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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 12, 2013 17:57:24 GMT -5
Breezy: Hey Spud that dress looks nice, can I try it on please? Farina: Me too, I'm after Breezy. Jerry Tucker: I like that ribbon, it would go really well with my complexion, I'll give you 10c for it Spud.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 12, 2013 21:03:26 GMT -5
NOT mine -
Alfalfa: My mom said she named me "Alfalfa" so I'd go to school and eat my vegetables. Buckwheat: My mom said she named me "Buckwheat" so I'd be a colorful racial stereotype. How's about you, Spanky? Spanky: Mom says I'm named after dad's secretary.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 13, 2013 8:05:15 GMT -5
Hal Roach: Comedy? You've deeply offended me with that remark. Our Gang is a hard hitting dramatized documentary about underprivileged kids. Didn't you see those tears in Wheezer's eyes for God's sake? Those were real tears, that wasn't acting, that wasn't comedy.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 13, 2013 8:36:28 GMT -5
Leonard Maltin: I'd like to take this opportunity to correct a serious omission which was made during publication of the Our Gang book. There WAS a character called Stinky who was played by several different actors over the course of the series. I really cannot apologize enough for the distress this omission must have caused to all those young Stinky actors who were the REAL stars of Our Gang.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 13, 2013 16:40:45 GMT -5
Leonard Maltin: I'd also like to apologize for saying the MGM shorts were mediocre. I've actually come to quite enjoy those shorts. The acting is superb, the morals are excellent teaching tools, and the comedy bits are hilarious!
Richard Bann: And I'd like to apologize for saying Carl Switzer played Alfalfa. All this time, I had no idea that the real Alfalfa was my next door neighbor.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 7:59:48 GMT -5
Leonard Maltin: I'd also like to apologize for saying the MGM shorts were mediocre. I've actually come to quite enjoy those shorts. The acting is superb, the morals are excellent teaching tools, and the comedy bits are hilarious! Richard Bann: And I'd like to apologize for saying Carl Switzer played Alfalfa. All this time, I had no idea that the real Alfalfa was my next door neighbor. Further more we'd also like to take this opportunity to add that it has come to our attention that the roles of Alfalfa and his lookalike Cornelius in Alfalfa's Double WERE played by two different boys, who bore a remarkable resemblance to each other although they were in fact entirely unrelated.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 8:10:01 GMT -5
Richard Bann: There were a number of problems with the grading system which we used when rating the merits of the various Our Gang comedies and actors. Under our new and revised system which incorporates bonus scores for political correctness, patriotism, setting a good example, being productive & law abiding young citizens and of course being clean and well dressed we would like to announce that we unanimously declare that the highest ranking Our Gang actor of the entire series was in fact an actress, Janet Burston. Without doubt the stand out winner as the best Our Gang movie of the lot was the incomparable 'It's All About Hash.' Well done MGM for turning around the naughty and scruffily dressed tykes of the Hal Roach era and replacing them with a group of model young citizens who didn't waste their time with silly jokes and humor.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 14, 2013 11:15:34 GMT -5
Hal Roach (circa 1983): I think I'll update the preachy musical MGM period of Our Gang with a new TV show. I'll call it "Kids Incorporated"!
... Oh, wait, he did produced that, didn't he?
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 14:30:36 GMT -5
The entire cinema audience after watching "All about hash": Gee that was funny. Mickey Gubitosi was a total scream, I fell off my seat I was laughing so hard. Me too, by tummy hurts. These new kids are way better than Alfalfa, Spanky and the rest.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 14:32:31 GMT -5
Joe Cobb: There are twelve of us and just one posh sissy kid over there all by himself, let's take pity on him and invite him to join the gang.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 14:34:09 GMT -5
Mickey Daniels: Will you just look at the get up on that cissy kid over there, velvet suit, buckles on his shoes and a shirt with a lace collar. I sure wish that I had clothes like that instead of these worn out old rags.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 14, 2013 14:59:48 GMT -5
The audience (after watching "Calling All Kids"): Gee, these non-Our Gang kids doing all of the singing are much funnier. Why aren't they the stars?
The majority of the 1994 movie's fanbase: This movie has led me to the original series, which I find quite enjoyable.
Hal Roach: So I took one look at this Eugene Jackson kid's hair, and I thought to myself "Cabbage Patch. That would be a swell name for him".
Joe: Hey, Farina, want to come to the baby show? Farina: You bet! (Immediately gets up and gets ready)
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 14, 2013 16:22:49 GMT -5
Alfalfa (sitting in a cinema with his brother): You know what Harold? I think the studio did the right thing giving us the push. These new Our Gang kids are so much funnier and have much more charisma than I ever had. I was getting much too old anyway, I was 13 and you're 2 years older than me. Harold: But I was still younger than Breezy was when they first signed him up. Alfalfa: Yeah but he looked so young and he was really funny too. Breezy's the one everyone will remember in years to come, him and this Mickey Gubitosi kid, he's such a scream, a real natural born comedian.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 15, 2013 12:39:52 GMT -5
Kid in a 1930s depression era cinema: Gee these kids in Our Gang are just like us. His friend: They sure are, raggy pants and all. First kid: Yeah, playing in the dirt. His friend: Building things out of scrap wood and stuff like that. First kid: I can't ever remember any kid I know having a monkey though. His friend: Or a mule. First kid: Or building a 12 seater fire engine. His friend: Or putting on a show with costumes and a real stage. First kid: Let's go and watch Mickey Rooney instead next time. His friend: Good idea, I like Stinky, they should have had him in Our Gang. First kid: I thought they did.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 19, 2013 6:05:28 GMT -5
Any of the kids: "Let's not bake a cake because we always get it wrong and make a mess. Let's all club our pocket money together and buy one instead."
Jay R. "Wheezer and Jean have scribbled all over the walls. How can I fix things before my mother returns?" Joe: "No problems it's only chalk, it'll wipe off."
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