Little Rascals, Vol. 1 & 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)I grew up with TV (the old, fuzzy black & white kind). One of my fondest memories was of watching The Little Rascals after school. When the restored versions showed up on VHS tape, I immediately bought several, but the others soon disappeared from the store shelves. I discovered and bought this double DVD set and LOVED the restored quality of picture and sound! My childhood memories came flooding back to me, and made me hunger for more. I can only hope that the rest of the series will be released also, and soon! Any lovers of The Little Rascals will appreciate the great quality of this set. Don't be misled by earlier cheap releases of The Little Rascals DVD's. This one is THE one to get!

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THE LITTLE RASCALS: Volumes 1-2, includes 8complete unedited episodes Volume 1: Fly My Kite/ Honkey Donkey/ Beginner's Luck/ Reunion In Rhythm Fly My Kite:The gang loves Grandma, but her slimy son-in-law loves her money.When Dirty Dan tries to take away her retirement fortune, it's the kids (and Pete the Pup) to the rescue!Soon, the chase is on and Dan is caught faster than you can say "Granny get your gun"! Honkey Donkey: Spoiled rich kid Wally just wants to have fun- so he's invited the gang and their pet mule Algebra to his mansion.Now Wally- and especially his stuffy chauffeur Barclay- are about to get some real kicks! Beginner's Luck: Spanky's reciting Shakespeare in a talent show but he can't seem to get his lines out- because the gang's pelting him with pea-shooters!Spank's mom tries to spare him, but gets "disdressed" along the way. Reunion In Rhythm: The grammar school is putting on a musical with all your favorite songs and stars: Darla singing "Baby Face", Spanky in "Broadway Rhythm", Alfalfa's "I'm Through With Love", even Buckwheat-the-poet reciting "Little Jack Horner". Volume 2: Hook & Ladder/ The First Round-Up/ Teacher's Beau/ Hearts Are Thumps Hook & Ladder: No sooner does the gang start their own fire department, than they've got their own fire! Fire chief Dickie Moore, Stymie and tag-along Spanky are hot to put out the blaze- but they have to find it first. The First Round-Up: The gang decides to go camping an they've brought everything...except their courage! Darkness falls, the fire burns out, and the ghosts and goblins (in their heads) get the best of them- even brave little Scotty and Spanky. Teacher's Beau: The gang's teacher, Miss Jones is leaving to get married...just when they were starting to like her.But Spanky and Alfalfa have an idea to get Miss Jones "unhitched"- so they cook up a plan for her going-away party. Hearts Are Thumps: Spanky, Alfalfa and Buckwheat have a heartfelt reaction to Valentine's Day: they start the infamous "He-Man Woman-Haters' Club".But when Alfalfa falls for the dimpled Darla, Spanky bursts his freckled friend's bubble.

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Our Gang: 3 shorts: Bear Shooters / School's Out / Follies of 1938 (1999) Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD features three Little Rascals comedies, two from 1930 and one from 1938. Bear Shooters is one of the better Our Gang adventures from the pre-Spanky years (1930 in this case). Jackie Cooper, Chubby Chaney, and a few friends decide to go camping, and they reluctantly agree to let Mary and little Weezer come with them. Their mule-drawn wagon is something to behold, and poor Chubby keeps moving toward the back of the camper and tipping it over. A couple of hoodlums are hiding out at the kids' campsite, and one of them dresses up as a gorilla in order to scare the kids away. This proves to be a big mistake on his part, as the kids more than hold their own against him. There really are some funny parts to this video, but it seems to end abruptly with very little closure at all. School's Out from 1930 is another early comedy featuring Jackie Cooper, Chubby Chaney, a very young Stymie, and other less familiar members of the gang. The kids are worried that their teacher Miss Crabtree is going to get married and stop being their teacher. When her brother comes for a visit, they think he wants to marry her, so they tell him all kinds of terrible things about her (e.g., she has two sets of false teeth and a wooden leg) and later steal his clothes while he goes for a swim. There is also a funny scene involving an oral history quiz in class.
Our Gang Follies of 1938 is vintage Little Rascals, featuring Spanky, Alfalfa, Porky, Buckwheat, and Darla. The King of the Crooners gets top billing in Spanky's production, but unfortunately Alfalfa decides he wants to stop crooning and concentrate on singing opera. He walks out, heads off to an opera rehearsal, and lands a contract (for 20 years in the future). He comes back and shows off his contract to Spanky, who tries once again to convince him to croon for the audience chanting his name. Then Alfalfa takes a nap and dreams of his future career-when he finally makes his big opera debut, the audience boos and throws vegetables at him. Reduced to singing on the streets, he meets up with big-time club owner Spanky, band conductor Buckwheat, and singing sensation Darla, all of whom are making hundreds of thousands of dollars. When he wakes up from this bad dream, he's more than happy to give up opera and join the gang for the closing number of the Follies production. This video features a number of songs and dances from Our Gang's talented kids, and Alfalfa's performance of The Barber of Seville is a quintessential Alfalfa moment. Our Gang Follies of 1938 is one of the truly classic Little Rascals performances.
Two videos from 1930 and one from 1938 is a strange trio to put on one DVD; it's not as if these are three of the all-time best Little Rascals' comedies. Still, there is a whole hour of good, wholesome, genuine fun to be had in this particular little collection.

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Featuring three hilarious episodes: The Bear Shooters, Our Gang Follies of 1938, School's Out.

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