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Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

TOTAL BINGE TIME: 10h 50m

The Definitive Watch Order & Chronological Timeline

Poster for Fly My Kite
#1

Fly My Kite

Released: 1931 // Runtime: 21m // Rating: 6.6

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

Poster for Choo-Choo!
#2

Choo-Choo!

Released: 1932 // Runtime: 20m // Rating: 6.7

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Poster for Washee Ironee
#3

Washee Ironee

Released: 1934 // Runtime: 20m // Rating: 6.4

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.

Poster for Shrimps for a Day
#4

Shrimps for a Day

Released: 1934 // Runtime: 20m // Rating: 6.8

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

Poster for Our Gang Follies of 1936
#5

Our Gang Follies of 1936

Released: 1935 // Runtime: 18m // Rating: 5.8

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

Poster for Night 'n' Gales
#6

Night 'n' Gales

Released: 1937 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.8

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

Poster for The Little Ranger
#7

The Little Ranger

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Party Fever
#8

Party Fever

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Aladdin's Lantern
#9

Aladdin's Lantern

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 5.7

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.

Poster for Men in Fright
#10

Men in Fright

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Football Romeo
#11

Football Romeo

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.3

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

Poster for Practical Jokers
#12

Practical Jokers

Released: 1938 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Alfalfa's Aunt
#13

Alfalfa's Aunt

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Tiny Troubles
#14

Tiny Troubles

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Duel Personalities
#15

Duel Personalities

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Clown Princes
#16

Clown Princes

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 5.0

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.

Poster for Cousin Wilbur
#17

Cousin Wilbur

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Joy Scouts
#18

Joy Scouts

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.5

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.

Poster for Dog Daze
#19

Dog Daze

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 5.2

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.

Poster for Auto Antics
#20

Auto Antics

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.5

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

Poster for Captain Spanky's Show Boat
#21

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.3

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.

Poster for Dad for a Day
#22

Dad for a Day

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Time Out for Lessons
#23

Time Out for Lessons

Released: 1939 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.5

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.

Poster for Alfalfa's Double
#24

Alfalfa's Double

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for The Big Premiere
#25

The Big Premiere

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for All About Hash
#26

All About Hash

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 5.0

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.

Poster for The New Pupil
#27

The New Pupil

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Bubbling Troubles
#28

Bubbling Troubles

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.5

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

Poster for Good Bad Boys
#29

Good Bad Boys

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.5

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

Poster for Waldo's Last Stand
#30

Waldo's Last Stand

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.7

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.

Poster for Goin' Fishin'
#31

Goin' Fishin'

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Kiddie Kure
#32

Kiddie Kure

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Baby Blues
#33

Baby Blues

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Fightin' Fools
#34

Fightin' Fools

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 9m // Rating: 6.0

Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.

Poster for Ye Olde Minstrels
#35

Ye Olde Minstrels

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for 1-2-3-Go!
#36

1-2-3-Go!

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.5

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.

Poster for Robot Wrecks
#37

Robot Wrecks

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 5.5

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.

Poster for Helping Hands
#38

Helping Hands

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Come Back, Miss Pipps
#39

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Wedding Worries
#40

Wedding Worries

Released: 1941 // Runtime: 12m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Melodies Old and New
#41

Melodies Old and New

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Going to Press
#42

Going to Press

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Don't Lie
#43

Don't Lie

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.5

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.

Poster for Surprised Parties
#44

Surprised Parties

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Doin' Their Bit
#45

Doin' Their Bit

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 0.0

Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.

Poster for Rover's Big Chance
#46

Rover's Big Chance

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Mighty Lak a Goat
#47

Mighty Lak a Goat

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Unexpected Riches
#48

Unexpected Riches

Released: 1942 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.7

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.

Poster for Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
#49

Benjamin Franklin, Jr.

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Family Troubles
#50

Family Troubles

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 5.5

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.

Poster for Calling All Kids
#51

Calling All Kids

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Farm Hands
#52

Farm Hands

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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

Poster for Election Daze
#53

Election Daze

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Little Miss Pinkerton
#54

Little Miss Pinkerton

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Three Smart Guys
#55

Three Smart Guys

Released: 1943 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

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?

Poster for Radio Bugs
#56

Radio Bugs

Released: 1944 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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 . . .

Poster for Tale of a Dog
#57

Tale of a Dog

Released: 1944 // Runtime: 11m // Rating: 6.0

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.

Poster for Dancing Romeo
#58

Dancing Romeo

Released: 1944 // Runtime: 10m // Rating: 6.0

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.

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