The gang enter their little brothers and sisters in a baby contest.The gang enter their little brothers and sisters in a baby contest.The gang enter their little brothers and sisters in a baby contest.
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Norman 'Chubby' Chaney
- Chubby
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Jean Darling
- Jean
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
- Farina
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
- Wheezer
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Mary Ann Jackson
- Mary Ann
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Harry Spear
- Harry
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
The Wonder Dog Pal
- Petey
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Junior Allen
- Thermos, Farina's brother
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Jannie Hoskins
- Trellis
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Robert A. McGowan(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen Farina says, "Please take this hose out of my mouth," his lips don't match the words being said.
- SoundtracksTurkey In The Straw
(uncredited)
Traditional, arranged by John Renfro Davis
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Actually, this one not only isn't very funny, but it's a bit nasty.
Joe reads an ad for a baby contest and gets the idea of having all the brothers and sisters of the Gang dressed up like babies to win all the prize money--including Joe's brother, Chubby (who looks NOTHING like a baby). In the end, it's all for naught.
One nice thing about the Our Gang comedies is that they were, for the 1920s and 30s, very egalitarian. After all, there were black kids in the gang (such as Farina, Stymie and Buckwheat) and they were treated by the other kids very well--in an era when Black-Americans were, at best, second-class citizens. Yet, sometimes, amidst this anti-racist casting decision by Hal Roach Studios, a bit of the sick prejudices of the age come clearly into focus. In this film, Farina plays a very different sort of character. Here in "Lazy Days" he's incredibly lazy and shiftless--and none of this routine is funny. What's worse is that the end, 'ol Petey the dog rolls a watermelon to Farina--and the credits roll!! Ugghh. Racist AND not particularly funny at the same time. Not surprisingly, when the series was syndicated for television, this was one of the few that was not shown as it was considered too racist for modern sensibilities.
One nice thing about the Our Gang comedies is that they were, for the 1920s and 30s, very egalitarian. After all, there were black kids in the gang (such as Farina, Stymie and Buckwheat) and they were treated by the other kids very well--in an era when Black-Americans were, at best, second-class citizens. Yet, sometimes, amidst this anti-racist casting decision by Hal Roach Studios, a bit of the sick prejudices of the age come clearly into focus. In this film, Farina plays a very different sort of character. Here in "Lazy Days" he's incredibly lazy and shiftless--and none of this routine is funny. What's worse is that the end, 'ol Petey the dog rolls a watermelon to Farina--and the credits roll!! Ugghh. Racist AND not particularly funny at the same time. Not surprisingly, when the series was syndicated for television, this was one of the few that was not shown as it was considered too racist for modern sensibilities.
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- planktonrules
- Nov 6, 2011
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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