The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."
Photos
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Stymie
- (as Our Gang)
Tommy Bond
- Tommy
- (as Our Gang)
Dorothy DeBorba
- Dorothy
- (as Our Gang)
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
- Wheezer
- (as Our Gang)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
- Spanky
- (as Our Gang)
Dickie Moore
- Dickie
- (as Our Gang)
Pete the Dog
- Pete the Pup
- (as Our Gang)
Henry Hanna
- Our Gang Member
- (as Our Gang)
Dickie Jackson
- Our Gang Member
- (as Our Gang)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Spanky is escaping from the scary man he thinks is 'Uncle George', he runs across an empty field where, in the distance, there is a hill with the number "57" visible on its face. This was an enormous advertisement, made of cement, for the Heinz 57 brand of pickles and other products. The colossal advertisement can be seen in historic photographs as early as 1916 (Huntington Library, San Marino, California, collection) and is also visible in other Hal Roach productions, such as Laurel & Hardy's Dirty Work (1933).
- GoofsWhen Spanky feeds Bumbo just about everything in the icebox, one of the items he pulls out is a portion of a roll of bologna, cut in the middle so that the last two large letters of the brand name "Luer", are seen at the sliced end. He hands it to Bumbo and when he takes a bite, the bologna is longer, and the letters UER are now visible. (Luer's was a popular brand of hot dogs and luncheon meats beginning in 1885 in Los Angeles, and continuing at least into the 1950s when the company's "Quality Meat" rocket ship vehicle - similar to the Oscar Mayer 'Weinermobile" - travelled the United States promoting its products.)
- Quotes
Bumbo, "The Wild Man From Borneo": Yum-Yum! Eat 'em up!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
Featured review
Disappointing
I can only assume this short's popularity has something to do with its political incorrectness; in itself it's rather lame. How funny is it really to see a grunting halfwit running around in circles after a bunch of little kids? The film does have its moments, especially with Spanky and Bumbo in the kitchen, but overall it reminded me a lot of that standard childhood nightmare of being chased by a gorilla, except not as exciting. I pass on this one.
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- xidax
- Jan 17, 2001
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $21,500 (estimated)
- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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