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Post by RJH on Feb 25, 2018 0:17:21 GMT -5
Inspired by bisonllama in an effort to create activity, I came up with this idea. Starting with 1, find an occurrence of each number in an Our Gang film. The number may be spoken, appear on a title card, or appear onscreen, including a title, and appear as digits or written out. Production numbers shouldn't count as that would make it trivial to get to 221. Examples include Alfalfa's uniform number 0 in "The Pigskin Palooka," Ernie saying "If we win fifty dollars ..." on a title card in "Cradle Robbers," The 1000 - 1 odds against Farina on the tote board in "Derby Day," house addresses, and the title card "In 1698, Captain Kidd buried his treasure. Since then, 14,987,652,376,456,983 little boys have started to find it," from "Buried Treasure."
I can start by noting the number 1 appears in "One Wild Ride." (Also "One Terrible Day," and many other places.) The next poster lists an occurrence of 2, etc. The same poster should not post two numbers in a row unless a week goes by, and preferably wouldn't post more than once a day unless there were at least two intervening posts. How high can we go?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 6:18:54 GMT -5
Number 3 is three original long-running rascals (Mickey Daniels, Ernie Morrison and Jackie Condon), starting from the first short. I could also say 4 and include Farina, even though he started from the second short. So Our Gang started with 4 main rascals and ended with 4 main rascals (Buckwheat, Mickey G, Froggy and Janet).
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Post by Buppster on Feb 25, 2018 6:33:20 GMT -5
Number 3 is three original long-running rascals (Mickey Daniels, Ernie Morrison and Jackie Condon), starting from the first short. I could also say 4 and include Farina, even though he started from the second short. So Our Gang started with 4 main rascals and ended with 4 main rascals (Buckwheat, Mickey G, Froggy and Janet). I think you were supposed to post something with 'Two' in it. So I'll post Two Too Young. The next post should feature the number Three. |
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Post by mtw12055 on Feb 25, 2018 13:37:44 GMT -5
Well, three and fourhave already been covered, so let's move on to five.
Five of the Rascals appeared in the Stan Laurel comedy Rupert of Hee Haw.
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Post by RJH on Feb 26, 2018 0:26:04 GMT -5
I meant that the numbers should appear in the films, like "Two Too Young," not descriptions of how many rascals fit some characteristic. Like "Three Smart Boys," or Alfalfa naming his boat "Darla 4th" in "Three Men in a Tub," or Stymie needing five dollars and finding it for Pete's license in "The Pooch." Oh well, moving on, Porky was secret agent X 6 and Buckwheat X 6 1/2 in "Hide and Shriek."  |
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Post by Buppster on Feb 26, 2018 5:58:21 GMT -5
The First Seven Years
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Post by RJH on Feb 27, 2018 20:29:08 GMT -5
The oft-missing opening title card of "Election Day."  |
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Post by mtw12055 on Feb 28, 2018 3:18:54 GMT -5
The dress in "Birthday Blues" cost $1.98.
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Post by Buppster on Feb 28, 2018 5:33:27 GMT -5
Ten Years Old
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Post by RJH on Feb 28, 2018 21:38:40 GMT -5
Buckwheat wore number 11 on the back (and 7 on the front) of his football jersey (more like a sweatshirt) in "The Pigskin Palooka." A standalone 9 was Woim's number on his jersey.
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Post by Buppster on Mar 1, 2018 6:38:14 GMT -5
The Pigskin Palooka  |
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Post by RJH on Mar 5, 2018 0:08:23 GMT -5
And 13 was the final score for Our Gang in both "The Pigskin Palooka" and "Football Romeo." I figured the football films could be a good source of numbers. Porky was number 12 in "The Pigskin Palooka."
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Post by Buppster on Mar 5, 2018 7:39:17 GMT -5
And 13 was the final score for Our Gang in both "The Pigskin Palooka" and "Football Romeo." I figured the football films could be a good source of numbers. Porky was number 12 in "The Pigskin Palooka." I'm still looking for the elusive number 14 but do I get a Boy Scout merit badge for posting a picture that shows the 13 on the scoreboard and Porky wearing number 12?  |
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Post by Buppster on Mar 5, 2018 8:34:02 GMT -5
Pigskin Palooka
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Post by RJH on Mar 5, 2018 22:42:05 GMT -5
Good try, but I believe that is number 24 being worn by Harold Switzer. Here's another screen capture just before the game starts.  Was there a calendar somewhere when someone was counting the days left in school? |
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