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Post by myhomeo on Sept 6, 2020 10:59:47 GMT -5
No, I don't have it. I just found a few pictures on the Internet. It was apparently put out by the Taystee Bread Company in the Forties and features twelve portrait-drawings of the Gang (Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, and Porky) engaging in an activity appropriate for the month. One has them playing football, another has them sailing a small boat, a third has them working in a garden, etc. Alfalfa seems to be the most prominent Rascal. He's featured in several pictures. But Spanky gets a few bits too, including a weird patriotic tableau with him, Darla, and an unidentified extra saluting in front of a sunset. I also like the 'Summer' picture with Alfalfa and Buckwheat submerged in a pond looking at Darla, who seems haughty and disdainful. No idea whether it's because the boys are skinnydipping and Darla is morally outraged or if it's because if the 'No Swimmin' sign in the foreground. Bizarrely, Porky's also sitting there with a fishing pole. Yeah, I'm sure that completes the summertime vibe but he's not gonna catch anything with the two other boys splashing around scaring the fish.
Also noted some Little Rascals action figures I remember seeing in stores in the Seventies. Never got 'em, though. I was more focused on the Meego Super-Heroes...
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Post by RJH on Sept 6, 2020 23:39:41 GMT -5
Individual pages of these occasionally show up on Ebay. It appears these calendars were made from 1938 to 1940. We've (at least I've) been unable to upload pictures for some time due to some limit, but the one on the bottom of this page littlerascals.proboards.com/thread/1223/weird-advertisements?page=2is from May 1939 calendar. The November 1939 image has Spanky and Alfalfa as Pilgrims with Alfalfa carrying a musket while Buckwheat gets to be a stereotypical Indian with a bow and arrow, feather headdress and leopard skin loincloth. It's hard to tell what Darla is, with what looks to be a newspaper hat and carrying pots and pans.
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