Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse

TV Movie
1984
1h 33m

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A behind the scenes look at Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, complete with interviews from several former cast and crew members of the series.A behind the scenes look at Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, complete with interviews from several former cast and crew members of the series.A behind the scenes look at Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, complete with interviews from several former cast and crew members of the series.

Director
- Bob Lang
Writers
- Richard W. Bann
- Leonard Maltin
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7.8/10

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Director
- Bob Lang
Writers
- Richard W. Bann
- Leonard Maltin
Stars

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Peggy Ahern

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Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Self
(archive footage)
(as Stymie Beard)
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Tommy Bond

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(as Butch Bond)
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Jackie Cooper

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Dorothy DeBorba

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Eugene Jackson

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(as Pineapple Jackson)

Gary Jasgur

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(as Junior Jasgur)
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George 'Spanky' McFarland

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(as Spanky McFarland)
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Ernest Morrison

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(as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
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Jay R. Smith

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(as J.R. Smith)
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Jacqueline Taylor

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(as Jackie Lynn Taylor-Fries)
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Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

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(archive footage)
(as Buckwheat Thomas)
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William Thomas Jr.

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William V. Draper

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Marvin Hatley

Self

Hal Roach

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(archive footage)

Mickey Daniels

Mickey
(archive footage)

Mary Kornman

Mary
(archive footage)

Director
- Bob Lang
Writers
- Richard W. Bann
- Leonard Maltin
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Trivia
The original broadcast on KTXL channel 40 in Sacramento, California was interrupted by a Bomb Threat to the station. This resulted in chaos and the segment on racism ran twice. To catch up on time, the segment of the OG series moving from Hal Roach to MGM was cut. There are no records of a re-broadcast to make up for the interruption, and no records of this being syndicated out to other stations.

Goofs
Peggy Ahern is widely interviewed but she was not a key character. By her statements in the interview lead you to believe she was an important character. She was in the Gang, but most will not know her.

Connections
Features The Champeen (1923)

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7/10

"Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse" was a pretty good documentary on that classic comedy movie shorts series

Having just seen most of the available "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series films in existence right now, I felt the need to also now watch this documentary of many of the then-surviving members of that unique group of children who were a part of it. I was especially fascinated by George "Spanky' McFarland's recollections concerning many of his former castmates. When Robert Blake was mentioned, he said his and Mickey's (Blake's then name) parents got along offscreen which would be as good an explanation as why they-Spank and Bob-got along real well after reuniting after some 40 years later from the series end in 1944. Also loved both his and Tommy "Butch" Bond's take on the late Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer's outlook on life. Overall, "Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse" is a very good, not great, documentary of the entire run of the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series.