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Comedian Gabriel Iglesias defended the cartoon mouse Speedy Gonzalez, whom Iglesias is voicing in the upcoming Space Jam sequel, against claims that the mouse perpetuates “corrosive stereotypes.” Iglesias took to Twitter on Saturday, shooting down any attempt at potentially canceling the cartoon mouse over claims that he or his cartoon friends contribute to harmful stereotypes of Mexicans. “I am the voice of Speedy Gonzales in the new Space Jam. Does this mean they are gonna try to cancel Fluffy too?” Iglesias, who is nicknamed Fluffy, posted with an image of Speedy Gonzalez. “U can’t catch me cancel culture. I’m the...

A collection of various Our Gang shorts, including some very well known ones ("Fish Hooky", etc.) and some rarer fare (including an unusual WW1-themed silent called "Dogs of War").

Dick Moore, a public relations executive who was known as Dickie when he was a Hollywood child star, playing the movies’ first talking Oliver Twist and later giving Shirley Temple her first on-screen kiss, died on Monday in Connecticut. He was 89. Helene Feldman, who works for his company, Dick Moore & Associates, confirmed the death but said she was not sure where it had occurred. Mr. Moore lived in Wilton, Conn. Mr. Moore was not yet a year old and evidently cute as a button when he made his movie debut in the 1927 silent feature “The Beloved Rogue,” which...

FULL TITLE: End of an era: Silent film actress Jean Darling, star of Our Gang comedies, dies in Germany aged 93 Silent film actress Jean Darling has died aged 93. The Our Gang star passed away on September 4 in a nursing home in Germany, her son Roy Bowen told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. The former child star appeared in dozens of 'Our Gang' comedy shorts, and was one of the last remaining silent films stars. Scroll down for video A four-year-old Darling began appearing in the shorts in 1926, and appeared in 46 shorts and four 'talkies' about...

Jean Darling, one of the last surviving members of the silent movie Our Gang comedies, has died. Her death was reported on Sunday September 6 on social media sites by her friends. She had turned 93 years old only two weeks earlier. Our Gang were also called Hal Roach's Rascals. The series was known as The Little Rascals on television. In its long history, from the 1920s into the 1940s, the Our Gang roster changed a lot, with some notable members including Jackie Cooper, Farina Hoskins, Stymie Beard, Spanky McFarland, Darla Hood, and Alfalfa Switzer. Jean Darling joined Our Gang in...

William "Billie" Thomas, Jr. (March 12, 1931 – October 10, 1980) was an American child actor best remembered for portraying the character of Buckwheat in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films from 1934 until the series' end in 1944.

Shirley Jean Rickert, a former child actress who was the cute little blond with the spit curls in "Our Gang" comedies in the early 1930s and later became a long-haired burlesque stripper known as Gilda and Her Crowning Glory, has died. She was 82. Rickert, who in recent decades went by her married name of Measures, died Friday after a long illness in a nursing home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., said her daughter, Melody Kennedy.

This gal's been around for a while in bad hair land. By far she outlasts Cynthia McKinney in a Crazy Bitch Bingo Static Electricity Contest, I'm betting.

Our Gang Little Rascals "Fishy Tales" (1937)Our Gang-"Mush and Milk"-Part 1 of 2Our Gang-"Mush and Milk"-Part 2 of 2Our Gang-"Bored Of Education"The Kid From Borneo Part 1The Kid From Borneo Part 2Our Gang-"Mama's Little Pirate"-Part 1 of 2Our Gang-"Mama's Little Pirate"-Part 2 of 2 Our Gang-"Free Eats"-Part 1 of 2Our Gang-"Free Eats"-Part 2 of 2Our Gang-"Mike Fright"-Part 1 of 2Our Gang-"Mike Fright"-Part 2 of 2 Our Gang-"Helping Grandma"-Part1 of 3Our Gang-"Helping Grandma"-Part2 of 3Our Gang-"Helping Grandma"-Part3 of 3Our Gang-"Hearts Are Thumps"Our Gang-Alfalfa`s Aunt

Sunday September 25, 2005 LOS ANGELES (AP) Thomas Ross Bond, who played Butch the bully in the ``Our Gang'' and ``The Little Rascals'' serials of the 1930s, has died. He was 79. Bond died Saturday afternoon from complications of heart disease at Northridge Hospital, said his manager, Frank Marks. Born Sept. 16, 1926 in Dallas, Bond got his start in movies at the age of 5 when a talent scout for the Hal Roach studios approached him as he was leaving a movie theater with his mother. The scout ``asked him if he'd be interested in acting, (said) he had...

"OUR GANG" Whatever happened to these people? Well, here is is.....the "rest of the story" of Our Gang/center> ALFALFA Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31. CHUBBY 300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation. BUCKWHEAT William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack. DARLA HOOD The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47. BRISBANE Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64. MICKEY DANIELS He died of liver disease at 55. STYMIE Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 18, 2002 Saturday Five Star Lift Edition SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 18 LENGTH: 165 words HEADLINE: DEATHS ELSEWHERE DARWOOD SMITH, who played Waldo in the "Our Gang Series," died Wednesday (May 15, 2002) after he was struck on the head while on a daily walk in Riverside, Calif. He was 72. Smith died after someone drove up in a truck and hit him. He was rushed to Riverside Community Hospital, where he died later that night. No arrests have been made. Smith was known as Darwood Kaye when he was a child. He appeared in 22 of...

On the evening of May 4, 2001, actor Robert Blake (Baretta, In Cold Blood) and his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, ate dinner at an Italian restaurant in the Studio City section of Los Angeles. Afterward, according to Blake, the couple walked the block and a half to their car, whereupon Blake realized he'd left his gun inside the restaurant -- a gun he was carrying because Bakley believed her life was in danger. Blake left Bakley in the car and walked back to the restaurant. Nobody in the restaurant remembers Blake actually retrieving anything: He apparently drank a glass of...