Spanky and the Little Rascals

I watched “Spanky and The Little Rascals” as re-runs on TV when I was a kid. As a mom, I introduced them to my own kids. We watched these old 1933 videos of Spanky and The Little Rascals, not to be confused with the 1994 movie, The Little Rascals, which was based on these original shorts.

Here’s the cast in the photo above (left to right):

The Little Rascals had their beginning with Hal Roach (what a name) in 1922, at his studios. At first they were a series of silent films. Sound was introduced in 1929. Hal Roach sold “The Little Rascals” to MGM in 1938. They continued to produce them under the name of “Our Gang” until 1944. The original “Little Rascals” were syndicated for television in the 1950’s, making them very popular, and these were the ones I saw as kid.

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals with the School Teacher

I’m pretty sure my hubby was raised in the gang with little or no parental intervention, at all.  He ran around like a rag-a-muffin with his sisters and dog, Friskie.

Buckwheat

Petey the Dog

Spanky and Petey

Spanky