Spanky, Alfalfa and Wilbur
Production Notes[]
Length: One Reel
Producer: Jack Chertok
Director: George Sidney
Photography:
Editor: Roy Brickner
Titles: None
Writer: Hal Law and Robert A. McGowan
Released: April 29, 1939
Studio: M-G-M
Main Cast[]
- Carl Switzer
- Darla Jean Hood
- Eugene Lee
- George McFarland
- Scott Beckett as Cousin Wilbur
- Sidney Kibrick
- Tommy Bond
- William Thomas Jr.
Supporting Cast[]
- Darwood Kaye
- Freddie Chapman
- Gary Jasgar
- Harold Switzer
- Joseph Geil
- Leonard Landy
- Mary Currier - Alfalfa's Mother/Aunt Martha
- Payne Johnson
- Philip Hurlic
- Tommy McFarland
The Short[]
Plot: Alfalfa is being visited by his refined and cultured Cousin Wilbur, and his mother recommends that he go introduce him to the gang. When Wilbur encounters the gang's All-4-One Club, he discovers the group has no incentive to gain more members and encourages them to offer accident insurance. Kids pay two cent dues to qualify for 1c insurance for a busted nose or 2c insurance for a black eye. One kid tries to collect for a "black eye," which was shoe polish. Before long, Butch and The Woim decide to put the club out of business by punching out every club member and forcing Spanky and Alfalfa to pay out their entire club treasury. Alfalfa blames Wilbur for the fiasco and sends him home, but on the way, Wilbur himself runs into Butch and the Woim. Within a few seconds, Butch and the Woim are pleading for insurance from Spanky and Alfalfa to protect them from Wilbur, who gave the bullies a sound and thorough shellacking!
Quotes:
- None
Notes/Trivia:
- Cousin Wilbur is played by Scott Beckett, who has not been seen in Our Gang for over five years since his last appearance in Our Gang Follies Of 1936. (Incredibly, Spanky never once notices Wilbur's resemblence to his childhood buddy, Scotty!)
- Cousin Wilbur is possibly the son of Alfalfa's Aunt Penelope.
Sequence[]
- Previous Short: Clown Princes
- Next Short: Joy Scouts