Fishy Tales
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Fishy Tales is a 1937 Our Gang
short comedy film
directed by Gordon Douglas
. It was the 157th Our Gang short (158th episode, 69th talking short, and 70th talking episode) that was released.
" exhibition in a vacant lot, junior marksman Alfalfa accidentally incurs the wrath of neighborhood bully Butch—or, as he announces himself, "you're darn right it's Butch!" When Alfalfa faints, his pal Spanky tries to save face by insisting that, were Alfalfa still conscious, he would knock Butch silly. The bully responds by threatening to bounce Alfalfa around "like a rubber ball" when he wakes up.
To prevent this, Spanky cooks up a scheme to convince Butch that Alfalfa has suffered a broken leg while defending Butch's reputation. A large dead fish, previously caught by Buckwheat, proves to be a suitable stand-in for Alfalfa's "damaged" leg—until a couple of cats show up unannounced.
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
short comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas (director)
Gordon Douglas was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.-Hal Roach and Our Gang:...
. It was the 157th Our Gang short (158th episode, 69th talking short, and 70th talking episode) that was released.
Plot
While staging a "William TellWilliam Tell
William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. His legend is recorded in a late 15th century Swiss chronicle....
" exhibition in a vacant lot, junior marksman Alfalfa accidentally incurs the wrath of neighborhood bully Butch—or, as he announces himself, "you're darn right it's Butch!" When Alfalfa faints, his pal Spanky tries to save face by insisting that, were Alfalfa still conscious, he would knock Butch silly. The bully responds by threatening to bounce Alfalfa around "like a rubber ball" when he wakes up.
To prevent this, Spanky cooks up a scheme to convince Butch that Alfalfa has suffered a broken leg while defending Butch's reputation. A large dead fish, previously caught by Buckwheat, proves to be a suitable stand-in for Alfalfa's "damaged" leg—until a couple of cats show up unannounced.
Cast
- Carl SwitzerCarl SwitzerCarl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer was an American child actor, professional dog breeder and hunting guide, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters.-Early life and family:Switzer was born in Paris,...
- Alfalfa - Tommy BondTommy BondThomas Ross "Tommy" Bond was an American actor. A native of Dallas, Texas, Bond was best known for his work as a child actor for two different nonconsecutive periods on Our Gang comedies, and also for being the first actor to portray the role of "Superman's pal" Jimmy Olsen on screen.-Early years...
- Butch - Sidney KibrickSidney KibrickSidney Kibrick is an American former child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1935 to 1939. From 1937 to 1939, he portrayed "The Woim", the sidekick of the neighborhood bully "Butch", played by Tommy Bond.He is the brother of the late Leonard Kibrick,...
- Woim - Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
- George McFarlandGeorge McFarlandGeorge Robert Phillips "Spanky" McFarland was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s...
- Spanky - Eugene Lee - Porky
- Gary JasgurGary JasgurGary Jasgur was an American former child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short film series from 1937 to 1939.-Career:Dark-haired Jasgur was cast as "Junior", the infant brother of either Spanky or Darla...
- Junior - Darla HoodDarla HoodDarla Jean Hood was an American child actress, best known as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. She was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of James Claude Hood and Elizabeth Davner...
- Darla - Jerry TuckerJerry TuckerJerry Tucker is a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the "rich kid" in the Our Gang short subjects series semi-regularly from 1931 to 1938....
- Audience extra - John CollumJohn CollumJohn K. Collum was an American child actor of the 1930s.-Career:Born in Illinois, Collum was the son of Hal Roach's casting director, Joseph Collum, and appeared in twenty-six of Roach's Our Gang comedies from 1932 to 1938...
- Audience extra - Dickie De Nuet - Audience extra
- Dorian Johnston - Audience extra
- Darwood Kaye - Audience extra
- Tommy McFarland - Audience extra
- Harold SwitzerHarold SwitzerHarold Frederick Switzer was an American child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as an extra...
- Audience extra