Auto Antics

Infobox Film
name = Auto Antics


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director = Edward Cahn
producer = Jack Chertok for MGM
writer = Alfred Giebler
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cinematography = Harold Marzorati
editing = Roy Brickner
distributor = MGM
released = 22 July, 1939
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Dog Daze"
followed_by = "Captain Spanky's Showboat"
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"Auto Antics" is a 1939 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 182nd "Our Gang" short (183rd episode, 94th talking short, 95th talking episode, and 14th MGM produced episode) that was released.

Plot

The gang's hopes to win the upcoming Kidmobile Race Classic are nearly dashed when town bully Butch arranges for the gang's pet pooch Whiskers to be picked up by the dog pound. But instead of demoralizing the gang, the impoundment of Whiskers merely gives them a stronger reason to win the race and claim the prize, with which they will pay the dog's license fee. Only temporarily foiled, Butch and his pal Woim try every dirty trick in the book to sabotage the gang's homemade "auto." cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226195/Auto-Antics/overview |title=New York Times: Auto-Antics|accessdate=2008-10-08|work=NY Times]

Notes

This episode sees the first major exit since the Our Gang unit was sold by Hal Roach. Eugene Lee leaves the role of Porky due to the fact that he was actually taller than Spanky at this point. Its also determined that he was growing too fast and becoming too big to be cute anymore. Robert Blake, playing Mickey, actually replaced him. In the coming year many of the better known Our Gangers would leave the series as it would go downhill even faster than the past year.

Cast

* Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
* George McFarland - Spanky
* Eugene Lee - Porky
* Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Mickey Gubitosi later known as Robert Blake - Mickey
* Darla Hood
* Tommy Bond - Butch
* Sidney Kibrick - Woim
* Leonard Landy
* Major James H. McNamara - mayor of Greenpoint
* Joe Whitehead - dogcatcher
* Baldwin Cooke - Luke

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0031063|title=Auto Antics