The Little Rascals (animated TV series)
The Little Rascals | |
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Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Executive producers | |
Editor | Gil Iverson |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes (11 minutes a cartoon) |
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Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 25, 1982 December 2, 1983 | –
The Little Rascals is a 30-minute
The characters were designed by Iwao Takamoto and Bob Singer by using tracing paper on top of actual photographs of the real-life characters, and used a pencil to sketch the characters. The same technique was also used in previous Hanna-Barbera spin-offs such as The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang and Laverne and Shirley in the Army.
Overview
Previous Little Rascals/Our Gang animated television programs
The Little Rascals had been animated for television twice before. In the 1960s, a series of nine clay-animated Little Rascals Color Specials were produced for syndication, presumably by Bura & Hardwick, the British studio responsible for Camberwick Green, using soundtracks from the original Our Gang films. The episodes include "Shiver My Timbers", "Our Gang Follies of 1936", "Second Childhood", "Hearts Are Thumps", "Came the Brawn", "Bear Shooters", "Readin' and Writin'", "The Pinch Singer", and "Teacher's Beau".[citation needed]
In 1979, Fred Wolf produced an animated The Little Rascals Christmas Special for NBC.[2] That company's version was further used in animated public service announcements.
Differences between the animated series and the live-action Our Gang films
The animated series and the original live-action Our Gang films differ in a number of ways. The gang now lives in a contemporary 1980s setting, with
Lawsuit
In March 1984, Our Gang actor
Following the lawsuit, ABC stopped airing reruns of the show and would not be picked up for syndication, including
Other languages
The French dub for
Episode titles
Season 1 (1982)
Aired as part of The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show.
# | Title/Plot | Airdate |
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1 |
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September 25, 1982 |
2 |
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October 2, 1982 |
3 |
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October 9, 1982 |
4 |
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October 16, 1982 |
5 |
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October 23, 1982 |
6 |
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October 30, 1982 |
7 |
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November 6, 1982 |
8 |
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November 13, 1982 |
9 |
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November 20, 1982 |
10 |
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November 27, 1982 |
11 |
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December 4, 1982 |
12 |
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December 11, 1982 |
13 |
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December 18, 1982 |
Season 2 (1983)
Aired as part of The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
# | Title/Plot | Airdate |
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14 |
Wash and Werewolf: After seeing a 3-D horror movie, Alfalfa thinks he is a werewolf. |
September 10, 1983 |
15 |
Save Our Treehouse!: A used car dealer wants to destroy the Rascals' treehouse. The Rascals protest his actions, like unionized workers on strike. |
September 17, 1983 |
16 |
Horse Sense: Alfalfa and Waldo are fighting for Darla's affections again. This time, Waldo challenges Alfalfa to a horse race. There's just one problem: Alfalfa doesn't know how to ride. |
September 24, 1983 |
17 |
After Hours: The Rascals get jobs in a department store warehouse. |
October 1, 1983 |
18 |
A Not So Buenos Días: Alfalfa is suspicious of Darla's Latina friend, Maria. |
October 15, 1983 |
19 |
Fright Night: The Rascals go trick-or-treating. Buckwheat dresses as George Washington Carver, and Darla dresses so as to resemble Alfalfa. |
October 29, 1983 |
20 |
The Big Sneeze: The Rascals meet up with a goat, to which Alfalfa is allergic to. |
November 12, 1983 |
21 |
Pete's Big Break: When Pete saves another dog from drowning, he and the Rascals are rewarded a chance to star in a dog food commercial. |
November 19, 1983 |
22 |
The Zero Hero: Darla wins a date with Captain Muscles, a TV superhero, in order to impress Darla, Alfalfa assumes the identity of Alpha-Man. |
December 2, 1983 |
"Tiny Terror", "Class Act", "Porky-O and Julie-Et" and "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat", previously aired during the first season, were rebroadcast on October 8 and 22, and November 5 and 26, 1983 respectively.
Cast
Main voices
- Peter Cullen as Pete the Pup and Officer Ed[5]
- Patty Maloney as Darla Hood
- The Woim
- Spanky
- Shavar Ross as Buckwheat
- Waldo
Additional voices
- Richard Balin
- Jered Barclay
- Julie Bennett
- Susan Blu
- Bill Callaway
- Brian Cummings
- Jeff Doucette
- Peggy Frees
- Phil Hartman
- Ery Immerman
- Kip King
- Earl Kress
- Sherry Lynn
- Larry D. Mann
- Kenneth Mars
- Joe Medalis
- Robert Ridgely
- Michael Sheehan
- Gary Stamm
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Russi Taylor
- Lennie Weinrib
- Jimmy Weldon
- Frank Welker
- Ted Zeigler
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ISBN 9781942952572.
- ^ "No DVD release for Little Rascals cartoon". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
External links
- The Little Rascals at IMDb
- The Little Rascals at BCDB