This company has released the public domain episodes "Bear Shooters" (no. 98),
"School's Out" (no. 102), "Our Gang Follies Of 1938" (no. 162) and
"Waldo's Last Stand" (no. 194), plus TV and home movie prints of some of the other talkies, as well
as a few silent episodes. Goodtimes has also provided us with a few documentaries, most notably "The Our Gang
Story," as well as the video release of the 1959 compilation "Little Rascals Varieties."
releases:
- Classic Comedy Teams (VHS)
- Released in 1986. This is a documentary that includes clips from various comedy teams, with Our Gang
taking top billing on the VHS box. Other acts include Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Burns & Allen, the Three
Stooges, the East Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, Martin & Lewis and several others. Clips of the following Our Gang
films are included:
- Giants Vs. Yanks (no. 12) - 2 clips are included
lasting 0:43 and 0:01, respectively.
- School's Out (no. 102) - 4 clips are included,
lasting 0:10, 0:23, 3:27, and 0:01, respectively.
- Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (no. 162) - 3 clips are
included, lasting 0:04, 3:50, and 0:01, respectively.
- The Stolen Jools - A clip lasting 0:43 is included from this film that features an all-star cast including
Our Gang.
- Spooks Run Wild (starring the East Side Kids) - 4 clips are shown, lasting 0:01, 0:02, 0:02,
and 0:34, respectively, and feature Ernie Morrison and Donald Haines.
- Smart Alecks (starring the East Side Kids) - 3 clips are shown, lasting 0:16, 0:12, and 0:39,
respectively, and feature Ernie Morrison.
- Clancy Street Boys (starring the East Side Kids) - 2 clips are shown, lasting 1:05 and 0:23,
respectively, and feature Ernie Morrison.
- other East Side Kids films - 3 additional clips are included from two films that I haven't identified yet, and
last 1:01, 0:01, and 0:38, respectively. They both feature Ernie Morrison.
- Our Gang Comedy Festival (VHS/DVD)
- VHS first released in 1987 and reissued Oct. 3, 2001. DVD released Jan. 3, 2001 and re-released Mar.
1, 2001. Later versions sometimes renamed Our Gang Comedy Festival #1. This is a documentary that includes clips from
the following films:
- The Buccaneers (no. 24) - A clip lasting 2:23 is
included.
- Boys Will Be Joys (no. 42) - A clip from the TV
version from Mischief Makers is included, with the original footage totaling 4:18.
- Bear Shooters (no. 98) - 4 clips are included,
lasting 1:17, 2:12, 3:21, and 3:26, respectively.
- School's Out (no. 102) - 4 clips are included,
lasting 0:54, 1:08, 3:40, and 2:40, respectively.
- Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (no. 162) - 4 clips are
included, lasting 0:24, 1:06, 2:10, and 12:27, respectively.
- Waldo's Last Stand (no. 194) 3 clips are included,
lasting 1:23, 1:14, and 4:39, respectively.
- Speedo-O Bike - A clip lasting 0:45 is included, featuring George "Spanky" McFarland.
- The Singing Lesson - A clip lasting 2::15 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. A longer
clip is available through Legend Films.
- You Asked For It (TV episode) - A clip lasting 6:14 is included, with the soundtrack lasting an
additional 0:37. Featured is a reunion of the silent-era Rascals.
- Our Gang Comedy Festival II (VHS/DVD)
- VHS first released in 1989 and reissued May 23, 2002. The DVD seems to have been released only as part of
some of the boxed sets listed below. This is a documentary that includes clips, and sometimes almost the entire contents,
of the following films:
- Giants Vs. Yanks (no. 12) - Almost the entire TV
version from Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs is included, with the original footage lasting
13:48.
- Boys Will Be Joys (no. 42) - Most of the TV version
from Mischief Makers is included, but deletes the footage from the first 'Comedy Festival' volume. The
original footage totals 7:53.
- Shivering Spooks (no. 52) - A virtually complete
print is included, with the original footage totaling 17:59.
- Bear Shooters (no. 98) - 3 clips are included,
lasting 2:16, 1:00, and 2:23, respectively.
- School's Out (no. 102) - 5 clips are included,
lasting 0:26, 0:01, 2:11, 0:32, and 4:40, respectively.
- Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (no. 162) - 7 clips are
included, lasting 0:06, 0:10, 1:08, 1:38, 1:02, 0:10, and 0:30, respectively.
- Waldo's Last Stand (no. 194) - 2 clips are
included, lasting 0:10, and 2:05, respectively.
- The Stolen Jools - A clip lasting 1:23 is included from this film, which features an all-star cast
including Our Gang.
- Broadway Highlights - A clip lasting 0:43 is included, featuring Pete the Pup. A longer clip is available
through Legend Films.
- Who Killed Doc Robbin? (Curley series produced by Hal Roach) - 4 clips from this film are included,
lasting 0:14, 0:13, 3:39, and 0:39, respectively, and featuring a gang of kids patterned after Our
Gang.
- The Our Gang Story (VHS/DVD)
- VHS released 1994. DVD released May 21, 2002. This is a documentary that includes clips from the
following films:
- Fire Fighters (no. 2) - A clip lasting 0:13 is
included.
- The Champeen! (no. 9) - 4 clips are included,
lasting 0:20, 0:08, 0:10, and 0:11, respectively.
- Giants Vs. Yanks (no. 12) - 2 clips are included,
lasting 0:04 and 0:39, respectively.
- Dogs Of War! (no. 14) - A clip lasting 0:07
is included.
- The Sun Down Limited (no. 31) - A clip lasting
1:10 is included.
- Monkey Business (no. 48) - A clip lasting 0:38 is
included.
- Shivering Spooks (no. 52) - A clip lasting 3:32
is included.
- The First Seven Years (no. 96) - 2 clips are
included, lasting 1:54, and 1:51, respectively.
- Bear Shooters (no. 98) - A clip lasting 1:26 is
included.
- School's Out (no. 102) - 7 clips are included,
lasting 0:11, 0:15, 0:20, 1:46, 0:22, 0:58, and 4:34, respectively. A freeze-frame of the
opening title of the Interstate Television print is also shown.
- Fly My Kite (no. 107) - 3 clips are included, lasting
0:40, 4:04, and 0:49, respectively.
- Dogs Is Dogs (no. 110) - A clip lasting 0:08 is
included, showing the opening title from the Kids And Pets print.
- Hook And Ladder (no. 116) - 2 clips are included,
lasting 1:22, and 1:45, respectively.
- The Kid From Borneo (no. 122) - A clip lasting
3:16 is included.
- Bedtime Worries (no. 124) - A clip lasting 1:22
is included.
- Hi'-Neighbor! (no. 126) - 4 clips are
included, lasting 0:21, 1:54, 0:47, and 1:55, respectively. A freeze-frame of the opening title of
the Allied Artists print is also shown.
- Shrimps For A Day (no. 133) - 3 clips are included,
lasting 0:14, 3:53, and 0:04, respectively. The third shows the opening title of the Monogram print.
- Beginner's Luck (no. 135) - 2 clips are included,
lasting 2:05, and 0:15, respectively.
- Our Gang Follies Of 1936 (no. 141) - 6 clips are
included, lasting 0:12, 1:55, 0:09, 0:24, 0:18, and 0:07, respectively. The 6th is included within
the theatrical trailer for "Little Rascals Varieties."
- The Pinch Singer (no. 143) - 6 clips are included,
lasting 0:38, 0:10, 0:11, 0:35, 0:02 and 0:13, respectively. The last two are included within the
theatrical trailer for "Little Rascals Varieties."
- General Spanky (no. 150) - 2 clips are included,
lasting 0:09, and 0:38, respectively, both taken from the theatrical trailer.
- Reunion In Rhythm (no. 151) - 4 clips are included,
lasting 0:19, 0:30, 0:59, and 0:24, respectively. The 4th is included within the theatrical trailer for
"Little Rascals Varieties."
- Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (no. 162) - 3 clips are
included, lasting 0:34, 0:52, and 0:23, respectively.
- Waldo's Last Stand (no. 194) - 4 clips are
included, lasting 0:15, 1:50, 1:02, and 0:25, respectively.
- Innocent Husbands - A clip from this Charley Chase comedy is included.
- The Stolen Jools - Clips lasting 2:21 are included from this film which features an all-star cast
including Our Gang.
- theatrical trailer:The Champ - A clip lasting 0:58 is included, featuring Jackie Cooper.
- newsreel - A clip lasting 1:18 is included, featuring Jackie Cooper, with Groucho and Harpo Marx.
- Broadway Highlights - A clip lasting 0:19 is included, featuring Pete the Pup. A longer clip is available
through Legend Films.
- Oliver Twist - A clip lasting 0:59 is included, featuring Dickie Moore.
- home movie - A clip lasting 0:23 is included, featuring George "Spanky" McFarland (with his
brother, Tommy, running by in the background).
- Pink Lemonade - A clip lasting 0:48 is included from this Cabin Kids short.
- theatrical trailer: Dinky - A clip lasting 0:26 is included, featuring Jackie Cooper.
- Speedo-O Bike - A clip lasting 0:42 is included, featuring George "Spanky" McFarland.
- newsreel - A clip lasting 0:22 is included, showing the gang with the son of Benito Mussolini.
- theatrical trailer: The Story Of Louis Pasteur - A clip lasting 0:17 is included, featuring Dickie
Moore.
- theatrical trailer: Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - A clip lasting 0:05 is included, featuring George
"Spanky" McFarland.
- Our Gang Band - A clip lasting 0:21 is included, featuring imposters.
- theatrical trailer: General Spanky - Two clips are included, lasting 0:09 and 0:38, respectively.
- newsreel - A clip lasting 1:01 is included, showing the silent-era Rascals posing with the current
gang.
- newsreel - A clip lasting 0:24 is included, showing the gang singing a New Year's song.
- Peck's Bad Boy With The Circus - A clip lasting 1:14 is included, featuring George "Spanky"
McFarland, and also including Leonard Kibrick.
- Love Affair - A clip lasting 0:58 is included, featuring Scotty Beckett.
- newsreel - A clip lasting 0:13 is included, featuring Joe Cobb as an adult.
- theatrical trailer: Miss Annie Rooney - A clip lasting 0:14 is included, featuring Dickie Moore.
- Reg'lar Fellers - A clip lasting 0:52 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Henry Lee,
and Billy Lee.
- Ghosts On The Loose (starring the East Side Kids) - A clip lasting 0:47 is included, featuring Ernie
Morrison.
- The Singing Lesson - A clip lasting 0::35 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. A longer
version is available from Legend Films.
- The Great Mike - A clip lasting 0:22 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Leon
Tyler.
- It's A Wonderful Life - A clip lasting 1:19 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.
- Curley (Curley series produced by Hal Roach) - 2 clips are included, lasting 0:07 and 0:29,
respectively, featuring a gang of kids patterned after Our Gang.
- Who Killed Doc Robbin? (Curley series produced by Hal Roach) - 2 clips are included, lasting 0:07
and 0:25, respectively, featuring a gang of kids patterned after Our Gang.
- theatrical trailer: Gas House Kids - A clip lasting 0:26 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa"
Switzer.
- The Gas House Kids In Hollywood - A clip lasting 0:28 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
and Tommy Bond.
- Red Ryder series - A clip lasting 0:49 is included, featuring Bobby Blake.
- The Return Of Rin Tin Tin - A clip lasting 0:04 is included, featuring Bobby Blake.
- Superman (serial) - A clip lasting 0:04 is included, featuring Tommy Bond.
- theatrical trailer: A Date With Judy - A clip lasting 0:17 is included, featuring Scotty Beckett.
- theatrical trailer: The Happy Years - A clip lasting 0:08 is included, featuring Scotty Beckett.
- You Asked For It (TV episode) - A clip lasting 5:02 is included, featuring a reunion of the
silent-era Rascals.
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV episode) - A clip lasting 0:27 is included, featuring Scotty
Beckett.
- The Roy Rogers Show (TV episode) - A clip lasting 0:34 is included, featuring Carl "Alfalfa"
Switzer.
- The People's Choice (TV episode) - A clip lasting 0:28 is included, featuring Jackie Cooper.
- The Bat - A clip lasting 0:35 is included, featuring Darla Hood.
- theatrical trailer: Little Rascals Varieties - A clip lasting 0:46 is included.
- theatrical trailer: Pork Chop Hill - A clip lasting 0:04 is included, featuring Robert Blake.
- Hennesey (TV episode) - A clip lasting 0:20 is included, featuring Jackie Cooper.
- theatrical trailer: Electra Glide In Blue - A clip lasting 0:04 is included, featuring Robert Blake.
- TV footage - A clip lasting 0:05 is included, showing Matthew "Stymie" Beard later in life.
- TV commercial: Baretta - A clip lasting 0:27 is included, featuring Robert Blake.
- Little Rascals Varieties (VHS/DVD)
- This is the 1959 theatrical compilation. VHS released 1999. DVD released May 21, 2002. Included are clips
from the following films:
- Our Gang Follies Of 1936 (no. 141) - Almost the
entire film is included, with the original footage totaling 16:43.
- The Pinch Singer (no. 143) - A clip lasting 0:08
is included, and then almost the entire film is included, entitled "The Amateurs," with the original footage
totaling 15:42.
- Reunion In Rhythm (no. 151) - Almost the entire film
is included, entitled "Vacation Reunion," with the original footage totaling 9:26.
- Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (no. 162) - Almost the
entire film is included, entitled "Club Spanky," with the original footage totaling 20:50.
- Little Rascals Greatest Hits (VHS/DVD)
- DVD released Mar. 1, 2001 and reissued Aug. 13, 2002. Contents:
- Shrimps For A Day (no. 133) - This is a print from
Monogram Pictures Corporation, with the original footage totaling 19:39. The original soundtrack lasts an additional
0:06. Also included is a clip lasting 0:20.
- Fly My Kite (no. 107) - This is a Famous Kids
Comedies home movie print from Official Films, with the original footage totaling 20:01. The original portion of
the soundtrack lasts 20:00. Also included is a clip lasting 0:34.
- Hi'-Neighbor! (no. 126) - This is a print
from Allied Artists, with the original footage totaling 16:58. The original soundtrack lasts an additional 0:07.
Also included is a clip lasting 0:19.
- Beginner's Luck (no. 135) - This is a print from
Monogram Pictures Corporation, with the original footage totaling 17:52. The original soundtrack lasts an additional
0:05.
- The Kid From Borneo (no. 122) - This is a print from
Monogram Pictures Corporation, with the original footage totaling 18:14. The original soundtrack lasts an additional
0:11. Also included is a clip lasting 0:32.
- The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters/Waldo's Last Stand/Dogs Of War!
(DVD)
- Released Mar. 2001. Contents:
- The Little Rascals - The Pooch/Arbor Day/Derby Day (DVD)
- Released Mar. 2001. Contents:
- The Little Rascals - Little Papa/Dogs Is Dogs/Sprucin' Up
(DVD)
- Released Mar. 2001. Contents:
- The Little Rascals - Hook And Ladder/Hi Neighbor/Sundown Ltd.
(DVD)
- Released Mar. 2001. Contents:
- Hook And Ladder (no. 116) - This is a print from Erko
Inc. of Hollywood's Kids And Pets series, with the original footage totaling 17:18. The original soundtrack
lasts an additional 0:32.
- Hi'-Neighbor! (no. 126) - This is the
Allied Artists print.
- The Sun Down Limited (no. 31) - This is a home movie
print from Exclusive Movie Studios entitled "Sundown Ltd." The opening and end titles are remade, but otherwise
it appears to be original and nearly complete, missing a minimal amount of footage. The print totals 25:43, with
25:32 of it original footage.
- Our Gang Collector Series 4 Pack (4 DVD set)
- Released Mar. 21, 2001. Includes the following DVDs:
- The Little Rascals 4-Pack DVD (4 DVD set)
- Released May 29, 2001. Includes the following DVDs:
- Our Gang Collector Series 5 Pack (5 VHS/DVD set)
- VHS set released Feb. 2002. DVD set released Mar. 2004. Includes:
- Our Gang Collection (10 VHS set/8 DVD set)
- DVD released May 7, 2002. VHS released during the same month. I don't know what's included in
this set, but it's probably a combination of the two DVD 4-Packs.
- Our Gang Double Feature (DVD)
- Released June 25, 2002. Contents:
- The Little Rascals - Funniest Episodes (5 VHS set)
- Released June 25, 2002. Contents:
- The Best Of Our Gang Volume 1 (DVD)
- Released June 1, 2004. Contents:
- The Best Of Our Gang Volume 2 (DVD)
- Released June 1, 2004. Contents:
- The Best Of Our Gang Volumes 1 & 2 (2 DVD set)
- Released June 1, 2004. Contains both volumes listed above.
- The TV Laugh Pack (DVD)
- Released Dec. 6, 2005, presumably by Goodtimes. Contents:
- Lucille Ball (on The Bob Hope Show, What's My Line, and The Toast Of The Town)
- Our Gang Comedy Festival #1
- The Beverly Hillbillies (The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed, and The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted)