In Waldo's Last Stand, the gang decides to help Waldo when his lemonade stand gets into financial trouble. But after taking a nap and dreaming of a successful future in popular music, he changes his mind and joins the rest of the gang for the closing number in Our Gang Follies of 1938. The gang is putting on a show with Alfalfa billed as 'King of the Crooners.' But Alfalfa abandons the stage, saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. But it's not a bear that causes the problems but criminals, when the Little Rascals stumble across their hideout in this comedy gem from 1930. Crabtree's brother comes into town, little Jackie Cooper and the gang, thinking he's come to ask their favorite teacher to get married, try to get rid of him at all costs, in what turns out to be a hilarious turn of events.ĭVD #4 When the gang decides to become Bear Shooters, they pack their bags and go camping in the one spot that they shouldn't have.

In The Fourth Alarm, the kids from Our Gang save the day by putting out a small kitchen fire, but when they decide to start their own Fire Department the pressure turns out to be more than they can handle when a four-alarm fire threatens the town.Īnd from 1930 is School's Out. In Mary Queen of Tots, another from the silent-era Our Gang shorts, little, rich girl Mary loses her $4 to the evil governess, and it's up to the gang to help her get it back. But when the ship sinks on its maiden voyage, the gang accidentally find themselves on a real boat headed for a run-in with a Navy battleship in this comedic gem from 1923.ĭVD #3 This disc holds some of the funniest Little Rascal shorts ever made. In The Pirates, Our Gang attempts to set sail on the high seas in a pirate ship built from spare parts. This little gem was one of Our Gang's more elaborate films, in which Mickey and Joe, after causing all sorts of mischief on a real train, build their own railroad, the way only Our Gang can. In 1924, the Little Rascals starred in The Sundown Limited. From fireworks tied to a cow's tail to feuding lead actors, Stage Fright is one of the funniest Our Gang short films to date. Not only do the Rascals tear up the studios but that loveable gang tears up the laughs.įrom the same year comes another silent-era Our Gang comedy- Derby Day, in which the Little Rascals, after watching a real horse race, decide to try it for themselves and stage their own race using tricycles and neighborhood pets.ĭVD #2 When Our Gang is forced to put on a play at the local school in Stage Fright, mishaps and shenanigans arise when the rascals destroy not only their lines but the stage.

DVD #1 On DVD #1 of the Little Rascals Collection is 1923's Dogs of War, in which the Little Rascals meet the one and only Harold Lloyd after a vegetable-throwing war between rival kid gangs leads the rascals to a nearby movie studio.

The cast of the original little rascals