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Mickeygubitosi

Mickey Gubitosi

Profile[]

Name: Michael "Mickey" (Gubitosi) (Blake)
Nickname: None
Played By: Robert Blake
Born: 1933
Relatives: Father, Mary (mother), Bill Henry (stepfather), George (uncle), two sisters, two half-sisters,
Clubs: One For All And All For One Club, 1-2-3-Go Safety Society
First Short: Joy Scouts
Last Short: Tale Of A Dog

Character[]

Bio: Mickey Gubitosi is a late member of the Little Rascals, appearing in Greenpoint around 1939. He sort of replaces Porky as the tag-along kid, later becoming Spanky's best friend after Alfalfa and later graduating to leader of the group.
In Dad For A Day, it's discovered that Mickey's father is no longer alive. His mother supports the family by running a coffee shop, but she later remarries Bill Henry, who owns the gas station next door to the coffee shop. Bill has been drinking her coffee from over three years and enjoys it very much, but after marrying Mickey's mom, he discovers he's not fond of her hash in All About Hash. When Mickey learns they are expecting, Mickey discovers a statistic that every every fourth child born is Chinese and takes it literally, thinking his new baby brother will be born Oriental, but Spanky sets him straight.
In Baby Blues, Spanky introduces Mickey to his friend, Lee Wong, to calm him over the idea, but it doesn't prepare Mickey for the revelations that he has after his mother gives birth to two baby girls! He also has an Uncle George who owns a farm in Farm Hands.
Like all the previous Little Rascals, Mickey and the gang attend Adams Street Grammar School where their favorite teacher is Miss Pipps. After she gets in trouble for celebrating Mickey's birthday on school time, the gang and their parents rush to help her save her job in Come Back, Miss Pipps. When he and the gang are not in school, they play baseball, head to the East River to go fishing, or attend the movies. In 1-2-3-Go!, his Our Gang buddies visit him in the hospital after he gets hit by a car during a baseball game. In Mighty Lak A Goat, they get tossed out of school and the theatre because Froggy's formula to clean them up smells so bad. Despite how much they love school, Mickey is not above convincing Buckwheat and Froggy to play hooky in order to go fishing in Three Smart Guys.
Mickey gets to be president of the One For All And All For One Club, but he later runs against Froggy wanting to be president in Election Daze. In the end, the club members are so tired of the squabbling between the two that they elect Janet as president.
Despite what squabbling that does go on, Mickey's best friends after Spanky goes to high school are Buckwheat and Froggy. Mickey sometimes feuds with Slicker Walburn, a local bully who pulls practical jokes on the gang, such as tying their clothes in knots when they go swimming in Fightin' Fools. While Slicker lacks the presence of fear in the neighborhood that Butch instilled, Mickey does create a panic after overhearing Big Shot and Buckwheat talk about giving Smallpox to the gang. In this case, Smallpox is the name of a dog, and the confusion it creates in Tale Of A Dog is called "the worst panic in Greenpoint history." It is also the last known adventure in the history of the Little Rascals.
Quotes:

  • "I got a headache ... down here." - Mickey in All About Hash
  • "Golly, am I dumb!" - Mickey in Goin' Fishin'
  • "What's a hypochondriac?" - Mickey
  • "It's worse than I thought it was going to be. The doctor brought twins, and they're all girls." - Mickey in Baby Blues
  • "You know our motto: the pen is mightier than the sword." - Mickey
  • "If you fellows kill us, we'll haunt you the rest of your lives." - Buckwheat

Notes/Trivia[]

  • Mickey is Robert Blake's real name; he Anglicized it towards the end of the series.
  • Mickey is not to be confused with Mickey Daniels.
  • Mickey was possibly added to the series to replace Porky after Auto Antics as Eugene Lee was getting too big to share scenes with the others. Joy Scouts and Auto Antics are the only episodes which he appears with Porky.
  • Mickey, Froggy and Janet are the only three main characters to only be in the majority of the 1940-44 shorts. However, Mickey did also appear in the short, Joy Scouts, in 1939.
  • Until the birth of his sisters, Mickey is the only member of "Our Gang" to be an only child.
  • Mickey doesn't appear in the short, Dog Daze.
  • Mickey is one of only two of the new 1940s Rascals to appear in other media.
  • Mickey is not to be confused with Mickey Daniels or Mickey Laughlin.

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