Auto Antics

This M-G-M comedy short, Auto Antics, is the one hundred eighty-third entry in the "Our Gang" series and the ninety-fifth talkie. Hoping to win the soap box derby, Spanky and Alfalfa have their wheels given an extra spark for speed. Butch, also wanting to win, decides to sabotage them before the race while also getting the gang's stray dog, Whiskers, to the dogcatcher who demands $3 for a license. Since that's the race's first prize, Spank and Alf have an extra incentive now...This was another pretty enjoyable short in the series. So on that note, Auto Antics is worth a look. P.S. This was Eugene "Porky" Lee's final appearance in the series. He was growing much faster than everyone else in the gang with the result he was losing his cuteness. So he moved back home in Texas and endured constant teasing to the point of not revealing his famous past for awhile. He endured, however, when he became a teacher and was gifted in treating troubled students. When he reemerged in public, he embraced the recognition wholeheartedly, accepting an honorary award from the Society of Cinephiles in 1989 and reuniting with Tommy "Butch" Bond later in life. By that time, he went by the name Gordon, in honor of his favorite mentor-Gordon Douglas. He died on October 16, 2005.