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George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals.
McFarland was born in Denison, Texas, on October 2, 1928 to Virginia Winifred (née Phillips) and Robert Emmett McFarland. He had three siblings: Thomas ("Tommy," who appeared in a few Our Gang episodes as "Dynamite"), Amanda, and Roderick ("Rod"). He attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, TX.
Before joining the Our Gang comedies, "Sonny," as he was called by his family, modeled children's clothing for a Dallas department store and was also seen around the Dallas area on highway billboards and in print advertisements for Wonder Bread. This established Sonny early on in the local public's eye as an adorable child model and provided experience before cameras.
In January 1931, in response to a trade magazine advertisement from Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California requesting photographs of "cute kids," Spanky's Aunt Dottie (Virginia's sister) sent pictures from Sonny's portfolio. An invitation for a screen test arrived that spring, leading to his acting career. Portions of Spanky's screen test are included in a 1932 Our Gang entry, Spanky.
Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals) is a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series was produced between 1922 and 1944 and is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way, as Roach and original director Robert F. McGowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular children rather than have them imitate adult acting styles.
In addition, Our Gang notably put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that broke new ground, according to film historian Leonard Maltin. That had never been done before in cinema, but has since been repeated after the success of Our Gang.
The franchise began in 1922 as a series of silent short subjects produced by the Roach studio and released by Pathé Exchange. Roach changed distributors from Pathé to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1927, and the series entered its most popular period after converting to sound in 1929. Production continued at the Roach studio until 1938, when the series was sold to MGM, which produced the comedies itself until 1944. In total, the Our Gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film, General Spanky, featuring over 41 child actors. As MGM retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark following their purchase of the production rights, the 80 Roach-produced "talkies" were syndicated for television under the title The Little Rascals beginning in 1955. Both Roach's The Little Rascals package (now owned by CBS Television Distribution) and MGM's Our Gang package (now owned by Turner Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Television) have since remained in syndication. New productions based on the shorts have surfaced periodically over the years, including a 1994 Little Rascals feature film released by Universal Pictures.
Actors: Bill Allen (actor), Matthew Roseman (editor), Engelia McCullough (actress), Joel Moody (actor), Bob Massey (writer), Eric Bugbee (actor), Eric Bugbee (producer), James Nester (actor), Eric Bugbee (writer), Eric Bugbee (director), Kevyn Bashore (writer), Jill Bugbee (writer), Manny Ribau (actor), Manny Ribau (producer), Jill Bugbee (producer),
Plot: Passionate BMX dirt jumper, Phin Cooper (Joel Moody), wants nothing in life but to attain fame in his sport and get paid doing it. After missing out on a competition when he lands in jail for unpaid citations, he is court-ordered for community service and reluctantly mentors one of the toughest boys, Blue Espinosa (Will Martinez). As Phin leads the troubled teen on exciting adventures of riding dirt trails, big jumps and cityscapes, Blue becomes more than an obligation - an unlikely friend whose secret world of drug trafficking threatens Phin's ultimate dream. Featuring some of the best stunts in dirt jumping by legendary pros and hardcore locals in the sport, Heroes of Dirt is more than adrenaline rush. It embarks on an unforgettable journey into real significance, and the price it takes to get there.
Keywords: adventure-hero, bmx, bmx-stunt-riding, christianity, contest, courtroom, domestic-violence, drugs, espn, freestyleActors: Paul Busetti (director), Paul Busetti (writer), Paul Busetti (editor), Jenna St. John (actress), Nigel Hartwell (producer), Nigel Hartwell (producer), Nigel Hartwell (writer), Nigel Hartwell (director), Nigel Hartwell (editor), Tiffany Edwardsen (actress), Jason Stephenson (editor), Jason Stephenson (director), Brenda Pickleman (actress), Jason Stephenson (producer), Ian Albetski (producer),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Jakob Bilinski (producer), Jakob Bilinski (editor), Jakob Bilinski (director), Jakob Bilinski (writer), D.P. Bonnell (producer), Joe Atkinson (actor), Joe Atkinson (producer), Kristine Renee Farley (actress), Kristine Renee Farley (actress), Cindy Maples (actress), Cindy Maples (actress), Sidney Shripka (actress), Sidney Shripka (actress), Grant Niezgodski (actor), Rusty James (actor),
Plot: Two blood-soaked ladies of the night must navigate their way to safety while being pursued by a murderous family of psychopathic inbreds with a score to settle. With the help of a slick bionic pimp named Silky, they will prove that love can overcome shame, and there are few things fiercer than a whore scorned.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Ralph Rieckermann (composer), Gordon Clapp (actor), Leighton Meester (actress), Michael Feifer (producer), Adam W. Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Robert Curtis Brown (actor), Melora Hardin (actress), Morgan Spurlock (actor), Sean Whalen (actor), Clyde Kusatsu (actor), Caia Coley (actress), Sandy Schklair (miscellaneous crew), John Gilbert (actor), Leslie McRay (producer), Chris Sievernich (producer),
Plot: In Blanca Carne, California, the seventeen year-old student Mackenzie Carpenter is celebrating her graduation in high-school with her boyfriend Fisher Kent and her classmates. Mackenzie receives messages about her close friends while they are murdered by Horny The Clown, the symbol of the Hella-Burger fasts food. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday and after the death of a couple of friends, Mackenzie realizes that all of them are connected to a dark event in the past of her mother Marcia Carpenter. Further, she will be in danger on the day of her birthday.
Keywords: aquarium, birthday-cake, blood, blood-spatter, boiled-teen, bound-and-gagged, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bra, chase, clownActors: Peter Stormare (actor), Angelo Corrao (editor), John Di Benedetto (actor), Chuck Ardezzone (actor), Manny Siverio (actor), Riley G. Matthews Jr. (actor), Maurice A. Dwyer (actor), Katie Mcquerrey (editor), Zulema Griffin (costume designer), Dina Fiasconaro (miscellaneous crew), Danny A. Gonzales (actor), David Satin (miscellaneous crew), Dave Craig (miscellaneous crew), Mark Birch (actor), Magdalena Sole (producer),
Plot: The Beatle Fan is a drama about Albert, a psychotic prisoner who is a devoted fan of John Lennon and the Beatles. Albert is goaded by the other prisoners in the cells around him into telling the story (in flashbacks) of what happened when he encountered prisoner Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (actor), Matthew Biancaniello (writer), Ben Carney (actor), Duane Langley (actor), Lorene Scafaria (actress), Ray Jarrell (actor), Holly Perkins (actress), Karl Kempter (actor), Karl Kempter (writer), Karl Kempter (director),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Lily Y. Monteverde (producer), Raquel Villavicencio (writer), Luz Valdez (actress), Joey Gosiengfiao (producer), Luz Valdez (actress), Lorna Tolentino (actress), Eugene Domingo (actress), Melissa Mendez (actress), Cloyd Robinson (actor), Lito Pimentel (actor), Noni Buencamino (actor), Susan Africa (actress), Christopher De Leon (actor), Maryo J. De Los Reyes (director), Jaime Fabregas (composer),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller,Actors: Tony Todd (actor), Leon (actor), Sy Richardson (actor), Ted Markland (actor), Clark Johnson (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Sean Penn (actor), Courtney Gains (actor), Mario Lopez (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Gary Carlos Cervantes (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Maria Conchita Alonso (actress), Damon Wayans (actor),
Plot: A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of L.A. about to explode in violence in this look at the gang culture enforced by the colors that members wear.
Keywords: african-american, apology, arrest, automatic-weapon, bald, bald-hero, barrio, beating, beretta, brawlActors: Maud Adams (actress), Tom DeSimone (director), Richard Roundtree (actor), Louis Farah (miscellaneous crew), Dick Miller (actor), Tom DeSimone (writer), Ashlyn Gere (actress), Julie K. Smith (actress), Toni Basil (actress), Eric Allaman (composer), Floyd Levine (actor), Cheryl Starbuck (actress), S.A. Griffin (actor), Ty Granderson Jones (actor), Ted Faye (actor),
Plot: Molly is now a freelance photographer in New York. She runs across a woman at an art show that looks familiar. She goes to L.A. to find out that this woman is in fact, her mother. She also finds out she has a sister. The reunion is short-lived when her mother calls her to tell her that her sister is in danger and later, gets killed in an explosion. Molly must once again, become Angel to try and find her sister.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, female-nudity, prostitution, sequelActors: Dora van der Groen (actress), Jef Bruyninckx (director), Romain Deconinck (actor), Cyriel Van Gent (actor), Gaston Vandermeulen (actor), Jef Bruyninckx (editor), Paul Cammermans (actor), Charles Janssens (actor), Lode Van Beek (actor), Jef Cassiers (actor), Hector Camerlynck (actor), Co Flower (actress), Cois Cassiers (actor), Hans Flower (composer), Marieke Vervaecke (actress),
Genres: Comedy,It ain’t a comeback, because he never really left, but let’s call it a RESURGENCE. After years in the skateboarding spotlight, Spanky is ripping harder than ever. Like fine wine, my friends... Keep up with Thrasher Magazine here: http://www.thrashermagazine.com http://www.facebook.com/thrashermagazine http://www.instagram.com/thrashermag http://www.twitter.com/thrashermag
A few short clips of Spanky (George McFarland) at his cutest. George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 -- June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals. McFarland was born in Dallas, Texas, at Methodist Hospital in 1928 to Robert Emmett and Virginia McFarland. He had three siblings, Thomas ("Tommy," who himself appeared in a few Our Gang episodes as "Dynamite"), Amanda, and Roderick ("Rod"). Prior to joining the Our Gang comedies, Buddy, as he was called by his family, modeled children's clothing for a Dallas department store and was also seen around the Dallas area on highway billboards and in print a...
WATCH PART 2 ON VICE: http://bit.ly/1jEHMTg Welcome back to Epicly Later’d… sorry its been so long. For the first episode of Season 7 we have a Kevin ‘Spanky’ Long episode update redux. I say that because Spanky already had a few episodes in the early years of the show. But we thought his story needed an update. We started this episode not long after Kevin got kicked off Baker and Emerica and we filmed an interview every 6 months or so until recently. That’s why his hair keeps changing lengths throughout the show. He got kicked off sponsors for drinking and partyin’ and basically not skating all that much... he also got set on fire, his wife bailed, his mom died… a series of bad events. But through it he thought ‘i’m not done yet.’ He didn’t let it beat him and got back on the boar...
Originally posted (Live Streamed) by Team Fresh Member, SheNice Johnson! Get a view of Tye Tribbett and GA during the reunion concert! And for the record, Spanky KILLLED!!
THIS SONG IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO LOVES A WOMAN THE MAN HAS DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH BUT YET THE WOMAN SAID HIS BEST IS NOT ENOUGH THE MAN USES DROP THAT PHONE BUT HE BOUGHT IPHONE FOR THE WOMAN THE WOMAN PREFERS MAN WHO HAS BUILD ALOT OF HOUSES IN TRASSACO ESTATES CALLED PAPA AJASCO FINALLY THE MAN HEART WAS BROKEN. ENJOY THE SONG..
Bill Peck and his gang of misfits invade a traveling circus. They get into all sorts of mischief and on the nerves of the circus people.
Rarely seen 1984 documentary hosted by Bob Lang about Hal Roach's 'Our Gang' series (a.k.a. 'The Little Rascals') and featuring interviews with many of them as adults, including Peggy Ahern, Stymie Beard, Butch Bond, Jackie Cooper, Dorothy deBorba, Pineapple Jackson, Junior Jasgar, Spanky McFarland, Sunshine Sammy Morrison, J.R. Smith, Jackie Lynn Taylor, and Buckwheat Thomas. Also, interviewed are William Thomas Jr., Cameraman William V. Draper, Musical T. Marvin Hatley, and Producer Hal E. Roach, Jr. A wonderful Our Gang/Rascals website with biographies: http://www.picking.com/og-main.html OUR GANG FILMOGRAPHY: http://www.picking.com/og-films.html
One of my absolute FAVORITES in the Our Gang/Little Rascals comedy shorts! I believe this is the second to feature Spanky, and the first short to introduce him to the audience in the opening! The fireworks scenes towards the end of the show always, and absolutely FLOOR me! I deserve a lot of credit for recording this without busting out with laughter ... I held my hands over my mouth to stifle my guffaws! The one scene showing the Porter with a firework spinning on his butt just plain bowls me over!!! Enjoy!
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First studio album by Spanky and Our Gang, an American Folk Rock and Sunshine Pop band, formed in 1966. http://www.classicbands.com/spanky.html [English] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_and_Our_Gang [English] Members (on this album): Spanky McFarlane - Vocals Malcolm Hale - Vocals, Lead Guitar, Trombone Nigel Pickering - Vocals, Rythm Guitar Oz Bach - Vocals, Bass John "The Chief" Seiter - Vocals, Drums Tracklist: 00:00 A1. Lazy Day - [George Fischoff/Tony Powers] 03:06 A2. Byrd Avenue - [Michael Peter Smith] 05:43 A3. Trouble - [Michael Peter Smith] 10:23 A4. Sunday Will Never Be the Same - [Eugene Pistilli/Terry Cashman] 13:22 A5. Commercial - [Michael Peter Smith] 14:55 A6. If You Could Only Be Me - [Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico] 17:02 B1. Making Every Minute Count - [John Morier] ...
Recorded live on stage in Amana, Iowa in 1987. This is the first of three parts. Enjoy!
A supermarket bagger named Bill Green fools a news show into believing he's Buckwheat. An angry "Spanky" McFarland is interviewed along with an incoherent Mr Green.
Allen Stewart Interviews Spanky McFarlane,at VSDA in Las Vegas. This is from on the road segment. the show was based in New Orleans
Jackie Cooper and George "Spanky" McFarland present an Honorary Award to Hal Roach, in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form, at the 56th Academy Awards. Hosted by Johnny Carson.
Rarely seen 1984 documentary hosted by Bob Lang about Hal Roach's 'Our Gang' series (a.k.a. 'The Little Rascals') and featuring interviews with many of them as adults, including Peggy Ahern, Stymie Beard, Butch Bond, Jackie Cooper, Dorothy deBorba, Pineapple Jackson, Junior Jasgar, Spanky McFarland, Sunshine Sammy Morrison, J.R. Smith, Jackie Lynn Taylor, and Buckwheat Thomas. Also, interviewed are William Thomas Jr., Cameraman William V. Draper, Musical T. Marvin Hatley, and Producer Hal E. Roach, Jr.
From late 1993, here is a Headline News story on the death of "Spanky" McFarland, famous for his role in the Little Rascals and Our Gang comedies.
Sunday Morning, CBS News, 10-7-2011 George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals.
Rock-and-roll great Elaine McFarlane (Spanky & Our Gang; The Mamas and the Papas) and rock manager Curley Tait, residents of Ferndale, California, talk about their long friendship with each other, with George Carlin, and the music scene of the '60s.
WHAS DJ Joe Donovan chats with Elaine "Spanky" McFarland, the lead singer of 1960s pop group Spanky & Our Gang. Elaine shares background info about their hits "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" "Lazy Day" and "Like To Get To Know You".
Will I hate tomorrow?
Will I hate what I can't see?
I'm doubting
Should I walk around it
Try to be what I can't be
I'm dying
I'm not happy any
I'm just not happy anymore
I'm drownin'
I'm not happy any
I'm just not happy anymore
I'm drownin'
Suppose you painted the castle of Auvers
But everything you did came alive
And if you painted all these things just to please me
And if you could read my mind
I would never be happy
What will change tomorrow?
In this sea within a sea
I'm blinded
How long will I be down?
I'm out of air I can not breath
I'm drownin'
I'm not happy any
I'm just not happy anymore
I'm drownin'
I'm not happy any
I'm just not happy anymore
I'm drownin'
I'm drownin'
I'm drownin'
Yeah well I'm, I'm drownin'
Yeah yeah I'm drownin'