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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 26, 2016 21:16:45 GMT -5
So far as is known about the 'Our Gang' series after it shifted to MGM in the middle of 1938, little or no footage has ever been edited out of any of the final 52 MGM entries.
Nevertheless, I thought that it might be a fun exercise to make up some bits that might have been "edited" out of some of these shorts, especially of the it would have made the short better (Or at least, more interesting!) variety.
The idea is for a member to devise a scenario for a "cut" scene, leaving a blank for other members to "fill in", by quoting it, and replacing the blank/s to complete the scene!
Here's an example to get things started:
CAPTAIN SPANKY'S SHOWBOAT (1939): Originally, at the end of the short after the close up of Alfalfa's extremely constipated look as he "crooned" on stage, the camera subsequently pulled back to reveal ______________
Have Fun!
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 26, 2016 21:25:47 GMT -5
- Alfalfa relieving himself after a lengthy "no restroom breaks allowed" period.
- Director Edward Cahn mouthing "Smile!! Smile!!!!" while stretching his own lips out.
- An empty room. Spooky.
TALE OF A DOG (1944): Originally, after the Dog formerly known as Smallpox speaks, one of the kids was to have said ___________
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Post by myhomeo on Jul 27, 2016 15:20:58 GMT -5
"You're not gonna start tellin' me to kill people like you did last time, are ya?"
At the end of MIGHTY LAK A GOAT, after the Gang waves goodbye, the camera was supposed to pan to ___________________________
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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 27, 2016 22:09:59 GMT -5
"You're not gonna start tellin' me to kill people like you did last time, are ya?" At the end of MIGHTY LAK A GOAT, after the Gang waves goodbye, the camera was supposed to pan to ___________________________ - A Burma Shave Ad. - The Gang's discarded underwear, with "These shorts really stink!" captioning. At the end of PRACTICAL JOKERS (1938), ________________________________ was supposed to be seen after Tommy's Birthday Cake that Alfalfa was holding exploded.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 28, 2016 0:42:33 GMT -5
Blood, and perhaps a few severed fingers.
The musical short CALLING ALL KIDS (1943) was originally meant to feature a group of kids singing _______________________________.
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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 28, 2016 10:16:09 GMT -5
Blood, and perhaps a few severed fingers. The musical short CALLING ALL KIDS (1943) was originally meant to feature a group of kids singing _______________________________. - With their own voices, but somebody at MGM decided they needed a little help from some celebrities, instead! - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, but that this song wouldn't be written for another 25 years proved a slight impediment! In GOING TO PRESS (1942), the Gang's printing presses were originally to be destroyed by ________________.
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Post by myhomeo on Jul 28, 2016 15:59:43 GMT -5
-Nazis, due to their morale-boosting efforts.
-The Allies, due to their morale-boosting efforts.
In RADIO BUGS, the Gang were originally going to perform one more show at a ______________________________________
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 28, 2016 16:42:01 GMT -5
...morgue. Their act was already dying.
In THREE SMART GUYS, Mickey's fishing pole was originally supposed to have caught ___________________________
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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 29, 2016 2:21:37 GMT -5
...morgue. They're act was already dying. In THREE SMART GUYS, Mickey's fishing pole was originally supposed to have caught ___________________________ - Louis B. Mayer, in a plot to coerce him into allowing for less overtly moralistic, more naturally comedic fare n future 'Our Gang' comedies. Needless to say, it didn't work! - A Fish with Smallpox! And so the Greenpoint epidemic would have thus, began! In ELECTION DAZE (1943), the original outcome was ______________________.
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Post by myhomeo on Jul 29, 2016 15:09:40 GMT -5
Al Gore, but there was something about a hanging chad. Who Chad was and why he'd been hanged was never resolved.
In WEDDING WORRIES, the Gang was originally going to disrupt the wedding of Darla's father because _________________________
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 29, 2016 17:55:33 GMT -5
...he told them to.
In 1-2-3 GO!, Mickey was originally supposed to have been hit by _______________________________
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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 30, 2016 9:36:33 GMT -5
...he told them to. In 1-2-3 GO!, Mickey was originally supposed to have been hit by _______________________________ A big Pizza Pie! In LITTLE MISS PINKERTON (1943), Froggy was originally supposed to swallow _____________________________.
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Post by myhomeo on Jul 30, 2016 15:23:14 GMT -5
...the idea people might actually enjoy this sort of moralizing tripe.
In LITTLE MISS PINKERTON, the elderly security guard was originally going to be ________________________________________
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 30, 2016 17:34:09 GMT -5
...played by Christian Rub, but we was on a pleasure business trip in Germany Sweden.
In TALE OF A DOG, Smallpox was originally going to be called _____________________________
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Post by tboneator64 on Jul 30, 2016 20:28:09 GMT -5
...played by Christian Rub, but we was on a pleasure business trip in Germany Sweden. In TALE OF A DOG, Smallpox was originally going to be called _____________________________ Chickenpox, but by this time, MGM was making a concerted effort to break racial stereotypes, although that concerted effort was clearly a selective process! Instead of Janet Burston, MELODIES OLD AND NEW (1942) was originally to feature the singing talents of _______________________
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