Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

Part 5 · Nov 29, 1935

Our Gang Follies of 1936

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

Part 6 · Jul 24, 1937

Night 'n' Gales

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Part 7 · Aug 6, 1938

The Little Ranger

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

Part 8 · Aug 27, 1938

Party Fever

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

Part 9 · Sep 17, 1938

Aladdin's Lantern

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

Part 10 · Oct 15, 1938

Men in Fright

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

Part 11 · Nov 12, 1938

Football Romeo

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

Part 12 · Dec 17, 1938

Practical Jokers

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

Part 13 · Jan 7, 1939

Alfalfa's Aunt

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the Spanky and the gang to save him.

Part 14 · Feb 18, 1939

Tiny Troubles

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Part 15 · Mar 11, 1939

Duel Personalities

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Part 16 · Apr 14, 1939

Clown Princes

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Part 17 · Apr 29, 1939

Cousin Wilbur

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Part 18 · Jun 24, 1939

Joy Scouts

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Part 19 · Jul 1, 1939

Dog Daze

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

Part 20 · Jul 22, 1939

Auto Antics

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

Part 21 · Sep 8, 1939

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

Part 22 · Oct 20, 1939

Dad for a Day

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Part 23 · Dec 2, 1939

Time Out for Lessons

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.

Part 24 · Jan 20, 1940

Alfalfa's Double

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

Part 25 · Mar 9, 1940

The Big Premiere

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

Part 26 · Mar 30, 1940

All About Hash

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

Part 27 · Apr 27, 1940

The New Pupil

Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.

Part 28 · May 25, 1940

Bubbling Troubles

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

Part 29 · Sep 7, 1940

Good Bad Boys

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.

Part 30 · Oct 5, 1940

Waldo's Last Stand

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

Part 31 · Oct 26, 1940

Goin' Fishin'

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Part 32 · Nov 23, 1940

Kiddie Kure

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Part 33 · Feb 15, 1941

Baby Blues

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

Part 34 · Feb 25, 1941

Fightin' Fools

While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.

Part 35 · Mar 18, 1941

Ye Olde Minstrels

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Part 36 · Apr 26, 1941

1-2-3-Go!

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

Part 37 · Jul 12, 1941

Robot Wrecks

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Part 38 · Sep 29, 1941

Helping Hands

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.

Part 39 · Oct 24, 1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

Part 40 · Dec 13, 1941

Wedding Worries

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

Part 41 · Jan 24, 1942

Melodies Old and New

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

Part 42 · Mar 7, 1942

Going to Press

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

Part 43 · Apr 4, 1942

Don't Lie

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

Part 44 · May 30, 1942

Surprised Parties

Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise party for him.

Part 45 · Jul 18, 1942

Doin' Their Bit

Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.

Part 46 · Aug 22, 1942

Rover's Big Chance

Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.

Part 47 · Oct 10, 1942

Mighty Lak a Goat

The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour among themselves.

Part 48 · Nov 28, 1942

Unexpected Riches

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.

Part 49 · Jan 30, 1943

Benjamin Franklin, Jr.

The kids are frustrated about the hardships they must face because of the war. So, the Our Gang kids put on a show to help them learn from Benjamin Franklin about being responsible citizens.

Part 50 · Apr 3, 1943

Family Troubles

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.

Part 51 · Apr 24, 1943

Calling All Kids

An Our Gang salute to the armed forces finds the gang performing a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien.

Part 52 · Jun 19, 1943

Farm Hands

Our Gang kids Mickey, Buckwheat, Froggy and Happy spend a day working on the farm.

Part 53 · Jul 31, 1943

Election Daze

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

Part 54 · Sep 18, 1943

Little Miss Pinkerton

The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store. Mickey, Froggy and Buckwheat are all kidnapped so it's up to Janet to convince the cops of what's going on.

Part 55 · Oct 23, 1943

Three Smart Guys

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?

Part 56 · Apr 1, 1944

Radio Bugs

When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .

Part 57 · Apr 15, 1944

Tale of a Dog

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Part 58 · Apr 29, 1944

Dancing Romeo

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.