They started as Hal Roach’s Our Gang movie theater shorts in the 1920s, but by the time my generation discovered them on television they were known as The Little Rascals.
My personal favorite of the Our Gang/Little Rascals episodes is The Kid from Borneo (1933).
The uncle of Spanky, Dickie, and Dorothy is scheduled to come to town with a traveling sideshow. The mother is anxious to see him again but the father, not so much.
The gang ends up going to the place the show’s at, but they miss him and see this child-like man (“Bumbo, played by John Lester Johnson”) who loves candy but is mistaken for Spanky’s uncle and also a cannibal.
This wild-man has a taste for candy, so when he sees Stymie snacking on candy, he pursues the gang, shouting, “Yum yum, eat ’em up” the whole way. Of course, the gang thinks he wants to eat them. The highlight of this film has to be Spanky’s kitchen encounter with the wild man.
During the ice box scene, Spanky gives Bumbo the sardines, wieners, bologna, then a whole bowl of raw eggs that Bumbo eats shell and all. Then Spanky gives him Tabasco, vinegar, mustard, and a gallon of port wine, which Bumbo drinks without stopping.
The chase scene throughout the house just added to the excitement, and Stymie, as always, is a riot as a drunken Bumbo chases the kids with a knife, yelling “yum, yum, eat em up!”
Throw in the rest of the gang, plus Petey the Pup and the wonderful musical score they had in the episodes from this period and this was the funniest episode in the series! Note that today, it is totally un-Politically Correct!
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That episode was hilarious and highlighted the extraordinary acting talents of both Spanky and Bumbo the cannibal. 🙂
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Also my favorite one.
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“Un-Politically correct” is the only way to go. These were fun. Oh, fun is un-Politically correct!
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I don’t recall that episode off the top o’ muh noggin, but I’d definitely be interested in seeing it …again? BUT!… for me, nuttin’ – and I *do* mean NUT’N! – could top the HE-MAN WOMAN HATER’S CLUB episode! It was so great that it even got referenced in an REO Speedwagon song (‘Tough Guys’).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mhLbJJ9Ao
~ D-FensDogG
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Oh yes. The He-Man’s Woman Hater’s Club is definitely a classic!
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💛💜💙
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Loved the Li’l Rascals growing up.
One of my favourite is when Oliver Hardy makes an appearance on an episode. Wasn’t it also known that the Li’L Rascals, Laurel and Hardy were on the same set. Each would watch the others filming their scenes. Spanky was taught by Oliver Hardy or Laurel how to master the antics later and incorporated them into his acts. The derby hat that Stymie wore was gifted from Laurel.
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Great nostalgia. Thanks.
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