: He would sing parts of this tune in four of his first eight episodes.

Alfalfa's performance of "Object of My Affection" in "Our Gang Follies of 1936" garnered the first really widespread critical notice from contemporary film commentators and columnists. This was the first time that Alfalfa sang about matters of the heart, and these romance-themed songs would be among the most fondly-remembered singing performances of his entire body of work.


Curiously, the Hal Roach writers seemed to enjoy inflicting some sort of distraction or discomfort upon Alfalfa while he was singing. The first instance of this tendency was in "The Lucky Corner", when he drank a glass of lemonade made of starch rather than sugar, and could only rasp out an aborted encore of "Little Brown Jug". Thereafter, the following distractions were suffered by Alfalfa during his singing:

•During "I'm In the Mood For Love", a microphone slid down the length of its stand until it wound up at floor level
•He swallowed a balloon prior to "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms", resulting in a loud wheezing noise at every inhaled breath
•An ornery rooster crowed during "I'm Through With Love"
•Soap bubbles emanating from his belly disrupted "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
•A stowaway frog, having climbed into his shirt, ribbetted at every opportunity during "Just An Echo In the Valley"
•He was pelted with rotting fruits and vegetables during his attempts at high opera, "The Barber of Seville".
•Firecrackers went off in his back pocket while he was trying to recite the poem "Charge of the Light Brigade"

http://www.4alfalfa.com/G...smain.html
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Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
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theAudience said:

OMG, I forgot about that! I was seriously concerned about that when I was a kid. I thought he was gonna die!

the kids were buddies

in a time when the klan was very powerful

i think that this laughed in the face of racism and bigotry


imho

shausler said:

...Miss Crabtree, Chubby and a young Jackie Cooper.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

The actor who played Porky died recently. So I think the only one who's left is Mickey. I watched The Little Rascals quite a bit, and I could probably still watch it and not trip too much. What I find is the stories after The Little Rascals stopped filming, and learning the fate of all the actors. I think E! showed a special basically claiming that that everyone has been cursed and that's many had sad endings. Most lived pretty long lives.

I loved the Little Rascals. I used to watch them all the time when i got home from school. When I was a kid i always thought Darla was hot.

I can see how some people would have a problem with the Buckwheat and Stymie characters. But you have to consider when it was filmed. I read somewhere that some of them had to edited for tv because some racial things would offend.

It is amazing how natural and funny they came across. Compare that to the garbage Little Rascals film that was made a couple years ago. Night and day.

theAudience said:

My first crush at age 5.

M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

In the orange jump-suit?





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Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

Uh, no! I was 5 and I had a crush on Mickey. Later on in life I had a crush on Baretta, not knowing that he was Mickey at one time.


M

shausler said:

Would you let your kids watch a cartoon that portrayed black people as savages and referred to them as Niggers?

shellyevon said:

I still haven't seen that. I've been lazy with my movie watching lately.

shausler said:

I was saying that the Disney Peter Pan movie was very offensive, not the Little Rascals. I think the Little Rascals were liberal for the times they were made.Sorry for any confusion.

meow85 said:

It's an interesting interpretation. My little girl is head over heels for Jeremy Sumpter.

shellyevon said:

I think I'll have to check it out.

theAudience said:

Yeah, it's ashame what happened to him. Whoever would have thought that would have happened?

Used to love to watch "The Little Rascals" as a kid. The way Alfafa would stand there and sing off-key with his cowlick used to crack me up.