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Post by bmovies on May 21, 2016 19:47:47 GMT -5
 This article was published in the May 1972 issue of Ebony magazine. Played Buckwheat from 1927-1933? Played Stymie's little brother? Also played the role of "Birdie"? Ha! |
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Post by wheezer on May 21, 2016 19:51:52 GMT -5
Ah, yes, my favorite member of the 1927-1933 gang was Froggy. This article is kind of a wreck (and by kind of I mean wholesomely).
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Post by bmovies on May 21, 2016 20:12:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 22:16:47 GMT -5
Apparently the so-called Buckwheat imposter created a precedent. I could of sworn I read somewhere that there was even an imposter claiming to be the real Darla Hood, despite that the real actress had been deceased for quite a long time.
Some people just never learn.
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Post by tboneator64 on May 21, 2016 22:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 22:25:18 GMT -5
You took the words right out of my mouth. This person who purchased the autograph must have been ripped off. This is why purchasing autographs are never a good idea, unless you know the autograph was from a legit source. Though the autographed photos of Darla Hood that were advertised in another section of these boards, I beleive they were perfectly legit. But why pay $2,000 for a photo when you can download it for free? |
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Post by tboneator64 on May 21, 2016 22:30:17 GMT -5
This article was published in the May 1972 issue of Ebony magazine. Played Buckwheat from 1927-1933? Played Stymie's little brother? Also played the role of "Birdie"? Ha! That article is pretty much a total Trainwreck! Besides the obvious that this wasn't the original Buckwheat, the article would also have its readers believe that his aunt was Blues singer Bessie Smith! However, it was the purported fact that Jamel "Buckwheat" Frazier's parents were popular "Blackface" entertainers (Oh Really?!!?) that really made me LMFAO!!!! I think the bit about him having played Buckwheat from 1927-33 was more convincing than that last tidbit!  CHEERS!  |
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Post by mtw12055 on May 21, 2016 22:54:16 GMT -5
Yep, the Our Gang imposter stuff is nothing new.
Some were indeed 'imposters' (Don Marlowe, for instance), while others were merely mistaken. Our Gang had a lot of imitators during its heyday (Mickey McGuire, Big Boy, etc). Since neither of these series ever had a resurgence in popularity, it's natural for some of their stars to mistakenly think that they were Little Rascals.
There were also local independently made versions of Our Gang, which led to a ton of people growing up to think that they were the real McCoy.
Then of course, there's that Bill English character, who apparently had a mental illness that caused him to think he was Billie Thomas!
I don't know what Frazier's true story was, but people really did think that he was Buckwheat for the longest time. Ditto for Don Marlowe as Porky.
As for the 'blackface' claim, yes it does sound a bit ridiculous. But believe it or not, some black entertainers would put on 'extra black' in the days of Vaudeville. That doesn't make it sound any less ridiculous, now that I think about it...
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Post by farina on May 22, 2016 20:33:06 GMT -5
You know what's worse? The fact that there were actually 5 bids for it. At least they didn't pay a small fortune for it. |
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Post by bmovies on May 31, 2016 7:22:06 GMT -5
Yep, the Our Gang imposter stuff is nothing new. Some were indeed 'imposters' (Don Marlowe, for instance), while others were merely mistaken. Our Gang had a lot of imitators during its heyday (Mickey McGuire, Big Boy, etc). Since neither of these series ever had a resurgence in popularity, it's natural for some of their stars to mistakenly think that they were Little Rascals. There were also local independently made versions of Our Gang, which led to a ton of people growing up to think that they were the real McCoy. Then of course, there's that Bill English character, who apparently had a mental illness that caused him to think he was Billie Thomas! A couple years or so ago on one of the many movie/tv groups i frequent on Facebook, the subject of the little rascals came up. One woman commented on the thread, bragging that her Pastor (her Pastor!) told her that he was Chubby in the Little Rascals! I corrected her info by pointing out that Chubby died at 21 in 1936. She took the news very good naturedly. I wonder if she got a new Pastor. Not too long after that, a couple months or so on another little rascals thread another woman bragged that one of her co-workers was Wheezer. Not only that, she had an autographed photo from him, calling it one of her prized possessions, and even posted a photo of the autographed photo. Indeed, it was signed with a blue sharpie. I asked her how old she was and when was this because i pointed out to her that the real Wheezer died in an airplane accident in 1945 at the age of 20. I didnt get a response. But i wouldnt be surprised if her co worker got an earful and the autographed photo, her prized possession, found its way into the nearest wastebasket. |
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Post by mtw12055 on May 31, 2016 14:10:44 GMT -5
Yep, the Our Gang imposter stuff is nothing new. Some were indeed 'imposters' (Don Marlowe, for instance), while others were merely mistaken. Our Gang had a lot of imitators during its heyday (Mickey McGuire, Big Boy, etc). Since neither of these series ever had a resurgence in popularity, it's natural for some of their stars to mistakenly think that they were Little Rascals. There were also local independently made versions of Our Gang, which led to a ton of people growing up to think that they were the real McCoy. Then of course, there's that Bill English character, who apparently had a mental illness that caused him to think he was Billie Thomas! A couple years or so ago on one of the many movie/tv groups i frequent on Facebook, the subject of the little rascals came up. One woman commented on the thread, bragging that her Pastor (her Pastor!) told her that he was Chubby in the Little Rascals! I corrected her info by pointing out that Chubby died at 21 in 1936. She took the news very good naturedly. I wonder if she got a new Pastor. Not too long after that, a couple months or so on another little rascals thread another woman bragged that one of her co-workers was Wheezer. Not only that, she had an autographed photo from him, calling it one of her prized possessions, and even posted a photo of the autographed photo. Indeed, it was signed with a blue sharpie. I asked her how old she was and when was this because i pointed out to her that the real Wheezer died in an airplane accident in 1945 at the age of 20. I didnt get a response. But i wouldnt be surprised if her co worker got an earful and the autographed photo, her prized possession, found its way into the nearest wastebasket. Hmmm... that's first I've heard of a Chubby imposter! There were plenty of Wheezer imposters, I'm sure, as the 1928-1929 era of the Gang was imitated multiple times by small town filmmakers. There were definitely a lot of Farinas, some of whom possibly thought they were Buckwheat. Ditto for Jeans and Mary Anns thinking that they were Darla. More imposters, and info on the 'local' Our Gangs: littlerascals.proboards.com/thread/218/why-people-gangers |
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Post by marymary on Apr 17, 2018 15:12:50 GMT -5
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Post by Buppster on Apr 17, 2018 15:39:55 GMT -5
It's a sad state of affairs when a person's own life is so 5hit that they feel the need to lay claim to someone else's life and identity. Fakewheat was also wrong, there was a law about the earnings of child actors back in the 1930s, it was known as Coogan's Law, and was brought about to prevent parents from squandering their child's earnings while the child was still a minor.
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Post by myhomeo on Apr 19, 2018 12:00:04 GMT -5
Probably the saddest case of this kind of thing I've heard concerns not a Rascal but Lee Aaker, best known as 'Corporal Rusty' from the 50's TV show RIN TIN TIN. His imposter went to autograph shows, got a recipe printed in a 'celebrity cookbook,' even pulled off a reunion with some now elderly former co-stars. Aaker at the time was suffering from serious mental and emotional problems including, if I understand correctly, agoraphobia, which not only made the situation more cruel but severely hampered his efforts to get the word out and stop this person.
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Post by Buppster on Apr 19, 2018 15:20:45 GMT -5
Every single one of those deluded phuckers should have been prosecuted for fraud and also publicly denounced in newspapers and on TV news.
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